Project North (Archbald I LLC, 4 buildings near the Jermyn line)
Also called: Project North, Archbald I LLC campus 2, Unnamed Data Centers (Archbald I LLC / Archbald II LLC), Archbald II LLC, Provident Data Centers
A smaller four-building data center campus on about 66 acres near the Archbald-Jermyn border, filed by the same company behind Project Scott. Its current status is not clear.
Where things stand: Applied for zoning permits in Oct. 2025 under the borough's older rules, which allowed data centers as a permitted use. No decision reported. DEP lists it with no state permit applications yet.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 18, 2026): The Times-Tribune listed 'Project North' (4 buildings, 66 acres) as applied under Archbald's older zoning, where data centers were a permitted use.
Archbald Borough Council. We don't know yet if Project North (Archbald I LLC, 4 buildings near the Jermyn line) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
What we know
- 📍 WhereBetween Business Route 6 and Eynon Jermyn Road in Archbald, near Lackawanna and Gibson streets in Jermyn, Archbald, Lackawanna County
- 🏢 CompanyArchbald I LLC (Provident Realty Advisors of Dallas, operating as Provident Data Centers)
- 🏛️ Owned byProvident Realty Advisors (Texas)
- 🌳 Size66 acres
❓ Still unanswered
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- How much power and water would it use? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will Archbald decide on the Project North zoning permits? 🙋 I'll find out
🔎 What we checked
- Oct 6, 2026: We checked the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's public list of water applications: there is no water application from this project. As of mid-2026, SRBC said Amazon's Salem Township campus was the only data center it had approved. A data center needs SRBC approval before it runs if it uses up (mostly by evaporation) more than 20,000 gallons a day on a 30-day average, or takes water from its own wells or streams above SRBC limits.
What happened so far
- Oct 22, 2025Zoning permit application filed.
- Sept 18, 2026The Times-Tribune listed 'Project North' (4 buildings, 66 acres) as applied under Archbald's older zoning, where data centers were a permitted use.
Local votes and rules
📌 Other
Archbald Borough Council finished hearings on the Wildcat Ridge data center campus, which would have 14 large buildings on more than 500 acres. Council refused the developer's request that members step aside for bias. A written decision is due within 45 days of the last hearing.
✋ Turned down
Archbald Borough Council voted down a plan by Texas-based Provident Realty Advisors (Archbald 1 LLC) for a data center complex with 18 computer buildings. About 200 residents came to the special meeting to oppose it.
📌 Other
After months of complaints about how data center plans were handled, Archbald Borough Council removed its president, vice president, and president pro tem from those leadership roles. A new council president was chosen.
⚖️ Court case
Eight Archbald residents asked the county court to throw out the borough's new data center zoning law. They say the borough skipped required steps like proper notice and planning review. They also say the law lets data centers go in more places and be taller and louder.
📜 Data center rules
Archbald Borough Council voted 4-2, with one member not voting, to add data center rules to its zoning law. The rules create data center overlay zones in four areas of the borough. Many residents spoke against it, and an earlier try in October failed.
📌 Other
Archbald Borough Council met to vote on new data center zoning rules, but the plan died because no one seconded the motion. Residents saw this as a win. Council later passed the rules in November 2025.
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Where this comes from
- Archbald I LLC: Campus 2 · Baxtel (tracker)
- Data centers as 2025 newsmaker of the year · The Times-Tribune (via Yahoo News) · Dec 28, 2025
- Officials & Government (meeting schedule) · Archbald Borough · Oct 6, 2026
- 22 regional data center projects and where they stand · The Times-Tribune · Sept 18, 2026
- PA Data Center Permit Tracker - all projects list (CSV behind the DEP map) · Pennsylvania DEP · Oct 6, 2026
- Water Use by Data Centers in the Susquehanna River Basin - FAQ · Susquehanna River Basin Commission · 2026
- Water Application and Approval Viewer (WAAV) · Susquehanna River Basin Commission · Oct 6, 2026
- Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town · DeSmog · March 11, 2026
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