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Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site)

Trexlertown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

CancelledContestedRecord updated August 17, 2026

Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) is a cancelled data center in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County), operated by Air Products. The public record puts it at announced November 2025, 194 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Air Products
Facility type
Data center
Location
Trexlertown, Lehigh County, PA
Coordinates
40.5511, -75.5965 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
194 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
November 2025
Utility
PPL Electric
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Contested
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. August 17, 2026
    Cancelled
    Project ended. The Upper Macungie Township Zoning Hearing Board rejected Air Products' request to establish a data center on the 194-acre former headquarters property in a decision issued July 2026 (after a May 27, 2026 hearing). Air Products let the August 5, 2026 appeal deadline pass without appealing; spokesman Art George confirmed 'Air Products has decided not to pursue an appeal of the Upper Macungie Township Zoning Board decision.' No decision has been made on future ownership or use of the property. Source: Lehigh Valley Public Media
  2. November 2025
    Proposed
    Air Products proposed a 2.6M sq ft, three-building data center campus on its former HQ site along Hamilton Blvd and Cetronia Road. Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) in Trexlertown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Substantial local opposition; proposal went before the Upper Macungie Township zoning hearing board.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Substantial local opposition; proposal went before the Upper Macungie Township zoning hearing board.

Source: WFMZ

Notes on the record

194-acre, ~2.6 million sq ft campus of three buildings (435,600 sq ft to 1.23M sq ft) on the former Air Products headquarters site at 7201 Hamilton Blvd, Upper Macungie Township.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) in Trexlertown?

Yes. Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) in Trexlertown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Substantial local opposition; proposal went before the Upper Macungie Township zoning hearing board.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site)?

No lawsuit over Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) appears in the record we track as of August 17, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site), and how big is it?

Air Products is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 194 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cetronia Road Data Center (former Air Products site)," updated August 17, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/air-products-cetronia-road-upper-macungie-pa.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/air-products-cetronia-road-upper-macungie-pa, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.2.6 million sq ft data center campus proposed in Pennsylvania · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.Giant data center proposal in Upper Macungie Township is in the works · LehighValleyNews.com · retrieved July 17, 2026
  3. 3.Upper Macungie zoners weigh massive data center campus on former Air Products site · WFMZ · retrieved July 17, 2026
  4. 4.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  5. 5.Air Products abandons plan for data center at former Upper Macungie headquarters · Lehigh Valley Public Media · retrieved August 17, 2026

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