Where Pennsylvania candidates stand on data centers

Between Sept. 17 and Oct. 21, the News Lab’s student reporters contacted 126 candidates for the U.S. House and the Pennsylvania House, 524 times in all, to ask where they stand on data centers. Thirty-nine answered. Data centers are large buildings full of computer servers. They power cloud storage, IT systems and artificial intelligence, and they draw large amounts of electricity and water. Residents near proposed sites have raised concerns about pollution, water supplies, strain on the power g...