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Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center

Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

ProposedOpposedRecord updated October 15, 2026

Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center is a proposed data center in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania (Northampton County), operated by Peron Development / J.G. Petrucci Co. The public record puts it at 1.2 GW planned, 450 acres, a reported $5 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Peron Development / J.G. Petrucci Co.
Facility type: Data center
Location: Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, PA
Coordinates: 40.8016, -75.1573 (approximate)
Power capacity: 1.2 GW planned
Land: 450 acres
Investment: $5 billion
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: PPL (transmission)
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: 500 permanent
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.

April 9, 2026
Proposed
Needs an industrial zone expansion and a land development plan. Developers call the process 'in its infancy'. Source: WFMZ-TV 69 News

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. None of about three dozen speakers at the developer-run town hall supported the project.

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.

None of about three dozen speakers at the developer-run town hall supported the project. A Change.org petition opposes it.

Source: WFMZ-TV 69 News

Power and water

Talen Energy would supply power and PPL would provide transmission, per the developer panel.

Notes on the record

About 450 acres near Martins Creek Belvidere Highway and Gravel Hill Road. No end user. Jobs and investment are developer estimates. The pin is the township centroid. Distinct from the Slate Belt Holdings campus in Upper Mount Bethel.

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.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy

Which document closes each gap

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.

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Our reporting on this site

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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.

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Project Atlas Data Center Campus (South Whitehall Township) · South Whitehall Township · CDE Acquisitions, LLC23 mi · Proposed · Opposed
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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center data center in Lower Mount Bethel Township?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center data center?

No lawsuit over Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center appears in the record we track as of October 15, 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 Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center 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 Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center, and how big is it?

Peron Development / J.G. Petrucci Co. is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 450 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center," updated October 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/lower-mount-bethel-tech-center-northampton-pa.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/lower-mount-bethel-tech-center-northampton-pa, retrieved October 29, 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.'We will fight until the end': Lower Mt. Bethel residents pack data center town hall · WFMZ-TV 69 News · retrieved October 15, 2026

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