Data Centers

Council met Thursday to vote on a zoning ordinance for data center placement in the borough. The board unanimously agreed to allow for data centers in the borough's manufacturing district. That move comes as a developer has been looking to build a data center in a residential/open space district off Business Route 6.

'Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma' is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities.

'Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma' is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities. Today's story looks at the local response to the developments.

The first story in WVIA News's three-part series on data centers looks at the potential impacts on water supplies.

Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities. Today's story looks at the potential impacts on the electric grid.

Data Centers: Deal or Dilemma is a three-day WVIA News series focused on data center developments in Northeast Pennsylvania and how they could affect area communities. Today's story looks at the potential impacts on water supplies.

Archbald Borough Council held a conditional use hearing Wednesday to hear from testimony from a data center developer seeking to build a large campus in the municipality.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan addressed data centers during a commissioners meeting Wednesday; commissioners Chris Chermak and Thom Welby also weighed in.

Consumer advocates and a Pennsylvania public utility commissioner are urging state lawmakers to tax data centers and other large energy users to help lower residents' energy bills.

Ransom Twp. Supervisors met Thursday for a zoning hearing after Scranton Materials LLC filed an application for a data center zoning overlay on their Newton Road property. They denied the request after attorney Laura McGarry pointed out flaws in the hearing process and Scranton Materials LLC’s case seeking the change.