Fact-check: “Josh Shapiro favors Data Centers.”
Verdict: Misleading (85% confidence)
The claim was true of Shapiro's earlier posture — in June 2025 he celebrated Amazon's $20 billion data-center investment as 'the largest private sector investment in Pennsylvania history' and used fast-track permitting to attract the industry — but as of August 18, 2026, he signed Executive Order 2026-05 removing all AI data centers from the Fast Track program, imposing legally binding GRID requirements, requiring local approvals before state permits, and saying developers who won't comply 'are…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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