Convenience store developer proposes AI data centers in Blakely
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The push for data centers in the Midvalley continues in Blakely.An attorney representing businessman Alpesh “Al” Patel asked Blakely during its planning commission meeting Monday to rezone a large tract of residential land below Business Route 6 and off Terrace Drive to allow an “AI data center,” according to a planning commission agenda. Patel is best known for his Dunmore-based Al’s Quick Stop convenience store chain.The plans call for four roughly 300,000-square-foot total, two-story, 70-foot-tall data center buildings, said borough Manager Chris Paone, who is also Blakely’s zoning officer. The data center campus would look to use 1.5 gigawatts of power, Paone said. For comparison, 1.5 gigawatts of power — or 1,500 megawatts — equals the entire output of the…
