Data Center Registry
Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn)
Blakely, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) is a cancelled data center in Blakely, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County), operated by Undisclosed developer (Blakely rezoning applicant). It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Undisclosed developer (Blakely rezoning applicant)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Blakely, Lackawanna County, PA, 18452
- Coordinates
- 41.4809, -75.5946 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Opposed
- 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.
- September 15, 2025CancelledDevelopers retracted their zoning-change application days before the scheduled hearing, which was then cancelled, amid community opposition. They indicated they would still pursue tree removal and a materials storage pad under existing zoning, a reading the borough manager disputes. Source: Fox56 / WOLF
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) in Blakely, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Sustained resident opposition with lawn signs and petitions; the borough manager credited residents' activism after the application was retracted.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Sustained resident opposition with lawn signs and petitions; the borough manager credited residents' activism after the application was retracted.
Notes on the record
Recorded as a withdrawn proposal. The applicant company, acreage and capacity were not disclosed in the cited source, so those fields are omitted rather than estimated. Coordinates are the Blakely borough point; the parcel was not identified publicly.
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
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) in Blakely?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) in Blakely, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Sustained resident opposition with lawn signs and petitions; the borough manager credited residents' activism after the application was retracted.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn)?
No lawsuit over Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) appears in the record we track as of September 25, 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 Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn) 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 Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn), and how big is it?
Undisclosed developer (Blakely rezoning applicant) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Blakely Borough Data Center (withdrawn)," updated September 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/blakely-borough-data-center-lackawanna-pa.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/blakely-borough-data-center-lackawanna-pa, retrieved October 1, 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.Blakely Borough data center plans scrapped amid community pushback, Borough responds · Fox56 / WOLF · retrieved September 25, 2026
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