The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Cameron County
Anti-Data Center Policies
Pennsylvania requires data centers over 25 MW to obtain local approvals, secure power for their full demand, cover project-related grid costs, and meet added community, jobs, environmental, and reporting obligations. These rules may raise costs and delay or prevent covered projects, but do not ban them.
Rating and summary from Pennsylvania statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Cameron County.
current law · County measureCameron County's measure is a data-center and accessory-use addendum to Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance No. 95-1 of 1995.Cameron County Ordinance No. 95-1 Addendum: Regulation of Data Centers and Data Center Accessory Uses (2026)
People behind it
- Cameron County Board of Commissioners
Scheduled the public hearing, considered the data-center ordinance addendum, and enacted it unanimously.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The new data-center addendum applies to projects not grandfathered; applications filed before enactment are exempt from its new requirements, according to the commissioners’ summary. Applications filed before enactment would be grandfathered.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions1
Applications filed before the addendum was enacted are grandfathered and are not subject to its new requirements.
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