Source: The Verge
If there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats came together on in 2025—at least at the local level—it was to stop big, energy‑hungry data center projects.
For communities sick of rising electricity bills and pollution from power plants, data centers have become an obvious target. Fights against…
A Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia. | Photo: Getty Images Sens. Elizabeth Warren D-MA, Chris Van Hollen D-MD, and Richard Blumenthal D-CT fired off a lette...
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders wants to delay AI data center projects to slow down progress, to ensure that AI will benefit the largest number of people and not ju...
Nearly 7,000 of the world’s operational data centers are located in climates that fall outside the temperature range recommended for efficient operation, accord...
An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center LOWER L with closed-loop cooling system, amid warehouses on October 20, 2025 in Vernon, California. | Image: Mario T...
