Shapiro Ties Fast-Track Permits to Data Center Standards

Shapiro wants to incentivize data centers to be better neighbors. Will that work?

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Shapiro ties fast-track permits to data center standards

HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to incentivize data center developers to follow stricter environmental and transparency standards in Pennsylvania by offering them an expedited permitting process. As massive data center projects pop up across Pennsylvania to feed artificial intelligence’s computing needs and cloud storage demand, the governor has said he wants to prevent developers from negatively affecting energy prices and water…

Gov. Shapiro Promises Speedier Data Center Permits—for a Price - Marcellus Drilling News

Even a leftist liberal putz like Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro can have a good idea every now and again. (Credit where credit is due.) Shapiro is introducing what he calls GRID (Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development) standards to incentivize Pennsylvania data center developers to voluntarily adopt higher environmental and transparency benchmarks. In exchange for committing to...

Shapiro wants to incentivize data centers to be better neighbors

HARRISBURG — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to incentivize data center developers to follow stricter environmental and transparency standards in Pennsylvania by offering them an expedited permitting process.