Upper Burrell Township

Data center development is growing in Pennsylvania, in part because of the state's big supply of natural gas.

In the town of Upper Burrell in Westmoreland County near Pittsburgh, a data center expansion could be fed by fracking rigs already pumping gas out of the ground there.

Reed Frazier from our friends at the Allegheny Front reports the town is trying to keep pace with two big industries in its backyard.

At a recent meeting in the Upper Burrell Township Municipal Hall, people packed a room to hear about a new local law in the works.

Who's in favor of the data center? Let's see.

Who's in favor?

[clapping]

In May, the township supervisors passed a six-month temporary moratorium on data centers while they worked on the ordinance, which would govern everything from lighting to water use.