Luzerne County, PA

Project Hazelnut (Hazle Township Data Center Campus)

NorthPoint Development. Denied.

NorthPoint Development proposed a 15 building data center campus in Hazle Township known as Project Hazelnut. Township supervisors denied the proposal in November 2025, and the developer's appeal of that denial was still working through the courts as of the most recent reporting. It is one of several competing data center proposals across Luzerne County.

Status

Denied

Operator

Not disclosed

Applicant on record

NorthPoint Development

Location

Hazle Township, Luzerne County, PA (approximate, city center)

Size

MW not reported

Cooling

Not reported

Utility

PPL Electric

Last updated

August 29, 2026

Sources

• As data-center boom approaches, Lehigh Valley officials working to prepare, Lehigh Valley Public Media
• Briefing 10/17/2025, Data Center Watch, 2025-10-17

What it would mean nearby

PPL Electric distribution base rate case settlement raised residential rates 4.9% from July 2026: about $8 to $10 a month on a $184 bill. The order is meant to keep new data centers from pushing their power costs onto residential electric bills by requiring developers to pay for all of their own electricity. This does not change anyone's electric rate directly, but it is meant to stop the cost of new substations and power lines built for data centers from being added to everyone else's bill.

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