No project in Ryan Township, but 7 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Ryan Township votes on zoning. The Schuylkill County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
KRNL 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
Approved, not built yetabout 9 miles awayAmazon (AWS) Kline Township campus
Kline Township, Schuylkill County
346 acres · for Amazon
🕒 Sept 30, 2026: At a special meeting, township supervisors voted unanimously to approve Amazon's data ce…
Being builtabout 10 miles awayNebius 'AI factory' at Highridge Industrial Park (Butler Township, Schuylkill)
Butler Township, Schuylkill County
600 acres · for Nebius (AI computing capacity not yet sold)
🕒 Sept 2026: Supervisors voted 2-1 to add land to the data center district for Phase 3, and lowered t…
Proposedabout 13 miles awayProject 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 14 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🕒 Dec 2025: Reported as withdrawn.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 14 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…
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Ryan 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.