5-Town residents pack zoning meeting over data center concerns

Pennsylvania residents across five towns mobilised to oppose a potential AI data centre after discovering EQT Ventures holds a purchase option on 400 acres of former steelmill property; communities are pushing local officials to implement restrictive zoning ordinances before any formal application arrives.

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