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Project Hazelnut

Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · All 2 NorthPoint Development sites

ProposedIn litigationAI mixed useRecord updated September 12, 2026

Project Hazelnut is a proposed data center in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County), operated by NorthPoint Development (NP Hazleton Holdings 1 LLC). The public record puts it at announced 2024, 1,283 acres. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
NorthPoint Development (NP Hazleton Holdings 1 LLC)
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
Hazle Township, Luzerne County, PA
Coordinates
40.9850, -75.9550
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
1,283 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2024
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
In litigation
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. June 2026
    Proposed
    Hazle Township passed a 6-month moratorium/curative amendment pausing data center development. Source: Food & Water Watch
  2. 2026
    Proposed
    Hazle Township denied NorthPoint's land development application for the 15-building, ~1,283-acre campus; NorthPoint appealed in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and created a $30M fund to offset potential resident utility-rate impacts during the appeal. Source: PoweredByWho

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Project Hazelnut in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Hazle Township denied NorthPoint's land development application; NorthPoint is appealing in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and created a $30M fund to offset potential short-term utility rate increases for residents during the appeal.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.

Hazle Township denied NorthPoint's land development application; NorthPoint is appealing in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and created a $30M fund to offset potential short-term utility rate increases for residents during the appeal. Separately, NorthPoint committed to a $165M Community Benefit Fund: $45M Direct Resident Grant Fund ($10,000 grants to eligible households), $15M Community Support Fund (education/workforce training/arts/recreation/youth), and a $105M long-term commitment ($7M/year for 15 years) toward a new local police department and reduced trash fees. A judge reportedly rebuked NorthPoint's appeal effort. Hazle Township subsequently passed a 6-month moratorium/curative amendment; PA state Sen. Katie Muth has filed a statewide 3-year data center moratorium bill.

Source: The Sunday Dispatch

Power and water

At a February 2026 DEP hearing the developer described a maximum of 2.8 million gallons of treated wastewater from the Greater Hazleton Joint Sewer Authority, with domestic water supplied via CAN DO, which serves the Humboldt industrial parks; the campus's water usage was said to be able to reduce Black Creek by 5.5%. The source does not state an averaging period for the 2.8 million gallon figure, so no reportedMgd rate is recorded here.

Notes on the record

Site: Humboldt North Industrial Park, Hazle Township, Luzerne County PA (within a larger ~3,000-acre industrial park); a few miles from Amazon's nuclear-adjacent data center campus (acquired from Talen Energy) - proximity only, AWS is NOT a confirmed tenant/operator for Project Hazelnut; NorthPoint's own project site names no end-tenant, describing this as a speculative build. Phased: Phase 1 (5 buildings) to begin Q4 2026, Phase 2 (3 buildings) Q1 2028, Phase 3 (7 buildings) Q2 2029. Developer projects ~900-1,300 construction jobs and ~900-950 permanent jobs ($50K-$158K salary range) - not yet delivered, so omitted from the jobs field; similarly $13.47M in projected county tax revenue over 20 years is a projection, not a subsidy. First surfaced publicly in connection with PA's Permit Fast Track Program (Executive Order 2024-04). NorthPoint's own site explicitly frames this as a general 'data center campus' supporting 'cloud platforms, digital payments, streaming, and healthcare systems' - no AI-specific language found; classified 'mixed_use' given hyperscale-tier campus scale makes AI workloads plausible even absent explicit branding.

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 Project Hazelnut data center in Hazle Township?

Yes. Project Hazelnut in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Hazle Township denied NorthPoint's land development application; NorthPoint is appealing in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and created a $30M fund to offset potential short-term utility rate increases for residents during the appeal.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Hazelnut data center?

Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.

How much water does Project Hazelnut use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Hazelnut 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 Project Hazelnut, and how big is it?

NorthPoint Development (NP Hazleton Holdings 1 LLC) is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1283 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Hazelnut," updated September 12, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/project-hazelnut-hazle-township-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/project-hazelnut-hazle-township-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.Northpoint proposes 15-building, 1,280-acre data center campus in Pennsylvania · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 9, 2026
  2. 2.Hazle Township, PA Pauses Data Center Development for Six Months · Food & Water Watch · retrieved July 9, 2026
  3. 3.Hazle Township data center developer announces community development package · The Sunday Dispatch · retrieved July 9, 2026
  4. 4.Project Hazelnut (Hazle Twp - Denied, On Appeal) · PoweredByWho · retrieved July 9, 2026
  5. 5.Project Hazelnut - official project site · NorthPoint Development · retrieved July 9, 2026
  6. 6.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  7. 7.Residents raise questions as developer describes Hazle Twp. data center plans at DEP hearing · WVIA · retrieved September 12, 2026

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