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Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico blasted Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton on data centers in a wide-ranging interview with CBS News Texas. 

For many living in neighboring areas, the construction of data centers like this one in Sandusky, Ohio, has become a flash point.Frank Thorp V for NBC News Sept. 6, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT

A person holds signs during a nationwide protest against AI data center expansion in New Port Richey, Florida on July 18, 2026. Thomas Simonetti/AFP

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

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is expanding beyond chips and deeper into the infrastructure needed to run AI. The company has taken a minority stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a developer that secures powered land and utility agreements for data-center projects. Cloverleaf has already facilitated more than 7 gigawatts of powered land sales and has a pipeline exceeding…

Could a data center be built on this patch of land in Bradley County, west of I-75 and north of Old Lower River Road NW? That’s what Wright Brothers Construction hope residents will allow. Photos: Google Maps /

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.