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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania Requires Data Center Developers to Hold Pre-Application Meetings and Submit Infrastructure Letters
Last action · September 24, 2026: Referred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Sept. 24, 2026Sponsors: Rosemary Brown and 4 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1455 requires proposed data center developers to submit a meeting request to the host municipality 30 days before filing an official development application and to provide infrastructure letters detailing resource availability and local impacts.
Local municipalities and infrastructure providers must be consulted and provided with s regarding water, sewer, electric, and fiber resources before a data center application can proceed.
- Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes organize the laws of the Commonwealth, with Title 53 specifically governing municipal governments and administration. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Data center developers
Developers must complete a pre-application meeting and disclose utility will-serve letters 30 days before filing their municipal application.
Host municipalities
Municipal planning boards, elected officials, engineers, and solicitors must be included in pre-application meetings and review infrastructure letters.
Local residents
Residents receive protections through mandated evaluation of impacts on local water, sewer, electric, and fiber infrastructure.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When must a data center developer request a meeting with the host municipality?
What infrastructure details must be shared with the municipality?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Sep 24, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to LOCAL GOVERNMENT, Sept. 24, 2026
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Standardized Data Center Review
The bill inserts a uniform pre-application milestone into municipal governance laws specifically targeted at data center developments.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance60How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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