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  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
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      "name": "PAX-1 Data Center",
      "summary": "PAX-1 Data Center is a proposed data center campus on a 700 acre tract off Country Club Road in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. In August 2026, Governor Josh Shapiro removed PAX-1 from the PA Permit Fast Track program under Executive Order 2026-05, while a Chapter 102 NPDES stormwater permit application remains under review at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.",
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      "location_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Middlesex Township land development docket off Country Club Road in Cumberland County, PA 17013.",
      "location_verified_at": "2026-10-23",
      "coordinate_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point at 40.236186, -77.152019 in Middlesex Township",
      "location_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "site_address": "1150 Country Club Road, Middlesex Township, Carlisle, PA 17013",
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      "published": "2026-09-04",
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      "state_permit_status_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
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      "state_permit_status_as_of": "2026-10-07",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Middlesex Township supervisors approve PAX-1 data center development matters - ABC27",
          "url": "https://www.abc27.com/local-news/middlesex-township-supervisors-approve-pax-1-data-center-development-matters/",
          "publisher": "ABC27",
          "date": "2026-09-03",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Senator focuses on AI 'threat to humanity' as data center fights continue - The Center Square",
          "url": "https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_59b04c4e-5c06-4c9b-9c7e-4a7375c9671a.amp.html",
          "publisher": "The Center Square",
          "date": "2026-09-15",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "title": "Pennsylvania DEP Data Center Permit Tracker",
          "url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
          "publisher": "Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection",
          "date": "2026-10-07",
          "source_tier": 2
        },
        {
          "title": "PAX-1 data center project removed from PA Permit Fast Track Program under Shapiro executive order",
          "url": "https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/pax-1-data-center-project-removed-pa-permit-fast-track-program-shapiro-executive-order/521-025432741",
          "publisher": "FOX43",
          "date": "2026-08-19",
          "source_tier": 4
        }
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          "source_url": null
        }
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        "tenancy": "not_disclosed",
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        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-03",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Middlesex Township supervisors approved PAX-1 data center development matters.",
          "source_url": "https://www.cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/middlesex-township-supervisors-pax-1-data-center/article_pax1_20260903.html",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "stalled",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-02",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "A judge granted a partial victory to opponents of a data center in Cumberland County.",
          "source_url": "https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/09/judge-grants-partial-victory-to-opponents-of-cumberland-county-data-center.html",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "rumored",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-19",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "The 700 acre PAX-1 property is located off Country Club Road and construction crews have already begun moving dirt",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/pax-1-data-center-project-removed-pa-permit-fast-track-program-shapiro-executive-order/521-025432741",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "rumored",
          "effective_at": "2026-08-19",
          "date_basis": "source",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-08-19",
          "summary": "The PAX-1 data center project in Cumberland County does not have all the necessary permits to operate",
          "source_url": "https://www.fox43.com/article/news/politics/pax-1-data-center-project-removed-pa-permit-fast-track-program-shapiro-executive-order/521-025432741",
          "source_tier": 4
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2025-01-30",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-10-07",
          "summary": "The Pennsylvania DEP received the project's first permit application on January 30, 2025; its tracker lists the project as permits under review (21 permits: 9 issued, 4 pending, 8 not yet submitted).",
          "source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
          "source_tier": 2
        }
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