Bucks County Residents Announce Protest, Demand Protections from Massive Amazon Data Center

June 21, 2026

FALLS TOWNSHIP, PA—Residents near the 1-million-square-foot data center under construction at the Keystone Trade Center are mobilizing to call on the Falls Township, PA, Board of Supervisors to protect local communities and the environment. The peaceful protest comes after more than 3,800 people signed a petition raising concerns about the data center and calling on local governments to take action.

• Who: Residents of Falls Township and nearby communities

• What: Peaceful protest of Amazon data center and call for local officials to take action

• When: Monday, June 22, 2026, from 5-7 p.m. 

• Where: Falls Township Municipal Building at 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills, PA

The protest coincides with a Board of Supervisors meeting at 6 p.m., where residents and neighbors also plan to voice their concerns about the data center.

“We are coming together to demand that our local government do more to safeguard us from the impacts of this large data center,” said Amanda Westerman, a Falls Township mother of three who created the change.org petition and is coordinating the protest with local residents. "I grew up here. I’m raising my children here. I want better for Falls Township. This is time for our Board to take bold action for all of us.”

The group is calling for:

1. Full transparency

   • Release detailed information about the project and facilitate conversations with Amazon and NorthPoint Development

   • Dissolve the current non-disclosure agreement for the site

   • Adopt an ordinance banning future NDAs for commercial projects

     
     

2. Support strict Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Regulation

   • Adopt a policy or ordinance to disclose Act 14 Notices to the Township’s public website (early notification on plans to file for state air and water quality permits, along with other DEP applications)

   • Submit comments about legitimate concerns with DEP permits

     
     

3. Adopt a moratorium on future hyper-scale AI data centers 

   • The Township must put a 180-day pause on new data center projects through a municipal curative amendment to allow time to update the Township’s zoning code to include the unique attributes and concerns of data centers and supporting structures

     
     

4. Put in place and enforcing ordinances

   1. Adopt detailed data center requirements in the Township’s zoning code, so new data center proposals or expansions occur within the proper regulatory framework to protect our communities

   2. Adopt an ordinance that regulates noise and vibration levels at residential property lines

Read a more detailed explanation of these demands here.

Residents are concerned about the potential for noise and air pollution, electricity demand and energy bill impacts, and water use and discharge from the site, among other issues. Community members are also expressing concerns over lack of public information available to inform conversations about the site and its effects. In response, members of Falls Township Data Center Resistance have also launched padatacenterinfo.org to serve as a hub for local activism for responsible data center regulation.

To learn more about the potential impact of the data center project, visit  padatacenterinfo.org/falls.

MEDIA CONTACT:

Amanda Westerman

Falls Township Data Center Resistance

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