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Westmoreland County

1 data center project we know about. 65 towns, boroughs and townships.

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Projects

Built & running

TECfusions Keystone Connect (former Alcoa research campus)

Upper Burrell, Westmoreland County

1,395 acres

🕒 Oct 4, 2026: Draft ordinance would require 500-foot setbacks from property lines, 1,000 feet from res…

Local votes and rules

✅ Approved · Upper Burrell Township

Upper Burrell supervisors approved a land development plan for TECfusions' Building J at the former Alcoa Technical Center, even with the data center pause in place. The pause did not cover this building, which was already permitted and running.

Aug 5, 2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Upper Burrell Township

Upper Burrell's planning commission approved a draft data center zoning ordinance in July 2026, and a newer draft was set for review in September. Drafts would keep data centers in industrial areas and away from homes.

July 21, 2026Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Sewickley Township

Sewickley Township in Westmoreland County held a public hearing on a zoning change that would allow data centers as a conditional use in its M-T district, with set standards.

July 15, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Upper Burrell Township

Upper Burrell supervisors voted 3-0 to start writing a fix to the zoning law, which pauses new data center applications for 180 days. The pause does not stop work already permitted in one building at the former Alcoa Technical Center, where TECfusions is building a large data center campus.

May 6, 2026Source

⚖️ Court case · Upper Burrell Township

Two nearby residents and the group Protect PT sued over the township's approval of the TECfusions land development plan. They argue the company should have first gotten a special exception from the zoning hearing board.

2026Source

📜 Data center rules · Rostraver Township

Rostraver Township adopted Ordinance 781 to define data centers and say where they can go. They are allowed only in certain business, mixed-use and industrial zones, with rules on setbacks, buffers, lighting and noise.

Oct 2025Source

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