Covington Twp.

The Clifton Twp. Zoning Hearing Board listened to arguments as to whether or not the township's zoning law excluded data centers as a use.

Clifton Twp. residents voiced their concerns about a proposed large-scale data during during a public meeting Thursday.

Hundreds of North Pocono-area residents attended a zoning board hearing about a challenge to Clifton Twp.'s zoning ordinance that now includes data centers.

At the end of a four-hour meeting Thursday night, Covington Twp. supervisors approved an ordinance change to allow data centers in the rural Lackawanna County community.