What Pennsylvania’s Data Center Rules Mean for Construction

What Pennsylvania’s data center rules mean for construction

Pennsylvania joins New York and Texas as states pivot from trying to attract data centers to asking who pays for the infrastructure, attorneys say.

Governor Shapiro's Data Center Executive Order: What It Means for Pennsylvania – Duane Morris Government Strategies

Photo credit: iStock.com/gorodenkoff On August 18, 2026, Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05, a new Pennsylvania data center executive order addressing the growth of data center development across the Commonwealth. The order begins implementing the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Requirements, which were first announced earlier this year. More than 100 data center projects have reportedly been proposed i…

An Important But Limited Win Against Data Centers in Pennsylvania

The order removes all AI data center proposals from the state’s fast-track permitting process and prohibits the use of nondisclosure agreements, which have been used to prevent communities from learning basic facts about data center projects in their backyards