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Prologis Lehigh Valley East 16 warehouse-to-data-center (Allen Township)
Prologis got approval to turn a 1-million-square-foot warehouse in Allen Township into a data center. It says truck traffic will drop and it has its own substation.
Where things stand: Supervisors unanimously approved the land development plan on March 24, 2026.
🕒 Latest update (April 21, 2026): The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it could not fully review the plan and asked who will provide water and how much water the data center will use.
What we know
- 📍 Where2500 Liberty Drive, near Howertown Road and Nor-Bath Boulevard, Allen Township, Northampton County
- 🏢 CompanyPrologis
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromPPL power from the Siegfried substation, through a new private substation Prologis will pay for
- ❄️ CoolingClosed-loop cooling
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How many megawatts will it use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who is the tenant? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many backup generators? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who will supply water to the Prologis data center at 2500 Liberty Drive, and how much will it use each day? 🙋 I'll find out
🔎 What we checked
- Oct 6, 2026: We checked the Delaware River Basin Commission's (DRBC) list of pending applications (August 2026): there is no application for this data center. DRBC said in November 2025 it had not received any data center applications. A data center needs its own DRBC approval only if it takes more than 100,000 gallons a day from its own wells or streams, or discharges more than 50,000 gallons a day (lower limits in some protected areas). Buying water from a water company does not need a separate DRBC approval.
What happened so far
- March 24, 2026Supervisors unanimously approved converting the 1 million sq ft warehouse into a data center.
- April 21, 2026The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission said it could not fully review the plan and asked who will provide water and how much water the data center will use.
🛰️ See it from above
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Photos: PEMA / PASDA, Pennsylvania aerial photos.
Where this comes from
- Allen Township approves 1 million-square-foot data center at Prologis warehouse · WFMZ-TV 69 News · March 24, 2026
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker · Pennsylvania DEP · Oct 6, 2026
- Allen Township Board of Supervisors meeting minutes, March 24, 2026 · Allen Township · March 24, 2026
- LVPC has a lot of questions about Allen Township data center proposal · WFMZ-TV 69 News · April 21, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions: Data Centers · Delaware River Basin Commission · Nov 24, 2025
- DRBC Project Review: Pending Project Status (August 2026) · Delaware River Basin Commission · Aug 2026
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