The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set a June 2026 deadline to act in a high-stakes rulemaking that could redefine how massive new power users—including AI-driven data centers—connect ...

Maine is set to pass a bill pausing new data centers until late 2027. Data centers face growing public resistance over environmental and infrastructure concerns. Maine's vote could mark the first-ever ...

The Maine legislature passed the first state ban in the nation on the development of large data centers on Tuesday. The temporary measure, which lasts for 1.5 years, restricts the construction of new ...

Maine is poised to become the first US state to impose a statewide moratorium on large data center construction after lawmakers passed a bill to that effect. The bill needs to be signed by Governor ...

Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Maine is poised to freeze large data-center construction, which would make it the first state to enact such a measure as communities across the U.S. grapple with fallout from the boom in artificial ...

ROUND ROCK — The size of ERCOT’s large load interconnection requests — the majority of which are data centers wanting to connect to the grid — soared by nearly 150 gigawatts to 410 gigawatts in just ...

The old Intel microchip manufacturing plant off Garden of the Gods Road on Thursday, March 26, 2026. Plans submitted to the city indicate it may be home to the newest and largest data center in the ...

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FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — Forsyth County could soon become the next front in the Triad’s growing data center boom. Nearly 130 acres in Rural Hall along Glade Street and Bethania-Rural Hall Road is ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A planned large-scale data center in Louisville being labeled a "telecommunications hotel" got the green light to advance Thursday despite hours of protest from neighbors.