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Muncy Data Center

Muncy Township, Lycoming County, PA

ProposedDeveloper published notice of deemed conditional use approval; township contests it and adjoining residents have appealed
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Danko Holdings II LP and Fishlips LLC, both owned by The Liberty Group, propose the Muncy Data Center, three data center buildings totaling approximately 699,574 square feet of floor area on a parcel along John Brady Drive in Muncy Township, Lycoming County. Township supervisors adopted a temporary moratorium on data center applications on April 28, 2026. The developer published a notice of deemed approval of its conditional use application, which the township contests, and adjoining residents have filed a land use appeal in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas.

Site size
100 acres[4]

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size100 acres [4]
Source excerpt
“submitted an application for approval to build three data center buildings and associated infrastructure on 100 acres of cornfields just downriver from Muncy Farms.”
Floor area699,574 sq ft [3]
approximately, including auxiliary buildings
Source excerpt
“The total square footage of the floor area is listed at approximately 699,574 square feet including auxiliary buildings.”
Buildings3 [1]
Source excerpt
“Featured in the plan are three data center buildings, six water tanks, two stormwater basins, water and sewage treatment facilities, a substation, and a security building.”

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Local decisions & site

ZoningIndustrial zone along Yetter Road [5]
Source excerpt
“The area where the DANKO data center is proposed is in an industrial zone in the township along Yetter Road.”
Parcel / addressParcel along John Brady Drive near Yetter Road, about two miles east of the closed Lycoming Mall [3]
Source excerpt
“near the West Branch of the Susquehanna River on a parcel along John Brady Drive, near Yetter Road and about two miles east of the closed Lycoming Mall.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Community concerns

Concerns are listed as the cited public sources report them (meeting minutes, dockets, filed cases, official statements and news). They are raised, not validated, and a response is shown beside a concern only where a source reports one. All community concerns →

Noise

  • Neighbors who filed a land use appeal cite industrial noise and say the zoning terms lack noise thresholds.
    Raised by: lawsuit · Sep 11, 2026 · Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Noise estimator →

Water

  • The same appeal cites cooling-water consumption and electrical grid loads from the proposed data center.
    Raised by: lawsuit · Sep 11, 2026 · Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Water and power →

Land use and zoning

  • The township solicitor described the developer's filings as inconsistent and said the zoning ordinance was declared invalid, with a curative amendment pending.
    Raised by: agency (Muncy Township) · Jul 17, 2026 · Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette
    Response from Developer's attorney: The developer's lawyer sent a letter claiming the application has deemed approval. Jul 17, 2026 · Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

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Lawsuits

Tetreault appeal (Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas)pending [6]
Rae-Ellah B. and Sean S. Tetreault sued DANKO Holdings II, LP/FISHLIPS, LLC and the Muncy Township supervisors in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas.
Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas
Source excerpt
“Rae-Ellah B. and Sean S. Tetreault filed in Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas against Muncy Township supervisors and DANKO Holdings II, LP/FISHLIPS, LLC.”
Developers' motion for deemed approvalpending [4]
According to Orso, the developers filed a motion claiming the township failed to act within 60 days and the project should be deemed approved; the township contests the claim.
Source excerpt
“The developers now claim the township failed to act on the applications as required within 60 days and has filed a motion in county court that the project should be deemed automatically approved, Orso said, adding that the township contests the claim.”

Upcoming hearings

  • Dec 9, 2026 — Muncy Township Board of Supervisors: Tentatively scheduled adoption of the township's zoning amendment on data centers [8]

Timeline

  1. Zoning permit application for the data center is dated April 15 [2]

  2. Muncy Township acknowledges receipt of a conditional use plan for the Muncy Data Center [1]

  3. Muncy Township's zoning ordinance is declared invalid, starting a curative amendment process that must be completed by Jan. 4, 2027, according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette [7]

  4. The developer publishes a notice claiming deemed approval of its conditional use application in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, according to the township solicitor [8]

  5. Two neighboring residents file a land use appeal in Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas against the deemed approval of the conditional use application [6]

Issues raised

  • The township contends the conditional use application was never properly submitted; the developers claim the township missed its 60-day deadline and the project should be deemed approved [4]
  • Adjoining residents say the project would bring industrial noise, grid loads and cooling-water consumption [6]
  • A nearby resident raised concerns about noise, diesel fumes and loss of tranquility [4]
  • Township supervisors Lauchle and Artley voted to impose a temporary moratorium of up to nine months on data center applications [1]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Williamsport company proposes data center in Muncy Township
    NorthcentralPA.com · Jun 8, 2026 · news
  2. Group seeks to put data center in Muncy Township
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Jun 9, 2026 · news
  3. Site plan offers details on Muncy data center proposal
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Jun 10, 2026 · news
  4. Data center developers want to build in three Pa. communities. Each has its own experience.
    Pennsylvania Capital-Star · Aug 10, 2026 · news
  5. Muncy Township Planning Commission formulating data center ordinance
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Aug 20, 2026 · news
  6. Residents appeal conditional use approval for data center in Muncy Township
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Sep 11, 2026 · news
  7. Muncy Township solicitor: Data center filings are 'inconsistent'
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Jul 17, 2026 · news
  8. Muncy Township solicitor believes data center developer skipped step in process
    Williamsport Sun-Gazette · Aug 7, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Muncy Data Center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/muncy-data-center-muncy-township-pa
MLA“Muncy Data Center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/muncy-data-center-muncy-township-pa.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/muncy-data-center-muncy-township-pa

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