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Shapiro’s Data Center Order is Too Little Too Late For Impacted Communities
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order restricting data center development. It stops short of a pause and skips tax incentives estimated to cost the state $2 billion by 2031. The order requires developers to generate their own power, and a Food & Water Watch analysis finds these off-grid plants often use dirtier natural…
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Lifetime cost per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of various electricity generation methods – Alternative Press
This resource compares the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) across six electricity generation methods, showing that utility-scale solar and onshore wind are now the most cost-competitive options. The data is relevant to data center energy debates, where communities and advocates can use LCOE comparisons to challenge claims that fossil fuel or nuclear generation is needed…
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Natural Gas Forecast & Price Predictions 2025, 2026, 2030
This natural gas market analysis from trading platform NAGA tracks 2025–2030 price forecasts, drawing on EIA projections, Dallas Fed surveys, and Fitch/Deloitte outlooks. It covers supply-demand dynamics including LNG export growth, storage inventories, and production trends. For data center advocates, rising natural gas prices signal increasing electricity costs and grid strain — key context for…
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How Dominion is thinking about nuclear for data centers
Dominion Energy, which serves Virginia's "data center alley," is navigating growing hyperscaler demand for nuclear power while facing significant construction and permitting barriers. The utility forecasts 15 GW of data center load by 2040 and is building over 50 new substations, but acknowledges that small modular reactors (SMRs) won't enter its generation mix for about…
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Ask a Scientist: A Data Center Was Proposed in My Town. Now What? – Union of Concerned Scientists
When a data center is proposed, communities have multiple opportunities to get involved—from local permitting and public utility commission proceedings to demanding transparency about energy, water, emissions, and costs. The piece encourages residents to organize early and push for ratepayer protections, clean energy, less-polluting backup power, and greater public accountability rather than accepting data center…
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An Investor Guide to Addressing Electric Power Risk from Data Center Growth
The rapid buildout of data centers across the U.S. is requiring vast amounts of new electricity to fuel the AI boom. Data centers currently use more than 4% to 5% of U.S. electricity, and that is only set to expand. Along with real opportunities, the growing demand for electricity to power AI data centers creates…
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms