River Pointe Data Center
Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PADeveloper: Slate Belt Holdings LLC (Talen Energy)Census GEOID 42095
- Stage
- Proposed
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Power, Buildings, Water
Slate Belt Holdings LLC, a partnership including Talen Energy and the River Pointe Logistics Center developers, proposed a 23 building data center campus on 754 acres along River Road in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with each building pad designed for a 201,000 square foot footprint. It is proposed, since February 23, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
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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
- 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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| How much water it would use | ||||
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The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Slate Belt Holdings LLC (Talen Energy) | 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 | 754 acres | what a permit allows | [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Buildings | lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) | |||
| 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.
- 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 happened
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
The proposed data center campus would consist of 23 data center pads, each with a footprint of 201,000 square feet
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Slate Belt Holdings, a partnership including Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics Center team, proposed building a data center complex on 754 acres on the former River Pointe property
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
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(content date)
Slate Belt Holdings has proposed a data center campus in Upper Mount Bethel Township, with supervisors discussing a draft agreement amid resident opposition.
mcall.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
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(content date)
Talen Energy and Slate Belt Holdings proposed a 23 building data center campus in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
datacenterdynamics.com (opens in a new tab) trade press
1 earlier entry
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· proposed (content date)
A proposed data center in the Slate Belt area of Pennsylvania drew public interest and concerns, prompting a town hall discussion.
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
The full River Pointe 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, as the EPA's facility record places it. Location from an EPA facility record.
- Where
- River Road, River Pointe Logistics Center, Upper Mount Bethel Township, PA 18063, Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab)
- How exactly it is located
- Exact, the point of the EPA's facility record
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Smithfield Gateway Project, 7.0 mi
- Lower Mount Bethel Technology Center, 7.5 mi
- TierPoint Lehigh Valley Data Center, 22 mi
- TierPoint Bethlehem Data Center, 22 mi
- Verdantas and Prologis data center, Allen Township, 25 mi
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Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is River Pointe Data Center?
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The record has one measure of its size: 754 acres (what a permit allows, gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Who is building River Pointe Data Center?
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Slate Belt Holdings LLC (Talen Energy) 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 River Pointe 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 River Pointe Data Center stand today?
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It is proposed, since February 23, 2026. The newest entry, reported August 26, 2026: The proposed data center campus would consist of 23 data center pads, each with a footprint of 201,000 square feet.
What has Upper Mount Bethel Township or Northampton County decided about it?
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No decision by Upper Mount Bethel Township or Northampton County about data centers is on the record. The Northampton County page and the Pennsylvania scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
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.
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For researchers
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 40.91249, -75.099765
- How the location is known
- Location from an EPA facility record.
- Location source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Upper Mount Bethel Township 754 acre River Pointe Logistics Center parcel.
- Coordinate source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point in Upper Mount Bethel Township
- Location source number
- [1]
- Location last verified
- October 23, 2026
- How acreage was disclosed
- what a permit allows
- Published
- October 13, 2026
- Last verified
- October 23, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, Cooling, How capacity was disclosed, How water was disclosed, Interconnection, Capacity, if disclosed, Rating of the county's rows