The data center fight in West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania
As of November 12, 2026, West Whiteland Township, Pennsylvania had a data center moratorium whose documented term has run out (action taken May 5, 2026; it ended 2026-11-01).
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
Board invoked municipal curative amendment declaring zoning ordinance deficient for data center regulation; 180-day pause on submissions.
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read 2026-09-11
An expiry date is the earliest a pause could have ended — extensions are common, so confirm with the clerk before citing it.
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
- East Whiteland Township (3 mi) — Enactedfixed term, end date not recorded
- Little Britain Township (31 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-12-06
- Hazle Township (70 mi) — Enactedexpires soon — 2026-12-05
- Pennsylvania (72 mi) — Proposedterm not documented
- Butler Township (75 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-11-08
- Warrington Township (76 mi) — Enactedno fixed end — runs until a condition is met
- Smithfield Township (77 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-11-02
- Montour County (92 mi) — Expiredterm ran to 2026-04-30
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.