In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 17

Here are Articles and NewsClips on A.I. and data center issues from last week you may have missed--

Surging Electric Prices

-- AP: Proposed A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Energy Demand Forecasts, Prices; States Want Proof They’ll Get Built  [PJM, PA Focus]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader/AP: Future A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Forecasts For Energy Demand, Prices; States Want Proof They’ll Get Built

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Rise Of A.I. Data Centers Prompts Lawmakers To Seek More Say Over Electric Grid Load Forecasts In Budget Settlement

-- Financial Times: ‘Phantom’ A.I. Data Centers Muddy Forecasts For US Power Needs

-- Fortune: Your Soaring Electric Bill-- Driven By A.I. Data Centers, Surging Natural Gas Exports-- Has Replaced The Price At The Pump As The Hot-Button, Political Bellwether

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Electric Ratepayers Will Foot The Bill From Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart, While Microsoft A.I. Data Centers Get The Power - By Eric Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert 

-- US EIA: Natural Gas Prices To Increase 16% In 2026, Driven By LNG Gas Exports 

-- US EIA: Electricity Prices To Continue Rise In 2026 Driven By A.I. Data Center Demand

-- Bloomberg: Signs Are Emerging Increasing Risk Of Polar Vortex Conditions, Higher Winter Power Bills From US To Europe 

Center Impacts

-- Environmental Justice: What Happens When A.I. Data Centers Come To Town? -- Environmental, Economic, Grid Impacts  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Environmental Justice Enhanced Public Review Has Empowered Communities In Permit Reviews, But Has Not Delayed Permit Decisions; 24 Out Of 1,600 EJ Permits Involved Policy In 2025  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Why A.I. Data Centers Will Be Economic Development Duds In Pennsylvania

-- PA Capital-Star: PA One Of 11 States That Disclose Which Companies Get A.I. Data Center Incentives, Report Finds

-- Inside Climate News: New Unifying Issue - Just About Everyone Hates A.I. Data Centers

More Generation

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pursuing A Clean Energy Pennsylvania Remains A Worthwhile Goal That Is Critical To The Economic Future Of The State And The Health Of Its Residents  [PaEN] 

-- More Than 100 PA Businesses, Environmental Groups, Civic Leaders Write PUC Urging Action On Reforms To Speed Local Connections To Grid To Increase Energy Supplies, Resiliency, Affordability  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: In Rooftop Solar, Advocates See A ‘Missed Opportunity’ For Clean Energy In Pennsylvania 

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: In Rooftop Solar, Advocates See A ‘Missed Opportunity’ For Clean Energy In Pennsylvania 

-- Time Running Out To Use Expiring Federal Tax Credits For Solar Energy Installations; Join The 45 Southeast PA Communities That Already Have [Congressional Republicans Ended Credits]  [PaEN] 

Public Comments

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 176 - 3.25 MW Backup Diesel Generators For A.I. Data Center In Former LSC Communication East Facility, City Of Lancaster  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: Data Centers’ Use Of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace And Problematic

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Water Quality Permit For Project Gravity A.I. Data Center Project In Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County  [PaEN]  

Land Use

-- Scranton Times: Archbald Borough Has 29 A.I. Data Center Buildings Proposed Within A Mile Of Eynon-Jermyn Road; Will Demands For Power, Water On Wildlife Strain Community In Lackawanna County?  [PDF of Article]

-- Fox56: Archbald Borough Manager Discusses Data Center Proposal Process Amid Resident Concerns In Lackawanna County

-- Post-Gazette: 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus Seeks To Become A Natural Gas-Fueled Powerhouse In Indiana County

-- TribLive: Questions Remain After Dueling Meetings On Springdale A.I. Data Center In Allegheny County

-- Morning Call: Large A.I. Data Center In The Works For Former Air Products Site In Upper Macungie Twp., Lehigh County [PDF of Article]

-- LancasterOnline: Developers Face Residents At A.I. Data Center Open House In Lancaster City  [PDF of Article]

-- LancasterOnline: Proposed A.I. Data Center Rules, Pact Won’t Reach Lancaster City Council This Week [PDF of Article] 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City A.I. Data Center Developer Hosting Open House Wednesday [PDF of Article]

-- WNEP: A.I. Data Center Developer Eyed Up New Castle Twp., Schuylkill County For New Facility, Neighboring Town’s Residents Fought Back: WNEP Investigates

-- The News-Item: Gary Namet Defeats Incumbent Mt. Carmel Twp. Supervisor, Says Opposition To A.I. Data Center Made Difference 

-- The Citizens Voice: Amazon Web Services Opens Offices In Downtown Wilkes-Barre

-- WNEP: Amazon Helps Revitalize Berwick Theater In Columbia County

A.I. Policy

-- The Center Square: Call For A.I. Regulations In Health Care Grows Louder In PA

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: ‘A.I. Is Here:’ Lancaster Country Day School Referenced In PA Senate Hearing On Legislation To Prevent Deepfakes

-- Wall Street Journal: When A.I. Hype Meets A.I. Business Reality: A Reckoning In 6 Charts

-- Investor’s Business Daily: Bursting A.I. Stock Bubble Worsens - Destroys $1.8 Trillion In Value Worldwide

[Posted: November 16, 2025]  PA Environment Digest