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2 data center projects in Tobyhanna Township

Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Tobyhanna Township votes on zoning. The Monroe County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.

In Tobyhanna Township

Proposed

Pennsylvania 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

Proposed

Pocono 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.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Approved, not built yetabout 10 miles away

Project Gold (Clifton Township, Gouldsboro)

Clifton Township, Lackawanna County

1,000 acres

🕒 Aug 20, 2026: Judge ruled the township's old data center zoning law void; the settlement stays in effe…

🗓️ Next meeting of the people who decide: Oct 19, 2026 · 6:00 PM
Tobyhanna Township Board of Supervisors. We don't know yet if Pennsylvania Glacial Till data center overlay (Tobyhanna Township) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
📍 Township Building, 105 Government Center Way, Pocono Pines, PA 18350; meetings are also streamed online. Next after that: Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. The residents' Zoning Hearing Board challenge to the data center overlay (Ordinance 580) was last set for June 22, 2026 at Kalahari Resorts; no later date found.

Local votes and rules

⚖️ Court case

Residents and the Stoddartsville Association challenged Ordinance 580 before the Tobyhanna Township Zoning Hearing Board. They say it is illegal spot zoning that helps a single landowner and goes against the purpose of the rural residential district. Hearings ran from March to at least June 22, 2026.

March 11, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change

Tobyhanna Township passed Ordinance 580, which creates a data center overlay district and allows data centers there. The overlay covers about 520 acres of rural residential land tied to one developer, Pennsylvania Glacial Till LLC.

Dec 15, 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

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  2. Go to township meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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⚡ 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.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • What did the Zoning Hearing Board decide?
  • Who is the data center developer and end user?
  • How many buildings and megawatts are planned on the 520-acre Glacial Till site?
  • How big would the Pocono Manor data center be?
  • Who would build and use it?
  • Where would its water and power come from?
  • Was a secret deal (NDA) signed with the township?

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