What to know about data centers and why communities are pushing back

The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and ...
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How Meta’s Data Centers Support American Energy, Jobs, the Environment, and Local Communities

Our AI-optimized data centers are an investment in the future of the US economy, and we’re committed to supporting the communities where we have data centers through responsible energy use, job ...
NBC4 Columbus

Report links data center to rare cancers, raising questions about central Ohioans’ safety

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A report linked Amazon data centers to miscarriages and rare cancers, drawing concerns about data centers’ presence in central Ohio. According to a report from Rolling Stone, ...
CNBC

Data centers are concentrated in these states. Here's what's happening to electricity prices

Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry's data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon.
NPR

AI data centers use a lot of electricity. How it could affect your power bill

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...
TechCrunch

The year data centers went from backend to center stage

There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the internet, server farms have rarely been a point of ...
CNBC

Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather

Texas is attracting a huge amount of data center demand due to its energy resources and business friendly environment. Those data centers could contribute to electricity supply shortfalls during ...
TechCrunch

Data centers now attract more investment than finding new oil supplies

If there’s any question about whether data centers are driving the global economy, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) should dispel any doubts. This year, the world will spend ...
Time

Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space?

Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025. Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025.Los Angeles Times—Getty Images Editor at Large Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., ...
The Hill

AI data centers and average electricity users need separate checks

Under pressure for rising electricity rates as a result of data centers that demand massive amounts of power, AI developers are now maintaining that rates for the average consumer will go down as ...
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Unions divided over sales tax exemption for data centers

Virginia’s largest teachers' union is backing a proposal in the Senate-passed budget that would eliminate a sales tax exemption data centers currently receive on certain equipment and software they ...
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Senate proposes getting rid of billion-dollar tax break for data centers in Virginia

Virginia data centers may soon have to pay up.