2 data center projects in Orangetown Town
Who decides here: the Town Board of Orangetown Town votes on zoning. The Rockland County may review big projects too.
In Orangetown Town
DataBank Orangeburg data center expansion (Phase 2)
Orangetown, Rockland County
🕒 Sept 9, 2026: Public scoping session on the environmental study at Orangetown Town Hall.
ProposedJPMorgan Chase data center expansion (Orangeburg)
Orangetown, Rockland County
for JPMorgan Chase
🕒 2024: JPMorgan Chase asked Rockland County for tax help to expand its Orangeburg data center; …
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Town board passed a 6-month pause on new data center and battery storage projects. It does not cover DataBank's planned Phase 2 expansion in Orangeburg, which is still under planning board review.
📌 Other · Rockland County
County lawmakers passed a resolution asking the governor to sign the state bill for a one-year pause on large data centers. Supporters said it was the first county in New York to do so.
📌 Other
Planning board ruled that DataBank's Phase 2 data center expansion must go through a full state environmental review (an environmental impact statement), as the company had asked to skip it.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Orangetown Town. - Go to council meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in New York.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How many megawatts would the expansion use?
- How many diesel backup generators are in the power equipment yard?
- When will the draft environmental impact statement be released for comment?
- Has the Town of Orangetown approved the second building?
- How many megawatts will the expansion use?
- How many diesel backup generators are planned?