No project in Lower Saucon Township, but 5 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Lower Saucon Township votes on zoning. The Northampton County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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
Proposedabout 9 miles awayQuantm 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…
Proposedabout 9 miles awayJ.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.
Approved, not built yetabout 12 miles awayPrologis 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 13 miles awayProject 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…
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Lower Saucon Township is working on rules for data centers. As of March 2026 the draft was still under review and not yet passed.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Lower Saucon 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.