Pennsylvania data-center tax, grid and local-impact fight

Lawmakers are confronting a $1.8 billion data-center tax exemption as projected annual revenue losses rise from $88.6 million to $188.4 million and potentially $517.2 million by 2030-31. Utilities and communities continue to debate electricity costs, grid reliability, water use, farmland, jobs, permitting, transparency, and who pays for decommissioning; Shapiro's guardrails and competing legislative proposals remain unresolved.