A suburban Harrisburg golf course is preparing to swap drivers for data.The Dauphin County General Authority voted yesterday to sell the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course for $45.6
At a meeting last night, developers shared more details on their plans for a $15 billion data center complex near Carlisle. Residents shared a barrage of doubts.Over two hours, they questioned how much water and electricity the centers would use.They questioned how the developers picked the 700-acre tract of farmland in Middlesex Township where the complex […]
In 2022, Pennsylvania waived sales taxes for computer equipment purchased for use in data centers, provided the centers met certain requirements.Following a slew of announcements about new data center projects around the state, the price tag for that exemption may be going up.The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue is revisiting its forecasts on the exemption’s annual […]
A few years ago, the phrase “industrial real estate” likely conjured an image of massive warehouses spreading across the open fields of Central Pennsylvania. Now, the phrase might just as easily bring up images of data centers — buildings packed with computer servers composing your emails and delivering answers to your ChatGPT queries.The announcement of more than $90 […]
One of the companies behind a $6 billion data center project in Lancaster is filling in some of the blanks surrounding the project.Early reports indicated data centers would be constructed at two former printing plants, at 216 Greenfield Road and 1375 Harrisburg Pike. The developers are Virginia-based Chirisa Technology Parks and New York-based Machine Investment Group, which […]
It’s been a week since New Jersey-based investment firm Energy Capital Partners announced it was planning a $5 billion data center in southern York County.But the precise location remains unknown, even to the manager of Peach Bottom Township, where the data center is widely expected to be built.“Your guess is as good as mine,” township manager Catherine […]
The dust is still settling on the flurry of announcements for massive data and energy projects proposed this week for Pennsylvania. Actual dust could soon start flying on one of those projects — a $6 billion data center investment in Lancaster.The city has issued demolition permits for the first phase of the project, according to city […]
Major tech companies yesterday disclosed billions of dollars in new investment in Central Pennsylvania, though some key details remain to be filled in.Data center giant CoreWeave said it plans to sink $6 billion into developing a data center in Lancaster in partnership with a company that recently acquired two former printing plants in the city. A New Jersey-based […]
The data center boom made a big bang yesterday in Pennsylvania. Tech giant Amazon said it plans to invest at least $20 billion to build data centers in Pennsylvania, starting with a pair of locations in eastern Pennsylvania.The Shapiro administration described the company’s move as the largest private-sector investment in state history.“This is not just an investment in […]
A suburban Harrisburg golf course is the latest plot of land in the region to draw attention from developers of data centers, power-hungry computing facilities that are vital to the growth of artificial intelligence.Would-be buyers with data centers in mind have shown an appetite for the Dauphin Highlands Golf Course, according to Jeanette Krebs, spokesperson […]
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