Peach Bottom Township moves forward with data center rules ahead of any site proposal

News Clip2:25FOX43 News·Peach Bottom Township, York County, PA·3/18/2026

Peach Bottom Township in York County, PA, is developing regulations for potential data center development despite no formal proposal being submitted. Residents have expressed concerns about rumors of a large data center, its environmental impact, and fire safety capabilities.

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Questions are mounting in Peach Bottom Township as officials move forward with an ordinance regulating data center development, despite no formal proposal being submitted. Residents filled a township workshop Tuesday night, many raising concerns about a project they say they have only heard about through rumors and public statements outside their community. Township leaders confirmed this was their fourth workshop since January, part of an effort to draft rules that would govern any future data center before construction begins. “It was nice to be able to get the public’s input early on,” said Planning Commission Chairman Wes Carter. Read more here: https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county/questions-swirl-in-peach-bottom-as-township-advances-data-center-rules-without-formal-proposal/521-5eba4e8e-a0a6-481a-a849-bfc318e93c7d WPMT-FOX43's YouTube channel is a hub for the best of FOX43 News and its investigative reports, top headlines, and digital exclusive content: youtube.com/c/fox43 SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/c/fox43