Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order requiring strict rules for data center developers in Pennsylvania. Here's what we know.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said he's instituting what he calls the strictest data center guardrails in the country.

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is taking aim at data centers. Shapiro is putting into place what he calls the “strictest guardrails in the nation” on artificial intelligence data ...

Races up and down the ballot around the country for the 2026 midterm elections have something in common: the issue of data ...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday that sharply limits data center development as more governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to ...

He asserted that “no AI data centers (are) up and running right now” in Pennsylvania, adding that just five projects have the necessary permits to begin operations. According to the executive order, ...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a sweeping executive order on Tuesday dramatically restricting data center development in Pennsylvania, marking a major shift from his initial embrace of the ...

HARRISBURG — As part of his new, hard-line stance on regulating data centers in Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said during a news conference this week that his sweeping executive order has ...

More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers, as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday said he's instituting what he calls the strictest data center guardrails in the country. Shapiro signed an executive order that he says will give more control ...

PENNSYLVANIA - Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, directing all Commonwealth agencies to require data center project proposals to comply with strict ...