Chester County and Montgomery County, PA Planning Commissions Data Center Ordinance Guide
April 2026
By: Chester County, PA Planning Commission, Montgomery County, PA Planning Commission
https://www.chescoplanning.org/UandI/DataCenters/pdf/DataCenterOrdinanceGuide.pdf
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This guide presents and explains specific zoning language around data centers for municipalities to integrate into their zoning codes. It discusses common impacts and concerns regarding data centers and includes conditional use ordinance recommendations for each topic.
Chester, PA
2010 Population: 498,886
2010 Population Density: 664.73/square mile
Montgomery, PA
2010 Population: 24,790
2010 Population Density: 2,332.08/square mile