No project in Jackson Township, but 5 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Jackson Township votes on zoning. The Monroe County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Smithfield Gateway data center (Route 209, Monroe County)
Smithfield Township, Monroe County
🕒 Feb 2026: Smithfield Township Planning Commission discussed the 'Smithfield Gateway' sketch plan f…
Proposedabout 11 miles awayPennsylvania Glacial Till data center overlay (Tobyhanna Township)
Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County
520 acres
🕒 April 16, 2026: Zoning Hearing Board continued a hearing on residents' challenge that the overlay is ill…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 12 miles awayPocono Manor data center (Pocono Manor Investors, Tobyhanna Township)
Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County
🕒 Dec 11, 2025: Tobyhanna Township supervisors voted on a data center ordinance for Pocono Manor.
Proposedabout 15 miles awayPenn Forest Township data center (Route 903 and Maury Road)
Penn Forest Township, Carbon County
750 acres
🕒 Aug 2026: The zoning board threw out a separate challenge to the data center ordinance because no …
Proposedabout 15 miles awaySlate Belt Holdings data center campus (Upper Mount Bethel Township)
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County
754 acres
🕒 Aug 24, 2026: Supervisors voted 3-2 not to drop talks on a non-binding deal (memorandum of understandi…
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
PennFuture reported in August 2025 that Jackson Township in Monroe County had adopted a data center ordinance. Details were not given.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Jackson Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
PPL Electric Utilities Corp. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.