Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is cracking down on data centers, becoming the latest state leader to scale back support for the massive facilities critical to the future of AI.
Shapiro painted a stark picture of communities being overrun by half-baked data center proposals, even as he stressed that only five such facilities have the permits they need to begin operating.
“These speculators are nevertheless scaring our communities — being aggressive with township officials, bullying our neighbors, and refusing to listen to the people of Pennsylvania,” Shapiro said during an announcement Tuesday in Harrisburg. “And they’re threatening to…
