Pennsylvania Farmers Challenge Data Center Line

PPL Electric Utilities is evaluating five routes for a roughly nine-mile, 230-kilovolt transmission line associated with a planned PNK Group data center campus in Union County, Pennsylvania.

Farmers and agricultural groups object to routes that could cross conservation-easement farms and enable eminent domain, while supporters cite potential technology and rural employment benefits. The dispute has expanded into a statewide debate after the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau backed a moratorium on rapid AI data center development.