Project dossier · Smithfield Township (Monroe County), Pennsylvania

Smithfield Gateway Data Center Awaiting decision

Two 250,000 sq ft data center buildings proposed at Smithfield Gateway behind St. Luke's and Wawa on Route 209. Developer filed a curative amendment application; township initiated a 180-day review period starting May 6, 2026. Township is proposing a new H-1 (Heavy Industrial) Zoning District where data centers would be the only permitted conditional use, removing them from ED and M-1 districts. Board of Supervisors held public hearing and vote on Aug 12, 2026.

Key facts

Operator: DEPG Mosier Associates LP / DEPG of Shawnee II LP
Filing LLC: DEPG Mosier Associates LP
Location: Smithfield Township (Monroe County), Pennsylvania
Application filed: 2026-05-06
Hearing: 2026-08-12
Stage today: Awaiting decision

Source
read 2026-08-14

What to do next

Next step: Heard 2026-08-12; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

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What has happened so far (17 events)

2025-10-22vote
The township held a public hearing on its data center ordinance on October 22, 2025, and the ordinance passed. · source
2025-11-01filing
In November 2025 DEPG submitted the initial sketch plan application and supporting documents for the Smithfield Gateway data center (Phases 1B, 2A, and 2B). · source
2025-12-01filing
In December 2025 the Township Engineer issued Sketch Plan Review No. 1 after the applicant submitted a conceptual site plan, grading plans, and cross-section plans. · source
2026-02-02filing
The applicant resubmitted revised sketch plan materials, including revised conceptual plans, preliminary renderings, a sound study, and response letters to the Township Engineer. · source
2026-02-11filing
The Township Engineer issued Sketch Plan Review No. 2 for the Smithfield Gateway data center sketch plan. · source
2026-02-14protest
A Change.org petition titled 'Stop the massive data center in Stroudsburg, PA' opposing the Smithfield Gateway Project was launched, citing energy use, deforestation, noise and light pollution, and questioning promised job benefits. · source
2026-03-12coverage
DataCenterDynamics reported the Smithfield Gateway project, discussed by the Planning Commission in mid-February, would consist of two 250,000 sq ft data centers linked to Legend Properties with no disclosed end-user, and that an opposition petition had passed 800 signatures. · source
2026-04-03filing
DEPG Mosier Associates LP and DEPG of Shawnee II LP submitted the conditional use application for a two-building data center at Smithfield Gateway, including a statement of purpose, conditional use plan, environmental impact summary, traffic statement, and sound emissions study. · source
2026-04-22hearing
The township scheduled an April 22, 2026 6:00 p.m. hearing on a data center ordinance amendment. · source
2026-05-06filing
Curative amendment application filed; 180-day MPC review period begins. · source
2026-06-01filing
In June 2026 the Township Engineer (T&M Associates) issued Review No. 1 on the data center conditional use application. · source
2026-06-03hearing
The township scheduled a Board of Supervisors meeting for June 3, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School to discuss data center ordinance updates. · source
2026-08-11filing
The applicant resubmitted the conditional use application with revised documents, including conditional use plans, a Kaplin-Stewart resubmission letter, traffic memorandum, acoustical evaluation, emergency response plan, detailed load study report, and water and sewer letters. · source
2026-08-12hearing
Board of Supervisors public hearing and curative amendment vote at JT Lambert Intermediate School. · source
2026-08-12coverage
Fox56 covered the public hearing at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School where residents voiced opposition to the proposed data center zoning, quoting resident Joel Raffaeli saying the community could come up with something better. · source
2026-08-13hearing
Township newsletter states the Planning Commission will review the conditional use application for the proposed data center and vote on a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. · source
2026-09-09hearing
Township newsletter announces the Board of Supervisors will open the conditional use hearing on the proposed data center on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m. at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School, where party status requests are due. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

Pennsylvania DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
DEP Data Center Permit Tracker (the only state register built for data centers — it already feeds this tracker)Searchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Search Smithfield Township (Monroe County) planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
Search Smithfield Township (Monroe County) property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley) — interconnection queueRequested megawatts, queue position and target in-service date. The MW here is the real number; the one at the town meeting is often phase one.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.000, -75.180 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Around here

Smithfield Township community briefing — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-02
Pennsylvania briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Smithfield Gateway Data Center”, aigridwatch.com/projects/smithfield-gateway-data-center, retrieved 2026-10-11.

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing

A working set of identified proposals a community can track, not a census — most of the country's activity is not in here yet. Pennsylvania is the exception: its rows are synced from PA DEP's own data-center permit tracker, so the state's coverage is close to complete and carries the permit trail with it. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to reporting or the governing body's own record and were read on that date; rows marked *unverified* have no source on record — a lead to check, not a fact to cite. **Stage is derived, not asserted.** *Hearing scheduled*, *Awaiting decision*, *Approved* and *Withdrawn* are computed from each row's milestone dates on every rebuild, so a hearing date that has passed stops reading 'scheduled'. Hearings get moved and projects re-file under new names — treat a scheduled date as the earliest to act by, and confirm with the clerk before relying on it. Leads are mined into data/project_candidates.json and promoted here only after a human reads a primary source.

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