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Arkansas Advocate: National debate over data centers comes to Arkansas -
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (1170+ words) By AINSLEY PLATT | Arkansas Advocate The national debate over data centers has come to central Arkansas. The president of the Little Rock Regional Chamber promoted a planned data center's possible tax revenue as he stood on a sunny rooftop terrace…...
[Recording, transcript added]: Data center eyes Clark County, set to buy mega site in $11 M deal -
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1897+ words) This post was updated 4/22/26 to include an audio recording and transcript of the meeting in its entirety. Both can be found below the original article under the heading titled "A transcript of the meeting. By JOEL PHELPS | arkadelphian. com A…...
Stateline: With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws -
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1731+ words) By KEVIN HARDY | Stateline As Americans grow increasingly frustrated over their electricity bills, states are trying to keep the nation's growing number of data centers from causing higher energy costs for consumers. For years, many states competed aggressively to land…...
$6 B data center planned in Little Rock -
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (387+ words) LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas "AVAIO Digital Partners (AVAIO Digital)has announced a major new data center hub near Little Rock in Pulaski County " AVAIO Digital Leo " that is said to help accelerate the state's rapidly growing tech sector. Named after the…...
Are data centers worth the resources they use? -
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (522+ words) When are huge data centers worth the electricity and water they use, and when are they not? If they are, how can communities ensure they pay their fair share? Both communities and the state of Arkansas should answer those questions…...
States Newsroom: AI data centers are using more power. Regular customers are footing the bill -
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (1179+ words) By PAIGE GROSS | States Newsroom Regular energy consumers, not corporations, will bear the brunt of the increased costs of a boom in artificial intelligence that'has contributed to a growth in data centers'and a surge in power usage, recent research suggests....
Arkansas Advocate: Internet group files another federal suit over state's social media laws -
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (725+ words) By ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA | Arkansas Advocate A nonprofit trade association for internet companies is again suing Arkansas over legislation regulating social media platforms, arguing two new state laws are unconstitutional." Approved by lawmakers"in April, the laws would prohibit social media…...