Resources & Documents
Essential tools and resources about data centers.
| Date Published | Title | Summary | Resource Type | Source Organization | Resource URL | Details |
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| April 26, 2026 | Tech Oversight Project/Morning Consult Poll: Majority of Americans Question Trump’s Cozy Rela… | Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe AI will reduce job opportunities and 54 percent say the Tru… | Documents | Tech Oversight Project | https://techoversight.org… | View |
| April 25, 2026 | In the AI Race, Fossil-Powered Generators Are Data Centers’ Dirty Secret | Thirty-five gas-burning mobile generators at xAI's Memphis data center produce an estimated 1,… | News | Newsweek | https://www.newsweek.com/… | View |
| April 25, 2026 | How Bad Are the Health Effects of Living Near a Data Center? | In Granbury, Texas, residents near a bitcoin mining facility report severe migraines, hearing loss,… | News | AI Power Weekly | https://www.aipowerweekly… | View |
| April 25, 2026 | The Hidden Environmental Cost of Data Center Growth: Millions of Tons of E-Waste | An estimated 1.2 to 5 million tons of e-waste per year stem from generative AI hardware alone, acco… | News | CELI | https://medium.com/@celio… | View |
| April 25, 2026 | E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence | Generative AI infrastructure generates e-waste that accumulates to an estimated 1.2–5.0 million t… | Research | Nature Publishing Group | https://www.proquest.com/… | View |
| April 25, 2026 | We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It’s in Your Electric Bill | Data centers drove 63 percent of PJM's record capacity auction price increase, adding an estim… | Videos | More Perfect Union | https://www.youtube.com/w… | View |
| April 22, 2026 | Meta Data Center Construction Brings 600% Crash Spike to Rural Louisiana | Vehicle crashes near Meta's $27 billion Hyperion data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana increas… | News | WWNO New Orleans Public Radio / Gulf States Newsroom | https://www.wwno.org/loca… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Soul of Wisconsin Restoring WI Ratepayer Priorities | S.O.U.L. of Wisconsin (Save Our Unique Lands) is a non-profit grassroots organization whose mission… | Website | SOUL Wisconsin | http://www.soulwisconsin…. | View |
| April 24, 2026 | RTOs and ISOs Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) oversees Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO)… | Website | FERC | https://www.ferc.gov/powe… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Utility Rate Database | The Utility Rate Database (URDB) is a free storehouse of rate structure information from utilities… | Website | Utility Rate Database | https://openei.org/wiki/U… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis | The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) examines issues related to energy… | Website | IEEFA | https://ieefa.org/search?… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Betting big on data centers, U.S. now leads world for new gas power development | The U.S. leads globally in gas-fired power capacity development, with nearly 252 GW planned, primar… | Research | Global Energy Monitor | https://globalenergymonit… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Data Centers Won Billions in Tax Breaks. Some States Are Balking | States are reconsidering tax exemptions for data centers due to rising costs and limited job creati… | News | Bloomberg Tax | https://news.bgov.com/dai… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation : NPR | Electricity prices climb more than twice as fast as inflation nationally. In Florida, summer bills… | News | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2025/… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Energy bills could go up 50% by 2039 as Dominion unveils plan to meet unprecedented demand | WRIC A… | Dominion Energy projects a 50% increase in residential electric bills by 2039 due to rising electri… | News | WRIC ABC 8News | https://www.wric.com/news… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Data center boom fuels PJM power cost increases as states move to shield ratepayers – DCD | Rising energy costs in the PJM Interconnection grid are driven by the growth of data centers, leadi… | News | DataCenterDynamics | https://www.datacenterdyn… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | ComEd Bills Likely to Remain High, as AI, Data Centers Drain Power | ComEd customers are facing high electric bills with no relief expected, as demand from data centers… | News | Chicago Sun Times | https://chicago.suntimes…. | View |
| April 24, 2026 | How AI Data Centers Are Sending Your Power Bill Soaring | Bloomberg's analysis of 25,000 wholesale electricity pricing nodes reveals that power costs ha… | News | Bloomberg News | https://www.bloomberg.com… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it. – The Washington Post | After Saline Township, Michigan voted against a proposal to convert 250 acres of farmland into a da… | News | The Washington Post | https://www.washingtonpos… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Largest Data Centers around the world with over 1GW Capacity Under Construction | This industry roundup profiles over a dozen gigawatt-scale data centers under construction globally… | News | Construction Review Online | https://constructionrevie… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Meta’s New AI Data Center Is The Size Of 70 Football Fields And Residents Are Left ‘Sca… | Meta plans a $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana the size of 70 football fields, requiring a $3… | News | BGR / Yahoo News | https://www.yahoo.com/new… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand | A Louisiana PSC filing reveals Entergy Louisiana's plan to build 2.2 GW of new gas-fired power… | News | POWER Magazine | https://www.powermag.com/… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Redefining data center power strategies in the AI era | Utility Dive | Nearly one in five data center campuses target gigawatt scale by 2030. This sponsored Bloom Energy… | News | Utility Dive | https://www.utilitydive.c… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | The Unequal Burden of Data-Centers: An Examination of the Environmental and Public Health Impacts o… | In California, 82 percent of data centers sit in communities with poor air quality, 65 percent in a… | Report, Research | Kapor Foundation | https://kaporfoundation.o… | View |
| April 24, 2026 | Hyperscaler Data Centers: Financing Solutions for Large-Scale Projects | Understanding the core financing strategies is critical for developers, investors and corporate tre… | Experts | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates | https://www.skadden.com/i… | View |