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Data Centers

Duke Energy receives tax breaks for its data centers, even though it reported $4.9 billion in gross profits last year. Credit: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images

Duke Energy Received Tax Breaks on Its Three N.C. Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott (left) and Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas speak with reporters on Wednesday. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Data Center Tax Exemption Changes Still Holding Up Virginia Budget

By Charles Paullin

Construction of an Amazon data center is seen in front of Talen Energy’s nuclear power plant in Salem Township on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens' Voice via Getty Images

As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania Data-Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of the Wyman Power Station, a peaker plant, on Cousins Island in Yarmouth, Maine. Credit: Gabe Souza/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine Presses Pause on Large Data Centers. Will Other States Follow Its Lead?

By Dan Gearino

Kim Hicks paints a message opposing a proposed data center onto a neighborhood rock near the Project Ruby site in Muscogee County, Ga., part of a growing grassroots effort against the development. Credit: Courtesy of Kim Hicks

Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition

By Jade Yeban

In Austin, Texas, the Elemental Critical Data Center facility. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Data Center Developers Play Offense on Water, Claiming Huge Cuts in Usage 

By Arcelia Martin

The Alabama State House in Montgomery. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

By Lee Hedgepeth

Mist rises from the cooling towers of Google’s data center in Lenoir, N.C. Credit: Google

What Is the Economic Impact of Data Centers? It’s a Secret.

By Lisa Sorg

Tech companies continue to benefit from tax exemptions and favorable energy rates for data centers in Georgia. Credit: Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

By Ryan Krugman

Gov. Josh Shapiro announces Amazon’s plan to invest $20 billion in artificial intelligence campuses across the state on June 9, 2025. Credit: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk?

By Kyle Bagenstose

High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the power grid in Miami on Jan. 14. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

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

Two Wildly Different Data Centers Reveal a ‘Fork in the Road’ on How to Meet Electricity Demand

By Dan Gearino

The view shows the river in the foreground, with the town and mountains behind.

Trump Deal for a $33B Gas Megaplant in Ohio Faces Huge Hurdles

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media

Tim and Deborah Mabe are among the plaintiffs suing Stokes County. Their land, in the family for generations, abuts the data center property. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

In N.C., Stokes County Approves a Data Center Rezoning, Triggering a Citizens’ Lawsuit

By Lisa Sorg

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott leads a panel with Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google’s data center in Midlothian on Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

A New Era of Data Center Development Is Like a Second Industrial Revolution

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view shows cars passing a data center under construction in Ashburn, Virginia, on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Democrats Fail to Reach Compromise on Data Center Tax Exemption

By Charles Paullin

The Snake River flows through Brownlee Dam along the Idaho-Oregon border. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?

By Dan Gearino

President Donald Trump holds up the Ratepayer Protection Pledge after signing it during a roundtable meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Big Tech Signs Trump Pledge to Pay Data-Center Power Costs. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.

By Rambo Talabong, Charles Paullin

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