As public pushback continues to grow over a proposed 1.6-million-square-foot data center in East Whiteland, officials there will undergo a process to declare the township’s zoning ordinance regarding data centers invalid, and begin the process to revise it. The “curative amendment” process, which allows municipalities to alter past zoning ordinances if it deems them substantively invalid, will not affect the data center project that sits before the township’s board of supervisors now, where developers are seeking to expand the proposed center’s footprint by 60%. But the curative process will temporarily pause the acceptance of any new data center applications for up to 180 days. The township will draft regulations to update its zoning ordinance around data centers, which will then go to the planning commission and board of supervisors for review by the end of that six-month window. During the meeting, residents repeatedly asked to be part of that process, which the township hasn’t yet decided on.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 4/1/2026