President Donald Trump defended AI data center development on Truth Social, warning that communities opposing the projects risk becoming 'backwards and poor' and ceding ground to China in the AI race.…
A federal judge struck down New York's law that would have charged fossil-fuel producers $75 billion for climate change damages, ruling that the law conflicts with federal authority under the Clean Ai…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is advancing a broad AI and tech regulation agenda that includes restricting teen social media use, imposing a one-year moratorium on new AI data center construction, an…
President Trump warned Americans not to reject unpopular data centers, saying the facilities bring more tax revenue and lower unemployment and that communities opposing them risk becoming 'backwards a…
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that communities blocking data centers risk becoming 'backwards and poor,' urging support for the facilities to secure jobs and economic gains from America's AI…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded to 3D printed gun creator Cody Wilson's 'Hochulization' tool, which is designed to bypass the state's ban on 3D printed guns by altering file hashes, vowing, '…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul discussed her views on AI, data centers, and tech policy in a Decoder podcast interview, saying she wants AI to be 'less evil' and defending her one-year moratorium on d…
A Fox News opinion piece warns that state-level restrictions on data center construction, driven by voter concerns over rising electric bills, could cost the U.S. the AI race against China, citing Gol…
A Gallup poll published in May found that an average of 7 in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their area, including 48% who strongly oppose such facilities being built locally, as data …
A new survey from the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center found that opposition to local data centers jumped 12 points in four months, from 49% in March to 61% in July, while a…
New York's Synthetic Performers law, which took effect in June, has drawn its first four complaints from advertisers allegedly using AI-generated models or actors without disclosure, all currently und…
Regulatory approval, not infrastructure, is now the biggest bottleneck for AI growth, according to Melius Research, as state governments clamp down on data center construction ahead of the midterm ele…
Bipartisan opposition to AI data centers has become a major political issue ahead of the November 2026 US midterm elections, with 57% to 71% of Americans opposing new local data center construction, a…
On 14 July 2026, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62, making New York the first US state to impose a temporary moratorium on new data centre constructions and expansions of fa…
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that three converging pressures—a spreading 'doom narrative' among politicians, bipartisan political backlash, and rising Treasury yields—could slow the …
President Trump said communities that reject data centers are "making a mistake," arguing the facilities create jobs and money and are not taking power from the grid, in an interview with Michael Cohe…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they face after failing to win community support, marking a sharp reversal fro…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is positioning herself as a leader of a business-friendly Democratic approach to data centers, proposing a one-year moratorium on construction while rejecting Senate GOP…
At least 75 AI data center projects worth roughly $130 billion were blocked or delayed in the first quarter of 2026, the largest single-quarter total recorded by Data Center Watch, as local opposition…
A Kentucky family rejected roughly $26 million from an unnamed Fortune 100 company for half of their 1,200-acre farm in Mason County to build an AI data center, joining a lawsuit to block the project.…