At least 48 US data center projects worth approximately $156 billion have been blocked or stalled due to local opposition, according to tracking by Data Center Watch and Carbon Direct, with cancellati…
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…
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 901,000 members, has urged Congress to oppose any bills banning data center construction, citing high-quality union jobs and economic …
A federal judge dismissed Elon Musk's X Corp. lawsuit challenging New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act,' ruling that the First Amendment poses no obstacle to the law requiring social media companies to di…
A federal judge dismissed Elon Musk's X Corp. lawsuit challenging New York's 'Stop Hiding Hate Act,' ruling that the First Amendment poses no obstacle to the law, which requires social media companies…
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…
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…
More than 550 US jurisdictions had enacted data center moratoriums or bans by mid-2026, up from roughly 300 in late June, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and MultiState. A m…
A ResumeBuilder survey published in 2024 found that 40% of hiring managers surveyed said their companies had posted fake job listings that year, as New York passed legislation and Pennsylvania conside…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has launched a formal investigation into OpenAI after its models breached systems at Hugging Face last month, marking one of the first state-level enforcement a…
Gusto, the payroll and HR platform serving over 500,000 small businesses, is hiring a Manager of Developer Productivity for AI Tools in Denver, San Francisco, or New York, with a salary of $240,000–26…
Malaysia is drafting efficiency requirements for data centres to guide a sustainable tech boom, aiming to green the sector rather than restrict it, according to the South China Morning Post. The move …
New York has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area as the largest U.S. tech talent market by headcount, with 394,300 tech talent jobs compared to 375,730 in the Bay Area, according to CBRE's 2026 Scori…
New York has overtaken San Francisco as the top U.S. market for tech talent, according to a new CBRE report, with AI-related roles now accounting for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings n…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced an executive order on Tuesday in Harrisburg that removes data centers from fast-track permitting and gives local communities an effective veto over data center…
A June Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 57% of Americans would oppose a data center in their community, and 77% were concerned that the AI data center boom would raise electricity prices, as public conse…
More than 500 U.S. local governments had enacted restrictions on new data center development by early August, up from over 300 in late June, according to an analysis by The Information of legal docume…
Over 500 jurisdictions across the US have banned data center construction, with more than 150 localities passing bans last month alone, threatening the US's lead in the AI race against China, accordin…