Brown's push for statewide data center moratorium fails in Senate committee
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A proposal by State Senator Rosemary Brown to enact a three-year statewide moratorium on hyperscale data center construction in Pennsylvania failed to advance. The legislation was voted down in the Senate Local Government Committee. This decision means the proposed ban on new data center development will not move forward at this time.
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Gov: Pennsylvania State Senate, Senate Local Government Committee
A proposal by State Sen. Rosemary Brown to impose a three-year statewide moratorium on the construction of hyperscale data centers failed to advance Tuesday in the Senate Local Government Committee.
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