Protect Rural Tobyhanna Township

Tobyhanna Township Residents

Against Caughbaugh Rd 

Data Center 

TTRACDC

Public Hearing #3

ZONING HEARING BOARD
DATA CENTER OVERLAY
SPOT ZONING CHALLENGE

MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026 at 5 pm
Kalahari Resorts Convention Center
Kilimanjaro Room, 250 Kalahari Boulevard
Pocono Manor, PA

In December 2025, the Tobyhanna Township Supervisors Adopted a Data Center Overlay District on the Pennsylvania Glacial Till, LLC. property on Caughbaugh Rd, in Blakeslee, between Route 115 & Locust Ridge Road (Arrowhead Lake).  This property is adjacent to the
Lehigh River

This overlay ordinance was created for the benefit of a single property owner to the detriment of all the other property owners in this rural residential zone.. 

This, by definition, is considered spot zoning and is illegal.

This is urgent.  The county’s largest industrial complex  — up to 3 MILLION square feet of data center buildings – is proposed for the northwestern section of our township If our group’s legal challenge to the data center overlay is successful, data centers will not be permitted in our rural community.

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Lehigh RIver adjacent to the overlay district
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Developers Plan submitted to the Tobyhanna Township Planning Commission.

Protect Rural Tobyhanna Township is a group of people who are battling the township’s decision to create a zoning district that permits data centers in the midst of our rural community.  We have filed a legal challenge to the township’s new Data Center Overlay in order to preserve and protect the character and pristine environment of Tobyhanna Township’s rural and conservation areas.  

 

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PA Glacial Till Site