Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, PA
The Harrisburg Patriot-News is reporting a developer is seriously looking at a site in Cumberland County, PA, near the state capital of Harrisburg, to build a huge new "hyperscale data center complex" on 700 acres. Allow us to connect the dots for you. These data centers use an incredible amount of electricity. That electricity either comes from the local grid, most of it produced via natural gas-fired power, or (in some cases) the data centers produce their own electricity, most often by using gas-fired power plants. Either way, these facilities and their location in the Marcellus region mean more Marcellus gas will be needed to generate the electricity they use. And that's a good thing for drillers and landowners who have leased their property for shale gas development. More customers mean higher prices for the gas produced.
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