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Data Centers

Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center

Administrative judges recommend approval of the gas power plant if the utility assures ratepayers won't pay the cost.

By Martha Pskowski

An aerial view of Meta’s El Paso data center. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Construction workers wire electricity lines at a data center under construction on March 4 in Garland, Texas. Credit: Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images

AI’s Meet-Cute With Climate Denial

By Dan Gearino

The OpenAI headquarters in San Francisco. Credit: Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images

Georgia Residents Sue Over OpenAI Data Center

By Ryan Krugman

The construction site of an Amazon Web Services data center is seen in front of a nuclear power plant on July 3 in Berwick, Pa. Credit: Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s AI Boom Is Repeating Old Patterns of Exploitation

By Jon Hurdle

A view of an abandoned coal mine in Waynesburg, Pa. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Could Abandoned Mines House Pennsylvania’s Unwanted Data Centers? 

By Jessica Klein

Rockland County residents demonstrate outside the Orangetown Town Hall to protest a proposed data center in the area. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

In a Hard-Fought New York House Race, the Environment Is on the Ballot

By Leana Carbonez

Protesters gather at the near the site of a proposed data center development in Lusby, Md., on April 6. Credit: Nathan Howard/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Under Pressure as Local Moratoriums Supercharge Opposition to Data Centers

By Aman Azhar

The construction site of a 49.5-megawatt three-level data center on July 8 in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Data Center Boom Brings Health Hazards, Former EPA Officials Warn

By Keerti Gopal

A data center site for sale off Loop 9 in Ellis County, Texas. Credit: Getty Images.

There’s No Comprehensive Mailing List for All Texas Data Center Operators

By Arcelia Martin

Construction vehicles drive down the road to a proposed data center development in Lusby, Md., on April 6. Credit: Nathan Howard/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Consumer Advocate Challenges PJM Plan to Buy Power for Projected Data Center Growth

By Aman Azhar

A rendering of Philadelphia’s Bellwether District. Credit: HRP Group

Will a Data Center Join the Philadelphia Bellwether District’s Mix of Manufacturers and Warehouses?

By Daniel Perrin

An Amazon Web data center sits among a cluster of data centers in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 26. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

A rendering of Pacifico Energy’s GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County, Texas. The power plant received the largest air pollution permit in the country this year. Credit: Courtesy of Pacifico Energy

Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects

By Dylan Baddour

The construction site of a Meta data center in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 13. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December

By Arcelia Martin

Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?

By Lee Hedgepeth

An Amazon data center is under construction in rural Hamlet, N.C. Credit: Courtesy of Larry Baldwin/NC Environmental Advocacy Corps

The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring

By Lisa Sorg

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson participates in a May Day march on May 1. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Health and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers

By Keerti Gopal

Michigan residents rally against data centers on April 11 in Detroit, one of six protests held across the state. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Voters Just Sent a Resounding Message About Data Centers

By Tom Perkins

The natural gas-fired Linden Cogeneration Plant in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Queue, Driven by Data-Center Demand

By Aman Azhar

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