No project in Palmer Township, but 6 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Palmer 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 11 miles awayLower Mount Bethel hyperscale data center (near Martins Creek power plant)
Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County
284 acres
🕒 Sept 14, 2026: Supervisors to acknowledge the rezoning petition and vote on data center rules.
Approved, not built yetabout 11 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 14 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.
Proposedabout 15 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 15 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
Palmer Township added data centers and data center campuses to its zoning law before any project was proposed. Data centers are allowed in the North End Business District, north of Route 33 near the Chrin Commerce Center. A public hearing was held August 4, 2025.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Palmer 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
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (formerly Met-Ed) (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.