East Buffalo Township adopts final data center ordinance
East Buffalo Township supervisors unanimously adopted a final ordinance regulating larger commercial data centers. The ordinance restricts data centers in industrial zoning districts and sets requirements for noise, landscaping, water and sewer service, and other conditions.
East Buffalo Township supervisors in Union County, Pennsylvania, unanimously approved a final data center ordinance at a public meeting. Supervisors Jim Knight, Katie Evans and Tom Zorn adopted rules governing larger commercial data centers.
The ordinance restricts where data centers may operate within the township’s industrial zoning district and establishes requirements for noise levels, landscaping, water and sewer service, and other conditions. Township Chair Jim Knight discussed the affected zoning districts during the public hearing.