Data-center buildout in Pennsylvania, as reported

Press coverage of data center siting, power, water, and subsidies in Pennsylvania, each story tagged with the track it covers and the jurisdictions it names. 144 stories

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Oct 11 Bowmanstown, PA Data Center Plan Sparks Zoning Fight
Hoodline
Oct 11 'Never seen anything quite like it': How rural Pennsylvania's $165 million data center fight became representative of the bipartisan battle against AI
Crypto Briefingalso carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 11 NorthPoint Offers $10,000 Grants in Pennsylvania Data Center Bid
www.tokenpost.com
Oct 11 Pennsylvania’s $165 Million Project Hazelnut Faces Data Center Opposition
www.tokenpost.com
More coverage: remio
Oct 11 Chris Kelly Opinion: The Gravity of our situation
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 11 Mifflin County township moves meetings to accommodate recent larger crowds
AOL.com
Oct 10 Forward Township residents address data center zoning concerns, rowdiness at meeting
Butler Eagle
Forward Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Oct 9 DEP creates statewide data center permit tracker
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 9 Under pressure, Lehigh Valley township reconsiders developers’ role in data center regulation
The Morning Call ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 9 Developer behind Perry County data center proposes multi-million-dollar community agreement
lehighvalleylivealso carried by 2 other outlets
More coverage: PennLive.com
Oct 8 Luzerne County data center zoning ordinance heads to council: What changed in setbacks, noise limits
The Sunday Dispatchalso carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 8 Archbald residents show resistance to Project Gravity data centers
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 8 Plans withdrawn for a data center at former Pa. mall site
PennLive.com ($)
Oct 8 Swatara Township commissioners approve community benefits agreement despite residents requests to table
fox43.com
More coverage: Yahoo
Swatara Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Oct 8 Rep. Ryncavage outlines potential legal challenge to Newport Twp. data center zoning notice
Times Leader
Oct 7 8TH DISTRICT AD WATCH: Council critics say Cognetti hasn't acted on her data-center rhetoric
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 7 Citizen’s Bank slated to replace Unity Denny’s; planners move on data center guardrails
The Latrobe Bulletin
Oct 7 Planners designate sites in Tamaqua and Schuylkill Twp. suitable for data centers
The Standard-Speaker ($)
Oct 7 Pa Lawmakers and Energy Officials Review State Grid Capacity Amid Rapid Data Center Growth
Audacy
Oct 7 Hanover Twp. to consider data center overlay district on former coal mining land
The Citizens' Voice ($)
Hanover Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Oct 7 Residents voice concerns
huntingdondailynews.com
Oct 7 Hundreds Of Protesters Tell Governor Shapiro, Legislators, “We Won’t Back Down;” Call For Data Center Moratorium
PA Environment Digest Blog
Oct 6 Fit Energy Data Center/Power Plant Developer Says It Is Working With Newport Township On A Community Benefits Agreement; Township Manager Welcomed The Company's Investment In The Luzerne County Community
PA Environment Digest Blog
Oct 6 Protesters demand data center moratorium in Pa. for more transparency and safeguards
fox43.com
Oct 6 Project Gravity to use 430MW of batteries for data centers
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 6 Union County commissioners deny substation plan
standard-journal.com
Oct 6 Bethlehem considers new rules for future data center development
NBC10 Philadelphia
More coverage: WFMZ.com · Lehigh Daily
Oct 6 Protesters demand data center moratorium in Pennsylvania for more transparency and safeguards
Yahoo
Oct 6 Fit Energy Will Use Gas-Powered Fuel Cells For Pennsylvania Data Center Project
POWER Magazine
More coverage: EP Magazine
Oct 6 In Pennsylvania, residents turn down $10,000 each to back a data center: ‘It’s like bribery’
Syracuse.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: PennLive.com · Patch
Oct 6 Substation construction underway for Union County data center project
standard-journal.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: lehighvalleylive · PennLive.com
Oct 5 Proposed Pennsylvania data center rules emphasize transparency, local control
WGALalso carried by 10 other outlets
More coverage: Erie Times-News · Bay Journal
Oct 5 Hazle Township rejects Project Hazelnut AI data center plan
NewsBytes
Oct 5 Nasdaq-listed tech company names Pa. county as site for big data center campus in the works
PennLive.com ($)
Oct 5 Pa.’s Environmental Rights Amendment is the focus of a Lackawanna County data center fight
News From The States
Oct 5 Every household in this rural town will get $10,000 if a data center gets built
The Cool Downalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: PennLive.com
Swatara Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Oct 4 Luzerne County’s proposed data center zoning ordinance amendment up for discussion Thursday
The Sunday Dispatchalso carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 4 In Upper Burrell, where fracking and AI industries converge, residents look to regulate data centers
90.5 WESA
Oct 4 Ransom Twp. supervisors poised to vote on data center ordinance
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
More coverage: Scranton Times-Tribune
Oct 4 Meet the ‘mini Erin Brockoviches’ battling a data center's eminent domain threat—and Amazon's shadow
Fortune ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 4 Developer behind 2 Dauphin County data centers to hold public info session
PennLive.com ($)
Oct 3 Website launched to promote Newport Twp. data center campus
The Citizens' Voice ($)
More coverage: The Citizens' Voice
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Oct 3 Honey Brook Data Center Rules Head to Oct. 14 Vote
MyChesCo
Oct 3 Pa. data center bills race to the finish line before voting ends
audacy.com
Oct 2 Crowd boos data center developer during contentious meeting in Forward Township, Butler County
CBS News
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Oct 2 County eyes effect of data centers en masse
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ($)
More coverage: Reading Eagle
Oct 2 Granville officials reschedule zoning hearing to Oct. 26
Lewistown Sentinel
Granville Township, PA (named in coverage)
Mifflin County, PA (named in coverage)
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Oct 2 PAX-1 data center foes ask court to halt site work while zoning appeal plays out
PennLive.com ($)
More coverage: ABC27
Oct 1 Blair County township leaders looking to change ordinances weeks after data center proposal
Yahoo
Oct 1 Invitium Energy power plant venture to fuel data centers lands in Fell Twp.
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Oct 1 Opponents file latest challenge to Cumberland County data center project
ABC27also carried by 1 other outlet
Oct 1 Public hearing allowed residents to voice concerns about data centers
dailyamerican.com
Oct 1 When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers.
nytimes.com ($)
Oct 1 Pa. House panel passes proposals on data center costs, utility company profits
Pennsylvania Capital-Star
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Sep 30 Weigh in now on air quality plan for Lancaster city data center's second phase
LancasterOnline ($)
Sep 30 From Coal to Compute: How Pennsylvania Is Rebuilding Power for AI Data Centers
Data Center Frontier
Sep 29 A data center developer is offering $10,000 payments to win the support of Poconos residents
phillyvoice.com
Sep 29 Council briefed at first workshop on water issues associated with data centers
The Lancaster News
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Sep 29 Kline Township Planning Commission recommends conditions for Amazon Data Center
fox56.com
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Sep 29 EBT to vote on data center ordinance Oct. 12
The Daily Item
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Sep 28 Data center project is the focus of a court challenge to Pa.'s 'deemed approval' statutes
PennLive.com ($)
Sep 28 $10,000 for Every Household – If a 1,300-Acre AI Data Center Gets Built in Their Town
Yahooalso carried by 1 other outlet
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Sep 28 Data Centers’ NDAs Would Be Banned Under New Bill
Newsweek ($)
Sep 28 In Upper Burrell, where the fracking and AI industries converge, residents look to regulate data center
The Allegheny Front
Sep 27 Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10,000 if a Data Center Gets Built
WSJ ($)
More coverage: New York Post
Sep 27 Somerset County unveils proposed data center guidelines; public hearing planned for Tuesday
The Tribune-Democratalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: LancasterOnline · WTAJ · The Tribune-Democrat · WTAJ · +1 more
Sep 27 Many gather to discuss proposed Newport Township data centers
Times Leader
More coverage: The Daily Review
Sep 27 PUC TO EXAMINE DATA CENTER POWER ISSUES
WCCS AM1160 & 101.1FM
Sep 25 Indiana County Conservation District Issues 2 PAG-02 Stormwater General Permits For Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County
PA Environment Digest Blog
Sep 25 DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Installation Of 156 Diesel Generators At The Greenfield Road Owner, LLC Phase 2 Data Center Project In City Of Lancaster
PA Environment Digest Blog
Sep 25 A former Pa. farm could become a huge data center. Here’s what’s planned
LehighValleyLive.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 25 Data center comments dominate Plymouth Township zoning meeting
timesherald.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Plymouth Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 25 DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For Construction Of 2 Data Center Buildings, Electric Substation In Sharon City, Mercer County
PA Environment Digest Blog
Sep 25 Developer applies for 200,000-square-foot data center in Jessup
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Sep 25 East Whiteland officials approve a lengthy data center ordinance, after residents decried the one being built there
Inquirer.com ($)
Sep 25 Data center complex plan submitted to Dauphin County township
PennLive.com ($)
Sep 25 Data center court fights fester as state lawmakers return to session
The Center Square
Sep 25 Zoning board clears the way for $1.4B sale of land for data centers in Pa.
PennLive.com ($)
Sep 25 Blair County state representatives host data center meeting as public concern grows
radio.wpsu.org
Sep 25 Publicker data center hearings in Limerick pushed back to January
pottsmerc.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 25 PA Farm Bureau Supports Pause On A.I. Data Center Development, Issues Policy Paper On Why A Pause Is Needed
PA Environment Digest Blog
More coverage: Farm and Dairy
Sep 25 Salem Twp. planning commission OKs data center district expansion
The Citizens' Voice ($)
More coverage: fox56.com
Salem Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 24 Explainer: What Mayor Parker’s data center order means for Philadelphia
Metro Philadelphiaalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 24 ‘No one wants you here:’ Pa. state senator, opponent join opposition to South Whitehall data center near high school
The Morning Call ($)
Sep 24 Proposed South Whitehall Township data center goes before commission
CBS News
Sep 23 Limerick supervisors pick planning commission chairman to fill vacancy
pottsmerc.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 23 Plains Twp. holds hearing on data-center overlay
The Citizens' Voice ($)
Sep 23 Decision made on bid to stop work on Cumberland County data center
PennLive.com ($)
More coverage: PennLive.com
Sep 23 Allegheny County Council unanimously bans large data centers on county property
community.triblive.com
Sep 23 Keel Outlines Scrubgrass Data Center Plans as Residents Question Plant’s Record
exploreVenangoalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 23 What we know about Delaware County’s potential data center plan, ‘Project Trainer’
WHYY
More coverage: NBC10 Philadelphia
Sep 23 Reading planners expected to vote next month on data center zoning amendment
WFMZ.com
Sep 23 Pa. legislative leaders reject data center moratorium
nbcphiladelphia.com
Sep 22 Valley View School District lawsuit could halt Project Gravity data centers
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
More coverage: pennlive.com
Sep 22 Judge cancels Greenfield Road data center zoning hearing
LancasterOnline ($)
Sep 22 LVPC reviews pair of data center proposals, finds one lacking more than the other
WFMZ.com
Lehigh Valley, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 22 Lehigh Valley planners raise questions about Allentown and Bethlehem data center proposals
The Morning Call ($)
More coverage: Lehighvalleylive.com
Allentown, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 22 Supervisors to vote next week on Kline Twp.’s largest project ever
The Standard-Speaker ($)
Sep 22 Lehigh Valley township rejects data center developer’s regulatory pitch, goes with own plan
Lehighvalleylive.com
Sep 22 A Lehigh Valley data center plan is missing key info, planners say
The Morning Call ($)
Sep 21 McGinness property draws zero bids, freeing Columbia to negotiate with buyers
LancasterOnline ($)
Sep 21 Democrats tied to 2028 pivot toward data center regulation as Trump pushes for progress
WCTIalso carried by 4 other outlets
Sep 21 Valley municipalities grapple with data center regulations
cnhinews.com
Sep 21 Bethlehem sets public hearing date on data center proposed for site off Route 22
Lehighvalleylive.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 20 Salem Twp. planning board to vote 3rd time on expanding data center zoning
The Standard-Speaker ($)
More coverage: The Citizens' Voice
Salem Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 19 ‘Where do you go?’ — Archbald residents fear giant data center next door
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Sep 19 No dollar amount is worth a lifetime of noise and risk, Gregg Township says | Opinion
PennLive.com ($)
Sep 18 DEP Invites Comments On New Water Quality Permit For Amazon Data Services ADS Berwick Data Center In Salem Twp., Luzerne County
PA Environment Digest Blog
Sep 18 Judge hears arguments over PAX-1 data center in Cumberland County
PennLive.com ($)
More coverage: WGAL · fox43.com
Sep 18 Legal notice indicates Trainer zoning OK for data center
Delco Times ($)
More coverage: delco.today
Sep 18 Residents urge changes to Project Atlas, cite environmental and health concerns
Lehigh Valley Press
Sep 17 Philadelphia residents say they need a moratorium, not a task force
WHYY
Sep 17 Date set for data center appeal hearing in Mifflin County
abc27.com
Sep 17 Upper Burrell Data Center Rules: Bring Your Own (Gas) Power
Marcellus Drilling News
More coverage: thereporteronline · WFMZ.com
Sep 17 South Whitehall Data Center Fight Grows as Residents Demand Public Hearing
Hoodline
Sep 16 8TH DISTRICT AD WATCH: A deeper dive into Bresnahan’s data center bill, previous views
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Sep 16 Upper Merion officials to send solicitor to data center zoning meeting
timesherald.com ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: inquirer.com
Sep 16 Plains Twp. to host public hearing about zoning map changes to accommodate data centers
The Citizens' Voice ($)
Sep 16 Gregg Township To Decide Data Center Proposal |
WKOK.com
Gregg Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 16 Mahanoy supers to consider data center regulations next week
The Shenandoah Sentinelalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 16 Upper Burrell Planning Commission delays recommendation regarding data center ordinance
TribLIVE.com
Sep 15 West Mahanoy invokes six month moratorium on data centers, solar farms, mulls regulations
shensentinel.com
Sep 15 New Morgan approves data center zoning changes
Reading Eagle ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Daily Local
Sep 15 Senator focuses on AI 'threat to humanity' as data center fights continue
The Center Squarealso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 15 Gregg Twp. supervisors have 45 days to decide on data center request
The Daily Item
Sep 15 'Not for the public good': Data center proposal casts shadow over Union, Lycoming counties
The Pryor Information Publication
Sep 15 Lehigh Valley community becomes latest to pass data center ordinance, ahead of review of farmland rezoning request
The Morning Call ($)
More coverage: lehighvalleylive.com
Sep 15 Shapiro called his data-centers executive order the strictest in the nation. Much of it was already the law.
Wiss Nowalso carried by 1 other outlet
Sep 15 Middlesex Township Planning Commission meets to discuss Phase 2 of PAX-1 Data Center Project
fox43.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: fox43.com
Middlesex Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 14 Mayor Parker to create task force placing guardrails on data centers in Philly
NBC10 Philadelphia
Sep 14 Former Drumore planning commission member questions data center ordinance
lancasteronline.com ($)
Sep 14 Anti-data center coalition asks City Council to pass a moratorium on development
Audacy
Sep 13 ‘Recipe for disaster’: Philadelphia activists urge City Council to pass a data center moratorium
WHYYalso carried by 1 other outlet
More coverage: Northeast Times · Hoodline · Hanford Sentinel · 6abc Philadelphia · +5 more
Sep 13 East Marlborough Data Center Rules Head Toward Oct. 14 Vote
MyChesCo
Sep 13 Protestors take to Fayette Street ahead of Plymouth data center zoning hearing
thereporteronline ($)also carried by 1 other outlet
Plymouth Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 12 Upper Burrell residents decry transparency as data center progresses despite moratorium and a lawsuit
Mon Valley Independent
Sep 12 County receives three proposals for data center health study
Scranton Times-Tribune ($)
Sep 11 Why Pennsylvania Data Center Developers Are Facing A Massive Reality Check - ИФЗ РАН
ИФЗ РАН
Sep 11 Residents applaud as Clinton Township supervisors reject data center
Tri-County Independent
Clinton Township, PA (named in coverage)
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Sep 11 Governor Shapiro's Data Center Executive Order Shows Power of Community Organizing – And the Work Ahead
earthworks.org
Sep 11 Data center developer outlines $4.1 million community benefit plan
The Daily Item
More coverage: PennLive.com
Sep 10 'Not welcome:' Indiana County residents voice concerns over proposed Amazon data centers
WJAC
Sep 10 Archbald borough council decides against recusal, listens to final testimony on Wildcat Ridge Data Center
WVIA Public Media
Sep 10 South Whitehall residents paint dire picture of proposed data center near Parkland High
The Morning Call ($)

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