Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro cracks down on data centers, says speculators are ‘scaring our communities’0

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• August 18, 2026

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