Project Laurel (MCD 7 LLC, Limerick Township)
A developer plans eight data center buildings on 192 acres in Limerick Township, near the Limerick nuclear plant, using about 750 megawatts from PECO. The end user is kept secret under NDAs. Planners attached 18 conditions.
Where things stand: Planning commission attached 18 conditions in April 2026; supervisors' decision pending.
🕒 Latest update (April 2026): Township planners asked for new will-serve letters from Pennsylvania American Water to show there is enough water, a letter from Aqua Pennsylvania on sewer capacity, and a study of closed-loop cooling to cut water use.
Limerick Township Board of Supervisors. We don't know yet if Project Laurel (MCD 7 LLC, Limerick Township) is on the agenda. Call the office to check before you go.
What we know
- 📍 Where192 acres bounded by Sanatoga, Evergreen, Possum Hollow and Lightcap roads, across from Philadelphia Premium Outlets; under 1 mile from Limerick nuclear plant, Limerick Township, Montgomery County
- 🏢 CompanyMCD 7 LLC
- 👤 Built forNot named (developer cites NDAs)
- 🌳 Size192 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs750 megawatts (about as much as 600,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromPECO reportedly committed about 750 MW; a new power line crossing the Schuylkill River is proposed
- 🗼 New power linesYes
- 💧 WaterPennsylvania American Water (will-serve letter required) · 750,000 gallons a day
- 🤐 Secret deal (NDA)Yes. The developer said it could not name the end user because of non-disclosure agreements.
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Who is the end user? 🙋 I'll find out
- Where exactly will the new power line cross the Schuylkill River? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will supervisors vote? 🙋 I'll find out
- Has Pennsylvania American Water issued an updated will-serve letter for Project Laurel, and will the campus use closed-loop cooling? 🙋 I'll find out
🔎 What we checked
- Oct 6, 2026: We checked the Delaware River Basin Commission's (DRBC) list of pending applications (August 2026): there is no application for this data center. DRBC said in November 2025 it had not received any data center applications. A data center needs its own DRBC approval only if it takes more than 100,000 gallons a day from its own wells or streams, or discharges more than 50,000 gallons a day (lower limits in some protected areas). Buying water from a water company does not need a separate DRBC approval.
What happened so far
- Jan 2026Plan for 1.4 million sq ft, eight buildings presented to the planning commission.
- Jan 13, 2026WFMZ reported the campus would use at least 750,000 gallons of water a day.
- April 2026Planning commission recommended 18 conditions, including noise tests, a decommissioning bond and considering gas instead of diesel backup.
- April 2026Township planners asked for new will-serve letters from Pennsylvania American Water to show there is enough water, a letter from Aqua Pennsylvania on sewer capacity, and a study of closed-loop cooling to cut water use.
Local votes and rules
✅ Approved
A developer asked Limerick Township for a conditional use approval to build a 1.4 million-square-foot data center campus on about 192 acres across from the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. The township planning commission listed 18 conditions it wants met, such as noise testing and proof of water supply. The supervisors' hearing began in April 2026.
🗺️ Zoning change
After hearing many public comments about data centers, Limerick supervisors authorized a review of Ordinance No. 428 on data center zoning.
📌 Other
Limerick supervisors voted to send a letter to state leaders in Harrisburg opposing a proposed land swap connected to the planned data center.
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Where this comes from
- 1.4 million sq ft data center campus planned outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · DatacenterDynamics · Jan 2026
- Limerick Planners Hit Mega Data Center Plan With 18 Demands · Hoodline · April 12, 2026
- Pennsylvania data center NDAs and the public record · Spotlight PA · Aug 2026
- Limerick Township home page - Meetings & Events · Limerick Township · Oct 6, 2026
- Community update on the Limerick Town Center, LLC data center conditional use application · Limerick Township · Sept 4, 2026
- Location update for all Data Center Conditional Use Hearings · Limerick Township · April 28, 2026
- Massive new AI data center proposed for Limerick Twp. · WFMZ-TV 69 News · Jan 13, 2026
- Frequently Asked Questions: Data Centers · Delaware River Basin Commission · Nov 24, 2025
- DRBC Project Review: Pending Project Status (August 2026) · Delaware River Basin Commission · Aug 2026
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