1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (695+ words) ByteDance allegedly spent millions advertising TikTok in North Carolina and collected data from millions of adults and minors. North Carolina's fight with TikTok is shaping up as a major test of whether states can force powerful tech companies to answer…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (785+ words) "Duke's proposal doesn't come close and must be rejected." A dispute over Duke Energy Florida's proposed tariff on data centers is emerging as an early test of whether legislators will protect households from rising energy costs, according to The Apopka…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (458+ words) "They are slowly acclimating us to watch more and more, reinforcing us with our preferred videos …" Scrolling social media can feel less like catching up with people and more like wandering through a nonstop digital mall. One Instagram user put…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (420+ words) "They're not even nickel and diming anymore. They are 3 dollar-ing!" One Utah resident's complaint about a $3 jump in the cost of an iTunes family plan struck a nerve online, turning a rant about subscription creep into a much larger conversation…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (612+ words) Manchester, New Jersey, is taking steps to keep data centers out of town after local opposition last month spilled onto Route 37, where protesters chanted and held signs. The public response pointed to a broader challenge facing communities across the country:…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (603+ words) Even if the zoning board ultimately determines that the appeal lacks jurisdiction, it could still force a public airing of concerns. Residents in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, are mounting an effort to stop a second data center planned for an area of…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (539+ words) Pennsylvanians who have thoughts to share about data centers now have a place to make their concerns heard. Officials have opened an online portal for residents to weigh in on how the facilities might affect their communities, including through potential…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (599+ words) The electricity is not being built for local use, and the county is not slated to receive a substation. A massive new transmission line planned for Virginia would run farther through Buckingham County than any other county in the state…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (543+ words) A packed and at times tense crowd gathered in Wichita Falls for a public debate over the spread of data centers in Texas. Residents expressed significant concerns over what data centers could mean for power, water, and the local way…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (581+ words) Utah exempts data centers from certain sales taxes, yet the state cannot quantify the revenue those breaks are subtracting from public coffers. With AI spurring a new wave of large-facility construction, that lack of accounting is getting fresh attention from…...