Scranton to amend zoning to regulate data centers
News ClipScranton Times-Tribune·Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA·3/10/2026
The city of Scranton, Pennsylvania plans to amend its zoning ordinance to regulate data centers. This comes after the Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association, a regional zoning collaboration, advised member municipalities to address data centers on their own. Scranton plans to introduce the proposed zoning amendment at its city council meeting on March 17, after inadvertently posting a public notice about it earlier.
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Gov: Scranton City Council, Scranton-Abingtons Planning Association (SAPA)
Scranton issued a public notice Saturday announcing the city’s intent to regulate data centers. The public notice in Saturday’s edition of The Times-Tribune said that council, at its meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, will introduce an amendment to the city’s 2023 zoning o