In between jeers and boos from an audience of Elizabeth Township residents, a Bucks County-based developer laid out an initial concept for a sprawling data center campus on a 549-acre former landfill bordering the Youghigheny River on Tuesday night.
Tim Hendricks, a New Hope resident, told attendees that he hopes to develop a 20-building data center campus and associated natural gas power plant at a township-organized town hall meeting. Communications between Hendricks and local officials obtained by Pittsburgh’s Public Source last week revealed several project plans presented to the township over the summer.
Those plans for a 549-acre parcel on Henderson Road near the Youghiogheny River included anywhere from 11 to 28 two-story data center buildings. They were met with opposition from some residents and advocates last week, and hesitancy from the local state representative…