The North Coventry Township Board of Supervisors declined to adopt a curative amendment that would have temporarily barred data center proposals for 180 days while officials draft zoning regulations for the facilities, opting instead to rely on protections provided through the regional zoning agreement of the Pottstown Metropolitan Regional Planning Committee. Supervisors said the township remains shielded from data center proposals for at least a year because another member municipality currently permits the use, giving officials additional time to develop a local ordinance. The decision follows growing public concern over data center development and comes after supervisors earlier opposed a proposed 18-acre data center project in the township.
Source: Daily Local; 6/9/2026