Data Centers

As Data Centers Move In, Iowa Residents Fight Plans for a New Gas Plant

Months of community opposition and a rejected rezoning request have cast doubt on the future of a proposed peaker plant in the state’s second-largest county.

By Anika Jane Beamer

Conley’s Victory in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley Opens Door to Renewed Climate Action

By Leana Carbonez

Democrats’ Victory in Texas Raises Potential for Environmental Reform 

By Arcelia Martin, Dylan Baddour

China Bets on Renewable Energy to Gain an AI Edge

By Andrew Liu

Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.

By Vivien Ayers

Will Josh Shapiro’s Data Center Past Haunt His Political Future?

By Kyle Bagenstose

Texas Used to Be ‘the Best Place’ to Build Data Centers—But Not Anymore 

By Arcelia Martin

In a Rare Statewide Debate, Alabama Candidates Spar Over Data Centers, Utility Rates

By Lee Hedgepeth

Powerful Interests Aim to Weaken California’s Landmark Environmental Law

By Liza Gross

Climate Is on the Ballot, Even if It’s Not in Candidates’ Campaign Messages

By Marianne Lavelle

Data Centers, Power Bills, Hurricanes: What’s at Stake for the Environment in Florida’s Senate Race

By Kate Waxman

As Election Day Nears, a Key House Race Remains in Flux

By Leana Carbonez

Alabama’s New Data Center Rules Still Leave Customers in the Dark, Critics Say

By Dennis Pillion

Data Centers Are ‘Front and Center’ in Pennsylvania’s Competitive Congressional Elections

By Emilie Lounsberry

Where Opposition to Data Centers and Renewable Energy Projects Converge

By Dan Gearino

With a Trifecta, Pennsylvania Democrats Would Pass Energy Reforms and Rein in Data Centers

By Ben Seal

Texas Continued Permitting Data Centers After Abbott’s Pause, Report Finds 

By Dylan Baddour

Wyoming Environmental Groups Debate Best Way to Manage Data Center Growth in the State

By Jake Bolster

‘Pitchfork Populism’ Over Data Centers Rattles Ohio’s U.S. Senate Race

By Dan Gearino