Greene Township proposes zoning rules for potential data centers
Greene Township is proposing zoning rules for potential data centers, even though no project has been submitted. The proposed ordinance would allow data centers as a conditional use in the industrial district and impose limits on size, buffers, noise, water use and electricity availability.
Greene Township supervisors are preparing to vote Nov. 10 on proposed regulations governing potential data centers. Supervisor John Bartnicki said the township has not received a data center request but wants rules in place if one is submitted. The proposal would permit data centers as a conditional use in the industrial district, primarily near Interstate 90.
The regulations would address facility size, property buffers, noise and vibration, water and electricity availability, emergency response and decommissioning. Erie County Council is separately considering countywide rules for municipalities without their own land-use regulations, but delayed action to provide additional public notice and review amendments. No data centers are currently operating, under construction or proposed in the Erie region.