Lancaster AI Hub West (1375 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster)
Also called: Harrisburg Place Owner LLC, Chirisa Lancaster - Harrisburg Pike
The same developers building the CoreWeave AI data center on Greenfield Road in Lancaster also plan a data center at a second old printing plant on Harrisburg Pike. The state lists it as a separate project, with permits under review. Neighbors are challenging city approvals.
Where things stand: DEP lists environmental permits as under review. Residents are appealing a city planning approval for a second Chirisa data center.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 2026): A resident group, Lancaster Residents Against Glut and Exhaust (RAGE), appealed the planning commission's conditional preliminary approval for a second Chirisa data center. Chirisa called the appeal without merit.
What we know
- 📍 Where1375 Harrisburg Pike (former printing plant), Lancaster, Lancaster County
- 🏢 CompanyHarrisburg Place Owner LLC (Chirisa Technology Parks, with Machine Investment Group)
- 👤 Built forunknown (CoreWeave is the tenant at the Greenfield Road site)
❓ Still unanswered
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- How big is the Harrisburg Pike data center (buildings, megawatts)? 🙋 I'll find out
- Is it covered by the city's community benefits agreement and 20,000-gallon water cap? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who will use it? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will the zoning hearing board hear the residents' appeal? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Sept 2026A resident group, Lancaster Residents Against Glut and Exhaust (RAGE), appealed the planning commission's conditional preliminary approval for a second Chirisa data center. Chirisa called the appeal without merit.
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.
⚖️ 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.
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Where this comes from
- Pennsylvania residents appeal second data center approval, but developer claims it has 'no merit' · The Cool Down (citing LancasterOnline) · Sept 9, 2026
- PA Data Center Permit Tracker - all projects list (CSV behind the DEP map) · Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection · Oct 6, 2026
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