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Mudiita Land Venture Site (Ransom Road, Ransom Township)

Ransom Township, Lackawanna County

Mudiita Land Venture LLC bought about 530 acres along Ransom Road above the Alliance Landfill in July 2026 while an affiliate's website advertised a 930-acre, 750 megawatt data center campus. Its organizer later said there are no current plans, and nothing has been filed.

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At a glance

The project by the numbers

StatusSpeculative / Exploratory
Capacity750 MW
Site530 acres
First announced2026-07

Data center campus advertised for Ransom Road land, then put on hold

The number that matters"Personally, I didn't want to go ahead with any sort of data center there right now," Sinha Shatrughan, the only person named on Mudiita Land Venture's incorporation papers, told WVIA in July 2026, after an affiliate's website had promoted a campus "purpose built for AI, cloud and multi-tenant deployment."
Developer
Mudiita Land Venture LLC, an affiliate of Mudiita Infra and the Mudiita Group, which describes itself as a global business group with operations in the U.S., India and Singapore. Sinha Shatrughan of White Haven is the only person named on the LLC's state incorporation papers; he told WVIA he no longer owns shares and declined to name the shareholders.
Tenant
No tenant or end user has been named.
Current stage
No application has been filed with Ransom Township or DEP. The company's websites came down in late July 2026 and its organizer said there are no current plans, though in September the township solicitor reported that the buyer of land the minutes call the Keisling property had told supervisors a data center is one possibility. Any data center would now need conditional use approval under the ordinance Ransom enacted on October 5, 2026, which allows the use only in its M-1 and M-2 districts.
Decision body
Ransom Township Board of Supervisors, chaired by David Bird, which would hear any conditional use application under Ordinance No. 3 of 2026. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is reviewing the separate Old Forge Pumped Storage project that appears to include part of the land.
Top issues
whether a data center will be proposed at all; who owns the company; the overlapping Old Forge Pumped Storage hydroelectric plan; the landfill next door; Ransom's new limits on height, setbacks and noise
Key opponents
No organized opposition to this site has been reported. Residents have pressed supervisors about the nearby hydroelectric project and data centers generally at township meetings.
Key supporters
None reported.

How we got here

Renewable Energy Aggregators Inc. filed plans with federal regulators on July 7, 2026 for the Old Forge Pumped Storage project, which appears to include part of the land. Mudiita Land Venture LLC bought the five parcels from KF Real Estate LLC for $2.4 million on July 14, and the deed was recorded July 20. Data Center Dynamics reported on July 24 that Mudiita Infra's website advertised a 930-acre, 750 megawatt campus. By July 27 the websites were down and the company's organizer told WVIA there were no current plans. Ransom supervisors started writing data center rules on August 3, held a hearing on September 8 and enacted Ordinance No. 3 of 2026 on October 5. At the September 14 meeting, the solicitor reported that the buyer of what the minutes call the Keisling property is considering ways to develop it, including a data center.

What is at stake

Impacts raised and open questions

Energy costs and the grid

Medium

Mudiita Infra's website described a campus with 750 megawatts of capacity, built in phases and powered with battery storage and solar and no gas, according to Data Center Dynamics.

Data Center Dynamics

Noise and vibration

Low

Any data center here would face Ransom's new limits: buildings no taller than 40 feet including rooftop equipment, 400-foot setbacks from property lines and roads, 800 feet from homes, schools, parks and similar uses, and 45 decibels at night at homes.

Ransom Township
Timeline

How it has unfolded

  • 2026-07-07Plans for the Old Forge Pumped Storage project, which appears to include part of the land, are filed with federal regulators. WVIA News
  • 2026-07-14Mudiita Land Venture buys five parcels along Ransom Road for $2.4 million. WVIA News
  • 2026-07-24Data Center Dynamics reports the company's website advertises a 930-acre, 750 megawatt campus. Data Center Dynamics
  • 2026-07-27The LLC's organizer tells WVIA there are no current plans for the land, and the websites are down. WVIA News
  • 2026-08-03Supervisors start the process of adding data center rules to the zoning ordinance. Ransom Township
  • 2026-09-14The solicitor reports the buyer of the Keisling property is weighing development options, including a data center. Ransom Township
  • 2026-10-05Supervisors pass the Data Center Land Use Ordinance, allowing data centers only as a conditional use in M-1 and M-2 districts. WBRE/WYOU 28/22 News
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Know your rights

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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Take action

Organized community opposition is the single most effective check on these projects in Pennsylvania. Show up to hearings, submit comment when it is taken, support legal and expert-witness costs, and press your municipality for a real ordinance. Pennsylvania municipalities cannot simply freeze applications, but a curative amendment under the Planning Code gives them a defined window to fix a defective ordinance.

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