Data Center Signal is tracking 5 clips about Scranton Materials LLC data center developments across 1 states, including PA.
A developer, Mark Gawron, operating as Popca LLC, is proposing a data center campus in Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The township's zoning officer denied the permit, citing that commercial land use is not allowed in the rural resource district. Gawron's attorneys have appealed the decision, arguing the zoning ordinance is exclusionary and illegal.
Popca LLC's proposed data center campus in Newton Township, Lackawanna County, was denied by the local zoning officer, leading the company to file an appeal. This project is one of several data center developments in the county facing zoning challenges. Another proposed campus by Scranton Materials LLC in Ransom Township also had its zoning amendment denied, and an appeal has been filed with the county court.
A developer, Dickson City Development LLC, has filed a lawsuit against Dickson City Borough, seeking to annul a recently adopted ordinance that establishes zoning standards for data centers. The developer claims the ordinance is exclusionary, unlawful, and creates insurmountable barriers for data center development within the borough. Residents previously voiced opposition to data centers during public hearings.
Ransom Township's Planning Commission is revising its zoning ordinance to define and regulate data centers amidst ongoing legal challenges. A property owner, Scranton Materials LLC, filed a lawsuit and an appeal after the township's Board of Supervisors rejected its proposed zoning amendment to build a data center campus. The new ordinance aims to proactively address data center development while protecting residents and the environment.
A Ransom Township zoning hearing resulted in the township board of supervisors voting 2-1 to reject a property owner's request to change the zoning ordinance to allow development of a data center campus. The vote came after an attorney representing a local resident pointed out flaws in the hearing process and the case presented by the data center developer.