A developer is officially ending plans for a major Lehigh Valley data center project

The proposed data center project at Air Products' former headquarters in Upper Macungie Township will not move forward, a company official confirmed Tuesday.

The Air Products sign at the company’s former headquarters on Hamilton Boulevard in Upper Macungie Township. (Morning Call file photo)

Slate Belt Holdings, a partnership between Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics, included this map of a proposed data center campus in Upper Mount Bethel Township in a filing sent to the township July 23, 2026 that challenged the municipality’s zoning ordinance and argued that data center development should be permitted. (Upper Mount Bethel Township)

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Renato Lajara, the new Bethlehem Area School District superintendent meets Nitschmann Middle School eighth grader Brady Getz before Brady plays the drums Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, as part of the Lesson Center’s Fest Camp summer band program at Plaza Tropical during Musikfest in Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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A garbage truck travels along a road Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at the Bethlehem Landfill. (Rick Kintzel/The Morning Call)

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Cars drive on Route 378 while being showered by rain from storms Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Bethlehem. (Jon Chiu/The Morning Call)

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Riviera Heubach, left, and Isabella Tierney sing and play guitar and bass Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, the last day of Musikfest, as part of the Lesson Center’s Fest Camp summer band program at Plaza Tropical in Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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