Following months of fiery opposition from residents that saw protests and halted municipal meetings, the developers of a proposed East Whiteland data center called their own bluff, telling the township that they will scrap their revised plans and instead build a previously approved 1.5-million-square-foot version. The decision takes a smaller plan, proposed last month, off the table — but it also eliminates a much bigger version that residents vehemently opposed. The board of supervisors were expected to vote on the amended project in late May, after pushing the meeting back from the end of April. The township canceled the meeting following a letter from developers withdrawing the pending application.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer; 5/5/2026