I will be introducing legislation to address data center rezoning and locations  in Pennsylvania. 
 
I have received many calls and concerns from residents in my district regarding the inappropriate rezoning of properties by local governments and allowable locations for data center development. 
 
My legislation would prohibit data center development in zones that are residential.  Hyper-scale (100,000 + square feet) and major data center development shall only be located in industrial and mining zones. Micro data center development, often similar to a single office building, may be considered on commercial property, but only with necessary buffers to protect any close residential properties. 
 
If you have any questions regarding this legislation, please contact Christine Zubeck at 717-787-6123 or czubeck@pasen.gov.  Thank you for your consideration.