Hazle Township

Representatives from NorthPoint Development and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection participate in a public meeting and hearing on Project Hazlenut, a 15-building data center campus in Hazle Twp.

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Residents raise questions as developer describes Hazle Twp. data center plans at DEP hearing

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection held a hearing for two permits requested by NorthPoint Development for its Project Hazlenut campus.

Doreen Cherenyock points from her porch to show where NorthPoint Development has cleared land for Project Hazlenut.

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DATA CENTERS: Industry's power consumption worries NEPA residents concerned about property values, electric rates

Kat Bolus | WVIA News

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.

Governor Josh Shapiro visits Hazleton on Wednesday, Nov. 20. He spoke inside NorthPoint Development's new logistics center alongside Ben Kirschner, Office of Transformation and Opportunity's Chief Transformation Officer; Hazleton Mayor Jeff Cusat, Dr. Anthony Griguoli, Hazle Township chairman; and Brian Stahl, Vice President of Development, NorthPoint Development. Mary Malone, president and CEO of the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, also spoke.

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Economic development in Luzerne County gets fast tracked

Kat Bolus | WVIA News

NorthPoint Development’s large-scale technology processing center in Luzerne County is on its way to breaking ground – faster than ever before thanks to a new state program. Inside another, unrelated NorthPoint Project in the county, Governor Josh Shapiro signed a ceremonial executive order officially establishing Pennsylvania’s Permit Fast Track Program.