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Data Centers

Inside Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Credit: Google

Google’s Response to an Iowa County’s New Data Center Requirements? Annex the Land.

By Anika Jane Beamer

President Donald Trump holds an image showing the size of a proposed Meta data center during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Few Details on Trump’s Plan for Self-Powered Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Construction of an Amazon Web Services data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10, 2025. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens’ Voice via Getty Images

Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania

By Jon Hurdle

Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

A rendering of the QTS data center currently under construction in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Credit: QTS

Facing Its Third Data Center, an Iowa County Rolls Out Extensive Zoning Rules

By Anika Jane Beamer

CoreWeave was awarded a $250 million tax break for its 392,600-square-foot data center under construction in Kenilworth, N.J. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Affordability Crisis, New Jersey Hands $250 Million Tax Break to Data Center

By Rambo Talabong

Substations and transformers are seen at a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Senate Proposes to End Data Center Tax Exemption in January

By Charles Paullin

Jen Walling, chief executive officer of the Illinois Environmental Council, spoke in support of the POWER Act at a press conference in Chicago on Feb. 11. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Could a New Illinois Bill Be a Blueprint for Curbing Data Centers’ Climate Impacts?

By Keerti Gopal

An aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia House Passes Data Center Tax Exemption, With Conditions

By Charles Paullin

An aerial view of the Sabey Data Center in Round Rock, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas to Study ‘Batch Zero’ of Data Centers by Late Summer

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of a 33-megawatt data center in Vernon, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

‘The Sky Isn’t Falling’: Providing Perspective on the Data Center Boom

By Dan Gearino

Talen Energy’s Montour County power plant. Credit: Talen Energy

Pennsylvania County Denies Rezoning Plan That Would Have Allowed a Data Center

By Jon Hurdle

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks to supporters at a rally announcing his reelection bid on Jan. 8 in Philadelphia. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania Governor Courts Data Centers While Seeking Consumer Protections

By Jon Hurdle

At the Tucson Convention Center in August 2025, demonstrators opposed "Project Blue," a massive data center installation proposed by Amazon Web Services. Data centers have also now become a flashpoint in Phoenix, the third largest data center market in the country. Across the state, ratepayers are linking data center development to higher electric bills. Credit: Wild Horizons/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

In Arizona, Utilities and State Regulators Double Down on Fossil Fuels and Higher Costs Despite Residents’ Opposition

By Wyatt Myskow

An aerial view shows cooling vent fans on the roof next to generators on the lower level of a Digital Realty data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in November 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Data Centers in PJM Grid Can Rely Solely on Generators During the Cold, DOE Rules

By Charles Paullin

Resident Noah Beckham tells Childersburg's mayor and city council he's skeptical of allowing data centers in the town. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News

This Small Alabama Town Was Part of the Manhattan Project. Now It May Host a Hyperscale Data Center.

By Lee Hedgepeth

A mockup provided by a DigiPowerX representative shows the modular facilities that will be part of the company's phase one expansion. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here.

By Lee Hedgepeth

Cars pass a data center under construction in Ashburn, Va., on Nov, 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

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