Fetterman says Steelton plant ‘should absolutely’ make steel after data center talk

STEELTON, Pa. (WHTM) — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) decried a proposal to sell a Pennsylvania steel mill to tech developers.

Fetterman made the comments Monday, a week after a Cleveland-Cliffs executive said during an earnings call that the company was exploring selling its 158-year-old Steelton plant, which it idled last month, to become a data center.

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“The plant there has been running since the 1870s and helped build our nation,” Fetterman said in a post on X. “I’m not anti-tech, but it should absolutely remain making steel.”…

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