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Air permit application received in April 2026: Amazon Falls Township Data Center Project (Falls Township, PA) — state environmental agency release dated 13 July 2026

The Pennsylvania DEP states that in April 2026 Amazon submitted an air quality plan approval application (Minor New Source Plan Approval Application No. 09-0261A) for 280 natural gas-fired generator engines and three diesel-fired emergency generator engines for the Amazon data center at the Keystone Trade Center in Falls Township.

What this is. The source (state environmental agency release, dated 13 July 2026) dates this air permit application to April 2026. This event does not establish any later stage.
Event date
Release: 'In April 2026, Amazon submitted to DEP a plan approval application ...'. No day given.
Source dated
Release dateline 'July 13, 2026'.
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Event type
Air permit application received · Filings and reviews
Evidence basis
Official record · Pennsylvania DEP
Confidence
HighApplication, month, permit number and site come from the receiving agency's own release.
State
Pennsylvania
Linked records
Amazon Falls Township Data Center Project amazon-falls-township-data-center
Linked claims
None linked

What the source says

In April 2026, Amazon submitted to DEP a plan approval application for the installation of 280 natural gas-fired generator engines and three diesel-fired emergency generator engines.

Where: DEP newsroom release dated July 13, 2026, third paragraph (application) and fourth paragraph (Plan Approval Application No. 09-0261A)

Source: DEP to Host Community Meeting on Proposed Air Quality Permit for Amazon Data Center in Falls Township, Bucks County

Internet Archive copy (captured 21 September 2026)

What this does not establish

  • plan approval issuance
  • generator installation
  • construction start or completion
  • energization or operation

Still unknown

  • exact filing day
  • applicant legal entity (DEP says 'Amazon')
  • whether DEP has issued the plan approval (the proposed decision was to be noticed in the Pennsylvania Bulletin around July 18, 2026 with a 30-day comment period)
  • critical IT capacity
  • construction status of the data center buildings

Identifiers

Event ID e91b4bdb0ba3574df764bd9b8efde900f5f6148cbe99680a879af7716d1188b2. The ID is derived from the event itself and never changes. A later correction would be published as a separate, linked entry.

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