If you have been wondering what happens when the AI boom bumps into your township's zoning code, Whitemarsh is about to workshop the answer in public. On the July 15th agenda for Whitemarsh Township's planning commission is a draft ordinance that includes a dedicated data center section, per reporting from MoreThanTheCurve.
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Why should a Conshy family care about a Whitemarsh agenda item? Because data centers are the kind of neighbor that arrives quietly and then rearranges the block. They tend to be big, thirsty for power and water, and, once approved, very hard to un-approve. The draft ordinance is the moment when the rules get written, which is also the moment when public comment is most useful and least dramatic.
No decisions are being made this week. But if you have opinions about traffic patterns near the Blue Route, noise buffers, or how much of Whitemarsh should look like a warehouse for computers, this is the meeting to read the packet before, not after.