Newport Ridge Data Center
Newport Township, Luzerne County, PADeveloper: Newport Ridge LLCCensus GEOID 42079
- Stage
- Proposed
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Power, Land, Buildings, Water
Newport Township issued municipal zoning permits in September 2026 for the Newport Ridge Data Center campus in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, authorizing 15 closed loop data center buildings powered by three natural gas generation stations across mixed use and industrial zones. It is proposed; the record holds no sourced date for when it reached that stage.
How much power it needs, 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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What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- 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
- Land, Buildings, Power it would draw, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Newport Ridge LLC | 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 | ||||
| Buildings | ||||
| Where its power comes from | ||||
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| 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.
- Power the campus would draw A utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Luzerne County and Newport 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)
Newport Township issued zoning permits for 15 closed loop data center buildings powered by three natural gas generation facilities, with seven sited in the mixed use zone and eight in the industrial zone.
citizensvoice.com (opens in a new tab) news outlet
The full Newport Ridge 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
- Alden Mountain Road (State Route 3004), Newport Township, PA 18634, Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (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
- Hunlock Data Center, 4.2 mi
- Brewster Land Company LLC data center, Dorrance Township, 6.6 mi
- Amazon Luzerne Data Center (Susquehanna Campus), 6.8 mi
- QTS Salem Township, 9.8 mi
- Avison Young data center, Wilkes-Barre, 10.0 mi
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Questions about this project
4 questions answered from the record
Who is building Newport Ridge Data Center?
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Newport Ridge LLC 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 Newport Ridge Data Center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Newport Ridge 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, September 14, 2026: Newport Township issued zoning permits for 15 closed loop data center buildings powered by three natural gas generation facilities, with seven sited in the mixed use zone and eight in the industrial zone.
What has Newport 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
Primary documents
- Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker (opens in a new tab), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, October 7, 2026
1 source on file.
About this data
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For researchers
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 41.180821, -76.052982
- How the location is known
- Location from the county parcel record.
- Location source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Newport Township zoning permits in Newport Township, Luzerne County, PA 18634.
- Coordinate source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point in Newport Township
- Location last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Published
- October 13, 2026
- Last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Location source number, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, Cooling, How capacity was disclosed, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection, Capacity, if disclosed, Rating of the county's rows