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Manchester Township passes ordinance to restrict data centers
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (252+ words) Manchester Township has passed an ordinance that restricts development of data centers to areas zoned for industrial and heavy industrial use and imposes other regulations that make it unlikely that a data center will be built in the township. Like…...
Amid confusion over scams, bill would ban Pa. from using text messages to collect debts
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (581+ words) It would prohibit state agencies from using "text-based communication" to "collect, or notify an individual about, an unpaid fine, fee, toll or other charge payable." Lawmakers want to ban state agencies from using text messaging to collect debts, saying a…...
Linde's proposed data center in Wayne County would have 21 buildings
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (411+ words) Preliminary plans for what could'become Wayne'County's'first industrial data center, proposed for a'largely wooded'tract next to the village of'Browndale, have been made available on the Clinton Township website. Plans for the hotly contested project show 20 data hall buildings, each'18, 000 square feet,…...
Rural pushback grows as another data center rejected in PA
1+ week, 4+ day ago (322+ words) As data center projects continue expanding into rural communities, some Pennsylvania residents are organizing to push back. In Columbia Borough, council members unanimously'rejected'a $6. 4 million bid from Saadia Holdings to build a data center on the former Mc Ginness Airport property....
Pa. could ban phone use in schools. When the rules would take effect.
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (316+ words) USA Today Network via Reuters Connect Pennsylvania lawmakers are getting behind a universal bell-to-bell ban on cell phone use in the commonwealth's schools." The House of Representatives on June 1 passed legislation that would require all school districts to adopt phone…...
Shapiro pitches sustainability, transparency requirements for data center developers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1128+ words) After broadly sketching a plan to manage data center growth during his February budget address, Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered details of his Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards that developers would be required to satisfy to claim tax benefits from…...
Pa. can move ahead with broadband expansion after feds back down on wage dispute -
3+ week, 4+ day ago (596+ words) Pennsylvania can move ahead with spending more than $700 million on expanding high-speed internet in rural areas, after federal officials backed down from a threat to withhold the money because of a dispute over state labor law. The reversal removes what…...
Here are the properties where data centers could go in Pocono Township
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (111+ words) USA Today Network via Reuters Connect On April 22, the Pocono Township Board of Commissioners unanimously approved adding a data center overlay district to the township's zoning ordinance. Half of the properties are occupied by an active business or abandoned resort,…...
Township supervisors across Pa. urge colleagues to adopt zoning for data centers
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1155+ words) Upper Merion Township in the Philadelphia suburbs is no stranger to development." During the holiday shopping season, the once-rural community's population swells to more than 350, 000 as people flock to the King of Prussia Mall."Combined with about 35, 000 residents and 70, 000 workers,…...