Public backlash against data center development is reaching a fever pitch, and elected officials in Chicago and Illinois are firmly in the crosshairs. Local politicians are staring down the same Catch ...

Republicans’ growing skepticism of data centers is forcing President Trump to balance his steadfast support for the industry with pushback from his party ahead of ...

Data centers have gone from a niche policy issue to one of the most controversial topics of the midterm elections. Fewer than 30% of Americans support a data center being built in their community and ...

This story is a collaboration between the Illinois Answers Project and the Chicago Tribune. More than a dozen data centers near O’Hare International Airport are receiving tens of millions of dollars ...

Marion County joined more than 20 other Indiana counties in banning data centers, at least through 2027. The moratorium passed with the support of Mayor Joe Hogsett and the City-County Council. While ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced significant restrictions on data center projects Tuesday, signing an executive order to stop “predatory” backers and “bad proposals from infecting our ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The University of Michigan is piloting a gradeless program for first-semester freshmen starting next year. All students in the university’s College of Literature, Science ...

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is introducing what he calls a "data center bill of rights" as voters nationwide recoil from potential utility rate hikes by the facilities that power artificial intelligence ...

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SACRAMENTO, California — Democratic officials from 24 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Monday to block the Department of Homeland Security from viewing personal ...

The top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is promising an aggressive legislative agenda to address rising electricity demand from data centers should his party regain power ...