Penn. Gov. Shapiro says too many data center developers 'don't care about our communities'

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that "too many" data center developers don't care about the communities where they are building those artificial intelligence-sector projects, which have met with growing opposition nationwide.Shapiro's comments to CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" came a day after President Donald Trump said the only reason American communities should not want AI data centers "is if they want to end up being backwards and poor.""The reality is, I want CEOs that give a damn about the community where they're going to be," said Shapiro, who appeared on CNBC with Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya to talk about the Greek yogurt maker's planned $1.2 billion investment in a new Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, dairy manufacturing hub."Unfortunately, we've seen too many developers who don't care about our communities who are trying to run roughshod over our communities, and those are the kinds of data center projects we don't want here," Shapiro said. "We want to work with people that want to work with local communities."The governor, who is considered a potential contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, on Aug. 18 signed an executive order aimed at controllin...