Data centers in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Lackawanna County decides new data centers one at a time. The latest decision on the record: Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study, September 17, 2026.
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The data center in Lackawanna County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
PPL Archbald data center power plants
Archbald, Lackawanna County · PPL
No dated entry on the record yet.
- Land
- 500 acresthird party estimate
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Lackawanna County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Lackawanna County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Archbald | 1 |
What Lackawanna County has decided
1 body, 1 decision on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Lackawanna Countycounty
Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study, reported September 17, 2026.
1 act on this row
- event
Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study
- event
What happened
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· Lackawanna County
Scorecard event: Lackawanna County Commissioners approved contract for AI data center health impact study paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com local outlet
What was said
Governor Josh Shapiro mentioned his visit to Archbald ahead of signing an executive order reining in large scale data center development
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Lackawanna County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Lackawanna County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/lackawanna-county, updated September 25, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/lackawanna-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/pa/lackawanna-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- yellow
- Scale word
- Case by case