A growing number of U.S. states now require companies to disclose when a customer is talking to an AI bot, but the laws conflict on who is covered and when disclosure must occur, according to Cameron …
As of Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, no U.S. state has a ban on data centers, though New York is the first and only state to enact a one-year moratorium on new hyperscale data centers statewide, according…
Flock Safety, a mass surveillance-as-a-service company, is deploying AI-powered cameras and tools that raise Fourth Amendment concerns, according to a WIRED report on its new AI tool for police. The c…
Cities across the U.S. are restricting AI data center development over water and power concerns, with Austin, Texas, voting unanimously Thursday to draft rules that could restrict or exclude new data …
Maine's LD 1727, codified at 10 M.R.S. §1500-DD, is now in effect, prohibiting the use of AI chatbots in trade or commerce that could mislead consumers into believing they are interacting with a human…
Anti-data-center activists are repeating the same failed predictions that marked the anti-fracking movement, according to a New York Post opinion piece. The article cites that US data centers used jus…
Local opposition delayed or blocked 75 data center projects worth $130 billion in Q1 2026, prompting Baird analyst Mig Dobre to downgrade Caterpillar on July 29 and raising questions about the viabili…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers for up to a year, pausing permits for large facilities as the state crea…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday imposing the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, blocking construction of new large facilities for up …
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 on [date], imposing a one-year moratorium on hyperscale data centers consuming 50 megawatts or more, making New York the first state to ena…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on new building permits for hyperscale data centers, making New York the first state to freeze construction …
Data center development boosts local employment by 0.9% in the first three years and up to 3.5% long-term, but benefits are concentrated in urban areas, according to a study by Georgia Tech scholars. …
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing the first statewide moratorium on large data center projects, pausing new approvals for one year for facilities requiring 50 megawatts…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing the first statewide moratorium on new large data centers for up to a year, blocking construction while the state creates environme…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is set to sign an executive order Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on construction permits for hyperscale data centers that use at least 50 megawatts of power, mak…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order Tuesday imposing the country's first statewide moratorium on hyperscale data centers, blocking new large facilities for up to a year while regul…
More than 300 US local and state governments have enacted bans, moratoriums, or restrictions on new data center development since 2023, blocking or delaying approximately $64 billion in projects. The …
The U.S. Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to restrict foreign national access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models, prompting the company to cut off access worldwide. Meanwhile, Maine disabled i…
Grassroots opposition groups blocked or delayed 75 US data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruptions for all of 2025, according to a new report fr…
A new report from Data Center Watch reveals that grassroots activism disrupted 75 data center projects in the first quarter of 2026, valued at $130 billion, matching the total disruptions for all of 2…