Name: Data Center Power & Utility Interconnection (Gateway 2)
Start: 2026-05-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T13:00:00-04:00

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May 12, 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, tinnitus and sleep disruption from 24/7 cooling fan noise measured at 90-100 decibels. A 2024 Earthjustice […]

Government & Policy, Noise, Public Health
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May 12, 2026

Compute and Consequence: AI Energy Demand in a Rapidly Evolving Grid Landscape

This As You Sow report examines how the AI-driven data center boom is fueling expansion of fossil gas plants and extending coal retirements, creating serious financial, regulatory, and climate risks […]

Big Tech, Energy, Financial Analysis, Government & Policy, Investor Engagement, Technology Policy, Utilities & Power
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May 6, 2026

Perspectives: The data center rush in Appalachia

Across West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky, tech companies target former coal regions for massive data center complexes. Covers proposals in Tucker, Wise and Wythe counties, West Virginia legislation stripping local […]

Big Tech, Community Organizing, Economic Analysis, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Jobs, Legal & Zoning, Public Engagement, Taxes, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 23, 2026

Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power

Secret utility contracts and rate-formula loopholes shift Big Tech's power infrastructure costs onto household electric bills across multiple states. Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative examines how Amazon, Google, Meta […]

Legal & Zoning, Utilities & Power
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April 21, 2026

A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers

A political battle is emerging over a proposed 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulation, which critics argue could facilitate the construction of data centers near residential areas without local input. […]

Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Zoning, Public Engagement, Technology Policy, Utilities & Power
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March 12, 2026

AN ACT relating to high intensity technological infrastructure (HB 937, KY)

Establishes planning permits and minimum standards required for data centers (and similar facilities), including water, electricity and community benefits agreements. Limits the ability of NDAs from preventing disclosure of basic […]
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March 12, 2026

AN ACT relating to high intensity technological infrastructure (HB 937, KY)
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March 12, 2026

AN ACT relating to data centers. (SB 330, KY)
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March 12, 2026

AN ACT relating to data centers. (SB 330, KY)

Prohibits public agencies from entering into NDAs regarding data centers beyond what is authorized by state law. Requires public disclosure of information with data center-related approvals, including financial incentives and […]
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March 12, 2026

AN ACT relating to data centers. (HB 319, KY)

State: Kentucky

AN ACT relating to high intensity technological infrastructure (HB 937, KY)

AN ACT relating to high intensity technological infrastructure (HB 937, KY)

AN ACT relating to data centers. (SB 330, KY)

AN ACT relating to data centers. (SB 330, KY)

AN ACT relating to data centers. (HB 319, KY)

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