A data center has been proposed at the sites of Blue Shamrock Golf Course and DTA Alliance LLC, 415 Golf Road, in Lower Towamensing Township.

On Sept. 1, the property owners filed a curative amendment challenging the township’s zoning ordinance, alleging it is defective because it fails to provide for data center use anywhere in the municipality.

The amendment proposes allowing data centers as a permitted use within an overlay district encompassing the Resort & Recreation (R&R) and Rural Conservation (RC) zoning districts.

The township’s planning commission will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the township municipal building to discuss the curative amendment.

The data center developers are the owners of the Alliance Sand Quarry, which is DTA Alliance LLC, and Murphy’s Meadow LLC.

Contacted Wednesday morning, Dan Connor, operations manager for DTA Alliance, LLC, said a data center has been proposed for DTA Alliance Quarry and Blue Shamrock Golf Course.

“There’s been an application submitted,” Connor said. “The rest of the information will come out as that’s examined.”

Connor added that all the applicants are named in the application.

Contacted Wednesday morning, the township’s secretary said the application will be made available after Thursday’s planning commission meeting, per the township’s legal counsel.

The proposal is for multiple properties encompassing about 700 acres, 14 buildings, either under ownership or equitable ownership of the entities commonly known as the Alliance Sand Quarry, which is DTA Alliance LLC, and Murphy’s Meadow, LLC.

On Sept. 1, a challenge to the township’s zoning ordinance was filed. The township’s board of supervisors has 60 calendar days from the date of submittal to conduct a public hearing.

Linda Christman, president of Save Carbon County, a local environmental advocacy nonprofit, noted that this marks the latest data center proposal for Carbon County and that these data centers will occupy huge land areas including environmentally sensitive lands and valued open space. Centers have been proposed in Nesquehoning and Penn Forest Township.

Christman said that data center proposals are out of control and that the local community cannot adequately oppose these highly funded developments.

“We need a statewide moratorium, and we need it now.” Christman said.