As more plans for data centers are being proposed throughout Pennsylvania, many questions remain unanswered surrounding what impact those data centers could have on things like electric and utility bills.

Steve DeFrank, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, said he sees both sides of the issues and that the concerns surrounding the topic are legitimate.

It's easy to look at the promises of an incoming data center and only see dollar signs.

"A multi-billion dollar facility going into your neighborhood is going into your local tax base and that money is going to your local community and local government there," DeFrank said.

But DeFrank also says there's a right way and a wrong way to go about it.

"It's challenging, don't get me wrong, but this has to be well planned,

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