BY Susan Schrack Wood, Director of Communications, The League Article from the February 2026 Municipal Reporter | Pennsylvania Data Centers Edition
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Uniformity vs. Authority: Data Center Preemption of Pennsylvania Municipalities
BY John F. Walko, Esq. and Finn L. Skovdal, Esq. of Kilkenny Law, LLC. Pennsylvania is standing at the center of a global AI gold rush. With potential multi-billion-dollar investments…
Data Centers and Municipal Responsibility: A Local Perspective from Lackawanna County
BY Christopher Paone, Blakely Borough Manager Data Centers, Data Center Campus, Date Center Hyper campus; these terms were foreign to many people across Northeastern Pennsylvania 12-18 months ago. Now, municipalities…
Case Studies: Falls Township, Bucks County
BY Jeffry Dence, Board of Supervisors, Falls Township As township supervisors across Pennsylvania are increasingly asked to consider data center proposals, Falls Township in Bucks County recently went through that…
Case Studies: Hampden Township’s Experience
BY Kristi Smith, President, Board of Commissioners, Hampden Township It all started before I was elected as a commissioner. A developer approached a couple of sitting commissioners with an idea…
Municipal Reporter | February 2026 | PA Data Centers
League Link (2/20/26)
Lead Your City in the National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation (April 1-30) – Registration is open for the Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation!
PennDOT NEVI Announcement – Community Charging Is Here!
via PennDOT PennDOT recently announced that it will open four regional NEVI Community Charging Funding Opportunities throughout 2026, which will collectively invest $100 million of federal funding in EV charging…
League Link (2/13/26)
Rail Crossings in 2026 What it Means For Your Community: Mayor Pacifico and Mayor Lombardo weigh in with the National League of Cities.
League Link (2/6/26)
Could you be an All American City? Each year, the National Civic League honors ten outstanding communities with the All-America City Award, celebrating excellence in local innovation, civic engagement, and cross-sector collaboration. Your city could be one of them!