2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1022+ words) The Nobles County Board'rejected a zoning change'this month sought by a Bloomington-based developer hoping to build a big computing facility near Worthington in southwest Minnesota. It's the latest sign that communities' increasingly vocal opposition to data centers " in big cities…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (271+ words) After local governments'secretly approved data center projects'across Minnesota, Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature have rallied behind a bill that would prohibit local government officials from signing nondisclosure agreements with the corporate giants demanding them. Local governments have signed contracts…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago  (875+ words) There's good reason to believe them, at least in the near term." The public is about to get more insight into the first such arrangement developed under the new law. Xcel plans to file the service agreement for Google's Rochester-area…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (482+ words) Data broker removal isn't about vanity. It's about reducing the amount of personally identifiable information (PII) available to strangers'and shrinking the surface area that scammers, harassers and opportunists can use against you. Below, we'll break down the "why" behind data…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (417+ words) As communities" concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities. Lawmakers in at least 11 states " Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma,…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1276+ words) After years of states pushing legislation to accelerate the development of data centers and the electric grid to support them, some legislators want to limit or repeal state and local incentives that paved their way. President Donald Trump also has…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1246+ words) World's most security-optimized phone that can be used as a daily phone officially launches at CES 2026 To support both privacy-first and mainstream users, HIROH offers a choice of operating systems: " Murena /e/OS for complete "de-Googled" privacy " Android 16 for maximum…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (433+ words) SAINT PAUL, Minn. " Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Aug. 19 filed a lawsuit against Tik Tok, claiming its addictive algorithm exploits children and violates Minnesota's consumer protection laws. Tik Tok, which uses an algorithm to recommend content to its users,…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago  (162+ words) Here's how to add the St. Cloud Times to your "preferred sources." Launched on Aug. 12, the feature allows you to curate, i. e. , filter your news experience by source preference. Any time you run a query or a keyword through the search…...

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1059+ words) 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. "The growth in data center…...