Data centers in Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Monroe County has 2 data centers on the record: 2 proposed. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Monroe County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row. The latest decision on the record: Smithfield Township postponed a conditional use hearing on the data center development that was publicly advertised (Smithfield Township), reported September 7, 2026.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The 2 data centers in Monroe County
Every Monroe County record 2 records · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Manor Investors data center, Tobyhanna Township Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County | Proposed Proposed, no permit applications received | Pocono Manor Investors | ||
| Smithfield Gateway Project Smithfield Township, Monroe County | Proposed Proposed, no permit applications received | DEPG Moiser Assoc. LP / DEPG of Shawnee II Assoc. LP | Revised documents submitted include traffic statements, acoustical evaluations of sound emissions, and emergency response plans. lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet reported September 7, 2026 |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Manor Investors data center, Tobyhanna Township | Tobyhanna Township, Monroe | Proposed | Pocono Manor Investors | site | 2 | 2026-10-23 | ||
| Smithfield Gateway Project | Smithfield Township, Monroe | Proposed | DEPG Moiser Assoc. LP / DEPG of Shawnee II Assoc. LP | site | 2 | 2026-10-23 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
The cities in Monroe County on the record (2)
| City | Census GEOID | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Township | 4208971344 | 1 | |
| Tobyhanna Township | 4208976960 | 0 |
A city without a record is listed, not linked.
What Monroe County has decided 1 body, 2 decisions on the record
What 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 one tap away, newest first, with its source.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithfield Township | city | not rated | Smithfield Township postponed a conditional use hearing on the data center development that was publicly advertised. lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) query feed Reported Sep 72 acts on this rowEvery act on the Smithfield Township row
| 2 | 2026-09-07 |
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day. A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.
What happened
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HearingSmithfield Township
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) query feed -
Now proposedSmithfield Gateway Project
The proposed Smithfield Gateway data center is a 500,000 square foot building.
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) local outlet -
OrdinanceSmithfield Township
lehighvalleylive.com (opens in a new tab) query feed
Nearby places with records
Distances run between the centers the Census Bureau gives each place. Every Pennsylvania county.
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 0 | 2 | ||
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 2 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 2 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 2 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 2 |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
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 2 tracked facilities in Monroe County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Monroe County are cooled.
About this data
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Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Monroe County, Pennsylvania", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/pa/monroe-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- 42089
- Census geography
- County, Monroe County
- Rating
- Not rated