08/19/2026
Communities across Pennsylvania organized, fought back, and moved the governor to reconsider his stance on AI data centers — thanks to our efforts in Columbia Borough, Upper Macungie, Allentown City, West Hempfield, and Olyphant. As well as other organizers across the state.
We pushed back against big tech, called our leaders to stand firm, and now we have some of the strongest data center restrictions in the country. That win belongs to the people who showed up and let their voices be heard.
But let’s be honest about the gaps in Shapiro’s executive order. It does nothing about the tax incentives fueling this industry’s expansion into our communities. Early estimates put the cost to Pennsylvanians at over $2 billion in lost tax revenue by mid-2031. That money belongs to our schools, our roads, our communities — not to Big Tech.
That’s why we’re calling for a full moratorium on new data center development in Pennsylvania. No more projects approved while the real costs to our communities go unaddressed.
Pennsylvanians aren’t asking for nicer data centers. We’re not negotiating square footage or noise ordinances. They are unequivocally saying: we don’t want Big Tech in our backyards using our data to surveil us. They don’t want these facilities at all.
Tell your representatives to support a data center moratorium in PA—link in bio.
