This canonical record consolidates 11 source-backed observations without discarding aliases, limitations or unresolved dimensions.
| Operator / developer | Amazon Data Services, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Bucks County (Falls Township), PA |
| Address | 600 Ben Fairless Drive, Fairless Hills (Falls Township), Bucks County |
| Location precision | street address |
| Coordinates | null, null |
| Capacity | Not established |
| Aliases | Amazon / NorthPoint Falls Township · Amazon / NorthPoint Falls Township (plan approval 09-0261A) |
| Project profile | 10 rows |
|---|---|
| Intent / permits | 0 rows |
| Civic / infrastructure | 1 rows |
PA DEP's Phase 2 air-quality fact sheet gives the facility address inside the Keystone Trade Center; later phases and buildings carry separate addresses in the same redevelopment (Phase III on 247 acres).
Key data: 600 Ben Fairless Drive, Fairless Hills (Falls Township), Bucks County; Phase III at 700 S. Port Road (247 acres); Building 6 at 1 Ben Fairless Drive
Limitation: Multiple addresses across phases; no parcel/tax IDs published.
The land is the former U.S. Steel Fairless Works, acquired by NorthPoint Development in 2020 for a reported $160 million and redeveloped as the Keystone Trade Center; Amazon is the data-center customer on portions of the site.
Key data: NorthPoint Development (site owner, $160M purchase, 2020); Amazon (data center)
Limitation: Deed/entity names for the individual data-center parcels not retrieved.
DEP's plan approval identifies Amazon Data Services as the operator of the data-center buildings and their emergency engines at the Keystone Trade Center.
Key data: Amazon Data Services, Inc.
Limitation: n.a.
PECO is the local electric distribution utility engaged with the site; the campus relies on grid supply with diesel emergency generators permitted under 09-0261A.
Key data: PECO Energy (grid); diesel emergency engines under plan approval 09-0261A
Limitation: No PJM queue number or PUC docket for the load found in fetched sources.
NOT_FOUND for a named water utility and volume. Searched DEP portal files, township coverage and trade press; the Keystone Trade Center's legacy industrial water/sewer service is referenced but no supplier, allocation or agreement was published.
Limitation: Legacy U.S. Steel water infrastructure is presumed but unconfirmed.
Falls Township controls zoning (a data-center-specific zoning rewrite was underway in 2026) and the site sits in a Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone running 2021–2035; PA DEP Southeast Regional Office issues air approvals; Bucks County and the Pennsbury School District are affected taxing bodies.
Key data: Falls Township (zoning rewrite 2026); KOIZ 2021–2035; PA DEP SERO; Bucks County
Limitation: n.a.
Zoning and permitting run through the Falls Township municipal building; the township's published main contact is the route for the zoning rewrite and land development files. No individual planner was named in fetched sources.
Key data: Falls Township, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills, PA 19030 — (215) 949-9000
Limitation: No named zoning officer or case manager published.
NOT_FOUND for a project-specific economic development contact. The KOIZ designation and Bucks County Economic Development Corp. context appear in coverage, but no named officer tied to the Amazon project was published.
Limitation: n.a.
PA DEP publishes a public-comment mailbox for Southeast Region air-quality actions, used for the Amazon data-center approvals.
Key data: ra-epseroaqpubcom@pa.gov (PA DEP SERO air quality public comment)
Limitation: No Amazon or NorthPoint community-relations contact published.
The Keystone Trade Center is a ~1,800-acre former integrated steel mill with existing rail, port access via S. Port Road, and large logistics buildings already leased; the data-center park adds ~2 million sq ft.
Key data: Keystone Trade Center (former U.S. Steel Fairless Works); rail + S. Port Road port access; Ben Fairless Drive
Limitation: Substation/transmission voltage and fiber routes not documented.
After public outcry, Falls Township supervisors declared portions of its zoning ordinance "substantively invalid" on July 27, 2026, triggering a curative amendment and a 180-day review of Chapter 209 — a step solicitor Lauren Gallagher described as a protective mechanism against developer substantive-validity challenges. Separately, 407 Pennsylvania residents (30 from Bucks County) submitted comments urging DEP to reject the air permit for 280 gas and 3 diesel generators; 76 diesel units were already installed on the 250-acre site, part of Amazon's $20 billion Pennsylvania investment. Morrisville Borough adopted its own 180-day waiting period and curative amendment process.
Key data: Zoning ordinance declared substantively invalid 2026-07-27; 180-day review; 407 residents commented against 280 gas + 3 diesel generators
Status date: 2026-08-17
Limitation: Comment count is the organizer's tally; the curative amendment does not affect the AWS project approved in March 2025