HARRISBURG, PA − August 18, 2026 − Today, Governor Josh Shapiro unveiled an executive order to implement the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Plan to establish standards to protect communities and ratepayers from reckless data center development.
State Senator James Andrew Malone expresses his support and reiterates the call he made with local municipal leaders last week for Senate Republican leadership to bring the Senate back to Harrisburg to pass temporary data center moratorium legislation:
“I’m pleased that Governor Shapiro has taken a big step to protect local communities from reckless data center development. His executive order will protect ratepayers from footing the bill for large energy consumers and strengthen environmental protections. Now, it’s time for Senate Republican leadership to let the Senate do our part. They must bring us back to Harrisburg immediately to pass legislation that gives local municipalities the power to pause all data center development while they update their local zoning laws to further protect residents.”
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