The developer of a “boutique data center” will look elsewhere after public outcry and a preemptive board of supervisors vote showed no appetite for the facility in North Coventry Township. The data center, informally proposed by Envision Land Use, would have been situated adjacent to Route 100 at 299 W. Schuylkill Road, in an industrial lot sitting near a Peco utility substation and a residential development. But swift and early public discontent — and the township’s leadership — stopped the data center before a formal application was even submitted. Supervisors voted that they would reject a proposal for the site eyed by Envision Land Use, said Erica Batdorf, the township manager. It was the first data center proposed in North Coventry.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 2/24/2026