17+ hour, 27+ min ago  (491+ words) A March 2026 Quinnipiac poll found that 65% of Americans opposed data-center construction in their own communities, leading some politicians to seek temporary bans or moratoriums on data-center production. In fact, 12 states have introduced data-center construction moratoriums, while at least 54 local moratoriums…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (814+ words) When Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signed a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers via executive order, it became the nation’s first statewide ban. It will likely be popular. Polls find widespread opposition to data centers, and the objections seem…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (395+ words) If you’ve been online recently, you’ve met Freddy. This German soccer fan’s trip across America for the World Cup made him a global sensation. He declared Taco Bell the holy land, marveled at Walmart, and completed the full American pilgrimage…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (353+ words) The Stafford County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to halt development of a proposed 99-acre data center over concerns that it would infringe on a 200-year-old slave cemetery. The county’s decision comes as tension rises over the ever-growing number…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (612+ words) I have been permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia, the website I named and led in 2001. Yes, really. I can hear you asking, “How? What’s going on over there?” The incident reveals something truly damning about “the encyclopedia that anybody can…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (144+ words) Washington Examiner The app store is the enforcement mechanism kids’ safety needs The Furious is a blood-soaked ballet of parental vengeance You’re not going to beat a boy in a fight, and that’s okay That is where the App Store…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (611+ words) I have been permanently blocked from editing Wikipedia, the website I named and led in 2001. Yes, really. I can hear you asking, “How? What’s going on over there?” The incident reveals something truly damning about “the encyclopedia that anybody can…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (246+ words) Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Tuesday said he backed a ban on building data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, as debate grows about their place in the state. “We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in rural Texas…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (472+ words) This month, the Federal Communications Commission began its first spectrum auction in four years. Congress has directed the FCC to auction additional spectrum over the coming years, selling off slices of America’s airwaves to the highest bidder — almost certainly including…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (479+ words) A proposed data center next to the Nashville Zoo is drawing mounting opposition from local residents, elected officials, and country music star Brad Paisley, as Nashville leaders weigh new restrictions on large-scale data center development. The Nashville Zoo has emerged…...