No project in Penn Township, but 4 nearby
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Penn Township votes on zoning. The Lancaster County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
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…
Stopped or cancelledabout 10 miles awaySouth Annville Township data center (Mount Pleasant Road)
South Annville Township, Lebanon County
100 acres
🕒 May 13, 2026: Project scrapped after grassroots opposition.
Being builtabout 12 miles awayLancaster 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.
Stopped or cancelledabout 12 miles awayMcGinness 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…
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Penn Township supervisors in Lancaster County voted unanimously to advertise a data center ordinance. It would allow data centers by special exception in commercial/light industrial or industrial zones and require plans for water, energy, noise, emergencies and electronic waste.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Penn 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
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.