Amazon's AI data center push faces 100-plus local moratoriums as AWS pledges $1 billion while communities demand enforceable answers on water, power, and transparency.

As local tech groups predict that Pennsylvania will outpace its region for data-center growth in the next 10 years, another organization warned that some legislative proposals in play this session ...

Americans have grown more negative toward the possible environmental and economic effects of data centers since the beginning of the year. And a majority say they’d be uncomfortable if a new data ...

Data center opposition is on the rise, with a patchwork of local moratoriums and rezoning fights popping up across the United States. As the midterm elections approach, that backlash could push the ...

WINDSOR, CO ‒ Julie Cline remembers the moment her small town's data center debate got personal: A longtime friend stopped ...

Public resistance to data centers is spreading across the political spectrum — and has already disrupted billions of dollars of investments. The trend poses a tricky problem for both Republican and ...

A new Gallup poll finds 71% of Americans oppose building AI data centers in their local communities, with nearly half strongly opposed. Environmental concerns — especially water and electricity ...

As state and local governments accelerate cloud adoption and deploy artificial intelligence tools, data sovereignty is emerging as a foundational issue for IT and policy leaders. At its core, data ...

Community colleges are often charged with training students for the jobs that already exist in their communities. But what if the jobs that need filling are at a data center?