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2 data center projects in Lancaster City

Who decides here: the City Council of Lancaster City votes on zoning. The Lancaster County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.

In Lancaster City

Being built

Lancaster AI Hub / CoreWeave data center (Greenfield Road, Lancaster)

Lancaster, Lancaster County

144 acres · for CoreWeave (sole tenant)

🕒 Sept 2026: A judge canceled a zoning hearing on the second Greenfield Road data center.

Proposed

Lancaster AI Hub West (1375 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster)

Lancaster, Lancaster County

for unknown (CoreWeave is the tenant at the Greenfield Road site)

🕒 Sept 2026: A resident group, Lancaster Residents Against Glut and Exhaust (RAGE), appealed the plan…

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Stopped or cancelledabout 10 miles away

McGinness Innovation Park bid (Columbia Borough)

Columbia, Lancaster County

🕒 July 14, 2026: Borough Council voted 4-3 for a zoning ordinance that blocks data centers on the McGinne…

🗓️ Next meeting of the people who decide: Oct 7, 2026 · 5:30 PM
Lancaster City Planning Commission. We don't know yet if Lancaster AI Hub / CoreWeave data center (Greenfield Road, Lancaster) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
📍 City Hall - Polite Council Chambers, Lancaster. The same evening (5:30-7:30 p.m.) the Mayor's Town Hall for the Northwest quadrant, where the Greenfield Road data centers are, is at Reynolds Middle School. The city has a 'Data Center Info' page at cityoflancasterpa.gov/data-center.

Local votes and rules

🗺️ Zoning change

After city staff let two data centers move forward as 'wholesale trade and storage,' Lancaster City Council voted in August 2025 to write data center zoning rules. Council then passed a change that limits future data centers to 16 parcels in suburban manufacturing zones, with a zoning hearing and noise, air quality and shutdown rules.

Nov 2025Source

⚖️ Court case

A resident appealed the city's decision that two planned data centers, including a CoreWeave project on Greenfield Road, count as an allowed 'wholesale trade and storage' use. The developers then sued to challenge whether the appeal was valid, putting the zoning board hearing on hold.

Sept 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
    We'll email you if anything changes in Lancaster City.
  2. Go to council meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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We'll email you when something changes in Lancaster City. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

PPL Electric Utilities Corp. (company).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Pennsylvania.

🙋 Open tasks here

  • What is the status of the second Greenfield Road data center and why was its hearing canceled?
  • How will the city enforce the CBA?
  • How big is the Harrisburg Pike data center (buildings, megawatts)?
  • Is it covered by the city's community benefits agreement and 20,000-gallon water cap?
  • Who will use it?
  • When will the zoning hearing board hear the residents' appeal?

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