Shippingport, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on January 28, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Aligned Data Centers (acquired by BlackRock/GIP for $40B) received conditional use approval from Shippingport Borough Council in January 2026 for 'Project Phoenix,' a $10B data center campus on the 660-acre former Bruce Mansfield coal… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | January 28, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Beaver County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Beaver County
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.