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Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

Maryland Consumer Advocate Challenges PJM Plan to Buy Power for Projected Data Center Growth

The state’s ratepayer protection representative says the grid operator’s proposed reliability backstop could expose customers to as much as $562 million in long-term costs.

By Aman Azhar

Construction vehicles drive down the road to a proposed data center development in Lusby, Md., on April 6. Credit: Nathan Howard/The Washington Post via Getty Images
A rendering of Philadelphia’s Bellwether District. Credit: HRP Group

Will a Data Center Join the Philadelphia Bellwether District’s Mix of Manufacturers and Warehouses?

By Daniel Perrin

An Amazon Web data center sits among a cluster of data centers in Sterling, Va., on Aug. 26. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Trying to Get Away From Gas Turbines, Data Centers Place Their Hopes on Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

A rendering of Pacifico Energy’s GW Ranch Energy Center in Pecos County, Texas. The power plant received the largest air pollution permit in the country this year. Credit: Courtesy of Pacifico Energy

Data Center Developers in Texas Plan Massive New Gas Power Projects

By Dylan Baddour

The construction site of a Meta data center in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 13. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

ERCOT Says Abbott’s Data Center Audit Will Be Done in December

By Arcelia Martin

Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?

By Lee Hedgepeth

An Amazon data center is under construction in rural Hamlet, N.C. Credit: Courtesy of Larry Baldwin/NC Environmental Advocacy Corps

The Data Center Industry’s PR Blitz Is Backfiring

By Lisa Sorg

Pumpjacks lift oil from wells in Kern County, California. Credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

AI Applications for Oil and Gas Companies Worsen Climate Pollution

By Arcelia Martin

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson participates in a May Day march on May 1. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Mayor Seeks to Curb Health and Environmental Impacts of Data Centers

By Keerti Gopal

Michigan residents rally against data centers on April 11 in Detroit, one of six protests held across the state. Credit: Jim West/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Voters Just Sent a Resounding Message About Data Centers

By Tom Perkins

The natural gas-fired Linden Cogeneration Plant in Linden, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress via Getty Images

Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Queue, Driven by Data-Center Demand

By Aman Azhar

People fish on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania’s Poconos Mountains. Credit: Natalie Kolb/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Coming to Some of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places: Data Centers

By Emilie Lounsberry

When finished, the Amazon data center in Hamlet, N.C., will have 21 buildings and roughly 600 backup diesel generators that will emit tons of air pollutants each year. Credit: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News

Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina

By Lisa Sorg

A fracking pad in Fairfield Township, Pa. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

More Data Centers Will Mean More Fracking in Pennsylvania. These Advocates Want Better Protections.

By Jon Hurdle

Karl Brutsaert, SB Energy’s development head, speaks to residents about the company’s proposed gas power plant in Pike County, Ohio. Credit: Dan Gearino/Inside Climate News

The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet

By Dan Gearino

New research finds that data centers in Washington state are disproportionately located in census tracts with high proportions of people of color. Credit: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/The Washington Post via Getty Images

More Than Half of Washington State’s Data Centers Are Located in Environmental Justice Areas

By Claire Barber

An aerial view of the VoltaGrid construction site next to the Severfarm data center in Covington, Ga. Credit: Michael A. Schwarz/SELC

Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny

By Ryan Krugman

Can Tech Keep Whales Safe From Deadly Vessel Strikes?

By Kiley Price

Virginia Delegate Irine Shin (left) stands with Gov. Abigail Spanberger during a RGGI bill signing event in Richmond on June 30. Credit: Phuong Tran/SELC

Virginia’s Long-Awaited Return to RGGI Comes With New Challenges

By Charles Paullin

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