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Data Centers

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

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission stops short of fulfilling the Trump administration’s wishes but puts regional grid operators on a “short leash.”

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

 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
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
Officials and local workers pose for photos following the ceremonial groundbreaking for SoftBank’s PORTS Technology Campus near Piketon, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed

By Dan Gearino
A substation at the coal-fired Naughton power plant in Kemmerer, Wyo. Credit: Natalie Behring/Getty Images

Wyoming’s Largest Utility Joins a New Western Day Ahead Market for Electricity

By Jake Bolster
Margie Padilla is worried that a proposed data center near her home in Imperial, Calif., will increase power and water costs for her family. Credit: Steven Rodas/Inside Climate News

California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?

By Steven Rodas
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers remarks on Feb. 24 in Williamsburg. Credit: Mike Kropf/Getty Images

Virginia Legislature Bucks Governor’s Amendments to Dominion-Backed Bill

By Charles Paullin

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