Browsing: Data Centers

Texas is opening an investigation into a proposed AI data center outside Austin after concerns that the land was set aside as public parkland 25 years ago.

A YouTuber is scrutinizing data centers and artificial intelligence in hopes that his Kansas hometown will pass a moratorium on a data center near him. 

The bill would “largely reinforce” a transition that is already underway as more states adopt large-load tariffs and is unlikely to pass the Senate before the midterm elections, analysts say.

Washington —One Senate Democrat on Thursday scuttled a Republican-led effort to pass legislation aimed at shielding Americans from energy costs attributed to data centers, despite the bill securing widespread bipartisan support in the House a day earlier. 

A task force will evaluate the potential impacts of data center development in Philadelphia, Mayor Cherelle Parker said Wednesday. 

WASHINGTON — Under pressure to act on unpopular data centers, the House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at shielding consumers from higher energy costs when new data centers are built in their communities.

The company says its service can help large loads better respond to changing weather conditions as data centers are asked to play a more active role in grid management.

The AI trade may be about to grow far beyond GPUs. At the All-In Summit, PresidentDonald Trump called data centers “the oil of the next 20–25 years,” arguing that they are making states and communities wealthy. Data proves otherwise.

Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel spilled from an AI data center in Secaucus late last week, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said. 

Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water use