Data center coverage in Hanover Township, Pennsylvania
4 headlines archived for Hanover Township — no documented moratorium or ban on file here yet. See the moratorium tracker for towns that have taken formal action, or the full story tracker to browse every place we're following.
The project on the table
Prime Data Centers — Starpointe Business Park campus — Awaiting decision
Operator: Prime Data Centers · Filing LLC: Prime Data Centers LLC · Size: 450 MW · Acres: 126
Prime Data Centers filed a conditional-use application in May 2026 for a seven-building, ~1.7 million sq ft data center campus with an attached behind-the-meter 450 MW gas-fired power plant on roughly 126 acres of reclaimed strip-mine land in the Starpointe Business Park (land owned by ALTIAN Development LLC), near the Pavilion at Starlake. The Aug. 5 conditional-use hearing drew 200+ residents; about three dozen won party status, and residents' attorneys argued the application belongs before the zoning hearing board rather than the supervisors, so the hearing was continued to Aug. 31 without Prime presenting.
Next: Heard 2026-08-31; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.
Latest in the record
- 2026-08-31 — Continued conditional-use hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Hanover VFD Firehall. · source
- 2026-08-05 — Conditional-use hearing before Hanover Township supervisors drew hundreds of residents; roughly three dozen were granted party standing, and residents' attorneys argued the zoning hearing board must first determine the data center's comparable use, so the hearing was continued to Aug. 31. · source
- 2026-07-27 — CBS Pittsburgh reported that residents were mounting an 11th-hour fight against the proposed Starpointe data center ahead of the Aug. 5 hearing, citing health concerns from infrasound, noise and emissions and criticizing the township's data center ordinance as insufficiently protective on setbacks and noise. · source
- 2026-03-01 — Hanover Township adopted an ordinance regulating data center development during a meeting in March 2026, before Prime Data Centers LLC submitted its Starpointe application. · source
- None — Prime Data Centers LLC filed a conditional-use application in May 2026 for a seven-building data center with an attached power generation facility in the Starpointe Business Park. · source
Full dated timeline on the project tracker.
Source. Read 2026-08-14.
What's been reported
4 stories tracked since 2026-09-03 across 3 outlets. 4× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. Most recent: “Hanover Township Committee unanimously adopt ordinance addressing large scale data centers” (New Jersey Hills Media Group, 2026-10-15).
- Hanover Township Committee unanimously adopt ordinance addressing large scale data centers
- Hanover Township Committee introduce ordinance curbing data centers
- Data Centers Come Into Focus at Hanover Township Committee Meeting
- East Hanover Township passes data center ordinance
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Where the decision gets made
Board of Supervisors — Conditional use permits — hearing the Prime Data Centers / Starpointe Business Park application (jurisdiction in dispute with the Zoning Hearing Board).
Meets: See township calendar for regular and special meetings
Where: Hanover Volunteer Fire Department Hall, 9 Starck Drive (overflow venue for the data center hearing)
Public comment: Residents may petition for 'party status' to gain formal standing in conditional-use hearings.
Read from the official page on 2026-08-18. Meeting details change — confirm before you go.
Who votes on it
| Name | Role | Phone | Recorded stance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Handick | Chairman | — | — | not recorded |
| William Michael | Vice Chair | — | — | not recorded |
| Shawn Miller | Supervisor | — | — | not recorded |
From the locality's own roster page; "not recorded" means no public statement is on file, not neutrality.
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