Mount Carmel Township North and South Data Centers (Blue Creek Investments)

Blue Creek Investments files plans for two data centers in Mount Carmel Township

Developer

Blue Creek Investments, with plans prepared by Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. The public records we found don't say who owns or runs Blue Creek Investments or where it's based.

Tenant

No tenant or end user has been named.

Current stage

Blue Creek's two preliminary land development plans were submitted on October 9, 2026, and the township found them administratively incomplete and didn't accept them for filing. The township's new data center ordinance, adopted October 21, 2026, allows data centers as conditional uses in the I-1A industrial and S-2 special coal land reclamation districts, and no data center has received conditional use approval yet. The Northumberland County Planning Commission lists both plans for local review on its October 27, 2026 agenda. We didn't find any township hearing scheduled on Blue Creek's plans as of October 26.

Decision body

Mount Carmel Township Board of Supervisors (land development and conditional use), with a review by the Northumberland County Planning Commission

Top issues

In the township's data center debate, residents and CRANE have raised water use, noise including low-frequency sound, distance from homes, bonds for cleanup and decommissioning, compliance reporting and inspections, and who pays for new power lines.

Key opponents

CRANE, a local group that has pushed the supervisors for a stronger data center ordinance (contact email CRANEORG2026@gmail.com). We didn't find a public position from any group or official on Blue Creek's plans specifically.

Key supporters

None named in the public record.

• 2026-05-18The News-Item reports that Blue Creek and FIT Energy are two of four companies that may propose data centers in the township. The News-Item
• 2026-05-18Supervisors Aaron Domanski, Gary Namet and Joseph Lapotsky vote 3-0 for a 180-day moratorium on data center proposals while they rework the zoning ordinance. The News-Item
• 2026-10-09Blue Creek submits a preliminary land development plan for the Mount Carmel Township North Data Center, 604,500 square feet, with Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. as consultant. Northumberland County
• 2026-10-09Blue Creek submits a preliminary land development plan for the Mount Carmel Township South Data Center, 616,500 square feet, with Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. as consultant. Northumberland County
• 2026-10-21The News-Item reports the township found both Blue Creek plans administratively incomplete and didn't accept them for filing. The News-Item
• 2026-10-21Supervisors unanimously adopt a data center zoning ordinance allowing data centers as conditional uses in the I-1A industrial and S-2 special coal land reclamation districts, ending the moratorium ahead of its November 13 expiration. The News-Item

• 2026-10-09
  Preliminary land development plan Mount Carmel Township, with local review by the Northumberland County Planning Commission · n/a

  Mount Carmel Township North Data Center, 604,500 square feet

  Blue Creek Investments (applicant); Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. (consultant) · Found administratively incomplete and not accepted for filing by the township; on the county planning commission's October 27, 2026 agenda for local review
• 2026-10-09
  Preliminary land development plan Mount Carmel Township, with local review by the Northumberland County Planning Commission · n/a

  Mount Carmel Township South Data Center, 616,500 square feet

  Blue Creek Investments (applicant); Kimley-Horn & Associates Inc. (consultant) · Found administratively incomplete and not accepted for filing by the township; on the county planning commission's October 27, 2026 agenda for local review

• 2026-10-23 The News-ItemPPL proposes 16-mile transmission project to serve data center in Mount Carmel areaCovers PPL's plan for lines and a substation to serve an unnamed data center customer in the township, which PPL hasn't tied to any developer.
• 2026-10-21 The News-ItemMount Carmel Township approves data center ordinance as residents seek additional safeguardsReports the township adopted its data center ordinance and that Blue Creek's two plans, submitted by Kimley-Horn, were found administratively incomplete.
• 2026-05-18 The News-ItemMount Carmel Township enacts 180-day moratorium on data center proposals to upgrade zoningNames Blue Creek and FIT Energy as two of four companies that may propose data centers and says both commented on the draft ordinance.