{"id":208155,"date":"2026-06-02T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208155\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:14:11","slug":"pa-senator-calls-for-limits-on-data-centers-southern-berks-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/208155\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. senator calls for limits on data centers | Southern Berks County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 A state senator who serves part of Berks, Chester and Montgomery counties is taking action to limit data centers.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Katie Muth is calling for legislation to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/senate\/co-sponsorship\/memo?memoID=48792\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">keep data centers from becoming considered public utilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She says that distinction could allow data centers to use eminent domain to push through projects.<\/p>\n<p>Muth says that would severely limit the power of a local government to restrict development.<\/p>\n<p>She is also working on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/senate\/co-sponsorship\/memo?memoID=48102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a bill to halt all data center development<\/a> for three years to allow local laws to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/news\/area\/lehighvalley\/public-opposition-grows-against-data-center-projects-across-the-region\/article_6992e3a5-ad7f-4858-ac4b-852f1e9c6e23.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Public opposition grows against data center projects across the region\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Public opposition grows against data center projects across the region\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1e0b739fe42.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">Opponents say while data center projects continue to be pushed, the public isn&#8217;t backing down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISBURG, Pa. \u2013 A state senator who serves part of Berks, Chester and Montgomery counties is taking action&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2116,4833,85930,7604,20379,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-208155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-data-centers","tag-eminent-domain","tag-katie-muth","tag-moratorium","tag-public-utilities","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}