Scranton Materials Data Center
Ransom Township, Lackawanna County, PADeveloper: Mudiita Land Venture LLCCensus GEOID 42069
- Stage
- Proposed
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Power, Buildings, Water
Mudiita Land Venture LLC acquired 528.6 acres in Ransom Township near Old Forge, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania for the proposed Scranton Materials hyperscale data center campus, listed on the Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker. It is proposed, as reported July 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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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
- 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 | Mudiita Land Venture 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 | 528.6 acres | what a permit allows | [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Buildings | ||||
| 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 was decided
Acts of Lackawanna County and Ransom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lackawanna County | Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study | paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| Lackawanna County | Lackawanna County is conducting an air quality and public health impact assessment study for data center and power plant development. | thetimes-tribune.com (opens in a new tab) |
What happened
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(content date)
Mudiita Land Venture LLC purchased 528.6 acres in Ransom Township near Old Forge for a planned hyperscale data center campus, on land also eyed for a pumped storage hydroelectric project.
thetimes-tribune.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
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(content date)
A firm purchased land in Ransom Township for a hyperscale data center campus.
thetimes-tribune.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet
The full Scranton Materials 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
- Main Street & Coxton Road, Ransom Township, PA 18411, Ransom Township, Lackawanna 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
- Dickson City Data Center, 3.6 mi
- Triboro Industrial Park Data Center, 6.5 mi
- Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus, 7.1 mi
- Sunnyside Road Data Center, 8.0 mi
- Breaker Street Data Center, 8.1 mi
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Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is Scranton Materials Data Center?
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The record has one measure of its size: 528.6 acres (what a permit allows, gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Who is building Scranton Materials Data Center?
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Mudiita Land Venture 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 Scranton Materials 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 Scranton Materials Data Center stand today?
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It is proposed, as reported July 23, 2026. The newest entry, September 4, 2026: Mudiita Land Venture LLC purchased 528.6 acres in Ransom Township near Old Forge for a planned hyperscale data center campus, on land also eyed for a pumped storage hydroelectric project.
What has Ransom Township or Lackawanna County decided about it?
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Lackawanna County: Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study (reported September 17, 2026, paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)); and Lackawanna County: Lackawanna County is conducting an air quality and public health impact assessment study for data center and power plant development (reported September 6, 2026, thetimes-tribune.com (opens in a new tab)). 2 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.
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For researchers
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 41.443052, -75.702123
- How the location is known
- Location from an EPA facility record.
- Location source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Lackawanna County 528.6 acre parcel in Ransom Township, PA 18411.
- Coordinate source
- PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point in Ransom 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