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Data Centers

Trump Wants to Fast Track AI

There are plans for more than 70 gas-fired power plants across the U.S. to privately serve data centers.

By Arcelia Martin

President Donald Trump talks to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday about the energy demands of AI and data centers. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
The shuttered Homer City Generating Station sits in the background of a coal cleanup site in Center Township, Pa., on June 12, 2024. Credit: Scott Lewis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

New Power Plants for Data Centers Would Significantly Increase Pennsylvania’s Climate Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

Ginny Marcille-Kerslake, an organizer for Food & Water Watch, speaks at the Pennsylvania State Capitol rotunda during a data center moratorium rally. Credit: Courtesy of Food & Water Watch

Echoes of the Past in Pennsylvania Coal Towns’ Fight Against Data Centers

By Nina Sablan

Data center cooling fans and generators operate next to a power substation in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

FERC Order Bolsters Maryland Case Against Billions in Data Center Grid Costs

By Aman Azhar

Lowell, MA - May 12: The view down a street in Lowell, Mass., where a data center looms behind residential housing on May 12. Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

A Microsoft data center is seen under construction behind a recently constructed Amazon data center in Aldie, Va., on Jan. 20, 2023. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate Goals

By Charles Paullin

Power lines run along a neighborhood in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Activists Urge Lawmakers to Help Curb Soaring Electric Bills

By Jon Hurdle

Hayneville residents gather in a middle school now closed due to a declining local population for an open house with developers of a proposed hyperscale data center campus. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

On the Historic Route From Selma to Montgomery, an AI Cloud Looms

By Lee Hedgepeth

Environmental advocates and lawmakers hold a rally in support of the data center moratorium legislation on May 13 at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Credit: Will Waldron/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

New York State Gets One Step Closer to a Data Center Moratorium

By Lauren Dalban

A gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy

A New N.C. Ratepayer Bill Puts the Brakes on Data Centers, but Incentivizes Fossil Fuels

By Lisa Sorg

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a primary election night event on May 19 in Warminster, Pa. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Governor Has a Plan to Make Data Centers Bring Their Own Energy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

By Kyle Bagenstose

Existing transmission lines run through Goochland and Louisa counties. The support structures are similar to those that would be used for Valley Link. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia

By Charles Paullin

Many Indiantown residents opposed to data centers express frustration over what they describe as a lack of transparency regarding the proposals. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green

An aerial view of Duke University’s West Campus in Durham, N.C. Credit: Duke University

Duke University Plans a Data Center It Says Will Boost ‘Environmental Responsibility and Sustainability’

By Lisa Sorg

Hanson Professional Services vice president John Michael at his office in Corpus Christi on Monday. “Let’s hold all of our regional system hostage while they wait for their data center,” Michael said. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Corpus Christi Leaders Believe Data Center Plans May Be Behind Delays to Emergency Water Supply

By Emily Salazar, Dylan Baddour

The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

An aerial view of Project Boson, the future site of a nearly 620,000-square-foot data center surrounded by homes and a school in Archbald, Pa. Credit: Heather Ainsworth/The Washington Post via Getty Images

An Outpouring of Frustration Over Pennsylvania’s Rapid Data Center Growth

By Jon Hurdle

Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore Grapples With the (Big) Wrinkle of AI

By Lee Hedgepeth

The construction site of a data center developed by Related Digital for Oracle and OpenAI is seen on May 6 in Saline, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories

By Charles Paullin

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