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Great Stream Commons (Data Centric / KSR)

Gregg Township (Allenwood), Union County

In 2025 Union County agreed to sell Lot 16, a 37-acre lot at Great Stream Commons in Gregg Township, to Data Centric LLC, backed by New York investment firm KSR Capital, for $2.7 million for a possible data center. Data Centric terminated the agreement in August 2025, and the lot is listed for sale again.

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At a glance

The project by the numbers

StatusCancelled
Site37 acres
First announced2025-05-06

Data Centric dropped its deal for a 37-acre Great Stream Commons lot in August 2025

The number that mattersUnion County's June 3, 2025 agenda carried a $2,700,000 purchase agreement with Data Centric LLC for the 37-acre Lot 16.
Developer
Data Centric LLC was the buyer under a purchase agreement with Union County, and KSR Capital, a New York City commercial real estate and investment firm, was developing the lot, according to the county's planning and economic development director. Union County owns the lot and markets it through Lee & Associates.
Tenant
No end user was ever named. County records describe only a land sale, and no plans for the lot appear in Gregg Township's meeting records from December 2025 through September 2026.
Current stage
Cancelled. Data Centric terminated its purchase agreement during due diligence, and Union County learned of it on August 14, 2025. In December 2025 commissioners took no action on an offer from PNK P2 LLC to buy the same lot for a data center. The park's sales website lists Lot 16, 37 acres, for sale and says it can support a 300,000 square foot building. PNK Group, which is seeking approval for its own data center in the same park (tracked separately), told Gregg Township supervisors in August 2026 that it would like to put a community amenity such as a park on 'lot 16.'
Decision body
Union County commissioners, who own the lot and took up the letter of intent and purchase agreement. Any data center use would also have needed zoning approval from the Gregg Township Board of Supervisors.
Top issues
Because the deal never reached zoning, there was no public debate specific to it. WKOK reported that the developer would have covered the electrical upgrades. The issues raised against PNK's plan in the same park would apply here too: noise near homes south of the park, electricity demand and new transmission lines, and water use.
Key opponents
No organized opposition targeted this deal. Residents organizing against PNK's separate plan in the same park have raised concerns about data centers at Great Stream Commons in general.
Key supporters
Union County commissioners put the letter of intent and the $2.7 million purchase agreement on their 2025 agendas as part of selling lots in the county-developed park, and WKOK reported they praised the buyer's openness about jobs and infrastructure needs. By December 2025 The Daily Item quoted a commissioner as "not willing to take a risk" on data centers.

How we got here

On May 6, 2025 Union County commissioners approved a non-binding letter of intent from KSR Capital to buy Great Stream Commons Lot 16, and WKOK reported the $2.7 million offer came through Data Centric LLC with a refundable $100,000 deposit and a six-month due diligence period. On June 3, 2025 the commissioners approved a purchase agreement with Data Centric for the 37 acres at $2,700,000, with 180 days for due diligence. In late July the county's planning and economic development director said the buyers were still doing due diligence. On August 14, 2025 the county learned Data Centric had terminated the agreement, and WKOK reported the deposit would be returned. In December 2025 commissioners took no action on an offer from PNK P2 LLC to buy the same lot for a data center. By October 2026 the park's sales website listed Lot 16 for sale, and PNK Group, whose own data center plan for 198 Enterprise Blvd. is tracked separately, had told township supervisors on August 3, 2026 that it would like to put a park or similar community amenity on lot 16.

What is at stake

Impacts raised and open questions

Energy costs and the grid

Low

WKOK, citing PennLive, reported that the developer would have covered the electrical upgrades needed at the site. The deal ended during due diligence, so no other effects were ever studied or published.

WKOK
Timeline

How it has unfolded

  • 2025-05-06Commissioners' agenda includes a motion to approve KSR Capital's letter of intent to buy Great Stream Commons Lot 16. Union County
  • 2025-06-03Commissioners' agenda includes a $2,700,000 purchase agreement with Data Centric LLC for the 37-acre Lot 16. Union County
  • 2025-07-29County planning director says Data Centric and KSR Capital are doing due diligence under the purchase and sales agreements. The Daily Item (via Yahoo News)
  • 2025-08-14Union County learns that Data Centric has terminated its agreement to buy the 37-acre lot, ending the planned data center. The Daily Item
  • 2025-12-30The Daily Item reports commissioners took no action on an offer from PNK P2 LLC to buy the same lot for a data center. The Daily Item
  • 2026-08-03PNK's chief development officer tells Gregg Township supervisors he'd like to bring a community amenity such as a park to lot 16. Gregg Township
  • 2026-10-22The park's sales site lists Lot 16, 37 acres, for sale, showing the Data Centric purchase isn't going ahead. Great Stream Commons (Union County park marketing site, Lee & Associates)
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In Pennsylvania, the local zoning ordinance sets the route. A conditional use is decided by the elected governing body (supervisors, commissioners or council). A special exception or variance, and an appeal of a zoning officer’s decision, go to the Zoning Hearing Board. Each is a public hearing on a record: affected neighbors can ask for party status, cross-examine witnesses, and appeal. Municipalities can also adopt data center ordinances with enforceable standards.

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