Culture
Big Tech, unions and private equity team up to stop states from freezing data center construction(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Top artificial intelligence and private equity firms are teaming up with building trades unions to stop states from freezing data center construction. OpenAI,… Read More
Politics
Analysis: Democrats, Trump clash on AI policy, highlighting failure of progressive electric economyDemocrats have seized on uncertainty surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) to attack the Trump administration and potentially create a policy fracture among Republicans ahead of the midterm elections. Read More
Government
House passes legislation aimed at curbing rising electricity costs caused by data centers(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The House passed legislation Tuesday aimed at fighting rising electricity costs caused by data centers as the midterm elections loom. The bill passed 417-3… Read More
Politics
Democrats go quiet on climate after Biden-era regulatory blitz(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats are increasingly dropping climate change from their midterm messaging after spending the Biden years pursuing an aggressive environmental agenda. Climate change has… Read More
Politics
Democrats look to use data centers as political football in midterm dogfight(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democrats aim to direct growing anti-data center sentiment towards Republicans as the November midterm elections draw near. Democrats hope to seize anti-data center… Read More
Government
As some states restrict AI data centers, critics call PA’s new standards ‘quixotically foolish’Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, signed an executive order Tuesday establishing strict new permitting standards for data centers, going on a press blitz blasting “greedy developers” as he… Read More
Government
Abbott orders Texas data centers audit, halts grid connections(The Daily Signal) – Earlier this week, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state regulators to conduct a comprehensive audit of data centers seeking to connect to the Texas grid, effectively… Read More
Opinion
Kansas should welcome the industry powering President Trump’s rural comebackRural America has been left behind by Washington for too long. In recent years, its economic prospects have plateaued, with few opportunities to bring true prosperity to local communities. Read More
Culture
More pros than cons: ALEC panel discussion focuses on positives of data centers(The Center Square) – While much of the national conversation about data centers focuses on the amount of energy and water they consume, the pros of building more of… Read More
Government
Watchdog report: Data centers can help taxpayers if done rightAs property tax bills climb across the U.S., a new report from a tax watchdog finds communities welcoming data center development are bucking the trend. A data center… Read More
Culture
Former top grid official sounds alarm over Trump data center proposal(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Mark Christie, formerly a top power grid regulator, is warning that a proposal that’s part of the Trump administration’s push to fast-track artificial intelligence… Read More
Energy
Here’s why your electricity bill may skyrocket this holiday season(Daily Caller News Foundation) – As the holiday season arrives, one prevailing headache set to keep hammering Americans is exorbitant electricity costs. Though the Trump administration has … Read More
Government
Near a data center? Prepare for blackouts this winter(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reported Tuesday that winter electricity demand is increasing, especially in regions with high concentrations of artificial intelligence… Read More
Culture
California data centers lie dormant due to lack of electricity(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Some artificial intelligence (AI) data centers are vacant in California because the local utility cannot provide the electricity required to operate them, according to… Read More