Rural Pushback Grows as Another Data Center Rejected in PA

In Columbia Borough, Pennsylvania, council members unanimously rejected a $6.4 million bid from a developer wanting to build a data center at the former McGinness Airport.  Taylor Enterline for Pennsylvania Stands Up, says over 500 residents attended the council meeting where residents questioned potential quality-of-life impacts, and economic value…

“These are short-term jobs you could get from construction, but we don’t know if there are actually going to be local construction companies that are being used. Wanting to keep, allow and make jobs that would impact the people of that community, and the data center would not have that.”