PPL-Blackstone Venture Buys Lackawanna Land to Power Data Centers
PPL Corp.’s venture with Blackstone Infrastructure secured more than 11 square miles in northern Lackawanna County to explore building power plants for data centers, including land bordering a public drinking-water source. The venture also purchased 500+ acres in Luzerne County for $40.4 million and filed interconnection requests to add natural gas plants totaling 2.25 gigawatts. A county commissioner said he is furious and opposed the projects.