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Developer pitches $1.7 billion data center in South Anvil; residents raise noise, water and health concerns
Summary
Ancient Code Development Group presented a plan for a five‑building data center campus on ~98 acres in South Anvil Township, estimating a $1.7 billion investment and substantial tax revenue. Residents and scientists at the county workshop raised concerns about noise, infrasound, water use and grid impacts; township zoning and conditional‑use processes remain the venue for decisions.
Joe Eisenhower, the project developer for a proposed data center in South Anvil Township, presented a conceptual plan to the Lebanon County commissioners’ workshop describing five warehouse‑style buildings across roughly 98 acres and outlined permitting steps and mitigation measures. "What you're looking at there is the corner of Mount Pleasant Road and 422," Eisenhower said, explaining the site layout and that PennDOT coordination and a traffic impact study would be required for a proposed realignment.
Eisenhower said the project team is contemplating five buildings between about 110,000 and 150,000 square feet each, and that the project would be built in phases. He described an estimated taxable assessed value at full buildout of roughly $740.3 million and projected annual tax revenues to local taxing bodies — he cited about $3.4 million to the county, $13.4 million to the school district and roughly $747,000 to the township. "We're…
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