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Residents warn commissioners that proposed data centers could overwhelm Archbald and county resources
Summary
Multiple Archbald residents told commissioners that clustered data-center proposals will require massive electricity and water, generate diesel emissions and low-frequency noise, and urged a moratorium and county intervention.
Residents from Archbald and neighboring townships used the public-comment portion of the Lackawanna County commissioners’ meeting to press the board for action on proposed large-scale data-center development.
Madonna Munley, an Archbald resident, said six proposed data-center campuses would cover large areas of her town and include more than 50 buildings, thousands of diesel backup generators, and enormous water and power demands. “Wildcat Ridge alone will use three and a half million…
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