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Amazon presents plans for data center in Kline Twp.
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (502+ words) MCADOO " More than 100 people traveled in snowy conditions Saturday morning to the gymnasium of McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary School to hear about Amazon Web Services" plans for a new data center. Representatives from Amazon outlined plans for an approximately 2.5 million-square-foot hyperscale data…...
Mountain Top municipalities aim to regulate data centers
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (358+ words) While there have not been reports of any plans for data centers in either Fairview or Wright Twps., officials of both municipalities are making sure they have legislation in place to regulate them. Fairview Twp. supervisors at their regular meeting…...
Pennsylvania lawmakers look to ban cellphone use in classrooms
2+ week, 5+ day ago (877+ words) Lawmakers in Harrisburg are close to making classrooms statewide cellphone free. The state Senate Education Committee advanced a bill requiring that public schools adopt policies prohibiting cellphone use during the school day. It allows exceptions for students who have a…...
Firm appeals data center, says Hazle Twp. supers caved to pressure
1+ mon, 9+ hour ago (480+ words) Supervisors in Hazle Twp. caved to public pressure at the 11th hour when denying approvals for a data center that NP Hazleton Holdings 1 LLC wants to build, the company said when asking Luzerne County Court to approve its plans. NP Hazleton,…...
Municipalities react to planned data centers
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1502+ words) Supervisors in Kline Twp.are looking for a bigger place to meet with Amazon Web Services about a data center after canceling a meeting on Dec. 8because the crowd couldn't fit inside the municipal building in Kelayres. In Nescopeck Twp. on…...
Sugarloaf Twp. residents suggest green energy for data centers
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (680+ words) SUGARLOAF TWP. " Residents suggested that their township require data centers to generate their own power from green energy. "I think renewable energy is viable for our ordinance," John Zola told the Sugarloaf Twp. Supervisors during a meeting on Tuesday. "It's…...
Our Opinion: Weigh pros and cons before banning cell phones in schools
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (430+ words) Inarguably the most useful piece of technology widely used as an information gathering and sharing tool might be too distracting " perhaps even too mind-numbing " for students to use within the halls of educational institutions. There's a measure of irony that…...
FirstNet provides cell service for local first responders
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (445+ words) BUTLER TWP. " David Kerr was describing cellular service reserved for first responders when he was interrupted by a fire truck leaving the station of Valley Regional Fire and Rescue. "They're using our service as we speak," Kerr, president of AT…...
Dorrance Twp. amends zoning ordinance to address data centers
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (263+ words) Dorrance Twp. supervisors voted to amend the township's code of ordinances regarding data centers at a public hearing Monday morning. The unanimous 3-0 vote was in regard to amendments provided by township solicitor Sean Logsdon that dealt with regulations having to…...
Dorrance Twp. supervisors look at blocking data centers
5+ mon, 12+ hour ago (248+ words) Dorrance Twp. supervisors at their meeting on Monday night took a step that at least temporarily will stop construction of data centers in the municipality. Supervisors voted unanimously to approve an ... Dorrance Twp. supervisors at their meeting on Monday night…...