The Data Center Divide
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Stroud Township
Anti-Data Center Policies
Stroud Township allows data centers in the M-1 Industrial District only with conditional-use approval and a 200-foot setback, plus noise, water, power, and emergency-response requirements; they are not banned.
current law · Stroud TownshipAllows data centers as conditional uses in M-1 industrial zones and sets rules for their location, noise, utilities, emergency planning, and related uses.Stroud Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania Data Center Ordinance
What this means
The proposal would allow data centers in the M-1 Industrial District, but only after conditional-use approval. A 200-foot setback and added rules for noise, water, power, and emergency response create significant barriers, though they do not ban data centers.
People behind it
- Edward Cramer
Introduced or seconded motions approving and authorizing multiple measures, including Ordinance 2026-2 and Resolution No. 2026-33.
- Susan Lyons
Introduced or seconded motions approving and authorizing multiple measures, including Ordinance 2026-2.
- Stroud Township Board of Supervisors
Proposed the zoning ordinance amendment and was responsible for holding the public hearing and considering the ordinance for adoption.
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- Township of Stroud
Municipality responsible for proposing and enacting Ordinance 2026-2.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements16
Data centers are permitted only as a conditional use in the M-1 Industrial District, requiring conditional-use approval before development or operation.
Data Center Accessory Uses are allowed only when subordinate to an associated data center and cannot function as independent or principal uses.
Data centers and Data Center Accessory Uses must comply with specified dimensional requirements.
A minimum 200-foot setback is required from residential zoning districts and Sensitive Receptors.
Additional landscape-buffer requirements apply to data centers and Data Center Accessory Uses.
Mechanical equipment must be screened.
Data centers and Data Center Accessory Uses are subject to specified noise limits.
Data centers and Data Center Accessory Uses are subject to vibration standards.
Applicants must evaluate water-supply and wastewater capacity or impacts.
Applicants must address whether Delaware River Basin Commission requirements apply.
Applicants must provide documentation concerning available electrical capacity.
Energy-generation facilities associated with a data center are subject to specific regulation.
Data centers must prepare emergency-response plans.
Data centers must comply with fire-protection requirements.
Building façade design is subject to supplemental standards.
Data centers and Data Center Accessory Uses must meet specified parking requirements.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions2
Permits data centers as a conditional use in the M-1 Industrial District, subject to the ordinance’s supplemental standards and conditional-use approval.
Allows data center accessory uses in the M-1 Industrial District when they remain subordinate to the principal data center use.
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