Archbald is a little corner of northeastern Pennsylvania where coal used to be big business. But now, there is a new boom: data centers.
Kayleigh Cornell, a teacher, and Sarah Gabriel, an ICU nurse, run a neighborhood association in this community of 7,000, where a half-dozen data centers have been proposed. “It is a really nice small town,” said Gabriel. “It feels like home.”
Cornell said, “I just really love it, and I can’t imagine being anywhere else.”
But they, and others, are alarmed about the possible impact of data centers on the environment, their electric bills, and the town’s character.
Gabriel said, “It’s gonna just completely change the landscape. Anywhere there’s trees, there’s probably not going to be any any longer.”
Cornell says they are determined: “We’ll stop it if we could help it.”
Correspondent Robert Costa with Kayleigh Cornell and Sarah Gabriel, of the Archbald Neighborhood Association, at the siteKeep reading this article on CBSNews.
