7 documented items. Counts describe documentation, not harm or severity. One item can have more than one category.
Air and generators: 2 · Health: 2 · Land use and zoning: 2 · Noise: 2 · Other: 6 · Power and electric rates: 2 · Water quality and discharge: 2 · Water use: 1 · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater: 2
This is a bounded source collection. Missing items do not establish that no concern was raised. A case disposition does not establish facility operating status or resolve the underlying allegations.
View 7 documented items Permit and comment Noise · Land use and zoning · Power and electric rates · Other
Smithfield Township consulting engineer T&M Associates requested additional Smithfield Gateway conditional use information and identified unresolved issues in the sound analysis, modeled equipment and barrier dimensions, electrical disturbance review and project information. These are technical application comments, not findings of actual noise from an operating facility or a final conditional use denial. The later published applicant correspondence offers revisions and a procedural hearing schedule without establishing completed compliance.
Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.
Event date September 11, 2026
Source publication date September 11, 2026
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 23, 2026 The technical review letter is dated September 11, 2026. This is the date printed on the original agency document. The first online posting day was not independently established.
Raised or recorded by Smithfield Township consulting engineer.
Company statement published by an agency or court. DEPG applicant representatives said they intended to revise the plans and address engineering comments, with technical noise matters treated separately. The Township published correspondence also records agreement to a limited party status and scheduling hearing. These are applicant statements and a procedural agreement, not independent verification that the concerns are resolved or a permit has been granted.
The correspondence identifies representatives of the named applicants. This attribution does not establish a data center operator role or change any provider relationship.
Response publication: October 21, 2026. Response sources checked: October 23, 2026.
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Public concern on the record Montgomery County Noise · Other
Plymouth Township Council describes concerns about neighborhood health and welfare, noise and vibration, residential buffers, lighting and site safeguards in its July 27, 2026 statement on the proposed 900 Conshohocken Road computing facility. The statement records Council opposition and its account of disputed proposed conditions. These are attributed government positions rather than measured harm, an independently verified applicant admission, adopted general Township standards or a completed project denial. The institutional concern episode remains separate from final legal disposition and its resolution is unknown.
Record status: Unknown. The selected institutional account records concern or a proposed legislative reason for review. Current concern resolution, measured facility effects, final current legal disposition and individual project eligibility remain unverified. A pause, draft text, extension or vote does not establish resolution of the underlying concern.
Event date July 27, 2026
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 24, 2026 The original Council statement is dated July 27, 2026. This dates the institutional statement rather than its exact first online posting, first public concern, final application decision or subsequent hearing outcome. The exact first public posting day of this original government document is not independently established. Signed instrument dates and printed meeting dates remain separate.
Raised or recorded by Plymouth Township Council.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Permit and comment Land use and zoning · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Other
Cumberland County Planning Department recorded recommendations on the PAX 1 subdivision plan, including plan clarity, drainage easements, survey markers and addressing information. The March 16, 2026 review is a technical plan comment record, not an allegation of measured harm, a final municipal permit decision or a finding that an operating facility violated a rule.
Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.
Event date March 16, 2026
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 23, 2026 The report records March 16, 2026 as the review day and March 5 as the receipt day. Final is the submitted plan status, not proof of an approval. The original dated agency record was reviewed. Its first online publication day was not established.
Raised or recorded by Cumberland County Planning Department.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Legal action Other
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records granted part of a records appeal and dismissed another part as moot concerning Kline Township Amazon and NorthPoint communications and data center water correspondence. The determination says the Township did not meet its disclosure burden and directs records production or a detailed nonexistence attestation. Actual later compliance or appeal was not verified. This records decision is not a project permit denial, a finding of intentional concealment or an environmental harm finding.
Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.
Event date March 2, 2026
Source publication date March 2, 2026
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 23, 2026 The original final determination records March 2, 2026 as its issued and mailed day. The original determination date is retained where explicit. The first online publication day of the undated public comment is unknown.
Raised or recorded by Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Permit and comment Water quality and discharge · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced a comment hearing on Project Hazelnut's water-obstruction and stormwater permit applications, including discharges to Black Creek, Stony Creek and nearby wetlands. The notice scheduled a February 17 hearing with a snow date. It does not establish that the hearing occurred, what residents said, permit issuance or a violation.
Record status: Unknown. The later permit and comment-process outcome is unknown in this bounded review. A hearing notice does not establish actual testimony, a final decision, measured discharge, resolution of concerns or present compliance.
Event date February 12, 2026
Source publication date February 12, 2026
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 18, 2026 February 12, 2026 is the dated announcement, not proof that the planned February 17 hearing or reserved February 19 snow date occurred. The original agency release displays February 12, 2026 publication. The developer page is undated; its source check date and copyright year do not establish publication.
Raised or recorded by Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Company-published statement. NorthPoint Development described plans to use reclaimed water for cooling and privately fund sewer improvements, and states that it will avoid local potable water and wells for cooling. These are developer commitments, not independent water measurements, a permit decision or verification of completed work.
The undated original project page gives the developer's water-handling position for the same Hazelnut proposal. It is linked as general same-project context, not as an express reply to the February notice, specific stormwater comments or an agency finding.
Response publication: Not established. Response sources checked: October 18, 2026.
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Permit and comment Air and generators · Health · Power and electric rates · Other
Pennsylvania DEP recorded public concerns about air pollution, health and energy costs and requests for more participation and information about possible adjacent data centers. Its November 18, 2025 response explains that the reviewed authorization is for a generating station and does not authorize data center construction or operation. The record documents public comments and agency responses, not measured harm from an operating data center or an independent Atlas environmental finding.
Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.
Event date Not established
Source publication date November 18, 2025
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 23, 2026 The exact days of individual public comments are not established by this bounded agency response review. This is the date printed on the original agency document. The first online posting day was not independently established.
Raised or recorded by Pennsylvania DEP.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Public concern on the record Air and generators · Water use · Water quality and discharge · Health · Other
Clean Air Council submitted public comments asking DEP to consider cumulative environmental and health impacts around the proposed Hummingbird development, including the associated gas infrastructure and water demand. The government published comment records the group position. Its health, water, well and employment estimates are not independently verified, and the letter does not establish measured impacts from an operating Hummingbird facility or a final permit outcome.
Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.
Event date Not established
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 23, 2026 The original comment has no exact day. Its November 2025 folder name is not converted into an event date. The original determination date is retained where explicit. The first online publication day of the undated public comment is unknown.
Raised or recorded by Clean Air Council.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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