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Former EPA Officials Warn Data Center Rush Is Eroding Air Protections
21+ hour, 20+ min ago (526+ words) Former Environmental Protection Agency officials are warning that the Trump administration is dismantling pollution safeguards to accelerate construction of AI data centers, putting public health at risk. The Verge reported this week that a group of EPA alumni released a…...
Letter to the editor: Compare data center effects with Alcoa operation
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (246+ words) If the restrictions demanded by those opposed to the data center in Upper Burrell had been in effect when the original Alcoa Technical Center was proposed, I doubt if the Alcoa Technical Center would have been built in the first…...
Letter to the editor: Data centers stingy with info
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (285+ words) Like so many retired bearded wonders, I find myself huffing and puffing over what data centers are and what they do. Pining for answers, I am doddering at a plexus of flaking conundrums. One might expect a data center to…...
A massive data center breaks ground near former coal plant campus in Beaver County
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Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s ‘fast track’ data center municipalities signed NDAs
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1063+ words) In nearly half of municipalities hosting the state’s most prominent data center projects, local public officials or staff signed non-disclosure agreements with companies, a dynamic that is fueling concerns that the public’s access to information is being compromised. Public records…...
Civil rights groups urge a halt to South Africa data centers boom amid water and power fears
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Tech leaders to pitch Pittsburgh as the 'center of the universe' for autonomy during fed transportation visits
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Data center concerns grow in Upper Burrell as moratorium end looms
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1431+ words) As Upper Burrell’s self-imposed November deadline for its data center ordinance draws nearer, residents continue to push for a stringent ordinance to be passed before the deadline. The township has a moratorium on new data center development in place until…...
After public input Murrysville plans to refine its proposed data center regulations
1+ week, 3+ day ago (592+ words) Murrysville council heard questions Wednesday about how the town would manage potential placement of data centers. The questions compelled council to delay advertising the new regulations it developed. The session came on the same day that Delmont officials held a…...
Silicon Valley Pours Millions Into Ads to Counter Rising Data Center Opposition
1+ week, 3+ day ago (546+ words) An advocacy group backed by prominent AI investors is running a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign across three swing states, as Bloomberg reported, after polling found that nearly two-thirds of Americans now oppose new data centers in their communities. The group, Build…...