Data Centers

Archbald Borough Council heard testimony from a second traffic expert during the fifth hearing for an 18-building data center campus planned for the borough.

The freshman congressman from Luzerne County introduced the Local Control Protection Act Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The state Public Utility Commission approved a rate hike Thursday for PPL Electric Utilities that will raise the monthly bill of a typical customer by about $7 a month.

Stacy Garrity – the republican candidate for governor – reiterated her call for a pause on data center development while in Wilkes-Barre Twp. on Monday. Garrity, who is currently the state treasurer, hosted a roundtable discussion on the industry with local elected and appointed officials.

Stacy Garrity, the state treasurer, hosted a roundtable discussion Monday with local elected and appointed officials in Wilkes-Barre Twp.

The Wright Center started a mobile street medicine clinic in January. The Driving Better Health van meets patients where they are on Monday and Friday mornings.

Governor Josh Shapiro heard from residents in Archbald who are worried about the cumulative impacts of data center campuses planned for their community. He visited the borough Wednesday, after releasing final standards for the data center industry to follow in order to get state support.

In Lackawanna County, Gov. Josh Shapiro listened to residents concerns about data center developments in their community.

Shapiro first announced the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards during his budget address in February.

The board unanimously voted to deny a data center developer's appeal to the zoning law, which was passed in February by Dickson City Council.