X said Thursday night that roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, part of a broader probe that identified 2…
A Gallup survey in May found that 71 percent of Americans oppose new data centers in their communities, with 48 percent strongly opposed, exceeding peak opposition to nuclear power plants at 63 percen…
In Danville, Virginia, local officials are promoting a proposed data-centre campus at Berry Hill as the biggest economic development project in southern Virginia's history, but residents are questioni…
Residents of Sterling, Virginia, dispute President Donald Trump's claim that Chinese influence is driving opposition to US data centres, saying their protests stem from the invasive noise, fumes, and …
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,…
Virginia, the U.S. data centre capital with nearly 600 facilities and over 4,900 MW operating in Northern Virginia, introduced a first-of-its-kind $0.011 per kilowatt-hour tax on data centre electrici…
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…
More than 550 U.S. jurisdictions have enacted moratoriums or bans on new data center construction, up from roughly 300 in late June 2026, and 75 projects worth about $130 billion were blocked or delay…
Virginia, which spent twenty years courting data centers with tax breaks and fast-tracked zoning, became the first U.S. state to tax the electricity those centers use, a reversal that Techstrong's spe…
A new House bill, H.R. 10102, introduced by Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Ore., would impose a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour federal excise tax on electricity used by data centers with more than 1 megawatt of pow…
State legislators across the U.S. are enacting or considering laws to force data center operators to share the financial burden of their energy consumption, with Virginia's Data Center Electricity Con…
Cushman & Wakefield's May 20 report ranked Dallas the world's top primary data center market for 2026, ahead of Atlanta, Virginia, Columbus, and Johor, after evaluating 107 markets across 24 variables…
A Techstrong investigation finds that U.S. opposition to data centers is rising, with a Gallup poll showing a majority of Americans now oppose local data center construction, and Texas Governor Greg A…
Virginia Governor approved SB 384, now Chapter 426, establishing a framework for independent verification organizations for artificial intelligence, recorded on April 8, 2026, with an unknown effectiv…
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…
Power companies in states like Georgia and Pennsylvania are considering using eminent domain to seize private land for transmission lines powering AI data centers, according to University of Dayton le…
A Virginia study on groundwater and data centers, released Thursday by Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger's office after a six-month delay, calls for tighter water regulations, finding that the state'…
A tour of a Digital Realty test server hall in Ashburn, Virginia, revealed the physical reality behind AI: deafening noise from cooling fans, a gold-colored Nvidia system worth about $1 million, and n…
More than half of US residents (53%) oppose building an AI data centre in their neighbourhood, according to a Redfin-commissioned Ipsos survey, yet the tax revenue from such facilities has bankrolled …
The Guardian has called on UK residents living near AI data centres to share their experiences, as the number of large facilities reaches around 450 nationwide. Concerns include land use, pollution, n…