The data centers will help facilitate the expansion of artificial intelligence. Barrett, with the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau, notes that it’s not clear how many of the proposed data centers will ultimately be built as developers buy up land in hopes of future construction. “I am not saying we should dot the landscape” with data centers, he added. But municipalities can try to restrict where data centers can locate within their borders and require other measures—such as restricting height and proximity to residential areas. He believes all the data centers that are getting built in this rush to expand may soon be obsolete as technology advances in the coming years.