4+ week, 10+ hour ago  (411+ words) DTE Energy, one of the state's largest energy providers on Tuesday announced that it will be working with Google to supply power to a 1-gigawatt data center in Van Buren Township. Members of the Van Buren Township Planning Commission voted…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (563+ words) Billion Dollar Baby Bump In a year when Georgians were clamoring for state officials to rein in the unchecked growth of data centers, the Georgia Senate chose to pass a measure that critics say largely maintains the status quo. Senate…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (986+ words) TOPEKA " A brigade of tech sector lobbyists flooded a Kansas committee with information and advocacy before legislators weighed a bill that would require age verification in app stores. Apple and Google "heavily lobbied" committee members ahead of a two-part hearing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (782+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers A bill to implement a "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban in Wisconsin schools is making its way through the state Legislature, though Gov. Tony Evers hasn't decided whether he would sign it if it makes it…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (765+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers Why Should Delaware Care? Delawareans debating the impact of data centers often cite nearby Virginia as an example of the benefits they could bring and a cautionary tale of overdevelopment. Last week, Virginians spoke for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (444+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers Big Tech's artificial intelligence data centers are ballooning across the country, including along the Columbia River." Laws to protect the greater good have yet to catch up, allowing companies to overbuild and scoop up tax…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (649+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers Newly built data centers could be temporarily exempt from Gov. Tina Kotek's hotly-debated economic stimulus bill that would double the length of property tax exemptions for industries investing in Oregon infrastructure and jobs in urban…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1316+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers As artificial intelligence and data centers dominate conversations about technology, energy needs and political regulation, few things illustrate how deeply those issues have penetrated, even in Montana, than the fight that is happening in Broadview....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (457+ words) Billionaires and private school vouchers When students return to classrooms at summer's end, Utah public schools will most likely have a bell-to-bell default ban on cellphones, a top priority for Gov. Spencer Cox, who has been a vocal antagonist to…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1763+ words) Behind the lines: How mid-decade redistricting is playing out From Amarillo to Waco, College Station to Harlingen, Texans are raising concerns over the proliferation of data centers " and the tremendous amounts of water and energy they are poised to suck…...