Plans for 2.6 million sq ft data center outside Allentown, Pennsylvania, dropped after officials deny application

A chemical company has backed off plans to develop a data center campus outside Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Industrial gas and chemical company Air Products first proposed developing a 2.6 million sq ft (241,545 sqm) data center campus in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, in November.

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However, as reported by WFMX and the Morning Call, Air Products has now officially confirmed it has dropped those plans, after local officials rejected its application last month.

The 194-acre project, known as the Cetronia Road Data Center and located along Hamilton Boulevard and Cetronia Road, would total three buildings, ranging from 435,600 sq ft to 1.23 million sq ft (40,470-114,270 sqm).