Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom

Rep. Walsh introduces legislation addressing data center growth in Pennsylvania

WILKES-BARRE — The development of data centers has accelerated in recent years, leaving many communities facing serious questions about how they will affect local residents, utility systems, farmland, water supply, and more, Rep. Jamie Walsh, R-Ross Township, acknowledged on Wednesday.

An outpouring of frustration over Pennsylvania’s rapid data center growth

Constellation Energy plans to restart Unit 1 of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant as the Crane Clean Energy Center. (Photo by Peter Hall/Pennsylvania Capital-Star)This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. The latest example of burgeoning opposition to rapid data-center development in Pennsylvania came at a town hall meeting …

Pennsylvanians use town hall meeting to rail against data center boom

The latest example of burgeoning opposition to rapid data-center development in Pennsylvania came at a town hall meeting overflowing with frustration about how the state is managing the surge. As about 225 people watched, more than 20 speakers in the two-hour online forum late Wednesday spoke about resistance to an industry they blame for rising electricity prices, heavy water use, noise pollution and rural industrialization. Gov. Josh Shapiro, …

Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base

Pennsylvania residents blame Governor Josh Shapiro for the large number of data center projects in the state, despite his efforts to introduce policies that will balance development with the welfare of the people.