4-3 Salem Township Data Center
Salem Township, Luzerne County, PADeveloper: 4-3 Glen Brook GroupCensus GEOID 42079
- Stage
- Proposed
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Buildings, Water
The 4-3 Glen Brook Group proposed a 39 building data center campus spanning 4,466 acres across 279 properties in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with projected power demand of 3.5 to 4 gigawatts. In August 2026, a Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas judge ordered Salem Township to redo its July 23, 2026 zoning hearing after residents were locked out of the municipal building. It is proposed; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
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How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Power it would draw
- 3.5 GW the developer's figure About 0.34 times New York City's summer peak demand in 2024.
- [2] luzernecounty.org
- State permit status
- Proposed, no permit applications received the state's permit register, as of October 7, 2026, last verified October 23, 2026
- [1] gis.dep.pa.gov
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Buildings, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year
The math behind the comparison
- 4-3 Salem Township Data Center, capacity: 3,500 MW.
- New York City (NYISO Zone J) summer peak demand, actual, 2024: 10,245 MW (2024).
- 3,500 ÷ 10,245 = 0.34 (MW over MW).
Sources:
- Luzerne County Assessment Office (opens in a new tab)
- NYISO, 2025 Load and Capacity Data Report (Gold Book) (opens in a new tab), Table I-4a, Baseline Summer Non-Coincident Peak Demand, Historical and Forecast, page 26, Zone J, 2024 row (2024)
A comparison is arithmetic on two published rows and is never a new fact (how comparisons are made).
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | 3.5 GW | the developer's figure | [2] luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| How much water it would use | ||||
| How loud it would be | ||||
| Jobs once it runs | ||||
| Tax it would pay each year |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | 4-3 Glen Brook Group | as stated by the source | [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Who is constructing it | ||||
| How much land | 4,466 acres | what a permit allows | [2] luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Buildings | ||||
| Where its power comes from | ||||
| Grid connection | ||||
| How it is cooled | ||||
| State permit status | Proposed, no permit applications received | the state's permit register, as of October 7, 2026, last verified October 23, 2026 | [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Luzerne County and Salem Township about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazle Township | Hazle Township enacted a municipal moratorium on the data center project | theguardian.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Hazle Township | Hazle Township's government rejected the data center project on zoning grounds and placed a temporary moratorium on data center construction | breitbart.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Salem Township | DEP published notice inviting comments on NPDES Water Quality Permit for Amazon Data Services ADS Berwick Data Center in Salem Township, Luzerne County | paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Luzerne County | Plains Township to host hearing on AI data center zoning map changes to accommodate data centers on September 22 in Luzerne County | paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Salem Township | Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend township supervisors approve expansion of data center overlay district for third project despite court stay order | thecentersquare.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Salem Township | Salem Township Board of Supervisors scheduled to meet Wednesday to decide on data center overlay zone expansion | timesleader.com (opens in a new tab) |
2 earlier decisions on the county's rows
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazle Township | Hazle Township supervisors passed a 180 day freeze on new data center applications on June 8, 2026, pausing Project Hazelnut while officials rewrite zoning rules | thecooldown.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Hazle Township | Hazle Township Supervisors voted 3-0 on November 14, 2025 to deny land development approval for Project Hazelnut | standardspeaker.com (opens in a new tab) |
What happened
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· Status: permitting (content date)
A proposed third data center campus in Salem Township encompassing 279 properties and 4,466 acres is undergoing a zoning hearing process that a Luzerne County judge ordered to be redone after residents were locked out of the July 23, 2026 meeting.
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· Status: proposed (content date)
The 4-3 Glen Brook Group announced a data center campus in Salem Township encompassing approximately 4,000 acres with a 39 building campus and potential power demand of 3.5 to 4 gigawatts.
timesleader.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
The full 4-3 Salem Township Data Center timeline, in order
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Read on October 7, 2026 (the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)
The Pennsylvania DEP's Data Center Permit Tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received, as of October 7, 2026.
The site
The pin is the site. The shaded outline is the parcel, from the county's own parcel record.
- Where
- Salem Boulevard & Moores Hill Road, Salem Township, PA 18603, Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania [2] luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab)
- How exactly it is located
- Exact, on the parcel
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- QTS Salem Township, 1.6 mi
- Nescopeck / Valley View Wood Data Center, 3.3 mi
- Amazon Luzerne Data Center (Susquehanna Campus), 3.4 mi
- Outrigger Data Center, 7.3 mi
- LBT Investment Group LLC data center, Sugarloaf Township, 10.0 mi
Keep going
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is 4-3 Salem Township Data Center?
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The record has 2 measures of its size: 3.5 GW (the developer's figure, luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab)) and 4,466 acres (what a permit allows, luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab)). Each figure names who gave it and links to the source.
Who is building 4-3 Salem Township Data Center?
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4-3 Glen Brook Group is the developer, gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab). No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does 4-3 Salem Township Data Center say it needs?
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Power: 3.5 GW (the developer's figure, luzernecounty.org (opens in a new tab)). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does 4-3 Salem Township Data Center stand today?
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It is proposed; the date it reached that stage is not sourced, only the day a page was read. The newest entry, August 25, 2026: A proposed third data center campus in Salem Township encompassing 279 properties and 4,466 acres is undergoing a zoning hearing process that a Luzerne County judge ordered to be redone after residents were locked out of the July 23, 2026 meeting. [3]
What has Salem Township or Luzerne County decided about it?
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Hazle Township: Hazle Township enacted a municipal moratorium on the data center project (reported October 19, 2026, theguardian.com (opens in a new tab)); and Hazle Township: Hazle Township's government rejected the data center project on zoning grounds and placed a temporary moratorium on data center construction (reported September 29, 2026, breitbart.com (opens in a new tab)). 8 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
Sources
Tracked project domains
Official municipal or regulatory agency docket page cited on the project record.
Primary documents
- Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker (opens in a new tab), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, October 7, 2026
- Luzerne County Assessment and Salem Township Zoning Hearing Docket (4-3 Glen Brook Group Campus) (opens in a new tab), Luzerne County Assessment Office, August 25, 2026
Reporting
- Judge: Salem Twp. broke law, must redo data center hearing - The Citizens' Voice (opens in a new tab), The Citizens' Voice, August 25, 2026, query feed
3 sources on file.
About this data
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For researchers
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 41.081402, -76.197027
- How the location is known
- Location from the county parcel record.
- Location source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Luzerne County parcel records in Salem Township, PA 18603.
- Coordinate source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point in Salem Township
- Location last verified
- October 23, 2026
- How capacity was disclosed
- the developer's figure
- How acreage was disclosed
- what a permit allows
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 3.5 GW, the developer's figure
- Published
- October 13, 2026
- Last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Location source number, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, Cooling, How water was disclosed, Interconnection, Rating of the county's rows