Wildcat Ridge Data Center

Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan responded to a letter he received from Reed Smith to preserve information related to the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus.

Archbald Borough Council denied zoning for a hyperscale data center in the Lackawanna County borough. Community members who attended Wednesday’s council meeting erupted into applause and cheers after the rejection.

Archbald Borough Council unanimously rejected a zoning request to construct the 14-building Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus on 578 acres in the borough. The campus now faces a hurdle in the project.

Over 90 days, EmPower will study more than a dozen Lackawanna County proposed data center campuses and power plants.

The final conditional use hearing for the proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center campus in Archbald was Wednesday. Council will decide in 45 days if the project meets borough zoning regulations.

The developer of the proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus argued Tuesday that six out of seven Archbald Borough Council members are biased and should not participate in a zoning law determination.

The sixth zoning hearing for the Wildcat Ridge Data Center drew hundreds to the Valley View High School auditorium. Testimony focused on the health impact of diesel-fueled backup generators.

Archbald Borough Council heard testimony from a second traffic expert during the fifth hearing for an 18-building data center campus planned for the borough.

Archbald Borough Council held its fourth conditional use hearing for the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus. Opponents sounded off about potential noise — and the developer's offer of $17 million to the community.

Developers of the proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center campus mailed residents a pamphlet that many called 'propaganda' at Monday's hearing, during which an expert also gave testimony on traffic predictions.