A Baltimore-based developer has changed its plans for massive warehouses and is instead looking at putting a multi-building 1.48-million-square-foot data center complex in Perry County.
MRP Industrial has submitted plans to Watts Township on a subdivision and land development plan for a 10-building data center on a 288-acre tract near Routes 22/322 and 11/15 and along Amity Road.
Data centers are large facilities that house computer servers. Their plans haven’t always received warm welcomes in south central Pennsylvania as people raise concerns about noise, light pollution, electricity costs and water use…