{"id":44331,"date":"2025-11-25T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44331\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T16:54:07","slug":"do-you-think-designated-data-center-zones-in-archbald-are-in-appropriate-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/44331\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you think designated data center zones in Archbald are in appropriate locations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A packed and emotional special meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/fox56.com\/news\/local\/archbald-council-passes-data-center-zoning-ordinance-despite-public-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Monday night ended with Archbald Borough Council reversing course<\/a> on a previously stalled zoning proposal that clears the way for data centers in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The measure, which failed to advance last month, passed after more than an hour of often heated public comment. Council ultimately approved the ordinance in a 4\u20132 vote, with one member abstaining.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes amid months of debate and public pushback, as FOX56 has closely followed the issue. These images are from sites now approved for data center development.<\/p>\n<p>The areas approved for data centers are:<\/p>\n<p> A large stretch of land near Business Route 6 and Route 247 \u2014 currently designated for conservation and medium- to high-density housing \u2014 is the proposed location for the Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center.<\/p>\n<p> A wooded tract north of Archbald Pothole State Park and Staback Park, situated off Business Route 6 and Eynon Jermyn Road, is where Archbald I LLC plans to build an 18-building data center complex.<\/p>\n<p> Additional potential development areas include industrial parcels along Power Boulevard and within the Valley View Business Park.<\/p>\n<p> Another site is a thin, L-shaped section bordering Stavola Silverbrook Land LLC\u2019s mining property, positioned near the Casey Highway close to Aylesworth Park and the Jefferson Township line.<\/p>\n<p>Aerial images <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NEPADrone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">courtesy NEPA Drone.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARCHBALD, LACKAWANNA CO. (WOLF) \u2014 A packed and emotional special meeting on Monday night ended with Archbald Borough&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-44331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}