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The ‘All in on AI’ Governor Backtracks on His Own Policy

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a new round of sweeping restrictions on artificial intelligence data centers on Tuesday, marking a swift reversal of his original views on the issue.

“Many politicians and political candidates, noticing growing public opposition to data centers (at least some of it resulting from dark money campaigns against these central features of the American economy), have suddenly switched from support to opposition,” Jay Richards, vice president of social and domestic policy at The Heritage Foundation, told the Daily Signal.

“But none of the facts have changed. This suggests that such politicians are weathervanes whose policies are the result of polling rather than principle. That’s almost certainly the case with Gov. Shapiro,” Richards continued.

Shapiro appeared to have dismissed his previous optimism about data centers and announced major restrictions following public concerns.

A new Gallup poll found that about 71% to 75% of the public opposes the construction of data centers.

In 2025, along with representatives from Amazon, Shapiro announced a $20 billion investment in AI infrastructure that greenlit the construction of two new data centers in Pennsylvania, something the governor said would “power our global economy and the future of artificial intelligence” and create “thousands” of new construction jobs.

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