Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers
An Alabama City Council Approves Rezoning for a Massive Data Center, Dividing a Community
By Lee Hedgepeth
A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter
By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion
A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers
By Dan Gearino
International Energy Report Projects a Slower Transition to Renewables, but Oil Could Still Peak This Decade
By Blanca Begert
Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic
By Arcelia Martin
‘It’s Not Too Late’: New Cornell Study Maps the Environmental Cost of AI and How Policy Could Limit the Damage
By Carl David Goette-Luciak
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out
By Lauren Dalban
Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals
By Sarah Mattalian
With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy
By Charles Paullin
In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills
By Charles Paullin
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well
By Lisa Sorg
Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables
By Arcelia Martin
Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs
By Aman Azhar
Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power
By Rambo Talabong
AI Is Pushing Climate Goals Out of Reach, New Reports Say
By Jake Bolster
