Archbald, Lackawanna County, PADeveloper: Pine Line IncCensus GEOID 42069
Pine Line Inc proposed the Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus on 500 acres along Wildcat Road in Archbald Borough, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, planned for 14 data center buildings and 588 emergency backup diesel generators alongside adjacent PPL and Blackstone natural gas power generation. It is proposed, since August 3, 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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| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Tax it would pay each year |
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Pine Line Inc | 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 | 500 acres | what a permit allows | [1] gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab) | October 23, 2026 |
| Buildings | [2] kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu (opens in a new tab) | |||
| 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 |
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Acts of Lackawanna County and Archbald 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 |
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| 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) |
(content date)
PPL completed a land deal in Archbald to pave the way for massive data center power plants.
· Status: proposed (content date)
A proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus in Archbald would contain 588 backup diesel generators to power 14 data center buildings.
The full Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus timeline, in order
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.
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Folded duplicate Archbald power plant land deal lead into the canonical PA DEP tracker record for Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus. The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
I know it is not over but we are going to take the win that it was and we are going to continue on. We know that this is unfortunately a marathon but we live here and we are not going anywhere.
Bill Gaughan, Lackawanna County Commissioner, opposes the data center and power plant projects
Every statement about data centers in Pennsylvania, by speaker
"I know that what I am asking you to do is not popular. But quite frankly we have met the standards under the ordinance and we ask you to approve it."
Provenance: Quoted; content date; reported from elsewhere.
Setting: Archbald Borough Council hearing.
Primary source: WVIA News / The Allegheny Front (opens in a new tab).
Governor Josh Shapiro mentioned his visit to Archbald ahead of signing an executive order reining in large scale data center development
Provenance: Paraphrased; said in the source itself.
Primary source: The Allegheny Front (opens in a new tab).
The pin is the site, as the EPA's facility record places it. Location from an EPA facility record.
The record has one measure of its size: 500 acres (what a permit allows, gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Pine Line Inc is the developer, gis.dep.pa.gov (opens in a new tab). No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
It is proposed, since August 3, 2026. The newest entry, August 30, 2026: PPL completed a land deal in Archbald to pave the way for massive data center power plants. [3]
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.
5 sources on file.
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