HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM)– What happens at the end of a data center’s life cycle? One Pennsylvania lawmaker is looking to answer that through a new data center decommissioning legislation. Data center proposals and construction projects are being planned or built across Pennsylvania,

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s recent executive order calling for tighter regulations on data center development hasn’t appeared to immediately slow the momentum of those looking to build big in Pennsylvania communities.

Neighbors say the wildlife they once regularly saw in their backyards has nearly vanished.

The Environmental Rights Amendment of the PA Constitution guarantees the right to clean air, pure water and to the preservation of the aesthetic values of the environment.

Campaign finance filings show that the top leaders in the House and Senate pocketed almost half a million dollars in campaign finance donations from individuals and business entities that have financial interests in data center growth.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order to curb the growth of AI data centers in his state, which mandates

Pennsylvania joins New York and Texas as states pivot from trying to attract data centers to asking who pays for the infrastructure, attorneys say.

Data centers have become the hottest issue in political races across the country, including Pennsylvania's race for governor.

HARRISBURG — As part of his new, hard-line stance on regulating data centers in Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a news conference this week that his sweeping executive order has the “strictest guardrails in the nation” on data center development.

It’s decision day for the controversial PAX-1 data center development in Cumberland County. Two sitting township supervisors will vote Wednesday night on final approval — or not — of land development plans for the first of three adjacent computing campuses on the 700-acre Middlesex Township site.