States take aim at data center electric rates. Here's why it won't lower your bill

As the data center boom takes hold, lawmakers in dozens of states are looking to blunt the impact of high electricity prices.
WLRN

House starts to advance rules on massive data centers

Legislation putting new restrictions on large-scale data centers, major plank of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push to put guardrails on artificial intelligence, cleared its first House committee, The State ...
The Texas Tribune on MSN

Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the ...
Opinion

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.
E&E News

Shapiro tests Democrats’ data center strategy

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro knows how to make data center-friendly policies. He’s still trying to make them good politics.
MLive

Michigan community limits where data centers can go amid pushback

YPSILANTI TWP., MI — A township in eastern Washtenaw County has adopted new local rules limiting where data centers can be built. The change comes as Michigan experiences an influx of proposals ...