1 data center project in Peach Bottom Township
Who decides here: the Township Supervisors (in some larger townships, the Board of Commissioners) of Peach Bottom Township votes on zoning. The York County Planning Commission usually reviews big projects too.
In Peach Bottom Township
Peach Bottom Township Board of Supervisors. We don't know yet if York 2 Energy Center data center (Peach Bottom Township) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Peach Bottom Township posted a draft data center ordinance for review by the York County Planning Commission. No final vote had been taken, and the township planned public comment first. A large data center is planned at the York 2 Energy Center power plant site in the township.
📌 Other · York County
The York County Planning Commission wrote a model data center ordinance that towns can copy and change. It suggests keeping buildings 150 to 200 feet from all property lines and limiting noise at nearby homes to 60 decibels on a 24-hour weighted average.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Peach Bottom 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
Depending on where you live in Peach Bottom Township: PECO Energy Co. (company) or 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.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How many megawatts and buildings?
- How much water from the Susquehanna River? Has SRBC approved it?
- Will the data center need its own water approval from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, or will it share the power plant's river water?
- Who will own the York 2 power plant after Constellation sells it, and is the data center plan still going ahead?