News
One Tech Tip: Got an awkward or embarrassing Gmail address? Google is now letting users change it
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (551+ words) By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer Good news for people who regret the Gmail address they came up with when they registered for an account: Google is now letting users change it. Google started quietly rolling out the change late…...
Jenkins Twp. holds hearing on data center ordinance
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (802+ words) Screenshot from Monday's data center ordinance hearing at the Jenkins Township Hose Company. JENKINS TWP. " The Jenkins Township Board of Supervisors held a hearing Monday at the Jenkins Township Hose Company to gather public comment on a proposed amendment to…...
Google News
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (12+ words) Legislators lead effort to designate Endless Mountains as National Heritage Area'Times Leader...
Even more of Pa.’s broadband funding will go to satellite after last-minute cost-cutting
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (1202+ words) By Charlotte Keith For Spotlight PA SpaceX Falcon 9 carries Starlink satellites on a Sept. 13, 2021, launch. Creative Commons License via Spotlight PA HARRISBURG " More Pennsylvanians will receive satellite internet service from SpaceX after last-minute changes to the state's plan to spend…...
PPL Electric, PA American Water discuss capacity, reliability regarding data centers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1061+ words) A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2024. WILKES-BARRE " The hottest topic in regional communities these days revolves around data centers " and whether…...
Labor law could become sticking point between state, feds with $711M for broadband at stake
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1585+ words) By Charlotte Keith For Spotlight PA A cell tower in rural Pennsylvania. Amanda Berg | For Spotlight PA HARRISBURG " A federal official last month added a new wrinkle to Pennsylvania's plan to use more than $700 million to expand high-speed internet access…...
Powering the future: Data centers are planned throughout Northeast Pennsylvania
2+ week, 6+ day ago (918+ words) Merle Madrid of Amazon Web Services speaks during the event. John Augustine, President/CEO of Penn's Northeast, seated at left, coordinated the seminar held Friday at Doubletree by Hilton. Merle Madrid of Amazon Web Services speaks during the event. Curry…...
Officials still revising proposed data center zoning ordinance covering 19 Luzerne County municipalities
3+ week, 1+ day ago (920+ words) Luzerne County Planning Commission members review revisions of a data center zoning amendment Thursday that would cover 19 municipalities if it is eventually approved by County Council. Shown, from left, are: Carl Naessig, David Wychock, Patrick Coffey, and Peter P. Mikitish. Butler…...
O’Brien: Building the workforce our region deserves in the data center era
3+ week, 3+ day ago (609+ words) Across Northeast Central Pennsylvania, we are standing at the edge of one of the most significant economic shifts our region has seen in decades. The rise of data centers'once a distant concept associated with major metropolitan hubs'is now a real…...
Luzerne County updates residents on proposed data center zoning amendment
4+ week, 1+ day ago (735+ words) Citizens check out an on-screen report during Thursday's Luzerne County's GIS, Planning and Zoning Department update regarding a proposed county zoning ordinance amendment regulating data centers. Representatives of Luzerne County's GIS, Planning and Zoning Department provided an update Thursday on…...