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Wis., (WLAX, WEUX) – The data center debate is hitting Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district race

Google is taking its first step toward making Project Suncatcher a reality. Announced last year, Suncatcher is Google’s “moonshot” effort to design orbital AI data centers, which AI boosters like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have pitched as an alternative to divisive terrestrial data centers. Google’s first experimental satellite will launch on October 1 with…

VINELAND, N.J. (WPVI) –New Jersey’s largest data center under construction has been fined more than $1 million after state officials determined it violated air pollution laws.

In the expansive grasslands of Inner Mongolia, farmers are picking plump potatoes alongside new neighbours: huge, rectangular blocks that will fuel China’s AI platforms.

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.

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.