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South Whitehall Faces Atlas Data Center
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Project Atlas is a proposed 1.5 million-square-foot data center campus on 410 acres across from Parkland High School in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. Revised plans reduce the number and total size of buildings and lower projected traffic, but still require an electrical substation, emergency generators, new roads, and solutions for the site’s lack of public water and sewer. Township planners have identified unresolved issues, while residents and school officials continue to question the project’s effects on students, traffic, noise, power use, water, and nearby land.
First Article: 05/26/26
Latest Article: 07/21/26
Summary
- Project Atlas would place three data center buildings, an administration building, and a warehouse on 410 acres near Parkland High School.
- The revised plan reduces total building space from about 5.04 million to 1.56 million square feet and cuts projected weekday trips from 3,865 to 1,154.
- The campus would require an on-site electrical substation, emergency generators, new internal roads, and a proposed traffic signal.
- The site lacks public water and sewer; plans call for a private septic field and a possible extension of a township-controlled water main.
- Township planners said the proposal had unresolved issues and would not be recommended for approval in its current form.
- Residents and Parkland School District leaders oppose or question the project because of potential effects on students, traffic, noise, power demand, water use, and nearby property.
- Further public comment and a planning commission vote were expected in August 2026.
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