Plan for data center in Coventry Mall withdrawn
PGOB Coventry Holdings LLC and PennMark Management Company Inc. withdrew their application to build an 85,987-square-foot data center at the former Coventry Mall in North Coventry. The scheduled zoning hearing was canceled after township officials questioned whether the proposed use was permitted, while the township is drafting new rules to regulate data centers.
PGOB Coventry Holdings LLC and PennMark Management Company Inc. withdrew their application for an 85,987-square-foot data center at the former Coventry Mall in North Coventry, Pennsylvania. The withdrawal canceled a scheduled zoning hearing that would have considered whether the project qualified as a permitted public service facility under the township’s zoning ordinance.
Township zoning officials and engineering consultants had challenged the application’s interpretation of the zoning rules and identified potential completeness issues. The withdrawal follows public opposition to an earlier, larger data center proposal that the North Coventry Township Board of Supervisors rejected in February. The township is also developing a zoning ordinance amendment specifically intended to regulate future data center projects.