Dauphin Highlands Golf Course closes as $10.5 billion data center project looms

News Clip2:09FOX43 News·Swatara, Dauphin County, PA·10/12/2026

Dauphin Highlands Golf Course in Swatara Township closed for demolition to make way for a proposed $10.5 billion data center campus. Developer CoreWeave has offered the township a $120 million benefits package, but local golfers and other residents remain divided over the project, whose plans have not yet received full approval.

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Dauphin Highlands Golf Course in Swatara Township closed after a final day of play, ending decades of use by local golfers. The property is slated to be redeveloped as the Highlands Data Center campus, a project valued at approximately $10.5 billion.

Developer CoreWeave has offered Swatara Township a $120 million community benefits package, though the data center plans still require full approval. Golfers interviewed by FOX43 expressed mixed views, with some acknowledging the potential economic benefits while others objected to losing the course and urged project planners to find another location.