How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs

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By Edward DonnellyAug 7, 2026, 6:18 pm256 ptsTop
Freedom Hall, packed with more than 200 people, was jammed to capacity. Hundreds more people gathered in the lobby in stifling heat, many wearing “No Data Centers” stickers on their T-shirts. Inside the meeting room, Pennsylvania real estate executive Brian O’Neill was presenting plans for an enormous…

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