Smithfield Gateway data center (Route 209, Monroe County)
A plan linked to Legend Properties would put two data center buildings of about 250,000 square feet each, plus a power substation, along Route 209 in Smithfield Township. The township has not approved it, and hundreds of people signed a petition against it.
Where things stand: Sketch plan discussed by the Smithfield Township Planning Commission in Feb. 2026. No township approval yet.
🕒 Latest update (Feb 2026): Smithfield Township Planning Commission discussed the 'Smithfield Gateway' sketch plan for two 250,000-square-foot data centers.
What we know
- 📍 WhereRoute 209, south of Music Center Drive and north of Smithfield Lane (near I-80 exit 309), Smithfield Township, Monroe County
- 🏢 CompanyLegend Properties (named in applicant documents)
❓ Still unanswered
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🔎 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
- Feb 2026Smithfield Township Planning Commission discussed the 'Smithfield Gateway' sketch plan for two 250,000-square-foot data centers.
Local votes and rules
🗺️ Zoning change
Smithfield Township proposed zoning changes that would stop allowing data centers by right in its Economic Development and Industrial districts. Instead, data centers would need conditional use approval in a new Heavy Industrial (H-1) district. A developer had shown a sketch plan for two data center buildings of about 125,000 square feet each plus a substation.
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Where this comes from
- Data center proposed in Monroe County along Route 209 (Smithfield Gateway project) · WNEP
- Smithfield Gateway Project Data Center · More Than Just Parks Data Center Tracker
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker · Pennsylvania DEP · Oct 6, 2026
- Data center could come to Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania · DatacenterDynamics · March 12, 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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