Developer defends Union County data center project during heated meeting
Developers from PNK Group defended their proposed data center campus in Great Stream Commons during a nearly four-hour public hearing in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. Over 150 residents, many signaling opposition, pushed back on the project and questioned its potential community impacts. No decision on the project was made at this heated meeting.
Developers from PNK Group faced strong opposition from over 150 local residents during a heated four-hour public hearing in Gregg Township, Union County, Pennsylvania, regarding a proposed data center campus in Great Stream Commons.
PNK Chief Development Officer Anton Voronkin, site engineer Justin Moceri, and attorney J. Michael Wiley were present to defend the project. Residents, many wearing red to signal their disapproval, grilled the developers on the potential impacts of the data centers. Concerns were voiced by individuals such as Sam Burleigh, co-founder of Concerned Citizens of Montour County, resident Sue Wajda, and Clyde Peeling. Jared Welch highlighted the close proximity of his home, just 500 feet from a warehouse PNK intends to convert into its first data center. The hearing did not conclude with a decision on the project.