Pennsylvania Needs More Energy and Sensible Regulation to Lure Data Centers

Originally published by Broad and Liberty.

In July, nearly two dozen companies gathered in Pittsburgh, along with President Donald Trump and other leaders, to announce investments in data centers and needed energy infrastructure. Totaling more than $90 billion, the expenditures would equal nearly ten percent of Pennsylvania’s gross domestic product, inducing a headline that described the prospect as “truly mind-blowing.”

Since then, some have begun erecting regulatory obstacles to this development. Presented as consumer protections, many are more likely to be economy killers — and “mind-blowing” for would-be reformers of 164,000 regulations already dampening Pennsylvania’s business climate.

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