Data center restrictions tracker · Pennsylvania

South Londonderry Township, Pennsylvania: data center conditions (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

South Londonderry Township, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, adopted a data-center conditions measure on May 14, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.

The record reads: "South Londonderry Township authorized advertisement of a revised data center ordinance; next meeting June 9. (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Conditions ordinanceconditionpendingMay 14, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Lebanon 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.

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