Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors PACS One Data Center Land Development Hearing
More than 100 Cumberland County residents packed the Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors meeting on August 5, 2026 to oppose land development approvals for the 18 building, 700 acre Pennsylvania Digital One (PACS One) data center complex.
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Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors PACS One Data Center Land Development Hearing
Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors · August 5, 2026
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More than 100 residents attend the Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors hearing to oppose the 18 building PACS One data center campus.
"the Pax One data center, one of the biggest ones planned in Pennsylvania at this meeting. But more than a hundred residents showed up to oppose it. What were they upset about? One, they don't know who's going to be running this data center except that it's a big tech company that needs no introduction. Two, residents say they're dealing with daily blasting sounds, clouds of dust everywhere, and wildlife getting scared away from the area. Even though there's"
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Residents and community speakers address Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors regarding local water, power grid, noise, and zoning impacts.
"challenge by residents, township supervisors told residents the project's happening no matter what. Now Governor Shapiro recently set new guardrails for data centers around energy use and transparency. But my colleague Charlie Thompson found that those rules don't apply to this project or eight other big ones here in Pennsylvania because they moved through quote significant stages before the guardrails kicked in, according to Shapiro's office. The"
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