ARCHBALD, PA – Eynon Jermyn Road in Archbald has rapidly emerged as Northeast Pennsylvania's epicenter for data center development, with plans now totaling nearly 30 buildings within a one-mile radius.
The latest proposal, filed this month by Archbald I LLC, details plans for 22 new data center buildings across two campuses between Eynon Jermyn Road and Business Route 6, bringing the total number of proposed data centers in the immediate area to 29 buildings across four campuses.
Details on the New Campuses
Documents obtained through a Right to Know Law request reveal the specifics of the two new sites:
Campus 1: Features 18 data center buildings and begins approximately 40 feet north of Staback Park on Eynon Jermyn Road.
Campus 2: Includes four data centers located near the border of Archbald and Jermyn, above the juncture of Eynon Jermyn Road and Washington Avenue.
All 22 new buildings would share a substantial 150,000-square-foot footprint, and they will flank the already proposed "Project Gravity" campus, which is slated to contain six data centers between Eynon Jermyn Road and Business Route 6.
Countywide Development Grows
The new applications push the total number of proposed data center campuses across Lackawanna County to eight, spanning five sites in Archbald, two in Jessup, and a large facility in Clifton and Covington townships along Interstate 380.
The development trend has not been without controversy. A developer involved with two of the Archbald projects had previously sought to build a data center campus on residential land in Blakely, but the project was quickly withdrawn in August following significant community opposition.
