The future of a proposed complex of data centers in a Washington County industrial park near The Pavilion at Star Lake remains uncertain as residents continue to push back against the project. While the township has a local ordinance regulating data centers, it does not have one defining how a gas power plant can be built and operated, Smith said. That’s in addition to the large power plant, which would rely on an on-site natural gas pipeline. With its own power plant, the project wouldn’t strain the grid and would meet local noise regulations, Paris said. There was little resistance to the project until recent months, when Paris said attention on the proposal exploded.