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  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
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      "name": "Falls Township Data Center (Keystone Trade Center)",
      "summary": "Amazon Web Services is developing a hyperscale data center campus at the Keystone Trade Center (former U.S. Steel Fairless Works) at 1000 Steel Road South in Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Phase 1 has completed Pennsylvania DEP review with 1 permit issued, while Phase 2 has 4 environmental permits under review (1 issued, 3 pending).",
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      "location_verified_at": "2026-10-23",
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      "location_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
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      "state_permit_status_as_of": "2026-10-07",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Falls Township approves NDA for data center project outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Data Center Dynamics",
          "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/falls-township-approves-nda-for-data-center-project-outside-philadelphia-in-pennsylvania/",
          "publisher": "Data Center Dynamics",
          "date": "2024-11-28",
          "source_tier": 1
        },
        {
          "title": "In his first campaign ad, Fitzpatrick’s democratic challenger Bob Harvie calls for data center moratorium",
          "url": "https://whyy.org/articles/brian-fitzpatrick-bob-harvie-data-center-ad-congressional-race/",
          "publisher": "WHYY",
          "date": "2026-09-10",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "The rumors are true. Amazon is end user in contentious Pa. data center project. - PennLive.com",
          "url": "https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/08/the-rumors-are-true-amazon-is-end-user-in-contentious-pa-data-center-project.html",
          "publisher": "PennLive.com",
          "date": "2026-08-20",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker: Falls 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
        }
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          "effective_at": "2026-08-20",
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          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Amazon has been confirmed as the end user in a contentious Pennsylvania data center project.",
          "source_url": "https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/local/2026/08/20/amazon-confirmed-as-end-user-in-falls-township-keystone-trade-center-data-center/74891234007/",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2025-05-05",
          "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 May 5, 2025; its tracker lists Phase 1 as DEP review complete and Phase 2 as permits under review (15 permits: 14 issued, 1 pending).",
          "source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
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        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2024-11-28",
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          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Falls Township approved a nondisclosure agreement for a data center project at the Keystone Trade Center outside Philadelphia.",
          "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/falls-township-approves-nda-for-data-center-project-outside-philadelphia-in-pennsylvania/",
          "source_tier": 3
        }
      ]
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