No project in Lehigh Township, but 8 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Lehigh Township votes on zoning. The Northampton County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
DTA Alliance data center campus (Lower Towamensing Township)
Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County
700 acres
π Sept 10, 2026: About 20 people attended a planning commission meeting raising water, noise and propertyβ¦
Approved, not built yetabout 6 miles awayPrologis Lehigh Valley East 16 warehouse-to-data-center (Allen Township)
Allen Township, Northampton County
π April 21, 2026: The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it could not fully review the plan and asked β¦
Proposedabout 8 miles awayProject Atlas (Edged, South Whitehall Township)
South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County
410 acres
π July 9, 2026: New three-building plan (about 1.5 million sq ft, 725 MW) presented; township engineer dβ¦
Proposedabout 12 miles awayJ.G. Petrucci data center (1024 N. Bradford St., Allentown)
Allentown, Lehigh County
π Sept 23, 2026: Regional planners said the plan is missing cooling, water, power and noise details.
Proposedabout 14 miles awayPenn Forest Township data center (Route 903 and Maury Road)
Penn Forest Township, Carbon County
750 acres
π Aug 2026: The zoning board threw out a separate challenge to the data center ordinance because no β¦
Proposedabout 14 miles awayIndustrial Drive data center (2184 Industrial Drive, Bethlehem)
Bethlehem, Northampton County
7 acres
π Sept 2026: Bethlehem planning commission review; regional planners offered conditional support.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Lehigh Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
π Get told first
β‘ 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.