Proposed
DTA Alliance data center campus (Lower Towamensing Township)
Also called: Blue Shamrock Golf Course, Murphy's Meadow LLC
Quarry and golf course owners want to build 13 data center buildings on about 700 acres off Fireline Road. They filed a legal challenge to the township's zoning. A public hearing is set for Oct. 27, 2026.
Where things stand: Landowners filed a zoning challenge Sept. 1, 2026. Public hearing set for Oct. 27, 2026.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 10, 2026): About 20 people attended a planning commission meeting raising water, noise and property value concerns.
🗓️ Public meeting: Oct 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM
Lower Towamensing Township Board of Supervisors. Anyone can come and speak.
Lower Towamensing Township Board of Supervisors. Anyone can come and speak.
Hearing on curative amendment.
📍 Aquashicola Volunteer Fire Company
What we know
- 📍 WhereOff Fireline Road at Blue Shamrock Golf Course and the Alliance Sand Quarry (415 Golf Road), Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County
- 🏢 CompanyDTA Alliance LLC and Murphy's Meadow LLC
- 🏛️ Owned byDT Allen Contracting (NJ) owns Murphy's Meadow
- 🌳 Size700 acres
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromA possible power generation building on site
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much power and water would it use? 🙋 I'll find out
- Would it have its own power plant? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who is the end user? 🙋 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
- Sept 1, 2026Owners filed a curative amendment saying the township's zoning illegally leaves out data centers.
- Sept 1, 2026DTA Alliance LLC, which has agreements to buy seven parcels (about 700 acres) along Fireline Road and Dairy Road, filed a challenge to the township's zoning and a proposed change that would create a data center overlay district.
- Sept 10, 2026About 20 people attended a planning commission meeting raising water, noise and property value concerns.
🛰️ See it from above
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We only know the town, so this shows the town center, not the exact site. Photos: PEMA / PASDA, Pennsylvania aerial photos.
Where this comes from
- Meeting Thursday to discuss data center · Times News · Sept 30, 2026
- Substantive validity challenge and curative amendment - data center use (application letter dated Sept. 1, 2026) · Lower Towamensing Township · Sept 1, 2026
- Curative amendment maps · Lower Towamensing Township · Sept 1, 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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