Amazon’s 3,000-acre data center in Wharton County, Texas moves forward despite Abbott’s data center “ban”An hour south of Houston, a 3,000-acre digital fortress is rising from farmland while the governor’s much-publicized data center ban dominates headlines. Regulators have approved Amazon’s campus near Boling in Wharton County, even though Gov. Greg Abbott announced his crackdown on Sept. 21. The order is a pause on new state permits, not a prohibition, […]Natural News1d agoWhole story →TechnologyPlanetGreg Abbotttexas data center permit pause
Trump defends data centers in Ohio, warns they’ll go to China if US turns them awayPresident Donald Trump defended the rapid buildout of massive data centers in Ohio on Saturday.New York Post3d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyHR 9340ohio midterm elections rally
New Mexico lawmakers urge data center ratepayer protectionsNew Mexico lawmakers asked utility regulators to develop rules protecting households and small businesses from electricity costs tied to growing data center demand.Albuquerque Journal5d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyHR 9340data center ratepayer protections
House committee backs bill sparing communities from ‘fake’ data center proposalsMore than a hundred data center proposals have popped up like mushrooms on the Pennsylvania map, and a House committee on Wednesday attempted to validate the “real” ones by backing a plan to weed out many others believed to be speculative grabs for money. The House Energy Committee approved aPittsburgh Tribune-Review5d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologydata center regulation
Inside the eight-figure plan to build data centers despite moratoriumsAcross the country, ordinary citizens are telling the data center industry a resounding NO, and the industry has answered with a war chest of its own. OpenAI, Blackstone, SoftBank and QTS have joined major construction unions to form the American Infrastructure Alliance. This “high eight-figure campaign” is designed to steer lawmakers away from…Natural News6d agoWhole story →BuildTechnologydata center moratoriums
Senate Democrats block data center bill, calling it 'toothless'Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have made states consider adopting ways to make data centerBreitbart News Network6d agoWhole story →PlanetTechnologyHR 9340ratepayer protection act vote
