Air Products Drops Pennsylvania Data Center

Air Products has abandoned plans for a 2.

6-million-square-foot data center campus on its former headquarters site in Upper Macungie Township after the township zoning board rejected the proposal and the company allowed the appeal period to expire. The decision shows how local zoning authority, resident opposition, and concerns about energy and infrastructure demands can stop a large facility before construction. Attention is now shifting to a nearby proposed project and to legislation that could give Pennsylvania municipalities more time to establish data center rules.