1 data center project in Kline Township
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Kline Township votes on zoning. The Schuylkill County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
In Kline Township
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Project Hazelnut (NorthPoint, Hazle Township)
Hazle Township, Luzerne County
1,280 acres · for Amazon Web Services (reported)
🕒 Sept 2026: NorthPoint sent letters to about 4,500 households about the $10,000 offer. Many resident…
Stopped or cancelledabout 6 miles awayWest Hazleton data center site (behind Valmont Shopping Plaza)
West Hazleton, Luzerne County
🕒 Dec 2025: Reported as withdrawn.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 7 miles awayNorthPoint data center on Tresckow Mountain (Banks and Packer townships)
Banks Township, Carbon County
1,200 acres
🕒 Sept 30, 2025: NorthPoint met the public in Tresckow. About 150 people came; many said they do not want…
Status unclearabout 9 miles awaySugarloaf Township data center (Tomhicken Road)
Sugarloaf Township, Luzerne County
185 acres
🕒 Sept 18, 2026: The Times-Tribune listed the LBT Sugarloaf project (6 buildings, 185 acres) as seeking a…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 9 miles awayKeel Infrastructure Panther Creek / Carbon Node East data center (Nesquehoning)
Nesquehoning, Carbon County
🕒 Aug 21, 2026: Keel said the closed-loop cooling system would need about 700,000 gallons to fill at the…
Proposedabout 12 miles awayKRNL data center (New Castle Township, near Frackville)
New Castle Township, Schuylkill County
🕒 May 5, 2026: Supervisors voted 2-0 to add a Highway Industrial zone where data centers are a conditio…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
Kline Township supervisors voted unanimously at a special meeting to approve Amazon's data center campus near I-81 and Route 309, with a nine-page list of conditions.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Kline 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much power and water will it use?
- Will new power lines or a substation be built?
- What does the county's NDA with Amazon cover? (You can ask for it with a Right-to-Know request.)
- When will Amazon apply for its township zoning permit, and when will building start?
- Which water supplier will serve the Amazon Kline Township campus, and has it signed a will-serve letter?