Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

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

A proposed data center campus in Muscogee County has become a flashpoint in Georgia’s expanding AI infrastructure boom. Residents say development is beginning to outpace public understanding—and some fear the land itself may bear the cost.

By Jade Yeban

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

By Arcelia Martin

As the Alabama Legislature Adjourns, Environmentalists See a Silver Lining

By Lee Hedgepeth

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

By Lisa Sorg

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

By Ryan Krugman

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

By Kyle Bagenstose

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

By Amy Green

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

By Dan Gearino

A Gas Plant Proposal for Rural Virginia Gets Local Land Use Approval

By Charles Paullin

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

By Kathiann M. Kowalski, Canary Media

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

By Lisa Sorg

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

By Arcelia Martin

Virginia Democrats Fail to Reach Compromise on Data Center Tax Exemption

By Charles Paullin

Can Hydropower Ride the Wave of the Energy Boom?

By Dan Gearino

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

By Rambo Talabong, Charles Paullin

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

By Anika Jane Beamer

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

By Charles Paullin

Grassroots Resistance to Data Centers Rises in Pennsylvania

By Jon Hurdle

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

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle