CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hampden Township Commissioners unanimously denied an amendment to the township’s zoning ordinance that would have designated land for data centers.
Commissioners heard more than two hours of public comment on Thursday from dozens of people, most of them opposing the proposed zoning amendment permitting the construction of data centers in the township’s office park district. The district directly boarders residential areas.
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Residents overwhelmingly rejected the idea of data centers going up in an area many can see from their backyards. The proposed amendment would have required a separation of 200 feet between a data center and a residential building — a distance less than the height of the Statue of Liberty…