Name: Gateway 1 Working Session (Intervention Research & Sharing)
Start: 2026-04-29T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-29T14:00:00-04:00

What Really Drives Data Center Location Decisions in the U.S.? | Rice Business Wisdom

The analysis examines data center location strategies in the U.S., highlighting the importance of proximity for third-party centers in urban areas and cost efficiency for cloud providers in low-density regions. […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts
Where the Cloud Rests: The Economic Geography of Data Centers

Over 96 percent of U.S. counties with third-party data centers are metropolitan areas where corporate buyers cluster. AWS, Google and Microsoft take a different approach, siting cloud facilities in fewer […]

Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
US-Iran War Analysis: Will Helium Crisis Hit Data Centres?

Qatar's helium production — roughly a third of global supply — froze after drone strikes shut down the Ras Laffan LNG facility during the US-Iran war. Semiconductor factories in Taiwan […]

Economic Impacts, Supply Chain
Data Centers in Virginia (JLARC Report 598)

A comprehensive review by Virginia's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) examining the full range of data center industry impacts in the state, including economic and fiscal benefits, energy […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts, Public Health Impacts
Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power – Environmental and Energy Law Program

A new paper reveals how utility ratepayers are funding discounted electricity rates for major tech companies like Amazon and Google, as utilities expand infrastructure to support data centers. This shift […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
Data centers drive buildout of gas power plants and pipelines in the Southeast | IEEFA

Southeast utilities and pipeline companies plan to build over 20,000 megawatts of natural gas power plants and expand pipeline capacity significantly over the next 15 years, driven largely by data […]

Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
Zoning and Land Use Considerations for Data Centers

Many local governments lack zoning codes for data centers' heavy power and water use. Loudoun County, Virginia and New Albany, Ohio use dedicated zoning frameworks to direct development, while vague […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Environmental Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
Could Data Centers Harm the US Housing Market?

Data center demand accounts for 63 percent of a $14.7 billion capacity bill on the PJM grid, costs that flow to households through higher utility bills. In Virginia, Ohio and […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
The Hidden Complexity of Data Center Siting

Data centers combine traits of infrastructure and industry that existing zoning codes rarely anticipate. Breaks down the dimensions planners evaluate when siting facilities — water capacity, electrical demand, transportation access, […]

Community & Social Impacts, Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts
How AI data centers are raising electric bills : Planet Money : NPR

This NPR Planet Money episode traces how AI data center growth is driving up residential electricity bills, with reporters going to Ohio to follow one electric bill back to its […]

Economic Impacts, Grid & Infrastructure Impacts

Impact Type: Economic Impacts

Where the Cloud Rests: The Economic Geography of Data Centers

US-Iran War Analysis: Will Helium Crisis Hit Data Centres?

Data centers drive buildout of gas power plants and pipelines in the Southeast | IEEFA

How AI data centers are raising electric bills : Planet Money : NPR

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