(File Photo of State Representative Josh Kail)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Older residents living near data centers in Pennsylvania would get a break on their property taxes under a legislative proposal which would require developers of big tech facilities to foot their bills. According to a memo on Wednesday circulated by state Representative Josh Kail, the proposal, which is not yet formal legislation, “would require local communities to levy a special assessment against the owner or operator of a data center to pay the property taxes of all residents over the age of 65.” Kail insisted that there are only three issues surrounding data centers: Energy demands, placement and agreements between developers and local governments to support an area and he said: “Everything else is just noise. Let’s take care of our local communities.”