FESTUS, Mo. – The City of Festus, Missouri has reached a “framework” agreement to move forward with a proposed $6 billion data center, despite widespread opposition from local residents. Mayor Sam ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Mason residents voiced strong opposition to a proposed data center during a public meeting Monday night, followed by the council voting 4-2 to repeal an ordinance that would ...

Monterey Park has stepped to the front lines of the expanding resistance to data centers. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles suburb’s City Council voted unanimously to extend a data center moratorium and ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — On Wednesday, the group “Stop the AI Data Center in Independence” hosted a training for residents to learn how to get petition signatures for a referendum that could be on the ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Festus Mayor Sam Richards has called a special City Council meeting for Thursday evening to discuss a proposed data center. Council members are scheduled to vote on an ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Data centers have been a hot topic in the Kansas City area as of late. There are currently 50 data centers in the Kansas City area, on both sides of the state line, with more on the ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — As data center proposals continue to emerge across Central Virginia, lawmakers are pushing a wave of legislation that could bring new regulations to the industry statewide.

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...

Texas' data center revolution made a significant step forward this week as a facility dubbed "the largest power project in the country" has officially been permitted in West Texas. The 7.65 gigawatt ...

Texas is no stranger to booms. We have ridden waves of oil, gas, petrochemicals and technology, each reshaping the state’s economy and identity. But the boom unfolding now is different. The rapid ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Sedgwick County commissioners voted Wednesday to put a pause on data center development in the county. The 5-0 vote will put a freeze on zoning or building-related permit ...