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Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Data centers – Where’s the beef?
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (708+ words) Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Data centers " Where's the beef?News and Sentinel Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Corner: Data centers " Where's the beef? Data centers are growing exponentially all around the country. One is being discussed in Washington County, Ohio. There is…...
Georgia regulators approve huge electric generation increase for data centers
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (70+ words) ATLANTA (AP) " Georgia's only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand from data centers. It would be one of the biggest build-outs in…...
Site certification rules released for West Virginia data center/microgrid law
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (141+ words) CHARLESTON " The public comment period is now open for West Virginians to weigh in on proposed rules governing the certification of sites for the state's new law aimed at luring data centers powered by their own microgrid power plants. The…...
West Virginia’s federal broadband application approved
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (113+ words) CHARLESTON " West Virginia's application to access a portion of $1.2 billion in federal broadband dollars was approved, paving the way for expansion of high-speed internet to unserved and underserved parts of the state. The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information…...
PSC doubles down on requiring utilities to replace aging poles for broadband expansion
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (517+ words) CHARLESTON " The West Virginia Public Service Commission has again made it clear that electric and telephone utility companies cannot place the responsibility of replacing aging poles on internet service providers trying to install broadband equipment. In an order released Thursday,…...
Parkersburg City Council advances cable franchise fee, agreements
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (206+ words) PARKERSBURG " Parkersburg City Council passed the first reading of an ordinance establishing a cable franchise fee Tuesday and the final readings of two franchise agreements. Also during Tuesday's regular meeting, members unanimously approved a resolution demanding the West Virginia Division…...
Tick-tock on TikTok… DeLanceys turn getting older into online success
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (542+ words) VIENNA " A Vienna man and his wife have produced light-hearted videos about dads turning 40 on social media that have been viewed millions of times around the world. Ron DeLancey of DeLancey Productions LLC posts the shorts on TikTok, Facebook and…...
Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (74+ words) LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) " A retired Army officer who worked as a civilian for the Air Force has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia's war with Ukraine on a foreign online…...
AOL’s dial up internet takes its last bow, marking the end of an era
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (135+ words) NEW YORK (AP) " It's official: AOL's dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) " writing in a brief update on its support site last month that it "routinely evaluates…...
Parkersburg City Council votes to add 5% franchise fee for cable providers
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (488+ words) PARKERSBURG " City Council approved the first reading of ordinances adding a 5% fee to two renewed cable franchise agreements on Tuesday. A motion to cut the fee in half after a speaker and officials acknowledged it would be passed along entirely…...