Falls Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on July 27, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
Falls Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on February 20, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The records read: "Falls Township's Board of Supervisors voted to declare portions of Chapter 209 of the zoning ordinance -- covering data-center districts, setbacks, noise, and water/power requirements, and the township's data-center definitions --… (datacentertracker.org)." "Amazon is building a 1-million-square-foot data center on 1,800 acres at the Keystone Trade Center in Falls Township, Bucks County, fast-tracked through Governor Shapiro's PA Permit Fast Track Program. Falls Township Residents Against Data… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | pending | July 27, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org | |
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | February 20, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Bucks County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Pennsylvania context
Pennsylvania has 50 documented local actions across 48 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Pennsylvania in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.