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Maine Moves to Pause New Data Centers as Bangor Fast-Tracks Local Freeze

The goal is to set clear rules for data centers before permits go forward.

Pennsylvania House Passes Data Center Energy Bill

Kentucky Family Rejects $26 Million as AI Data Center Plan Shifts to Rezoning

Texas Becomes the Hub for AI Data Centers With Private Gas Power Plans

New York Weighs Guardrails for Data Centers as Pennsylvania Tests Rate Protections

TransAlta, CPP Investments and Brookfield Sign Keephills Data Centre MOU With 230 MW Start and 1 GW Potential

Pritzker Proposes Two-Year Pause on Illinois Data Center Tax Credits

Data Center Backlash Intensifies as States Weigh Pauses and Congress Targets Power Costs

Starboard Presses Riot Platforms to Fast-Track AI Data Center Pivot

Vertiv Lifts 2026 Outlook Well Above Wall Street as AI Data-Center Orders Surge

Hood County Votes Down Pause on Data Center Projects

TotalEnergies Inks 15-Year, 1 GW Solar PPAs to Power Google’s Texas Data Centers

Shapiro Unveils Guardrails for AI Data Centers Requiring Developers to Fund Power

PJM Manages Record Cold-Driven Demand Under DOE Emergency Order

Georgia Lawmakers Unveil Bills to Rein In Data Centers, Including a Statewide Moratorium Proposal

White House, 13 Governors Press PJM to Run 15-Year Auction to Make Tech Fund New Power

Microsoft Pledges to Cover Local Grid and Water Impacts From AI Data Centers

OpenAI and SoftBank Invest $1 Billion in SB Energy to Accelerate 1.2 GW Texas AI Data Center and Clean Power

Cotton Bill Would Exempt Fully Off‑Grid Data‑Center Power From Federal Utility Rules

Lordstown Approves 180-Day Data Center Moratorium, Creates Study Committee