Artificial Intelligence & Data Centers

Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give.

By Dan Gearino

Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution

By Ajani Stella

After Months of Debate, Virginia Fails to Pass Data Center Clean Energy Requirements

By Charles Paullin

New York Becomes First State in the Nation to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers

By Amy Green, Ajani Stella, Dan Gearino

AI, Defense Spending Fuel the Rush to Mine Minerals, Report Says

By Katie Surma

An AI Data Center at the Edge of the Everglades Heads to a Decisive Vote

By Kate Waxman

Alabama Data Center Non-Disclosure Agreement Required City Officials to Destroy Records, Document Shows

By Lee Hedgepeth

Virginia’s Governor Weighs in on Pivotal Case About Data Center Transmission Costs

By Charles Paullin

Maryland County Adopts a Two-year Moratorium on Data Center Development

By Aman Azhar

Montana County Seeks Pause on AI Data Centers After Property Owner Withdraws Support

By Mosabber Hossain

Trump Wants to Fast Track AI

By Arcelia Martin

New Power Plants for Data Centers Would Significantly Increase Pennsylvania’s Climate Pollution

By Jon Hurdle

Echoes of the Past in Pennsylvania Coal Towns’ Fight Against Data Centers

By Nina Sablan

FERC Order Bolsters Maryland Case Against Billions in Data Center Grid Costs

By Aman Azhar

Federal Regulators Tell Electric Grid Operators to Fix Their Rules on Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg, Charles Paullin

Alabama’s Self-Proclaimed ‘AI Watchman’ Unseats Incumbent Public Service Commissioner

By Lee Hedgepeth

Alabama Governor Names Four New PSC Members, Including Its First Two Black Appointees

By Dennis Pillion

Microsoft’s Clean Energy Reversal Collides With Virginia’s Climate Goals

By Charles Paullin