As data center projects increasingly meet fierce popular resistance, local and state elected leaders are taking notice.
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AI facilities may end up emitting carbon dioxide at levels equivalent to millions of passenger cars each year.
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Private equity firms are investing heavily in new AI data centers, but local communities are finding ways to fight back.
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Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers Read Post »
NDAs and tax deals negotiated before public input have become standard practice for data center projects, says a critic.
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Amid the Winter Storm, a Rural SC County Quietly Approved a $2.4B Data Center Read Post »
Big banks saw their stocks skyrocket by 29 percent during Trump’s first year. Here’s who else cashed in.
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Trump ventures include cryptocurrencies, real estate, and a company trying to build a nuclear fusion plant to power AI.
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Trump Family Businesses Launched Since Inauguration Have Raked In at Least $4B Read Post »
Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
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Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom Read Post »
“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.
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As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities Read Post »
The battle to build new data centers has pitted communities across the country against Silicon Valley.
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As Towns and Cities Fight Off Data Centers, Calls Grow for a National Moratorium Read Post »
Some AI companies are using techniques and financial products seen in the run-up to the great financial crisis of 2008.
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As Data Centers Proliferate, Will an AI Bubble Lead to a New Recession? Read Post »
The order threatens to withhold federal funding from states or sue states that implement AI regulations.
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Trump Order Threatens States That Enact AI Laws the Admin Deems “Excessive” Read Post »
To power the growing demand for AI, New Mexico is gearing up to build a data center with a city-sized carbon footprint.
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Secretive New Mexico Data Center Plan Races Forward Despite Community Pushback Read Post »
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