Montgomery County Planning Commission Data Center Siting and Zoning Session
Montgomery County Planning Commission staff presented an official county briefing on hyperscale data center campus scale, PJM electric transmission demand, and municipal zoning standards following resident opposition to the Plymouth Township proposal.
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Montgomery County Planning Commission Data Center Siting and Zoning Session
Montgomery County Planning Commission · April 17, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:42 Montgomery County Planning Commission Staff Board & Planning Staff Procedural auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid
Montgomery County planning staff introduces the county's public briefing on data center land use, grid infrastructure, and municipal zoning authority.
"the goal of this webinar is to share an introduction to data centers for Montgomery County residents. We will present a highle overview on data centers but we will not be covering deeply technical details of the topics we are sharing tonight. I also want to share that this webinar is not intended to represent the county's stance on data centers. It is not intended to be a"
- Clip 2 · 2:15 Montgomery County Planning Commission Staff Board & Planning Staff Procedural auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Staff explains why multi building hyperscale data center campuses are targeting southeastern Pennsylvania electric transmission corridors.
"as large as a few million square ft. a data center may include more than one building in which case it may be described as a data center campus. Um also I wanted to highlight why Pennsylvania is a hub for this uh issue or this um question around data centers. Um there are four core reasons that we've highlighted um here on this slide"
- Clip 3 · 1:08 Montgomery County Planning Commission Member Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water Noise
Montgomery County Planning Commission members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"public statement in favor of or in opposition to data centers. We are simply offering uh this as an educational educ uh session for enco residents. Um before we get into the contents of this evening's uh presentation, I also want to share a definition of data"
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