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14% of This Small Town Could Soon Be Blanketed with Walmart-Sized Data Centers

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Residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania, are organizing in opposition to planned data centers that, if approved, could cover almost 15% of the small town.  As The Washington Post detailed, developers in the former coal town tucked are encountering resistance from its 7,000 residents as they progress with building plans.  The plans are for six data center campuses, which would include 51 data warehouses — each about the size of a Walmart Supercenter.…

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In the small mining town of Archbald, Pennsylvania, with a population of just under 7,000, the AI industry’s expansion could soon take up nearly the entire city. Developers have proposed six massive data center sites that would cover 14 percent of the city, and the opposition is massive. Small town of 7,000 says no to 51 AI data centers The projects, promoted by companies like Archbald I LLC and Cornell Realty Management, would place 51 massive …

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Tom's Hardware broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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