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It’s no secret AI giants are racing against each other to build data centers across the country. With the AI boom skyrocketing in the 2020s, the U.S. has grown to nearly 5,000 data centers across all 50 states to date, with hyperscalers driving much of that expansion. But with that growth comes tax incentives that…

A growing fight is brewing nationwide as the rapid expansion of data centers pits Big Tech against local homeowners, raising concerns about transparency, power demand, diesel generator pollution and rising electricity prices.

WASHINGTON — Looking to neutralize an increasingly toxic issue on the campaign trail, Republican candidates in battleground races across the country are racing to show they’re willing to stand up to data centers.

New York (WWNY) – As residents voice concerns over a potential data center in Massena, a former village mayor is offering a different perspective

On a 2-acre property in Mississippi, 52-year-old Krystal Polk’s family lived off the land for generations, raising chickens and pigs, growing onions and herbs and trading their peaches for pears.

In an aerial view, the Meta El Paso Data Center is seen on August 13, 2026 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/

Data centers have become the largest driver of surging electricity demand that is straining US power grids. But the AI data center boom has also accelerated investment in a technology that could provide a silver lining for everyone—solid-state power transformers that replace industrial-age technology with modern power electronics.