Backer profile · Developer

Slate Belt Holdings LLC

Slate Belt Holdings LLC is a joint venture of Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics, according to WFMZ, and it lists its address as 600 Hamilton St., Suite 600, in Allentown. It owns industrial land along River Road near the former Portland coal plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County, and on October 13, 2026 it submitted preliminary land development plans for the Slate Belt Technology Campus, with up to 29 data center buildings and up to about 2,100 megawatts of electrical demand at full build-out. It has also filed a zoning validity challenge with the township and offered a $50 million community benefits agreement.

Talen Energy, one of the partners, operates two power plants in neighboring Lower Mount Bethel Township and is involved in the proposed Lower Mount Bethel Technology Center data center campus about 12 miles away, according to WFMZ.

Scoreboard

Pennsylvania project on our map

1 proposed, under review or on appeal

Developer: 1

Approved or built0

In process1

Stopped0

Megawatts named2,100 MWpublished for 1 of 1

Building area named3.3 million sq ftpublished for 1 of 1

Land involved905 acrespublished for 1 of 1

Permanent jobs claimed1,200claimed for 1 of 1

Water, maximum0.035 million gal/daypublished for 1 of 1

Counties1Northampton

Earliest project2026first public announcement

Local groups opposing2across its projects

Legal filings3appeals, challenges and suits on file

Community impacts5documented on its projects

News stories20in our coverage log

Projects

Project	Status	Role	Size named
Slate Belt Technology Campus (River Pointe Data Center)Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton CountySuggest a correction	Under Review	Developer	2,100 MW 3.3 million sq ft

Sources

Design 1 Project Narrative / Statement of Intended Use, Slate Belt Technology Campus Slate Belt Holdings LLC · 2026-10-13
Letter to Upper Mount Bethel Township Supervisors Slate Belt Holdings LLC · 2026-10-13
Upper Mount Bethel holds special meeting to update data center regulations WFMZ-TV 69 News · 2026-07-25
Making their case: Developers unveil website for data center campus with 23 buildings in UMBT WFMZ-TV 69 News · 2026-09-04
Leadership Talen Energy · 2026-10-22
Upper Mount Bethel zoners: Supervisors should decide data center appeal WFMZ-TV 69 News · 2026-10-19

Project details, statuses and figures come from each project’s own profile, which lists its sources.

Help stop the 900 Conshohocken Road data center.

Take action Donate

Corrections and additions

Are you with one of these organizations?

If something here is wrong, out of date or missing, tell us. We read every submission, check it against the public record or the documents you send, and update the page when it’s supported. You can also send context you’d like considered, such as a change in ownership, a project you’ve left, or your organization’s response.

Submissions go privately to our volunteer team. If we change a page because of one, we note it on that page. Questions can also go to noconshydatacenters@proton.me.

Thanks, we have it.

We’ll review it against the record. If we need anything else, we’ll reply to the email you gave.