The webpage also accompanies a new DEP Data Center Permit Tracker Map webpage launched last week to provide information on pending DEP permits related to data center projects.
These web resources are part of the announcement made by Gov. Shapiro on August 19 that he signed an executive order laying out standards for data center developers to meet regarding energy affordability, community engagement, workforce and economic development, transparency and environmental protection. Read more here.
Currently the Shapiro Administration is aware of at least 100 data center proposals through crowdsourced platforms - the vast majority of which have not formally approached state government for any discussion of permitting or taken meaningful steps toward development. No A.I. data center is currently operational. Read more here.
About 55 data centers have had some interaction at some level with the Department of Environmental Protection asking about permitting and other requirements. Read more here.
There are 16 data centers in Pennsylvania that presently have applied for a permit and are working through that process. Read more here.
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Resource Links:
-- A.I. Data Center Legislative Scorecard: Pennsylvania Failed To Finalize Meaningful Legislation On Energy Affordability, To Increase Electric Generation And Give Communities The Tools They Need To Cope With A.I. Proposals [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Office Expected To Announce Further Steps To Regulate A.I. Data Centers ‘Shortly;’ 100 Data Center Proposals Being Discussed in PA, 55 Have Some Interaction With DEP [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Requiring A.I. Data Center Developers To Sign Consent Order Binding Them To Comply With GRID Principals, Including Clean Energy; DEP Will Not Review Permits Until Communities Give Their Approval [PaEN]
-- TheDerrick.com: Gov. Shapiro Invites Public To Provide Information To State On A.I. Data Center Development In Their Communities Thru New Webpage [PaEN]
-- PUC Urges Federal Energy Regulatory Commission To Modernize Evaluation of Regional Electricity Transmission Projects [PaEN]
-- Reuters: PJM Grid Electric Transmission Constraint Costs Surge To $6 Billion In 2026
-- Utility Dive: PJM Taking 2nd Look At Connecting New Generation With Surplus, Unused Interconnections Already Approved
-- PJM Interconnection Announces New 5-Year Strategy Outline Focusing On Grid Reliability, More Transparency On Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- PUC PaOneCall Damage Prevention Committee Announces $128,000 In Penalties For Underground Utility Excavation Violations; Next Meeting Sept. 15
-- PJM Interconnection: Registration Opens For GridAdvance Summit Oct. 15 At PJM Training Center
[Posted: August 23, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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