PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers April 18 In Pittsburgh

Join community members, advocates and students for a one-day April 18 Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Cooper Siegel Library, 403 Fox Chapel Road in Pittsburgh.

Through panels, networking and workshops on skills from planning campaigns to implementing local solutions residents will be trained in community organizing tools needed to take on environmental problems in our own backyards.

Hearing how other communities and organizations have approached and organized against an environmental threat can be extremely helpful.

It can give community members ideas on how they can approach a similar issue in their town, neighborhood or campus.

It can also be inspiring and give everyone the boost they need to keep persevering to protect their communities.

The Summit is being hosted by Protect PT, Moms Clean Air Force, Environmental Health Project, FracTracker Alliance, PennFuture and Community Action Works.

Click Here to register and for more information.

Related Articles This Week:

-- PA House Passes Bill To Authorize Public Utility Commission To Regulate A.I. Data Centers To Make Them Pay Their Own Way  [PaEN]

-- PA House Passes Bill To Expand Solar Energy Electric Generation To Warehouses, Distribution Centers 

-- PA Community Organizing Summit On A.I. Data Centers April 18 In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Green Group Calls For Halt To A.I. Data Centers In PA Until New Laws Are Passed

-- Pottstown Mercury: Model Data Center Zoning Ordinances Coming To The Fore  [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Seeks State Funding To Update Land Use Plan, Zoning Ordinances To Address A.I. Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: Ransom Twp. Planning Commission Discusses A.I. Data Center Ordinance

-- Scranton Times: Archbald, Jessup Boros Postponed A.I. Data Center Hearings

-- Inquirer: How Some PA Townships Fight A.I. Data Center Next Door

-- Inquirer: A.I. Data Centers Are Eyeing Counties Around Philadelphia Drawing Pushback From Residents Across The Region

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County To Get PA Taxpayer Funds For Emergency Planning Related To Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Feed Microsoft A.I. Data Centers

-- The Daily Item: Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance To Host April 2 A.I. Data Center Discussion In Lewisburg 

-- WVIA: Residents, Elected Officials Want Gov. Shapiro’s PA Permit Fast Track Program To Slow Down When It Comes To A.I. Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: PPL To Hold March 31 Open House On A.I. Data Center Transmission Line, Infrastructure Projects In Archbald, Luzerne County Paid For By Ratepayers  [To Take 3 Years To Build]  [PDF of Article]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mystery Site For 4.3 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Site In SW PA Has Officials Wondering; Transmission Line Project May Hint At Site 

-- Utility Dive: NextEra To Develop 9.5 GW Of Natural Gas Power Generation In PA, TX [Still No Details Offered On Data Center Projects] 

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: 5-Year Waits And Rising Costs For Natural Gas Generation Turbines Redefining The Energy Market - By Electric Power Research Institute [Utility Industry Group] 

-- Utility Dive: Better Grid Utilization Could Save Customers $170 Billion: Brattle Report

-- AP: President’s Administration’s $1 Billion Taxpayer Settlement With TotalEnergies Blocks 4 GW Of Much-Needed Wind Power Generation, Diverts Funding To Oil, Natural Gas Development

[Posted: March 25, 2026]  PA Environment Digest