Medicare's AI-driven prior authorization pilot, the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, launched in January in New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and Washington and wi…
A commentary argues that states and localities should stop granting tax subsidies to data center developers, citing a Wall Street Journal report that states are renegotiating or recapturing billions i…
A Washington Post analysis of thousands of social media posts and newsletters found that most Republican politicians now speak negatively about data centers, a shift that began around February 2026, a…
Opposition to local AI data centers rose to 61% of U.S. adults in a June-July Annenberg Public Policy Center survey, up from 49% in the spring, and the issue is entering 2026 election contests in Ohio…
Fiber provider Lumos is asking the Federal Communications Commission to preempt local permitting rules in two Ohio counties, which strenuously objected on Tuesday, while other internet service provide…
A new report finds that data centers in seven U.S. states—Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona—depend on about 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater annually for electricity,…
Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley called for a national "compromise" between privacy and safety in a Fox News interview as backlash against the company's AI-powered surveillance cameras intensifies, wi…
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya warned in an August 20 X post that political backlash against AI data centers could cost the US 200 to 300 basis points of annual GDP if disputes continue, citing early r…
The National Republican Senatorial Committee has privately warned top AI companies that the growing public opposition to data centers in Ohio could hurt the GOP's chances in the upcoming election, acc…
OpenAI will lease a massive new data center in Ohio for 20 years, backed by a $105 billion financing commitment from Nvidia, according to a regulatory filing published Monday. The facility, built on a…
OpenAI Group PBC signed a 20-year lease for a 10-gigawatt AI data center campus in Ohio, to be built and operated by SB Energy, a SoftBank Group Corp. unit, with at least 10 gigawatts of new energy in…
OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an Ohio data center that will provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity, powered by 10 gigawatts of new energy generation, with Nvidia guaranteeing up to $105 bil…
OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for an 8-gigawatt data center in Ohio, with Nvidia guaranteeing up to $105 billion for the residual value of the facilities and becoming the exclusive chip supplier. …
5C Group secured $605 million in debt financing led by Brookfield Asset Management on August 11, 2026, to fund AI data center campus development in Memphis, Phoenix, and Ohio. The financing follows $8…
President Trump's Patriot Games final on Tuesday night in Geneva, Ohio, sparked a wave of memes online, with supporters sharing AI-generated images of Trump as a muscular athlete and critics comparing…
The United States has at least 82 data center-linked gas generators in development or proposal, which could emit as much pollution in one year as half the passenger cars in the U.S., according to a Ne…
U.S. states including Arizona, Illinois, and Ohio are withdrawing sales tax breaks for data centers, potentially raising AI infrastructure costs by approximately 7% or more and increasing the price of…
A couple visiting a Van Gogh exhibit in Ohio encountered an AI-powered interactive version of the painter that could only say "Hello," failing to answer basic questions. The TikTok clip posted by user…
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott faces backlash from his rural conservative base over his support for massive AI data centers, which residents fear will raise electricity bills, deplete water res…
Honda Motor Co. is ending sales of its only US electric vehicle, the Honda Prologue, after weak demand, with production ceasing later this year and sales discontinued as of the 2026 model year. Lance …