PA PUC Chairman Cautions AI Data Centers Must be “Well Planned”

The current king of U.S. data centers is Virginia. As we wrote about earlier this month, Pennsylvania has the opportunity to grab that title away from Virginia, IF PA doesn’t screw it up (see PA’s $92 Billion Race for America’s Data Centers – NatGas the Key). The one thing PA has that VA doesn’t is abundant Marcellus gas supplies, giving the state a key advantage. A number of data center projects for PA have been announced, and many more are in the works. However, the state is struggling to find a way to encourage these projects without negatively impacting residents. The Chairman of the state's Public Utility Commission (PUC), Steve DeFrank, has some advice.

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