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May 25, 2026	Data center regulations elude Colorado lawmakers — again — as state grapples with booming indus… (opens in a new tab)	Summaries the data center legislation, both subsidies and guardrails, that was attempted but not fi…	News	Denver Post	drive.google.com/file/d/1… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Data center regulations elude Colorado lawmakers — again — as state grapples with booming industry
May 9, 2026	A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water… (opens in a new tab)	Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered tw…	News	Politico	politico.com/news/2026/05… (opens in a new tab)	View details for A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
May 7, 2026	Homer City Generation Site Redevelopment — PA DEP Regulatory Documents (opens in a new tab)	In Indiana County, Pennsylvania, the decommissioned 2 GW Homer City coal plant is converting to a 3…	Website	Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection	pa.gov/agencies/dep/dep-r… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Homer City Generation Site Redevelopment — PA DEP Regulatory Documents
May 5, 2026	Data Centers Have a PFAS Problem (opens in a new tab)	In Virginia's Loudoun County, data centers use PFAS — forever chemicals — in cooling syste…	News	Sierra Club	sierraclub.org/sierra/dat… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Data Centers Have a PFAS Problem
May 4, 2026	How a Single Piece of Heavy Machinery Is Reshaping the AI Race (opens in a new tab)	The artificial intelligence (AI) race has always had multiple bottlenecks. Chips, capital, tale…	News	National Interest	nationalinterest.org/blog… (opens in a new tab)	View details for How a Single Piece of Heavy Machinery Is Reshaping the AI Race
May 4, 2026	New Evidence on Data Center Employment Effects (opens in a new tab)	What has been largely missing from the data center debate is rigorous evidence on the economic effe…	Research	Brookings Institute	brookings.edu/articles/ne… (opens in a new tab)	View details for New Evidence on Data Center Employment Effects
May 2, 2026	Data centers used to be a prize. States are having second thoughts. (opens in a new tab)	At least 28 of the 38 states offering data center tax incentives now weigh legislation to end or sh…	News	POLITICO	politico.com/news/2026/05… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Data centers used to be a prize. States are having second thoughts.
May 1, 2026	The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer: Opposition to Data Centers (opens in a new tab)	Americans have soured on data centers, polls show, and the sentiment is profoundly bipartisan. How…	News	The New York Times	nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us… (opens in a new tab)	View details for The Most Bipartisan Issue Since Beer: Opposition to Data Centers
May 1, 2026	Reliability Guideline: Risk Mitigation for Emerging Large Loads (opens in a new tab)	NERC's preliminary reliability guideline addresses how data centers, cryptocurrency mining fac…	Report	NERC	nerc.com/globalassets/who… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Reliability Guideline: Risk Mitigation for Emerging Large Loads
April 29, 2026	The US Is Fighting for Control of AI. It Would Be Better Off Building Standards. (opens in a new tab)	Despite shaping internet governance for decades through ICANN and core protocols, the US holds no e…	Interview/opinion News	TechPolicy.Press	techpolicy.press/the-us-i… (opens in a new tab)	View details for The US Is Fighting for Control of AI. It Would Be Better Off Building Standards.
April 22, 2026	Data Center Tax Abatements: Why States and Localities Must Disclose These Soaring Revenue Losses (opens in a new tab)	Fourteen states and scores of localities fail to disclose data center tax abatement revenue losses,…	Report	Good Jobs First	goodjobsfirst.org/data-ce… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Data Center Tax Abatements: Why States and Localities Must Disclose These Soaring Revenue Losses
April 19, 2026	Helium Crisis Delays AI Data Centers 6 Months, Boosts Storage 20% (opens in a new tab)	Qatar helium shortages idle ASML EUV lithography tools, cutting TSMC and Samsung chip output 30% an…	News	Energy Storage News	energystoragenews.org/art… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Helium Crisis Delays AI Data Centers 6 Months, Boosts Storage 20%
April 15, 2026	A People’s History of the Fight Against xAI (opens in a new tab)	Community leaders in South Memphis take on xAI's Colossus 1 data center after the Greater Memp…	News	Memphis Flyer	memphisflyer.com/a-people… (opens in a new tab)	View details for A People’s History of the Fight Against xAI
April 9, 2026	Maine Legislature Votes for a Moratorium on Data Centers (opens in a new tab)	Lawmakers have given final approval to a moratorium on data centers larger than 20 megawatts — th…	News	Maine Morning Star	mainemorningstar.com/2026… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Maine Legislature Votes for a Moratorium on Data Centers
April 9, 2026	The Hidden Costs of Virginia’s Data Center Subsidy and How They Undermine Public Schools (opens in a new tab)	Virginia's data center sales tax exemption cost the state $1.02 billion in fiscal year 2024. G…	Report	Good Jobs First	goodjobsfirst.org/the-hid… (opens in a new tab)	View details for The Hidden Costs of Virginia’s Data Center Subsidy and How They Undermine Public Schools
April 8, 2026	Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers (opens in a new tab)	Harvard biostatistician Michael Cork estimates $53 million to $99 million in annual health damages…	News Research	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	hsph.harvard.edu/news/ana… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Analyzing air pollution health, economic risks from AI data centers
April 8, 2026	Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum (opens in a new tab)	Despite a $458 million tax incentive package for a data center campus, Port Washington, Wisconsin,…	News	The Hill	thehill.com/policy/techno… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum
April 8, 2026	Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards – WSJ (opens in a new tab)	Residents in Ohio and other states use AI to analyze zoning filings, environmental reports and publ…	News	Wall Street Journal	wsj.com/pro/sustainable-b… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Locals Are Using AI to Fight Data Centers Being Built in Their Backyards – WSJ
April 8, 2026	Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum (opens in a new tab)	Voters in Port Washington, Wisconsin approve the nation's first anti-data center referendum by…	News	POLITICO	politico.com/news/2026/04… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum
April 8, 2026	Big Tech Cash for the Backlash (opens in a new tab)	Millions of dollars from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation flow to internationally active ant…	Report Research	Noor / Institute for Journalism and Social Change (IJSC)	wearenoor.org/4347-2-big-… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Big Tech Cash for the Backlash
April 8, 2026	Texas losing a billion dollars a year on data center tax break (opens in a new tab)	Texas forfeits at least $3.1 billion in sales tax revenue over two years through a data center exem…	News	Texas Tribune	texastribune.org/2026/04/… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Texas losing a billion dollars a year on data center tax break
April 7, 2026	Mapped: U.S. States Moving to Restrict Data Centers (opens in a new tab)	Despite hundreds of announced projects, 11 U.S. states propose temporary bans or conditional restri…	Map News	Visual Capitalist	visualcapitalist.com/mapp… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Mapped: U.S. States Moving to Restrict Data Centers
April 7, 2026	Helium Crisis Tightens Grip On Global Chip Supply Chain (opens in a new tab)	Iranian strikes near the Strait of Hormuz take Qatar's Ras Laffan helium facility — source o…	News	Forbes	forbes.com/sites/tiriasre… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Helium Crisis Tightens Grip On Global Chip Supply Chain
April 7, 2026	In Massive Victory, Community Stops Monterey Park Data Center (opens in a new tab)	HMC Capital withdraws its Monterey Park, California data center application after community leaders…	News	Food & Water Watch	foodandwaterwatch.org/202… (opens in a new tab)	View details for In Massive Victory, Community Stops Monterey Park Data Center
April 6, 2026	Commentary: It’s time to halt the AI data center boom \| Counterpoint – Orlando Sentinel (opens in a new tab)	Food & Water Watch managing director Mitch Jones traces how AI data center energy demand is set…	News	Orlando Sentinel	orlandosentinel.com/2026/… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Commentary: It’s time to halt the AI data center boom \| Counterpoint – Orlando Sentinel
April 6, 2026	Opposition to Data Centers Grows in Mass. Cities and Towns (Lowell Moratorium) (opens in a new tab)	Lowell, Massachusetts passes a unanimous yearlong moratorium on data center development, the first…	News	WBUR News (Boston)	wbur.org/news/2026/04/06/… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Opposition to Data Centers Grows in Mass. Cities and Towns (Lowell Moratorium)
April 3, 2026	Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New Data Centers – Gadget Review (opens in a new tab)	The article explains that Maine is on track to become the <strong>first U.S. state to temporarily b…	News	Gadget Review	gadgetreview.com/maine-is… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New Data Centers – Gadget Review
April 3, 2026	AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong? (opens in a new tab)	Despite clean-energy pledges, Microsoft, Google and Meta build dedicated natural gas power plants f…	News	TechCrunch	techcrunch.com/2026/04/03… (opens in a new tab)	View details for AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?
April 2, 2026	Not all data center commitments are created equal \| Latitude Media (opens in a new tab)	Utilities report 187 gigawatts of data center load commitments across 19 regulated utilities, but J…	News	Latitude Media	latitudemedia.com/news/no… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Not all data center commitments are created equal \| Latitude Media
April 2, 2026	How energy demand from data centers nationwide will impact Pennsylvania – The Allegheny Front (opens in a new tab)	Clean Air Council, Clean Energy Group and Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania map how…	News	The Allegheny Front	alleghenyfront.org/energy… (opens in a new tab)	View details for How energy demand from data centers nationwide will impact Pennsylvania – The Allegheny Front
April 2, 2026	Ranked: U.S. States Building the Most Data Centers (opens in a new tab)	Texas tops the U.S. data center pipeline with 962 total sites — operational, under construction a…	News	Visual Capitalist	visualcapitalist.com/rank… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Ranked: U.S. States Building the Most Data Centers
April 1, 2026	Data & Society — Pennsylvania’s Power (opens in a new tab)	Several proposed Pennsylvania bills seek to fast-track data center and AI infrastructure by overrid…	Report Research	Data & Society Research Institute	datasociety.net/library/p… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Data & Society — Pennsylvania’s Power
March 31, 2026	VICTORY: Court Ruling Halts Destructive Data Centers Adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park (opens in a new tab)	Virginia's Court of Appeals upholds a ruling voiding the rezoning behind the Prince William Di…	News	National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)	npca.org/articles/11368-v… (opens in a new tab)	View details for VICTORY: Court Ruling Halts Destructive Data Centers Adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park
March 30, 2026	The 5-Year Legal War: How a Small County Finally Shut Down a Deafening Bitcoin Mine (opens in a new tab)	Residents of Washington County, Tennessee win a five-year legal fight to close a CleanSpark Bitcoin…	News	ABC Money	abcmoney.co.uk/2026/03/th… (opens in a new tab)	View details for The 5-Year Legal War: How a Small County Finally Shut Down a Deafening Bitcoin Mine
March 30, 2026	Redefining data center power strategies in the AI era \| Utility Dive (opens in a new tab)	Nearly one in five data center campuses target gigawatt scale by 2030. This sponsored Bloom Energy…	News	Utility Dive	utilitydive.com/spons/red… (opens in a new tab)	View details for Redefining data center power strategies in the AI era \| Utility Dive