As some residents in Bucks County are grappling with the implications of data centers in their communities, lawmakers in Harrisburg are pushing back against the technology spreading across the state.
State Senator Katie Muth introduced Pennsylvania’s first moratorium bill against data center growth on May 29, aiming to put a 3-year pause on the permitting and development of “hyperscale data centers.”
The legislation would additionally stop data centers from expanding to become hyperscale facilities and curb the construction of infrastructure required to power data centers…