NorthPoint Offers Hazle Township Households $10,000 Each

NorthPoint Development is offering about 4,500 households in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, $10,000 each if its proposed data-center project reaches the required milestone, alongside a plan to provide up to $120 million for community services over 15 years. The conditional offers have not resolved residents’ concerns, and the township has previously rejected the project on zoning grounds and imposed a temporary construction moratorium, according to reporting about the proposal. The company’s letters began arriving in June. The proposed payments would total about $45 million, and residents could use the money as they choose. Reports differ on precisely what must happen before checks are issued: the condition has been described as project approval or reaching a required stage, while one account identifies a first facility’s certificate of occupancy as the trigger. The exact condition has not been clarified in the supplied information. NorthPoint wants to build a data-center campus on about 1,300 acres near the Pocono foothills. The development could include as many as 15 buildings, according to reporting on the proposal.