Data Center Registry
Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus
Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Archbald, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County), operated by Cornell Realty Management. The public record puts it at 1.6 GW planned, a reported $2.1 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Cornell Realty Management
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Archbald, Lackawanna County, PA
- Coordinates
- 41.5100, -75.5400
- Power capacity
- 1.6 GW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $2.1 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- 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
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. The Archbald Neighborhood Association submitted a draft ordinance amendment (Oct 2025) to restrict data centers to a single industrial-zoned site, and residents packed fall-2025 hearings demanding restrictions; the borough council approved the enabling zoning anyway on a divided Nov 24, 2025 vote.
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.
The Archbald Neighborhood Association submitted a draft ordinance amendment (Oct 2025) to restrict data centers to a single industrial-zoned site, and residents packed fall-2025 hearings demanding restrictions; the borough council approved the enabling zoning anyway on a divided Nov 24, 2025 vote.
Notes on the record
Business Route 6 / Wildcat Rd; 400-574 acres (a range across sources, so omitted from landAcres). 14 three-story buildings, ~17.2M sq ft total. In zoning approval process; developer 'resting its case' as of June 2026. One of three competing, previously-untracked proposals in the Lackawanna County cluster (see also Project Gravity and Triboro Industrial Park, both added this session). Coordinates are approximate.
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
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
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.
- 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.
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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.
- Eynon Jermyn Road Data Center Campus (former auto salvage yard) · Archbald · Five Up Realty LLCunder 1 mile · Proposed
- Project Gravity · Archbald · Archbald 25 Developer LLCunder 1 mile · Proposed · Mixed reception
- Breaker Street Data Center Campus · Jessup · Breaker Street Associates LLC (Catalyst Commercial Development)3 mi · Proposed · 600 MW · Contested
- Triboro Industrial Park / Triboro Commerce Park · Jessup / Olyphant · Ercor Triboro LLC (Sansone Group)5 mi · Permitted · In litigation
- Mudiita Ransom Township Data Center Campus · Ransom Township · Mudiita Land Venture LLC11 mi · Cancelled · 750 MW
- Gouldsboro Data Center Campus (Project Gold) · Clifton Township · 1778 Rich Pike LLC22 mi · Proposed · 1.5 GW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus in Archbald?
Yes. Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus in Archbald, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. The Archbald Neighborhood Association submitted a draft ordinance amendment (Oct 2025) to restrict data centers to a single industrial-zoned site, and residents packed fall-2025 hearings demanding restrictions; the borough council approved the enabling zoning anyway on a divided Nov 24, 2025 vote.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of July 26, 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 Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus 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 Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Cornell Realty Management is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.6 GW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/wildcat-ridge-archbald-lackawanna-county-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/wildcat-ridge-archbald-lackawanna-county-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.Data centers are poised to engulf a Pennsylvania town · DeSmog · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 2.$2.1bn data center campus proposed in Archbald, Pennsylvania · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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