1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (509+ words) "I made a commitment to rein in energy costs, and today we are delivering on that commitment." New Jersey is taking a new approach to keep household electricity bills from rising alongside the artificial intelligence boom. As NJ.com reported,…...

9+ hour, 42+ min ago  (246+ words) Yukon, Oklahoma, residents filled a city council meeting June 29 to criticize leaders over a proposed data center development. The turnout required the city to use an overflow room and issue two recesses, according to local outlet News 9. Beltline Energy's plan…...

22+ hour, 23+ min ago  (344+ words) The county had failed to meet the notice timing requirement under the rules. A years-long fight over one of the most ambitious data center projects in the country has come to an end in Virginia. The data center developer QTS…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (498+ words) Aurora, Colorado, could soon serve as a more visible example in the national fight over data centers, with residents and city leaders questioning whether existing local rules can handle a surge of artificial intelligence-related development. For many residents, the debate…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (520+ words) "Basically, what they want to do is line all mountain ranges with data centers." A proposed $17 million community-benefits package is failing to persuade everyone in one Pennsylvania town. In Archbald, a borough near Scranton, public meetings are drawing large crowds…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (578+ words) "First, it was scarred by coal mines, and we don't want any more damage done." Local opposition to a proposed data center campus was on full display at a crowded meeting in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, a former coal region, according…...

2+ day, 37+ min ago  (564+ words) "It just seems like we're doing all this just for political theater." A fight over a possible data center near Hoffman Estates, Illinois, has become a test of who gets heard when such projects are proposed near residential areas. After…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (548+ words) "In the end, they got the externalities without the benefits." Rural opposition to massive data centers is growing, and Illinois is one of the latest places where that fight is playing out. This spring in Champaign County, a packed county…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (546+ words) "The water usage is simply transferred from the data center to the power generating facility." Supporters of a proposed data center in Marana, Arizona, say it would use less water than the farmland currently on the property, but opponents argue…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (325+ words) The hearing also raised questions about public trust. Washington County, Maryland, will stop taking new data center proposals for a year while officials sort through concerns about whether local water supplies and the electric system could handle the demand. The…...