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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Throwing Climate Change Under the Bus?

ICN Sunday Morning

An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services data center in Stone Ridge, Va. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

The AI Boom Is Coming for Pennsylvania. How Will Lawmakers Respond?

By Kyle Bagenstose

The construction site of a 65-acre data center on May 13 in Aurora, Colo. The new facility could consume as much electricity as 176,000 homes. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Riding the High From Data Centers, the Grid Cannot Kick Its Gas Habit

By Deep Vakil

Ed Baine, president of Dominion Energy Virginia, takes questions during the utility’s rate case hearing on Wednesday. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia

By Charles Paullin

Cologix’s COL4 data center and its adjacent substation is seen on July 24 in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: Eli Hiller/The Washington Post via Getty Images

To Handle Data Centers, the Electricity System May Need New Rules. Here Is a Proposal

By Dan Gearino

Ruth Porat, Google and Alphabet president and chief investment officer, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin shake hands at a company announcement on Wednesday. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Google Expands Data Center Investment in Virginia, Doesn’t Share Site Specifics

By Charles Paullin

A view of an industrial harbor off the shores of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minn. Credit: Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

By Susan Cosier

A view of DTE Energy’s Monroe coal-fired power plant in Monroe, Mich. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

New Data Center Proposals Would ‘Kill’ Michigan’s Strong New Climate Laws

By Tom Perkins

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger speaks to supporters during a rally on June 16 in Henrico County, Va. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Virginia’s Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Embraces Renewables, Natural Gas and Community Planning for Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Bessemer residents attend a City Council meeting on July 15 to express opposition to a proposed data center. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Fact-Checking Claims About a Proposed Hyperscale Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth, Lanier Isom

President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order during the “Winning the AI Race” summit at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Trump’s AI Action Plan Waives Federal Environmental Rules in the Development of Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

A look inside Google’s New Albany data center in Central Ohio. Credit: Google

Consumers (and a Utility) Get a Win in Ohio, While Data Centers Take the Loss

By Dan Gearino

An aerial view of the xAI data center, called Colossus, in Memphis, Tenn. Credit: Steve Jones, Flight by Southwings for SELC

In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus Operated Gas Turbines Without Appropriate Permits, Residents and Activists Claim

By Jennifer Ugwa

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin takes questions after announcing regulation cuts last week. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Governor Boosts Artificial Intelligence to Fill Jobs, Cut Regulations

By Charles Paullin

President Donald Trump arrives to speak to guests and investors at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Trump Hails $90 Billion in Corporate Investment to Make Pennsylvania an AI Hub, Fueled by Natural Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

The watercress darter, an endangered fish found only in central Alabama, could be put at risk by a proposed data center. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Bessemer, Alabama, Could Face Legal Action Over Environmental Impacts From a ‘Hyperscale’ Data Center

By Lee Hedgepeth

The Rock Mountain Lakes community (foreground) is located adjacent to the proposed data center site (background) in Jefferson County, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Water Utility Says It Can’t Meet Demand for Alabama Data Center Without ‘Significant Upgrades’

By Lee Hedgepeth

Firefighters battle against a burning apartment complex in Paradise as a late-season wildfire in northern California burns 20,000 acres on Nov. 9, 2018. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

AI Can Help Limit the Spread of Misinformation During Natural Disaster, Study Finds

By Ryan Krugman

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