Maine governor vetoes 1st state moratorium on data centers
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The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report released this week identifies artificial intelligence data centers as an increasing source of air pollution in the United States.
Measures seeking to block or rein in data center construction are gaining momentum at the state and local level, as Americans increasingly sour on the massive buildout of AI infrastructure in their communities.
The Public Service Commission approved a new rate structure for We Energies’ largest data center customers, requiring them to cover the full cost of new power generation and fuel.
A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.
Houston-based real estate developer responds to data center proposal concerns in northeast Wisconsin (WFRV) – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) announced Friday that it made changes to We Energies’ Very Large Customer (VLC) and Bespoke Resources tariff application.
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission made decisions Friday intended to protect residential and commercial customers from the billions of dollars in energy costs required to power data centers.
Data centers are popping up across Florida, but they can cause strain to the communities they're built in.
Carroll Twp. adopted strict data center rules, updated fees, recognized Scouts, and planned park, road and volunteer projects.
As debate over the potential benefits and risks of the planned Google data center along North Cole Street continues in the region, the executive vice president of Regional Growth Partnership,