NorthPoint’s $45M Cash Offer Fails to Win Hazle Township Support for Data Center
NorthPoint Development offered $10,000 to each of the 4,500 households in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, to secure approval for a 1,300-acre data center project. Despite the $45 million total payout, residents largely rejected the offer, viewing it as a bribe that fails to offset potential property value losses and environmental harms. The township has already denied zoning changes, and NorthPoint has filed a lawsuit to overturn the decision.