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1 data center project in Bethlehem City

Who decides here: the City Council of Bethlehem City votes on zoning. The Northampton County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.

In Bethlehem City

Proposed

Industrial Drive data center (2184 Industrial Drive, Bethlehem)

Bethlehem, Northampton County

7 acres

🕒 Sept 2026: Bethlehem planning commission review; regional planners offered conditional support.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 7 miles away

J.G. Petrucci data center (1024 N. Bradford St., Allentown)

Allentown, Lehigh County

🕒 Sept 23, 2026: Regional planners said the plan is missing cooling, water, power and noise details.

Proposedabout 8 miles away

Quantm Group data center (2401 W. Emaus Ave., Allentown)

Allentown, Lehigh County

14 acres

🕒 Sept 2026: The Lehigh County Authority, which runs Allentown's public water, said a data center wil…

Approved, not built yetabout 9 miles away

Prologis Lehigh Valley East 16 warehouse-to-data-center (Allen Township)

Allen Township, Northampton County

🕒 April 21, 2026: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it could not fully review the plan and asked …

Proposedabout 10 miles away

Project Atlas (Edged, South Whitehall Township)

South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County

410 acres

🕒 July 9, 2026: New three-building plan (about 1.5 million sq ft, 725 MW) presented; township engineer d…

Stopped or cancelledabout 15 miles away

Air Products Cetronia Road data center (Upper Macungie Township)

Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County

194 acres

🕒 Aug 11, 2026: Air Products dropped the project.

🗓️ Next meeting of the people who decide: Oct 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Bethlehem City Council. We don't know yet if Industrial Drive data center (2184 Industrial Drive, Bethlehem) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
May act on the new data center zoning rules heard Oct. 6.
📍 Town Hall, Bethlehem (City Council chambers, 10 East Church Street). Meetings are live-streamed on the city website. City Council held a public hearing on the data center ordinance on Oct. 6, 2026.
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

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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

  • Who is the developer and end user?
  • How much air pollution from on-site gas generation?
  • When will the city vote?

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