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Lackawanna County Commissioner Bill Gaughan in Pennsylvania, May 2026: "They have cleared the forests, many of the wooded areas up in the MidValley and Up Valley, and they're telling us at public hearings that that's opportunity. They're going to raise smokestacks for these data centers, and they're going to call it investment. They're going to build thousands of diesel fields beside neighborhoods and call it innovation. And when people object, as many of them have, when mothers and fathers stand up to defend Archbald, North Pocono, all over Lackawanna County, they're treated like obstacles and I have seen that firsthand at these hearings that I've been at. Most recently at a hearing in Archbald where they want to put a power plant right near a residential area. The disrespect that has been shown to the people of our county by the developers and their attorneys is unbelievable. I sat through these meetings where the developers and attorneys won't even look at the people who are testifying to how this is going to affect their neighborhood and their families."
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Commissioner Bill Gaughan, Lackawanna County Pennsylvania May 6, 2026. speaking on what the county can and should do about the data centers situation.
transcript:
And here's the question that we have to answer. What is government for? Is it merely a clerk for billion dollar corporations? Is it a rubber stamp? Is it a concierge service for developers? Or is it the instrument by which ordinary people defend their homes, their health, and their future? I know the answer to these questions. That's why I've been pushing for the county to get involved, at least on these two specific projects. And hope that we have standing to formally enter these fights, which I believe that we do. Because if county property is affected, if county housing is affected, which it will be, if you look at where the county housing property is, it's literally going to be surrounded by data center buildings and power plants. I don't know anybody that would want to live in a situation like that. Also, there is a daycare within the complex in Jermyn.
If county parks are affected, as Aylesworth is in this specific case, then I don't think the county belongs on the sidelines. I think we belong at the table. Filing objections, presenting experts, demanding accountability, appealing decisions if necessary, using every lawful tool that we have. Because I don't think being silent on this at a moment like this is acceptable. We should not surrender this county to an industrial experiment disguised as economic policy by billionaires who do not care about Archbald or any other place in Lackawanna County. I've said for the last year now that I am against sacrificing our communities for projects like these that ask everything from the public and promise too little in return. I've sat through these hearings, more pollution, more noise, more strain on energy, one project, three and a half million gallons of water a day from Lake Scranton, more uncertainty for homeowners, more risk for families, and what do we actually get in return? If you listen to what they're telling you, we are not going to get a windfall of jobs from these projects. There are short-term construction jobs but once they are built they are built and there's not a lot of people that benefit from it in terms of employment. So what is all this for? Anonymous corporations can store anonymous data in concrete fortresses while local people have to suffer the consequences. In my opinion, that is not a fair trade off. For generations this region built wealth for other people while carrying the scars ourselves. We should know better than anyone here in Lackawanna County what happens when outside interests see your home as a resource instead of a community. And that's why this matters.
And it's not just Archbald, although Archbald is literally ground zero. It's Jermyn, it's the entire Mid-Valley, it's Scranton, the Abingtons, North Pocono. What happens in Archibald will affect me in South Side. It will affect those in Dunmore even if there's not a data center that's being directly built in your neighborhood. Because they're going to take the resources from the county. Water, our electricity rates are going to continue to skyrocket And our environment is going to suffer. There was just a report that was issued that Lackawanna County currently has a D grade tor our air quality in this county. The data centers are only going to make that worse. We're already at a D. So imagine what will happen if we are surrounded by data centers, diesel generators, and everything else.
So if what we've seen the last year becomes the model, no community in this county is safe from being told that its future has already been decided. And I hope that we can all reject that. Our communities throughout this county are not inventory for developers. They're not placeholders. Our neighborhoods are not bargaining chips so somebody could make millions and millions of dollars. And democracy is not a courtesy extended by developers. It belongs to the people. So if the law gives the county a seat at the table, which I believe it does, I hope that my fellow commissioners will join me and make sure that we use it. Again if there is a consensus to jump into the fight against these two specific projects, because it is located in the area of county property, I think we should. And very quickly iron out the details on how that happens. Because I can't go anywhere in this county without being stopped by people who are begging for help. There's a lot of good people who are standing up and fighting. And I am fully aware that our resources here in terms of what we can do, our options are limited because of the way the law is written with the municipality's planning code. It's up to the local councils and planning commissions and zoning boards. But these two projects, which are two of the most egregious ones, in my opinion, outside of Project Wildcat Ridge, these ones I think we should have a say in because they do affect county property.
