Archbald scheduled a special meeting Friday to consider a conditional use application from a developer proposing to build up to 18 data centers along Eynon Jermyn Road and Business Route 6.
The borough posted notice of the special meeting on its website Wednesday. It is scheduled Friday at 1 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 400 Church St., to consider the application by Archbald I LLC.
Council postponed a public hearing Monday for Archbald I’s Project Scott data center campus because The Times-Tribune did not publish public notices announcing it.
The borough held its first public hearing on the campus Feb. 11, but the developer behind Archbald I, Provident Realty Advisors of Dallas, Texas, only presented two of its five planned witnesses. The developer planned to provide testimony at a subsequent hearing from a data center engineer, a traffic engineer and a sound and noise consultant. Public hearings also give residents the chance to testify before council votes.
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, which provides the legal framework for municipal zoning, requires subsequent hearings to be held within 45 days, unless the applicant agrees to extend it. If the borough misses that deadline, it is “deemed an approval,” according to the MPC.
Council has until this weekend to make a decision if Archbald I does not agree to an extension.
Project Scott proposes up to 18 data centers, each up to 90 feet tall with a 154,850-square-foot footprint across about 400 acres. The campus would border Archbald’s Staback Park.
The exact details of Friday’s meeting were unclear Wednesday evening.