PA Still ‘Secondary Market’ Despite $92B Data Center Pledge

Last July, President Trump and Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Dave McCormick attended a meeting in Pittsburgh to announce an amazing $92 billion of private (no taxpayer funding) investment in the Keystone State, mainly in the data center sector (see Pittsburgh Energy Event Truly Mind-Blowing, $92B+ Investments for PA). PA's left-wing Democrats in the legislature are doing their best to block that investment by fighting individual projects on the local level (see PA Democrats Go Local with Opposition to $92B in Data Center Deals). Even though the announced investments are a staggering one-tenth of a trillion dollars, PA is still considered a "secondary" market for data centers, while neighboring Ohio is a primary market (along with Virginia and Texas). Why?

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