2+ hour, 45+ min ago  (757+ words) Charlotte City Council is holding a public hearing Tuesday at 5: 30 p. m. at Charlotte's Government Center to consider a 150-day data center moratorium, the latest move in the ongoing public pushback to the facilities that guzzle water and power. Tensions in the…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (190+ words) Data centers have become a divisive issue on the Charlotte City Council, taking center stage during the council's meeting Monday night. Council members decided to pursue a temporary moratorium on new data centers in the city. Council members debated how…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (229+ words) The telecommunications company behind a controversial data center project in east Charlotte pushed back the public hearing on its rezoning petition to next month. During the zoning meeting Monday evening, Charlotte's Party for Socialism and Liberation gathered a group of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (157+ words) The company behind a controversial data center proposed for east Charlotte has postponed a public hearing on its rezoning request, as community opposition continues to grow around the project. About 15 members of Charlotte's Party for Socialism and Liberation gathered outside…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (95+ words) WFAE Need a primer on data centers? Our zine's got you covered Data centers have become a hot button issue lately. With each project that gets proposed, there are many environmental and socioeconomic implications to consider. We've produced a zine…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (779+ words) As the sun set on the town of Danbury, a chorus of voices rose in front of the Stokes County Government Center. Amid clapping and whistling, a crowd of about 100 people chanted "no data centers, no data centers" during the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1059+ words) The Tar River flows peacefully on an early spring afternoon. Katey Zimmerman sits on a wooden dock meant for kayak and canoe launches. As she gazes out over the river, the water reflects in her sunglasses. "Water is a finite…...

6+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (234+ words) A proposed data center in eastern North Carolina would be one of the largest in the Southeast, if approved. But it has met local resistance. Energy Storage Solutions is a data center developer that has built smaller campuses in North…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (13+ words) Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens'WFAE...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (43+ words) WFAE In Iran, sending a message outside the country is a dangerous task Iran's internet and phone calls are still blocked, and trying to reach the outside world comes with real risk....