No project in Washington Township, but 10 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Washington Township votes on zoning. The Berks County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Undisclosed data center (Hanover Land Development site, Upper Hanover Township)
Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtabout 11 miles awayTierPoint TekPark data center expansion (Breinigsville, Upper Macungie Township)
Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County
137 acres · for TierPoint customers (colocation)
🕒 Aug 2026: DEP asked for public comment on a stormwater permit for PPL's new Breinigsville-Tek Park…
Proposedabout 12 miles awayPublicker site data center (1301 Main St., Linfield, Limerick Township)
Limerick Township, Montgomery County
191.46 acres
🕒 Sept 2026: Township agreed to the developer's request to delay hearings. The extension runs to Jan.…
Proposedabout 12 miles awayProject Laurel (MCD 7 LLC, Limerick Township)
Limerick Township, Montgomery County
192 acres · for Not named (developer cites NDAs)
🕒 April 2026: Township planners asked for new will-serve letters from Pennsylvania American Water to s…
Stopped or cancelledabout 12 miles awayAir Products Cetronia Road data center (Upper Macungie Township)
Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County
194 acres
🕒 Aug 11, 2026: Air Products dropped the project.
Stopped or cancelledabout 13 miles away'Boutique' data center (North Coventry Township)
North Coventry Township, Chester County
17 acres
🕒 Feb 23, 2026: Supervisors voted 3-2 to reject the sketch plan.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Washington Township in Berks County held a hearing on a zoning change to define data centers and allow them by special exception in its commercial, light industrial and general industrial districts. The rules cover noise, buffers, water, power, safety, lighting and taking the site apart when it closes.
📌 Other · Berks County
The Berks County Planning Commission issued planning advice urging towns to use best practices to regulate large data centers through their comprehensive plans, zoning and land development rules.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Washington Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
FirstEnergy Pennsylvania (formerly Met-Ed) (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.