Data Centers

Keystone Edition hosts political experts who offer a local perspective on the important role Pennsylvania will play in the 2026 midterm election in deciding which major party controls the U.S. House, and maybe the White House in 2028.

Chris Boland is the director of alumni relations at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. He’s been in recovery since 2009. As National Recovery Month comes to a close, Boland wants others struggling with addiction and substance abuse disorder to know it’s never too late to get help.

Federal Medicaid changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027. Pennsylvania is preparing recipients for the changes to come while also updating its own reporting system for the joint federal and state health insurance program.

Pennsylvania’s legislators return to the capitol Monday following a 10-week recess, with several unresolved issues awaiting action, including the future of skill games, regulation of data centers, rising utility costs and restrictions on cell phone use in schools.

Representatives from Corscale, developer of the Project Gravity Data Center in Archbald, joined a Scranton panel discussion at which they said final land development plans will be submitted "imminently."

The organization will study the air quality and health impacts of more than a dozen proposed data center campuses and power plants in Lackawanna County.

Over 90 days, EmPower will study more than a dozen Lackawanna County proposed data center campuses and power plants.

The makers of skill games say they hope state lawmakers agree to regulate the machines by mid-October - bar and store owners will have to remove the machines soon if Harrisburg fails to act.

The final conditional use hearing for the proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center campus in Archbald was Wednesday. Council will decide in 45 days if the project meets borough zoning regulations.

Clifton Twp. supervisors held a public meeting to get residents' input on a new ordinance to zone for the data center industry.