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Congress Advances Bill Making Large AI Data Centers Pay for Grid Upgrades as White House Widens Voluntary Pledge

The measure pairs a federal standard to force hyperscale users to fund new generation and transmission with an expanded nonbinding White House pledge aimed at protecting household electricity bills.

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Utah’s 40,000-Acre AI Data Center Plan Draws Heat-Island Alarms and Job Estimate Cut

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Red Oak Approves 830-Acre Data Center as Counties Press for More Control

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3mo ago

Box Elder County Backs 40,000-Acre AI Data Center as Water Fight Intensifies

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4mo ago

Meta Will Finance Seven New Gas Plants to Power Its Louisiana AI Campus

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States Push Data Center Guardrails as Illinois and Colorado Unveil Clean‑Power, Cost‑Sharing Bills

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5mo ago

Hood County Votes Down Pause on Data Center Projects

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6mo ago

Naperville Council Rejects Karis Critical Data Center After Late-Night Vote

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8mo ago

Regulators Hear Outcry as DTE Seeks Fast Approval to Power 1.4‑GW Saline Data Center

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8mo ago

Michigan Regulators Take Public Comment on Fast-Tracked Power Deal for 1.4 GW Saline Data Center

Environmental Impact

Congress Advances Bill Making Large AI Data Centers Pay for Grid Upgrades as White House Widens Voluntary Pledge

New York Moratorium and Nationwide Protests Deepen Fight Over AI Data Centers

New York Pauses New Hyperscale Data Centers for One Year

Cities and States Move to Pause and Regulate Large AI Data Centers

New York and Illinois Move to Pause New Large Data Centers

AI Data Centers Face National Pushback as New Study Flags Power-Price Risks

Backlash to AI Data Centers Deepens, Prompting Moratoriums and Water-Use Bills

Utah’s 40,000-Acre AI Data Center Plan Draws Heat-Island Alarms and Job Estimate Cut

Red Oak Approves 830-Acre Data Center as Counties Press for More Control

Box Elder County Backs 40,000-Acre AI Data Center as Water Fight Intensifies

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Meta Will Finance Seven New Gas Plants to Power Its Louisiana AI Campus

States Push Data Center Guardrails as Illinois and Colorado Unveil Clean‑Power, Cost‑Sharing Bills

Hood County Votes Down Pause on Data Center Projects

Naperville Council Rejects Karis Critical Data Center After Late-Night Vote

Regulators Hear Outcry as DTE Seeks Fast Approval to Power 1.4‑GW Saline Data Center

Michigan Regulators Take Public Comment on Fast-Tracked Power Deal for 1.4 GW Saline Data Center

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