Updated Information — Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 11:43 a.m.: This story was updated with the second proposal’s location, applicant and size.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Bethlehem City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to give final approval to the city’s first zoning standards for data centers, but a city official revealed at the meeting that a second proposal, filed before the vote, will be reviewed under the old code along with the project on Industrial Drive.
Laura Collins, the city’s director of community and economic development, told council that the city reviews any land development submission filed before the ordinance passed under current zoning. Besides the Industrial Drive project, which she called publicized, she told council that “another proposal” in the city’s industrial zone had come in and has just begun internal review…