{"id":260291,"date":"2026-08-06T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260291\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T12:16:09","slug":"heres-how-residents-are-responding-to-springdale-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/260291\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how residents are responding to Springdale data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"&quot;byline&quot;\">by Video by P. Nick Curran, Pittsburgh&#8217;s Public Source <br \/>August 6, 2026<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Data centers are going to come&quot;: Springdale, Pa., next stop for AI expansion\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TD0DqgQKDQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData centers are going to come. Where and when and how, we\u2019ve got some influence there,\u201d state Rep. Mandy Steele, who represents the area, told community members concerned about plans to put a 652,300-square-foot facility in Springdale Borough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;margin-bottom: -1.5em\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color\">A Public Source investigation<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: -1em;font-size: 15px;line-height: 1.1em\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color\">In Springdale, a small borough near Pittsburgh, national battles over ICE and data centers collide with local questions about policing, power and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Residents of Springdale, though, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/how-ice-and-a-data-center-turned-a-small-pittsburgh-suburb-into-a-civic-battleground\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/how-ice-and-a-data-center-turned-a-small-pittsburgh-suburb-into-a-civic-battleground\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have not felt heard<\/a>, and those from neighboring Cheswick were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/how-ice-and-a-data-center-turned-a-small-pittsburgh-suburb-into-a-civic-battleground\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/how-ice-and-a-data-center-turned-a-small-pittsburgh-suburb-into-a-civic-battleground\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">barred from speaking at public meetings<\/a> leading up to the borough\u2019s permitting decision. Some are still fighting, while others plan to move out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.100daysinappalachia.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">100 Days in Appalachia<\/a> Filmmaker P. Nick Curran collaborated with a Pittsburgh\u2019s Public Source team to document the Allegheny Valley\u2019s reactions to the plan.<\/p>\n<p>P. Nick Curran is Director of Video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.100daysinappalachia.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">100 Days in Appalachia<\/a> and can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/springdale-data-center-residents-impact\/mailto:pnickcurran@rdyr.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pnickcurran@rdyr.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This &lt;a target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/springdale-data-center-residents-impact\/&#8221;&gt;article&lt;\/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.publicsource.org&#8221;&gt;Pittsburgh&#8217;s Public Source&lt;\/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; href=&#8221;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/&#8221;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;\/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&#8221;https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.publicsource.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cropped-ps_circle_favicon_blue.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&#8243; style=&#8221;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&#8221;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;img id=&#8221;republication-tracker-tool-source&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1335895&amp;amp;ga4=G-CCLXQK5C14&#8243; style=&#8221;width:1px;height:1px;&#8221;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &#8220;https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/springdale-data-center-residents-impact\/&#8221;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;\/script&gt; &lt;script id=&#8221;parsely-cfg&#8221; src=&#8221;\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/publicsource.org\/p.js&#8221;&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Video by P. Nick Curran, Pittsburgh&#8217;s Public Source August 6, 2026 \u201cData centers are going to come.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-260291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260291","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=260291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}