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

Making AI data centers cover the costs of their energy use requires help from legislators and others beyond Gov. Josh Shapiro’s reach.

By Kyle Bagenstose

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

Farmers use a self-driving tractor to sow wheat on a farm in Zhangye, China. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

The Farming Industry Has Embraced ‘Precision Agriculture’ and AI, but Critics Question Its Environmental Benefits

By Georgina Gustin

Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

By Tom Perkins

Power lines tower above a cornfield near New Bloomfield, Mo. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

As the Data Center Boom Ramps Up in the Rural Midwest, What Should Communities Expect?

By Alexia Underwood

Amazon data centers loom over houses at the edge of a neighborhood in Loudoun County, Va. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World?

By Dan Gearino, Charles Paullin

Ed Baine, president of Dominion Energy Virginia, takes questions during the utility’s rate case hearing on Wednesday. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia

By Charles Paullin

A herd of deer is seen outside Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Credit: Google

Clean Energy Brought Data Centers to Iowa. The Big Beautiful Bill Could Change That

By Anika Jane Beamer

Foes and Friends of Nuclear Power Face Off Near Three Mile Island

By Jon Hurdle

People walk through the hallways at Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Va., on May 9. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A Data Center Fight Touches on a Big Question: Who Assumes the Financial Risk for the AI Boom?

By Dan Gearino

Amazon Web Services data centers are seen next to the Great Oak neighborhood on Jan. 24, 2023, in Manassas, Virginia. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Virginia Environmental Groups Form New Data Center Reform Coalition, Call for More Industry Oversight

By Jake Bolster

Fires smolder and burn in the mountains west of Paisley, Oregon. Credit: Maranie Staab/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US Forest Fires Threaten Carbon Offsets as Company-Linked Trees Burn

By Camilla Hodgson, Financial Times

In Letter to Obama, Leading US Businesses Call for Leadership at Copenhagen

By SolveClimate Staff

Smart Grid Fever Strikes Silicon Valley

By Stacy Morford

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