Salem 3 Clears Big Hurdle: $1.4B Payday Nears for 194 NEPA Families

In June, we told you that 194 landowners in Salem Township (Luzerne County, near Berwick) were lining up to become AI millionaires by selling their land for a giant new data center project (see NEPA Landowners Line Up to Become AI Millionaires by Selling Land). On Tuesday night, they got a lot closer. Salem Township supervisors voted 2-0 to more than double the size of the township's data center zoning district, clearing the way for "Salem 3": a proposed 4,466-acre energy and data center campus that needs 4 gigawatts (GW) of power. And the price went up! It's now a potential $1.4 billion land sale, up from the $1.2 billion we reported in June. Should we pop the champagne? Almost. Call it a very big step toward the finish line.

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