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Data centers drive calls for tougher fracking rules

Original: Data centers prompt calls for tougher fracking regs

Spotlight PA reports that the boom in data centers is prompting calls for stricter fracking regulations in Pennsylvania. As tech companies expand energy-hungry data facilities, demand for natural gas from hydraulic fracturing is rising, and environmental advocates are pressing lawmakers to tighten oversight of drilling operations to limit water, air and climate impacts.

Why now: Growing energy demand from data centers is renewing debate over fracking oversight.

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