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  "license": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0. Link to the specific record page where possible.",
  "source": "https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/luzerne-county/newport-township",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27T03:16:24.099Z",
  "count": 1,
  "projects": [
    {
      "slug": "newport-ridge-data-center-pa",
      "name": "Newport Ridge Data Center",
      "summary": "Newport Township issued municipal zoning permits in September 2026 for the Newport Ridge Data Center campus in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, authorizing 15 closed loop data center buildings powered by three natural gas generation stations across mixed use and industrial zones.",
      "state": "PA",
      "city": "Newport Township",
      "county": "Luzerne County",
      "status": "proposed",
      "developer": "Newport Ridge LLC",
      "capacity_mw": null,
      "latitude": 41.180821,
      "longitude": -76.052982,
      "location_precision": "parcel",
      "location_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker and Newport Township zoning permits in Newport Township, Luzerne County, PA 18634.",
      "location_verified_at": "2026-10-23",
      "coordinate_source": "PA DEP Data Center Permit Tracker point in Newport Township",
      "location_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "site_address": "Alden Mountain Road (State Route 3004), Newport Township, PA 18634",
      "site_address_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "published": "2026-10-13",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "cooling_type": "not_disclosed",
      "cooling_type_source_url": null,
      "cooling_fluid": null,
      "cooling_fluid_source_url": null,
      "developer_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "contractor": null,
      "contractor_source_url": null,
      "site_acres": null,
      "site_acres_disclosed_as": "not_disclosed",
      "site_acres_source_url": null,
      "power_source": null,
      "power_source_url": null,
      "interconnection_status": "not_disclosed",
      "interconnection_source_url": null,
      "water_measure": null,
      "state_permit_status": "Proposed, no permit applications received",
      "state_permit_status_source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
      "state_permit_status_disclosed_as": "permitted",
      "state_permit_status_as_of": "2026-10-07",
      "state_permit_status_last_verified": "2026-10-23",
      "buildings": null,
      "buildings_basis": null,
      "buildings_source_url": null,
      "buildings_verified_at": null,
      "record_url": "https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/newport-ridge-data-center-pa",
      "sources": [
        {
          "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
        }
      ],
      "use_types": [
        {
          "use_type": "not_disclosed",
          "share_percent": null,
          "source_url": null
        }
      ],
      "serves": {
        "tenants": [],
        "tenancy": "not_disclosed",
        "local_service_commitments": [],
        "source_url": null
      },
      "status_history": [
        {
          "status": "proposed",
          "effective_at": "2026-10-07",
          "date_basis": "read",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": "2026-10-07",
          "summary": "The Pennsylvania DEP's Data Center Permit Tracker lists the project as proposed, with no permit applications received, as of October 7, 2026.",
          "source_url": "https://gis.dep.pa.gov/DataCenterPermitTracker/",
          "source_tier": 2
        },
        {
          "status": "permitting",
          "effective_at": "2026-09-14",
          "date_basis": "content",
          "date_precision": "day",
          "planned": false,
          "source_date": null,
          "summary": "Newport Township issued zoning permits for 15 closed loop data center buildings powered by three natural gas generation facilities, with seven sited in the mixed use zone and eight in the industrial zone.",
          "source_url": "https://www.citizensvoice.com/2026/09/14/newport-twp-issues-permits-for-15-data-centers-several-power-plants/",
          "source_tier": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}