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  "license": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
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  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
  "source": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/amazon-luzerne-data-center-pa",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27T01:47:33.873Z",
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      "slug": "amazon-luzerne-data-center-pa",
      "name": "Amazon Luzerne Data Center (Susquehanna Campus)",
      "summary": "Amazon Web Services is constructing a hyperscale data center campus acquired from Talen Energy (Cumulus Data) on 1,200 acres adjacent to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station at 500 Salem Boulevard in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Phase 1 has completed Pennsylvania DEP review with all 4 permits issued, while Phase 2 has 4 permits under review (3 issued, 1 pending).",
      "state": "PA",
      "city": "Salem Township",
      "county": "Luzerne County",
      "status": "under_construction",
      "developer": "Amazon Web Services",
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      "latitude": 41.109278,
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      "location_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point and Luzerne County parcel adjacent to the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station in Salem Township, PA 18603.",
      "location_verified_at": "2026-10-23",
      "coordinate_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker permit coordinates in Salem Township",
      "location_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "site_address": "500 Salem Boulevard, Berwick (Salem Township), PA 18603",
      "site_address_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "published": "2026-10-01",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "developer_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
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      "site_acres": 1200,
      "site_acres_disclosed_as": "permitted",
      "site_acres_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "power_source": "Colocated nuclear power from Talen Energy Susquehanna Steam Electric Station under PJM interconnection filings",
      "power_source_url": "https://www.ferc.gov/media/er24-2172-000",
      "interconnection_status": "not_disclosed",
      "interconnection_source_url": null,
      "water_measure": null,
      "state_permit_status": "Phase 1: DEP review complete; Phase 2: permits under review",
      "state_permit_status_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "state_permit_status_disclosed_as": "permitted",
      "state_permit_status_as_of": "2026-10-07",
      "state_permit_status_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "buildings": null,
      "buildings_basis": null,
      "buildings_source_url": null,
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      "record_url": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/amazon-luzerne-data-center-pa",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Local Planning Commission vote violates court order on data center measure - The Center Square",
          "url": "https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_9af7eb0e-f00e-482c-b26a-db6faf2b861d.html",
          "publisher": "The Center Square",
          "date": "2026-09-01",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker: Salem Township Data Center Development (Amazon Web Services) - Phase 1",
          "url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
          "publisher": "Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection",
          "date": "2026-10-07",
          "source_tier": 2
        },
        {
          "title": "Susquehanna River Basin Commission Docket No. 20250912: Susquehanna Steam Electric Station Colocated Data Center Campus Water Approval",
          "url": "https://www.srbc.gov/portals/water-project-portal/",
          "publisher": "Susquehanna River Basin Commission",
          "date": "2025-09-12",
          "source_tier": 2
        },
        {
          "title": "FERC Docket No. ER24-2172: PJM Interconnection Service Agreement for Susquehanna Nuclear and Cumulus / Amazon Data Center Campus",
          "url": "https://www.ferc.gov/media/er24-2172-000",
          "publisher": "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission",
          "date": "2024-11-01",
          "source_tier": 2
        }
      ],
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        {
          "use_type": "not_disclosed",
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          "source_url": null
        }
      ],
      "serves": {
        "tenants": [],
        "tenancy": "not_disclosed",
        "local_service_commitments": [],
        "source_url": null
      },
      "status_history": [
        {
          "status": "under_construction",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-01",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-09-01",
          "summary": "Amazon's data center project in Salem Township is in construction.",
          "source_url": "https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_9af7eb0e-f00e-482c-b26a-db6faf2b861d.html",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2024-06-11",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-10-07",
          "summary": "The Pennsylvania DEP received the project's first permit application on June 11, 2024; its tracker lists Phase 1 as DEP review complete and Phase 2 as permits under review (45 permits: 36 issued, 5 pending, 4 not yet submitted).",
          "source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
          "source_tier": 2
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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