{"id":248707,"date":"2026-07-21T19:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248707\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:42:06","slug":"pennsylvania-lawmakers-skip-over-data-center-moratorium-proposals-and-tax-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/248707\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lawmakers Skip Over Data Center Moratorium Proposals and Tax Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 \u2013 Despite a flurry of proposed bills regarding data centers, the divided Pennsylvania legislature passed only one measure as part of the state\u2019s $50.8 billion budget.<\/p>\n<p>The passed bill mandates data centers using over 10 megawatts of electricity annually, enough energy to power roughly 7,000 homes, to disclose their energy and water usage. Environmental advocates called the change positive, but not especially impactful.<\/p>\n<p>        To read full article, Join Breakfast Club or Breakfast Club Plus<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" style=\"color:#65A5D6\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, July 20, 2026 \u2013 Despite a flurry of proposed bills regarding data centers, the divided Pennsylvania legislature&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-248707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248707","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=248707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}