Project Hazelnut

Facility record

Lifecycle

ProposedSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

40.985, -75.955

Serving utility, source-reported

PPL Electric

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-30

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2026Proposed

   Hazle Township denied NorthPoint's land development application for the 15-building, ~1,283-acre campus; NorthPoint appealed in Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas and created a $30M fund to offset potential resident utility-rate impacts during the appeal.

   Underlying source
2. 2026-06Proposed

   Hazle Township passed a 6-month moratorium/curative amendment pausing data center development.

   Underlying source

Source notes

Site: Humboldt North Industrial Park, Hazle Township, Luzerne County PA (within a larger ~3,000-acre industrial park); a few miles from Amazon's nuclear-adjacent data center campus (acquired from Talen Energy) - proximity only, AWS is not a confirmed tenant/operator for Project Hazelnut; NorthPoint's own project site names no end-tenant, describing this as a speculative build. Phased: Phase 1 (5 buildings) to begin Q4 2026, Phase 2 (3 buildings) Q1 2028, Phase 3 (7 buildings) Q2 2029. Developer projects ~900-1,300 construction jobs and ~900-950 permanent jobs ($50K-$158K salary range) - not yet delivered, so no job count is recorded; similarly $13.47M in projected county tax revenue over 20 years is a projection, not a subsidy. First surfaced publicly in connection with PA's Permit Fast Track Program (Executive Order 2024-04). NorthPoint's own site explicitly frames this as a general 'data center campus' supporting 'cloud platforms, digital payments, streaming, and healthcare systems' - no AI-specific language found; classified as mixed-use given hyperscale-tier campus scale makes AI workloads plausible even absent explicit branding.

Sources and provenance

• Northpoint proposes 15-building, 1,280-acre data center campus in Pennsylvania · source retrieved 2026-07-09
• Hazle Township, PA Pauses Data Center Development for Six Months · source retrieved 2026-07-09
• Hazle Township data center developer announces community development package · source retrieved 2026-07-09
• Project Hazelnut (Hazle Twp - Denied, On Appeal) · source retrieved 2026-07-09
• Project Hazelnut - official project site · source retrieved 2026-07-09
• HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
• Residents raise questions as developer describes Hazle Twp. data center plans at DEP hearing · source retrieved 2026-09-12

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.