Project Overview
Data center campus along Gravel Hill Road and Martins Creek Belvidere Highway in Lower Mount Bethel Township
Developed by J.G. Petrucci Company and Peron Development, who are experienced local development leaders in the Lehigh Valley
Focused on sustainability and preserving natural resources, including water and viewsheds
Plan seeks to protect electricity customers by paying for generation and transmission, and will use advanced technology to prevent light or noise pollution
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A data center is a secure facility that houses computing infrastructure—servers, storage systems, and networking equipment—that powers essential digital services, including healthcare systems, banking, communications, cloud
computing, and artificial intelligence.
Key Clarifications:
Not a warehouse
Quiet, low-impact operations
Minimal daily traffic
High-value critical infrastructure
A data center can provide substantial benefits to Lower Mount Bethel with limited impact, including:
- Significant new tax revenue for the township and school district
- Good-paying construction and long-term jobs
- High economic value without residential growth
Because data centers do not bring an influx of new residents, they generate revenue without increasing costs for schools, roads, or emergency services.
The entire Lehigh Valley region has received significant interest from data center developers, but the Lower Mount Bethel Tech Center proposal is uniquely positioned to return value to township residents due to:
- Proximity to existing power generation and transmission
- Large, privately owned site with natural buffers and conservation areas
- Ability to preserve open space while concentrating development
The site enables modern development that supports cutting-edge technology while preserving the township’s rural and agricultural character.
A data center is very different from a warehouse.
Unlike warehouses, data centers:
- Generate minimal truck traffic
- Operate quietly and continuously
- Employ highly skilled, stable workers
- Create a significantly higher tax value per acre
- Place little to no demand on schools or local services
Where warehouses move goods, data centers support technology, innovation, and long-term economic growth while driving significant local revenue that can improve township schools and services.
The project will protect local electricity customers by paying for power-related needs, both for generation and transmission. The proposal envisions on-site generation to reduce reliance on the regional grid.
Our goal is to develop a state-of-the-art data center that minimizes the need for water and preserves the water resources that residents of Lower Mount Bethel depend on. Unlike many large-scale data centers, this proposal will use closed-loop air-cooling technology that substantially reduces water usage. Water is initially delivered by trucks from outside the region to on-site tanks, then continuously recirculated within a closed system.
The site will use dark-sky-compliant lighting designed to minimize glare and prevent light spill beyond the property boundaries.
Ongoing noise from the latest data center technology is significantly reduced and the project will also use noise mitigation techniques (such as sound walls, screening and landscape buffering) to reduce noise spillover.
The project is expected to lower financial pressure on the township and school district by generating significant new tax revenue without increasing service demands. This is a privately funded proposal using zero taxpayer dollars.