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Hughesville nears approval of data center ordinance

Hughesville Borough Council is nearing approval of an ordinance covering the operation and location of data centers in the community. Borough solicitor Zachary DuGan told council at its most recent meeting he is preparing such an ordinance that would restrict the facilities to industrial ...

New data center map has critics as state ranks 4th in nation in facilities

(The Center Square) - Pennsylvania government has joined the challenging game of trying to display online the scope of what is one of the nation’s biggest data center booms, and some observers aren’t thrilled. The state Department of Environmental Protection posted online for the first time on Aug. 18 a “Data Center Permit Tracker” which as of Tuesday mapped 73 “PA data centers” or “Unconfirmed PA data centers.” At the same time, a widely-followed “Data Center Tracker” website created by private citizen showed 93 Pennsylvania projects, of which 20 had been ...