Data center bills dominated this year’s General Assembly. Here’s what passed.

The rapid growth of Virginia’s data center industry was a key point of focus during the 2026 legislative session, as ...

Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainable

The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state. Companies ...
Marietta Times

Report urges Ohio lawmakers to nix data center tax breaks and require them to build their ...

By Nick Evans Special to The Times Research and advocacy nonprofit Innovation Ohio is urging state lawmakers to take a harder ...

Re-sized data center in Mesa sails to approval

EdgeCore will build a much smaller data center totaling 1.2 million square feet in southeast Mesa after cutting its original ...
CNBC

This university campus is heated by an AI data center. Your home could be next

AI’s energy problem may also be its solution, as hyperscalers and governments are increasingly exploring opportunities to repurpose excess heat from data centers. An Amazon Web Services data center in ...
St. Louis Magazine

Experts urge communities to exercise their leverage when negotiating data center pitches

Places can ask for ways to share the economic upside beyond tax revenue, like setting aside new computing power from data centers for local entities.
WGLT

Illinois lawmakers look to regulate data centers as local governments propose their own rules

Several local governments in Central Illinois are looking to create their own data center regulations as lawmakers have yet ...

New data center developments in South Carolina are shrouded in secrecy, residents say

Months after Colleton County citizen expressed outrage about a proposed data center, there are still questions. Secrecy is ...