Shapiro’s Data-Center Push Tested His Politics — SkimNews
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- Data centers became the political issue that most tested Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s agility over the past two years.
- Shapiro introduced a fast-track permitting process within roughly 20 months, inviting hyper-scale data centers to “move at the speed of business.”
Why it matters: Hyper-scale data centers gained a direct route to faster Pennsylvania permitting, while Shapiro carried the political test associated with making project speed a governorship priority. The roughly 20-month policy move links the state’s development ambitions to the two-year scrutiny now attached to his record.
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