Despite some public pushback, another large data center will be coming to western Pennsylvania.
Last week, Springdale Borough Council voted 5-2 to approve a conditional-use application from land developer Allegheny DC Property Co. to build a massive AI data center at the site of the former Cheswick Generating Station.
Springdale Borough Manager Terry Carcella, a Homer City native, said that there are many similarities between the sites in Springdale and Homer City, namely the fact that both played host to a coal fired power plant. He said that because of this, the existing infrastructure makes locations like these very attractive to developers…