Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has proposed a consent decree that would allow the commonwealth's two largest coal-fired power plants — the Keystone Generating Station in Armstrong County and the Conemaugh Generating Station in …
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation — the federal-designated body responsible for keeping the U.S. bulk power system reliable — will issue a new alert in May escalating its previous warnings about data center load behavior. The short …
The North Carolina General Assembly returns to Raleigh today for its 2026 short session, and one of the few measures with visible bipartisan momentum is a proposal from Gov. Josh Stein (D) to modify or repeal the state's sales tax exemptions on data …
Today's throughline: everyone else is being asked to pay. The grid's federal reliability body says the current system can't absorb what's being built. A Southern governor is moving to stop absorbing the tax cost. And in Allen County, Ohio, a utility …
Amwell Township in Washington County, Pennsylvania will hold a public hearing on May 14, 2026, at 4:00 p.m. on a proposed zoning amendment that would, for the first time, define "data center" in township code and set out where such facilities could …
The Weaverville Town Council, in the Asheville metropolitan area, will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. on a proposed zoning text amendment "related to crypto mining, data centers." The notice states that "action may be …
Residents near the Vantage II data center in Sterling, Virginia are pressing Vantage Data Centers and the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors over round-the-clock noise and air-quality impacts from eight natural-gas turbines running as a microgrid …
Utah State Rep. Doug Fiefia — a former Google employee running for state senate — has seen his signature AI bill blocked with help from the Trump White House. Fiefia's proposal would have required AI companies to include child-safety protocols for …
At its annual conference in Hershey Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) convened a panel specifically to help township officials build data-center zoning ordinances before a developer proposal arrives. That's the …
Today's throughline: the zoning window. Three communities showing three positions on the timeline. A North Carolina town has its public hearing in six days. In Pennsylvania, the state township association spent yesterday urging colleagues to write …
AEP Ohio announced Tuesday it plans to build a new electric substation on property Google already owns for a data center campus in Sugar Creek Township, Allen County, and to construct four miles of 345-kilovolt transmission lines connecting that …
NPR published a sweeping analysis arguing that data center opposition has crossed the threshold from local land-use dispute to viable midterm campaign issue. The evidence is mounting fast. In Festus, Missouri, voters ousted all four incumbent …
AEP Ohio filed notice this week with the Ohio Power Siting Board for a new 345-kilovolt substation and a cluster of transmission lines in Licking County, serving a large customer development near New Albany. The filing is in two parts: - Case No …
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