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…
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 on Tuesday, requiring AI data centers with peak electricity demand over 25 megawatts to meet state requirements on environmental prote…
Republican Tom Tiffany and Democrat David Crowley have turned Wisconsin's governor's race into a fight over data centers, with Tiffany branding Crowley 'Data Center David' and Crowley accusing Tiffany…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed an executive order on Tuesday implementing his Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) requirements, which could limit AI data center develop…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 on Tuesday, imposing new restrictions on large AI data centers with peak electricity demand above 25 megawatts, including removal from the…
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…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday his administration will no longer fast-track data center construction permits or grant tax exemptions unless projects meet standards including paying full e…
Keel Infrastructure, formerly Bitfarms, has shut down all U.S. Bitcoin mining operations to redirect its American power portfolio toward AI and high-performance computing data centers, reporting a net…
Arizona, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Texas are rolling back data center tax incentives, with Arizona enacting a three-year moratorium on new sales tax exemption applications from July 1, 2026, through…
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…
Democrat Paige Cognetti, mayor of Scranton, launched a TV ad in Pennsylvania's critical congressional district directly challenging AI data centers, declaring 'we are not for sale' and criticizing the…
Democrat Paige Cognetti, the Scranton mayor, is running a $200,000 TV ad blitz against AI data centers in her bid to unseat freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan in a Pennsylvania swing district, acc…
A protest group backed by the Heinz Endowments, a left-leaning non-profit, is targeting a new Pennsylvania data center from TECfusions, a Florida-based company that announced a $4 billion initial publ…
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…
A Pakistani software founder who built a $100K MRR AI SaaS over three years transferred his domain and full proprietary codebase to James De Berardine, Director of NOTO nightclub in Philadelphia, as p…
Cargo thieves are increasingly targeting copper, processors, networking equipment and memory modules used in AI infrastructure, as technology companies invest billions in data centers. Industry report…
US states including Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania are fast-tracking approval of power plants for AI data centers, bypassing public hearings and environmental reviews to approve projects in as little a…
Nokia is expanding its semiconductor operations in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to increase photonic chip production tenfold by Q3 2026, aiming to meet AI infrastructure demand. The $500 million expansion…
Amazon announced a $20 billion investment in Pennsylvania on June 9, 2025, for a new data center campus, which Governor Josh Shapiro called the largest private-sector investment in state history. The …
A coalition of US state attorneys general has launched a formal investigation into OpenAI, serving a sweeping subpoena demanding documentation about its operations and products. The probe, which began…