Shapiro is splitting with other Dems on PA data centers

Shapiro is splitting with other Dems on PA data centers

HARRISBURG — As Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro attempts to thread a needle between attracting data center projects to Pennsylvania and satisfying their critics, members of his own party — and many Republicans — are backing a more aggressive regulatory approach. The split between the governor and other lawmakers could be seen this week in a pair of conflicting bills the Democratic-controlled state House passed. One was Shapiro’s own marquee data ce…

Shapiro Wants to Use Incentives to Push Data Centers to Behave Better. His Own Party Wants to Be More Aggressive

Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — As Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro attempts to thread a needle between attracting data center projects to Pennsylvania and satisfying their critics, members of his own party — and many Republicans — are backing a…

PA Anti-Shale Groups Push for Bill that Defacto Bans Data Centers - Marcellus Drilling News

Pennsylvania radical green groups, including PennFuture, the Center for Coalfield Justice, and the Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, continued a full-court press against AI data centers in the Keystone State yesterday. Just yesterday, we reported that Food & Water Watch had assembled dozens (perhaps one hundred at most) protesters in Harrisburg on Tuesday to support a...

Gov. Shapiro criticized for being ‘incredibly cozy’ with data center industry

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro came under repeated criticism Tuesday during a Capitol rally calling for a statewide moratorium on data center development, with speakers accusing his administration of being too closely aligned with Amazon and the technology industry. Colby Wesner, a member of Concerned Citizens of Montour County, said public records requests related to a