Lancaster City, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on October 6, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "CoreWeave announced a $6 billion commitment to build an AI data center in Lancaster, converting former R.R. Donnelley/LSC Communications printing plants into a state-of-the-art facility co-developed with Chirisa Technology Parks and… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | October 6, 2025 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Lancaster County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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.