Added as denied
Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus
Cornell Realty Management. Denied, 1600 MW
Brooklyn based Cornell Realty Management proposed Wildcat Ridge, a 14 building, roughly 578 acre data center campus off Business Route 6 and Wildcat Road in Archbald Borough, with about 1.6 gigawatts of power, 588 diesel backup generators, and up to 3.3 million gallons of water use a day at summer peak. More than 400 residents packed earlier public hearings in opposition, and the Archbald Borough Council voted unanimously, 7 to 0, on October 21, 2026 to deny the zoning application. Residents at the meeting said they expect the developer to appeal the decision.
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- Status
- Denied
- Operator
- Not disclosed
- Applicant on record
- Cornell Realty Management
- Location
- Archbald, Lackawanna County, PA
- Size
- 1600 MW, 578 acres, 2,832,760 sq ft
- Cooling
- Not reported
- Utility
- PPL Electric
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
What happens next
This proposal will not move forward as filed, but the land it was proposed on can be proposed again under a new project. See other stopped projects.
Sources
- Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus faces major opposition in Archbald, Times-Tribune (via Yahoo), 2026-03-11
- Archbald council unanimously denies zoning for hyperscale data center campus in borough, WVIA News, 2026-10-21
- Archbald Borough Council votes to reject Wildcat Ridge Data Center Proposal, WNEP
What it would mean nearby
The cooling design has not been reported. If it uses evaporative cooling, a 1600 MW facility would draw roughly 5.1 million to 18.3 million gallons of water a day, about what 58,300 households use.
No rate change has happened yet. This is a complaint asking the PUC to make PPL shift the cost of serving large data centers onto those data centers instead of spreading it across everyone else's bill, and it is still pending. 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.
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History
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Common questions
Where is the Wildcat Ridge data center?
It is in Archbald, Lackawanna County, PA.
Has the Wildcat Ridge data center been approved?
No. A local government denied it.
How big is the Wildcat Ridge data center?
Reported size: 1600 MW, 578 acres, 2,832,760 square feet.
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