The East Coventry Township Planning Commission voted 4-0 Thursday to recommend the rejection of a request by Constellation Energy to amend the zoning code to allow for a data center on Route 724. That recommendation will be forwarded to the board of supervisors, who could vote on it as soon as the February meeting, said Township Manager Eugene Briggs. According to Lawrence Tietjen, chairman of the planning commission, the township is under no obligation to change its zoning, because as a member of the Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Commission, the township does not have to zone for every use. Since nearby Douglass Township already has zoning that allows data centers, the other seven municipalities in the compact — North Coventry, Pottstown, Lower Pottsgrove, Upper Pottsgrove, West Pottsgrove, East Coventry and New Hanover — are not required by law to zone for that use. It is possible that Constellation may fight that interpretation in court
Source: Daily Local; 12/12/2025