Infrastructure
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How do you feel about AI becoming more integrated into everyday life?
With the prevalence of artificial intelligence in so many aspects of our life, we asked Keystone newsletter readers how they feel about it.
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Bucks County’s first data center will open soon. What you need to know
The July 14 open house by Amazon at Pennsbury High School in Fairless Hills drew hundreds of people before PECO hosted its own informational meeting to answer questions about the data center now under construction at the former U.S. Steel industrial site along the river.
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Remember the $5B data center planned in Peach Bottom? It could be dead
Constellation, the largest private-sector power producer in the United States that acquired the York Energy Center in January, said in a written statement that the company “is reevaluating the technical and commercial feasibility of a potential center at that site.”
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Millcreek Township eyes regulations for data centers
Millcreek’s proposed rules aren’t an effort to attract data centers to the township but to regulate them if any do come.
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Trump’s Freedom Fuel comes to Bucks County bringing cheap gas to pumps
The “Freedom Fuel Network” gas station in the 1300 block of Street Road is one of 25 around the Philadelphia region that is selling gas for $3.47 a gallon, about 30 cents lower than the national average.
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Pa. House passes data center ‘pause’ along with Shapiro’s plan for ‘responsible’ development
Both chambers have approved a repeal of the commonwealth’s sales tax break on computer equipment for data centers.
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Pa. House bill would make data centers pay seniors’ property tax bills
Older residents living near data centers in Pennsylvania would get a break on their property taxes under a legislative proposal that would require developers of the behemoth tech facilities to foot their bills.
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Manchester Township passes ordinance to restrict data centers
Like other municipalities, the township’s action was taken pre-emptively, assuring that residents’ concerns about the development and operation of data centers are addressed before any developer proposes building one in the township.
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Linde’s proposed data center in Wayne County would have 21 buildings
Preliminary plans for what could become Wayne County’s first industrial data center, proposed for a largely wooded tract next to the village of Browndale, have been made available on the Clinton Township website.
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How does the Pa. budget serve public transit outside big-city hubs?
Last year’s budget approval delay hinged heavily on public transportation funding. Shapiro’s ask for an additional $292 million in the 2025-26 budget was denied by Senate Republicans. This year, he is asking for $300 million.
