Lancaster AI Hub
Community benefits agreement
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Lancaster AI Hub is a project to turn two former printing-plant sites into data centers for AI computing. Chirisa Technology Parks is developing the campuses on Greenfield Road and Harrisburg Pike.
The city negotiated a community benefits agreement with the developer to address the project’s effects on nearby neighborhoods. It covers environmental limits, local hiring and payments to community funds.
- Developer
- Chirisa Technology Parks
- Initial tenant
- CoreWeave, in the first East campus building
What’s included
Water
Municipal water use is capped at 20,000 gallons a day per campus.
Compare water termsPower & infrastructure
Requires clean-energy sourcing, including eligible energy credits. Ten-year contracts at lower clean-energy shares can qualify with additional payments.
Compare power & infrastructure termsPublic revenue & benefits
Sets contributions to the community foundation and city energy fund, tied to project milestones.
Compare public revenue & benefits termsJobs & local opportunity
Requires a local hiring plan with percentage goals and good-faith efforts to hire local residents.
Compare jobs & local opportunity termsLand, noise & environment
Limits noise reaching nearby homes and parks and requires city-approved noise plans.
Compare land, noise & environment termsReporting & enforcement
Requires annual energy reports to City Council. Enforcement provisions appear in Article 9.
Compare reporting & enforcement termsOther terms
Requires emergency-response and electronic-waste management plans.
About this document
This summary uses the city’s draft. A signed copy has not been verified.
- Document
- Community benefits agreement
- Published by
- City of Lancaster
- Parties
- City of Lancaster; LPE 01 PROPCO LLC; Greenfield Road Owner LLC; Harrisburg Place Owner LLC. CoreWeave is identified as an initial tenant.
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-07
- Still needed
- A signed counterpart, amendments and the implementation plans referenced in Article 11.