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Plans for the Project Gravity data center campus depict data centers near the Jermyn border. (SCREENSHOT VIA PROJECT GRAVITY\u2019s DEP WATER OBSTRUCTION AND ENCROACHMENT JOINT PERMIT)\n<\/p>\nJermyn council President Frank Kulick worries his town will feel the full effects of nearly three dozen data centers proposed in Archbald near Jermyn\u2019s border, despite having no control over the facilities and receiving no financial benefits.<\/p>\n
To discuss the situation with residents, Jermyn will hold a town hall on Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Jermyn Community Center, 440 Jefferson Ave., Kulick said. The borough is increasingly receiving questions from residents, and to address those concerns, officials will use the town hall to share Jermyn\u2019s position and explain what they have done to try to help the borough, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really have no influence over Archbald, but we want to make Archbald aware that it\u2019s affecting us,\u201d Kulick said. \u201cIf, in fact, it goes through, we hope to be able to get some kind of financial gain from it, but to be honest, we\u2019re hoping it doesn\u2019t go through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jermyn sent Archbald a letter in August regarding data centers but never received a response, he said.<\/p>\n
There are currently 30 proposed data centers across four campuses within just over a mile of Jermyn\u2019s border, and two of the campuses border the town. Archbald I LLC proposes building 18 data centers just north of Staback Park in Archbald between Eynon Jermyn Road and Business Route 6. The same developer proposes a second, smaller campus consisting of four more data centers near Gibson and Lackawanna streets in Jermyn, including an access road onto Lackawanna Street. The seven-data-center Project Gravity would also partially border Jermyn; plans for the project show two data centers in the vicinity of Gibson Street.
\nPlans for the Project Gravity data center campus depict data centers near the Jermyn border. (SCREENSHOT VIA PROJECT GRAVITY\u2019s DEP WATER OBSTRUCTION AND ENCROACHMENT JOINT PERMIT)\n<\/p>\n
Additionally, the nearly 620,000-square-foot Project Boson data center will be on Eynon Jermyn Road at the site of the Highway Auto Parts junkyard.\n<\/p>\n
Kulick said he\u2019s worried about the proximity to Jermyn and the potential noise, water and electricity problems associated with data centers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more and more I read about it \u2026 it\u2019s frightening,\u201d he said. \u201cIt makes me wonder about the water issues, the power issues, how those are going to affect our residents, not to mention the property value decreases and all the things that go along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
To offset those concerns, data centers often tout their economic benefits, notably large amounts of tax revenue for their host communities, along with temporary construction jobs and some high-paying permanent jobs, but Jermyn won\u2019t receive any of that tax revenue.<\/p>\n
Jermyn officials initially heard questions from residents who live near the proposed data centers, but those concerns have now spread throughout the community, Kulick said.<\/p>\n