The data center fight in Muncy Township, Pennsylvania
As of November 12, 2026, Muncy Township, Pennsylvania has a data center moratorium in force (action taken 2026-05-01; documented end date 2027-02-01).
Status is derived, not stored — a pause with a documented end date flips to Expired on its own — and the source is right next to the claim.
Status today
9-month moratorium on data centers in Lycoming County township; prompted by Danko Holdings/Fishlips LLC proposal for 100-acre, 3-building facility.
SourceNews
read 2026-09-06
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
The project on the table
Muncy Township Data Center — In review
Owner: DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC · Filing LLC: Fishlips LLC
DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC filed a zoning permit application on April 15, 2026, and a conditional use application on April 28, for three data center buildings along John Brady Drive near Yetter Road, about two miles east of the closed Lycoming Mall. The township failed to hold the required hearing within 60 days, and the developer published a legal notice in July claiming 'deemed approval' under the state Municipalities Planning Code. Supervisors imposed a nine-month moratorium on data center submissions in June 2026. The legal status of the deemed-approval claim is unresolved.
Next: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.
Latest in the record
- 2026-07-01 — Developer publishes legal notice claiming deemed approval due to township's failure to hold hearing within 60 days. · source
- 2026-06-01 — Township supervisors impose nine-month moratorium on data center submissions. · source
- 2026-04-28 — Conditional use application filed for three data center buildings. · source
- 2026-04-15 — Zoning permit application filed by DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC. · source
Full dated timeline on the project tracker.
Source. Read 2026-08-14.
Recent news
4 stories tracked since 2026-10-16 across 1 outlet. 3× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. 1× The dispute has escalated into litigation. Most recent: “Alternate data center ordinance presented at Muncy Township meeting” (Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 2026-11-07).
- Alternate data center ordinance presented at Muncy Township meeting
- Muncy Township holds data center ordinance hearing
- Muncy Township solicitor assures residents data center legal battle could go on for years
- Muncy Township’s updated data center ordinance now online for public’s perusal
Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 4 headlines archived.
What to do next
- Questions to ask at the hearing — force specific answers onto the record.
- Estimate the impact — electricity, water, and rate pressure for any facility size in Pennsylvania.
- Model CBA clauses — copy-paste language communities have actually won.
- Pennsylvania briefing — rates, grid carbon, PUC contacts, and every fight in the state.
Nearby in Pennsylvania
- Montour County (14 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-04-30
- Lycoming County (17 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-12-15
- Gregg Township (22 mi) — Enactedexpires 2027-02-16
- Butler Township (44 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-11-08
- Hazle Township (45 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-12-05
- Olyphant (64 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Pennsylvania (65 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Warrington Township (80 mi) — Enactedno fixed end — runs until a condition is met
All 19 tracked actions in Pennsylvania are on the state page.
As of August 2026 (3m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Part of the U.S. data center moratorium tracker — open data, CC BY 4.0.