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NORTHPORT, Ala. (WBMA) —Discussions surrounding data centers are back in the spotlight in West Alabama, as Northport city leaders considered how the city could regulate future development.

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties, splitting constituencies and forging unexpected alliances.

A data center project came to the table in a Texas county a year ago, promising a big win, but providing few specifics, according to a local county commissioner. 

Sen. Bernie Moreno discusses how the rapid expansion of massive data centers in Ohio could impact the upcoming midterm elections. While Vice President JD Vance touts these facilities as essential for powering the American artificial intelligence boom, Moreno warns local communities could raise concerns over energy grid strains.

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.

Loudoun County, Virginia, the epicenter of Data Center Alley, is set to take up two amendments that would curb data center development, at least temporarily, and permanently end by-right development of the power-hungry data warehouses.

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NBC Universal, Inc. Reporting pushback on data centers in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday announced that state agencies won’t issue permits to such projects unless the city or town it’s in approves it. Her opponent in the governor’s race, Mike Minogue, addressed the issue on Tuesday as well, tying it to energy infrastructure.

AI data center builder DataVolt, linked to Saudi billionaire Mohammed Abunayyan, plans to complete a 100-megawatt facility in NEOM within 13 months, focused entirely on exporting compute capacity.

Fox News Digital spoke to Power The Future’s Larry Behrens about the left wing groups backing data center opposition and their reasons for doing so.