Gregg Township (Allenwood), Union County
PNK Group of New York wants to turn an empty 478,000 square foot warehouse at Great Stream Commons in Allenwood, Union County, into a data center and add more buildings later, for a campus it has described as about 1 million square feet and up to 300 megawatts.
PNK P2 LLC bought the 42.6-acre property at 198 Enterprise Blvd. in January 2022 and built a 478,379 square foot warehouse that has stood empty. At the supervisors' December 1, 2025 meeting the township said a data center isn't a use its zoning provides for, leaving it to the supervisors as a conditional use. PNK filed a curative amendment on February 19, 2026 and on March 2 presented a two-phase plan: convert the warehouse first, then build more data center buildings, a substation and a PPL switchyard. On May 4, before 114 residents, supervisors hired attorney Richard Shoch for the process, and the hearing first set for June was postponed at PNK's request. PNK filed its conditional use application May 22, and the township planning commission recommended rejecting the curative amendment. On July 6 supervisors voted to tell the Public Utility Commission that, if PPL's line is needed, the township supports running it through the federal prison property and state game lands so it doesn't take land from farmers and other residents. The hearing opened July 20 before more than 150 people, many wearing red, and ran nearly four hours; PNK said it had moved the substation and chillers away from homes and would use closed-loop cooling. On August 3 supervisors conditionally approved PNK's 69-kilovolt substation plan and hired attorney Brett Flower and acoustical consultant J. Michael Spencer. On August 20 they paused new data center applications for 180 days, a pause that doesn't cover PNK. Hearing sessions followed on August 25 and September 14, when the record closed. On October 6 the Union County commissioners denied the substation, and on October 14 the county said it was investigating whether site work had started without approval.
Update, October 26, 2026. On October 21, 2026 the Union County commissioners sent PNK Group a cease-and-desist letter saying work on its substation site at Great Stream Commons, including moving a stormwater basin, excavating and building a modified access road, had started without the county approval the park's covenants require. The letter demanded an immediate stop to the work and written confirmation within 30 days that non-protective construction had ceased.
PNK's first proposed ordinance, filed in February 2026, would have limited normal operating sound to 65 dB(A) measured at residential property lines; residents and the planning commission pressed for tighter limits and attention to low-frequency noise, and the township hired an acoustical consultant to review PNK's numbers.
McCormick Law Firm for PNK P2 LLC, posted by Gregg TownshipTestimony at the July 20 hearing put the closest data center about 500 feet from homes and the nearest generator about 850 feet from the nearest house; PNK said it had relocated the substation and equipment and switched to costlier noise-suppression technology.
The Standard-JournalPPL's preferred route for the line needed to serve the data center is about 6.8 miles of double-circuit 230 kV line in Lycoming and Union counties on steel monopoles of roughly 90 to 180 feet, averaging about 140 feet, with trees cleared in any new right of way. Construction would run from late 2027 to the end of 2029.
PPL Electric Utilities (posted by Gregg Township)A resident told supervisors that several of PPL's proposed route options crossed farms enrolled in agricultural preservation, and the township asked the PUC to route any line through the federal prison property and state game lands so it doesn't take land from farmers and other residents.
Gregg TownshipPNK's application says the building is served by Pennsylvania American Water and the Gregg Township Municipal Authority sewer, and that it will use air-cooled chillers, dry coolers or closed-loop recirculating systems to limit water use, coordinating capacity with Pennsylvania American Water during land development.
Gregg TownshipAn eye surgery practice next to the park told supervisors that construction vibration had already affected its surgical microscopes and that it worries about vibration from a data center.
NorthcentralPa.com (via Goldsboro News-Argus)Tactics: 110+ resident turnout at supervisor meetings, pushing for a protective data-center ordinance
Residents pressing Gregg Township (Union County) on PNK Group's Great Stream Commons proposal (P025).
Tactics: Turning out residents in red at hearings, weekly strategy meetings at Washington Presbyterian Church in Allenwood, seeking technical help from Bucknell University faculty
Run by a resident; the Facebook link wasn't published in coverage.
Asks the township to add Data Center and Data Center Accessory Use to the Commercial Manufacturing district under a PNK-drafted ordinance covering eight PNK parcels of roughly 165 acres.
PNK P2 LLC (applicant, represented by J. Michael Wiley, McCormick Law Firm); Gregg Township · Hearing closed September 14, 2026; decision due by October 29, 2026, with a vote set for October 27Seeks approval of a data center as a use not provided for in the zoning ordinance on the 42.6-acre parcel at 198 Enterprise Blvd.
PNK P2 LLC; Gregg Township · Hearing closed September 14, 2026; decision pendingThe letter, signed by commissioners Preston Boop, Jeff Reber and Stacy Richards, says PNK began substation site work without the county approval required under Article 5 of the park's covenants and orders the work suspended until PNK receives written approval and meets its conditions.
Union County commissioners; PNK Group · Sent; PNK has 30 days to confirm in writing that non-protective construction has stopped. The Sun-Gazette reports the county says it's prepared to take legal action if the developer doesn't comply.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.
Know your rights →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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