BY Melissa Raymond, Associations Manager, Constellation Energy As Pennsylvania’s digital economy continues to expand, local governments across the Commonwealth are increasingly affected by the rapid growth of data centers and…
Municipal Reporter Articles
River Basin Commissions and Data Centers: Planning for a Growing Industry with Intensive Water Demands
BY Andrew Dehoff, P.E, SRBC Executive director, Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. DRBC Executive Director and Mike Nardolilli, ICPRB Executive Director For the Commonwealth’s regional water resource managers, the catchphrase of…
Data Centers and Gas-Fired Power Plants: A Dangerous Combination
Submitted by Brigitte Meyer and Donna Kohut, Penn Future State leadership and policymakers have declared data centers as the “future” of Pennsylvania’s economy. Unfortunately, this short-sighted plan locks Pennsylvania into…
Public Communication in Data Center Development
How to discuss issues with your community? BY Susan Schrack Wood, Director of Communications, The League In navigating the data center development process, a very important aspect is communication with…
13 Questions to Ask When Considering a Data Center Proposal
BY Susan Schrack Wood, Director of Communications, The League Article from the February 2026 Municipal Reporter | Pennsylvania Data Centers Edition
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…
Addressing Political Threats as a Public Official
Submitted Peter J. Halesey, Esq., Campbell Durrant, P.C., League Business Leaders Network Member The past several years have seen a marked increase in threats of violence against public officials. Unfortunately,…