CoreWeave Lancaster data center
Lancaster, Lancaster County, PADeveloper: Chirisa Technology Parks
Also known as Lancaster East, Chirisa Lancaster
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- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
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Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group are converting two former LSC Communications/R.R. Donnelley printing plants in Lancaster city, at 216 Greenfield Road and 1375 Harrisburg Pike, into AI data centers with CoreWeave as tenant. CoreWeave says it will commit up to $6 billion for 100 MW of initial capacity, expandable to 300 MW. The first Greenfield Road building is under construction and targeted for summer 2027; residents are appealing approval of a second building.
- Permanent jobs (promised)
- 175
- about 70 at launch, scaling to 175
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | 300 MW [1] potential expansion |
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| IT load | 100 MW [1] initial IT capacity, expandable to 300 MW |
| Site size | 144 acres [2] two former printing plant properties |
| Stated investment | $6 billion [1] CoreWeave commitment of up to $6 billion; total project budget reported as up to $10 billion |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 175 [1] about 70 at launch, scaling to 175 |
| Construction jobs | 600 [1] |
| Target completion | Summer 2027 for the first Greenfield Road building [4] |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Power
| Air permit | PA DEP air quality permit for emergency diesel generators at 216 Greenfield Road; draft approval published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 15, 2025 [9]Source excerpt“PA DEP posted the draft permit approval in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on November 15, 2025, initiating a 30-day public comment period.” |
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Water
| Water use | 20,000 gal/day [10] cap per campus under the community benefits agreement, not a measured figure Source excerpt“Water use is capped at 20,000 gallons per day per campus, significantly less than the use for typical manufacturing” |
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| Cooling | air cooling and a closed-loop water system [9]Source excerpt“air cooling and a closed-loop water system for cooling” |
Money & incentives
| Tax incentives | None offered by the City of Lancaster [9]Source excerpt“No. The City of Lancaster has not offered any development incentives (tax breaks, discounted fees, etc.) to the project.” |
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| Payments / community benefits | Community benefits agreement: owners contribute $10 million each to two funds, paid in $2.5 million increments starting at construction financing [10]Source excerpt“The owners will contribute $10 million each to two funds” |
Local decisions & site
| Zoning | Suburban Manufacturing (SM); data center use deemed consistent with the district [9]Source excerpt“These properties are zoned for Suburban Manufacturing (SM), which is regulated by Chapter 300 of the Code of the City of Lancaster.” |
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Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Water and power
Water
- up to 20,000 gallons per day [10]Permit, contract or approved limit. Limit per campus in the community benefits agreement.As of Oct 15, 2026 · Data Center Community Benefits Agreement
Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →
Timeline
City zoning officer classifies both data centers as a permitted wholesale trade and storage use [3]
Work begins on first Greenfield Road building [6]
CoreWeave announces up to $6 billion commitment for Lancaster data center [1]
Lancaster City Council approves $20 million community benefits agreement, 6-1 [5]
County judge sides with the developers, ruling a resident's appeal of the zoning officer's letters cannot go to the zoning hearing board [11]
Report that lenders passed on construction financing; CoreWeave says project is fully funded and moving forward [6]
Residents' group appeals planning commission's conditional preliminary approval of a second Greenfield Road data center [7]
Judge grants the developers' emergency motion to stay the zoning hearing on the residents' group appeal of the second Greenfield Road building [12]
Issues raised
- Residents argued the project should not have been approved as 'wholesale trade and storage' without public hearings [3][4]
- Community benefits agreement limits noise, restricts testing of 176 backup diesel generators, and requires 100% renewable energy (including nuclear) for 10 years; critics called its penalties 'pay to pollute' [5]
- Residents raised water, noise and air quality concerns [4]
Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.
Sources
- CoreWeave Announces Multi-Billion Dollar Commitment to AI Infrastructure in PennsylvaniaCoreWeave · Jul 15, 2025 · company
- CoreWeave plans $6bn data center in Lancaster, PennsylvaniaDatacenterDynamics · Jul 15, 2025 · news
- Lancaster, Pa., Hearing to Revisit Data Center Zoning DecisionGovernment Technology · Aug 8, 2025 · news
- Lancaster city data centers face zoning hearing, possible new regulationsWITF · Aug 28, 2025 · news
- Lancaster City Council votes to approve data center benefits agreementLancasterOnline · Nov 21, 2025 · news
- Lenders passed on financing for Lancaster city data centers: reportLancasterOnline · Feb 24, 2026 · news
- Second planned Lancaster city data center facing residents' appealLancasterOnline · Aug 21, 2026 · news
- Data Center InformationCity of Lancaster · government
- Data Center Frequently Asked QuestionsCity of Lancaster, PA · government
- Data Center Community Benefits AgreementCity of Lancaster, PA · government
- Lancaster city data center developers win suit to block resident's zoning appealLancasterOnline · Dec 23, 2025 · news
- Judge cancels Greenfield Road data center zoning hearingLancasterOnline · Sep 22, 2026 · news
Cite this page
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). CoreWeave Lancaster data center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/coreweave-lancaster-pa |
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| MLA | “CoreWeave Lancaster data center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/coreweave-lancaster-pa. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/dc/coreweave-lancaster-pa |
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