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Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

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

The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors went against the county planning commission’s recommendation to reject the project after months of debate.

By Charles Paullin

Brian Faulknier speaks to the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News
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

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

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

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

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

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