Cumberland County
4 data center projects we know about. 33 towns, boroughs and townships.
Projects
PAX-1 data center campus (Middlesex Township)
Middlesex Township, Cumberland County
700 acres
🕒 Oct 5, 2026: After a new court filing by the residents' group Stop PAX-1, a Cumberland County judge r…
ProposedPA Data Center Partners / PowerHouse data center (Monroe Township, Cumberland)
Monroe Township, Cumberland County
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
ProposedAirport Road data center zoning request (Southampton Township, Cumberland County)
Southampton Township, Cumberland County
🕒 Feb 3, 2026: Supervisors postponed the public hearing on the Airport Road request and gave the landow…
Stopped or cancelledFarm data center offer (Silver Spring Township)
Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case · Middlesex Township
Several resident households appealed the land use approval for the PAX-1 data center. In September 2026 a judge refused to stop work while the case goes on, but also refused the developer's request to throw the case out.
✅ Approved · Middlesex Township
Middlesex Township's vote on final plans for the PAX-1 data center was postponed when too many people showed up for the meeting room, and was moved to August 19, 2026. Residents later took the township's land use approval to county court.
📜 Data center rules · Hampden Township
After rejecting the first draft, Hampden Township wrote a new, stricter data center ordinance. It would make data centers a conditional use, ban on-site power plants except for backup, and require protections for wells and a removal bond.
✅ Approved · Middlesex Township
Middlesex Township supervisors approved subdivision plans for PAX-1, an 18-building, 700-acre data center campus near Carlisle. Land development plans and power and water plans still needed approval.
📜 Data center rules · Hampden Township
Hampden Township commissioners voted 5-0 to reject a draft ordinance that would have allowed data centers in its Industrial and Office Park zones. Nearly two dozen residents spoke against it, citing homes nearby and heavy water use.
📜 Data center rules · North Middleton Township
North Middleton Township drafted rules that would allow data centers only in industrial and light industrial zones with special approval. Builders would need water, traffic, vibration and sound studies.
📜 Data center rules · West Pennsboro Township
West Pennsboro Township rewrote its zoning rules to allow large computer facilities like data centers only in its industrial zone, and only with special approval.
🗺️ Zoning change · Middlesex Township
Middlesex Township created a Data Center Overlay District on farmland along Country Club Road at a landowner's request. This cleared the way for the large PAX-1 data center campus.
Find your town
In Pennsylvania, your township, borough or city usually decides where data centers can go.
- Camp Hill Borough
- Carlisle Borough
- Cooke Township
- Dickinson Township
- East Pennsboro Township
- Hampden Township
- Hopewell Township
- Lemoyne Borough
- Lower Allen Township
- Lower Frankford Township
- Lower Mifflin Township
- Mechanicsburg Borough
- Middlesex Township
- Monroe Township
- Mount Holly Springs Borough
- New Cumberland Borough
- Newburg Borough
- Newville Borough
- North Middleton Township
- North Newton Township
- Penn Township
- Shippensburg Borough
- Shippensburg Township
- Shiremanstown Borough
- Silver Spring Township
- South Middleton Township
- South Newton Township
- Southampton Township
- Upper Allen Township
- Upper Frankford Township
- Upper Mifflin Township
- West Pennsboro Township
- Wormleysburg Borough