Tierpoint LLC/Bethlehem 2 Data Ctr
3864 COURTNEY ST · BETHLEHEM, Northampton County, PA
Source: Primary source
Tierpoint LLC/Bethlehem 2 Data Ctr is an operating data center in Northampton County, PA, operated by TierPoint, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 1 tracked EPA enforcement record at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkBethlehem 2 Data Center is an operating data center in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, run by TierPoint, LLC. State records list 1 tracked environmental enforcement record tied to the site. It draws power from PPL Electric Utilities Corp inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentTierPoint, LLC
- Files asTierPoint, LLC
- This facilityTierpoint LLC/Bethlehem 2 Data Ctr
In the news
source: Google News- Planning needed for potential Lehigh Valley data center boomLehigh Valley Business· Jan 14, 2026
- A data center company bought a Lehigh Valley industrial park for $175 million, plans expansionThe Morning Call· Dec 16, 2025
- Paul A. Davis Obituary (2025) - Bethlehem, PA - Cantelmi Funeral Home - Fountain HillLegacy | Obituary Search· Oct 1, 2025
- Xand Acquisition Gives TierPoint Instant National Player StatusData Center Knowledge· May 31, 2024
- TierPoint Secures $500m Investment from Argo InfrastructureDgtl Infra· Feb 28, 2022
- TierPoint ups UPS capacity to expand TekPark data centerData Center Dynamics· Dec 11, 2020
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 5 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHO- Clean Air Actno penaltyformal · reported 2024-12-11
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourcePA000813174NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's RTO pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Lehigh Valley), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Hanover El Sch in Bethlehem, is 1.3 mi from this site (226 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.