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      "summary": "NorthPoint Development proposes 15 data center buildings, a substation, a switchyard and four ancillary buildings on a 1,282 acre campus north of Humboldt Industrial Park North in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. The township supervisors denied its land development plan.",
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          "title": "NorthPoint Development Enhances Historic $165 Million Community Benefits Commitment for Project Hazelnut, Aligning with GRID Standards",
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          "date": "2026-06-24",
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          "title": "Hazle Township Board of Supervisors, meeting minutes, October to December 2025",
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        {
          "title": "A developer offered every household in a Pennsylvania town $10,000 for a data center, and many still said no",
          "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/114013-data-center-developer-offers-every-household-town-10000.html",
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          "date": "2026-09-28",
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        },
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          "title": "AI Data Center Developer Promises $10K Checks To Residents, Locals Call It A Bribe",
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          "publisher": "HotHardware",
          "date": "2026-09-28",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Data center developer offers $10,000 checks to 4,500 households if the 1,300-acre facility is approved — locals push back over noise and 'bribe' concerns",
          "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/data-center-developer-offers-usd10-000-checks-to-4-500-households-if-the-1-300-acre-facility-is-approved-locals-push-back-over-noise-and-bribe-concerns",
          "publisher": "Tom's Hardware",
          "date": "2026-09-28",
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        },
        {
          "title": "Everyone in a Pennsylvania town gets $10K if data center is built – but they’re still pushing back: report",
          "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/09/28/business/everyone-in-hazle-township-pennsylvania-gets-10k-if-data-center-is-built-but-theyre-still-pushing-back-report/",
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          "date": "2026-09-28",
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