Lawmakers and local residents grapple with data center ‘gold rush’

(The Center Square) – Data center dynamics were a prime topic once again on Monday in both the state Capitol in Harrisburg and in a local municipality where residents facing a proposed major data center development have questions and are on edge.

The Democratic-dominated state House passed two bills related to data centers in bipartisan votes. Both bills will now go to the Republican-controlled Senate for consideration.

Meanwhile, residents in Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, prepared for a Planning Commission meeting where a major data center proposal – one with three, six-building campuses to be set on 700 acres – was scheduled for discussion.

“A reckless gold rush” is how the sponsor of one of the bills that passed Monday, Democratic Rep. Kyle Mullins of Lackawanna County, described a proposal happening in his own county.

His bill, he said, Read Entire Article