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Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong

Transmission lines stand above the entrance to the Loring Commerce Centre at the site of the former Loring Air Force Base. Credit: Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation

By Ryan Krugman

Bessemer City Council member Cleo King explains his vote against rezoning for Project Marvel in a November meeting. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

An Alabama City Council Approves Rezoning for a Massive Data Center, Dividing a Community

By Lee Hedgepeth

The construction site of an Amazon data center in Salem Township, Pa., on Oct. 10. Credit: Jason Ardan/Citizens' Voice via Getty Images

A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers

By Dan Gearino

TeraWulf plans to convert a retired coal-fired power plant into a data center on the banks of Cayuga Lake in Lansing, N.Y. Credit: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images

A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out

By Lauren Dalban

Power lines and a wind turbine rise above the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals

By Sarah Mattalian

Democrat Abigail Spanberger speaks on Tuesday after being declared the winner of the Virginia gubernatorial race against Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy

By Charles Paullin

New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (center-left) celebrates her election night win during a watch party at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel on Tuesday. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs

By Marianne Lavelle

A Pacific Gas and Electric worker replaces power poles destroyed during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 22. Credit: Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?

By Blanca Begert

Democrat Abigail Spanberger (left) challenges Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in the race for Virginia governor. Credit: Win McNamee and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills

By Charles Paullin

Transmission lines are seen in Montgomery Village, Md. Credit: Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs

By Aman Azhar

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong

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

A rendering of Related Digital’s planned data center in Saline Township, Mich. Credit: Related Digital

Data Center Developer Takes a Small Michigan Farming Community to Court

By K.R. Callaway

A Central Maine Power lineworker repairs a transmission line in Portland, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits

By Ryan Krugman

Transmission lines dot the rural landscape of Dwight, Ill. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say

By Sarah Mattalian

High-voltage transmission lines run along Interstate 5 in the central California community of Buttonwillow. Credit: Jay L. Clendenin/Getty Images

Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says

By Blanca Begert

In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong

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