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Garrity calls on Shapiro to return $5.7M in data center-related donations

Republican gubernatorial candidate Stacy Garrity has called on Governor Josh Shapiro to return $5.7 million in campaign donations from entities linked to the AI data center industry, accusing him of a policy reversal under political pressure. Garrity criticized Shapiro's executive order on data center development as insincere and proposed her own stricter regulations, including a pause on new projects. Shapiro's campaign dismissed Garrity's accusations, defending his efforts to regulate data center development.