The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.
SHIPPINGPORT, Pa. ― The last time that I stood on these grounds along the Ohio River in Beaver County was 1976, 19 years after the first comme…
In Pennsylvania, new data centers could require enough electricity to power 11 million homes.
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
City officials are taking steps they hope will prevent data centers from locating in Rochester.
A massive data center could be headed to the town of Bow, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filings and a social media post from New Hampshire’s consumer advocate. The public filings describe an agreement for a preliminary, exploratory study on the “viability” of connecting a 350-megawatt project to the grid. The study, according to […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania ― In June 2025, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) stood in Berwick and described a new economic horizon for Pennsylvania: Ama…
Data center proposals are often local controversies with significant underlying principles at stake.
Harrisburg, Pa. — The governor has signed an order making it legally binding for data center developers to meet strict new requirements, including approval from local communities, before building in Pennsylvania.
Moving servers into the ocean does not make underlying environmental challenges disappear. And it creates new concerns as well.