"Data Centers Used To Be A Prize. States Are Having Second Thoughts."
"Legislators in at least 28 states this year introduced bills that would roll back tax incentives for the energy-hungry facilities."
Source: E&E News, 05/04/2026
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Calif. Will Soon Have 300+ Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water?
"A proposed data center in the Imperial Valley would need 750,000 gallons of water a day. Satisfying the thirst of 24 more facilities expected to open in the state will be challenging, experts and officials say."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/30/2026
"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts"
"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."
Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2026
Gas-Fired Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
"A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year."
Source: WIRED, 04/24/2026
"‘The Absolute Edge Of Precedent’: FERC Prepares To Take On Data Centers"
"The commission is pushing to get data centers onto the grid, and fast. The high-stakes move could tip the balance of regulatory power against the states."
Source: E&E News, 04/21/2026
Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River
"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 04/21/2026
"Capital Control: States Strip Power From Cities, Counties"
"Climate change and the energy transition are driving a wave of state laws overriding local governments, with both parties driving their preferred policies."
Source: E&E News, 04/17/2026
AI Boom Derailed Clean-Air Push In One Of America's Most Polluted Cities
"Trump administration rolled back clean-air rules to support AI-driven electricity demand. St. Louis faces poor air quality and high health costs as coal plants remain online."
Source: Reuters, 04/13/2026
Photo Essay: Soaring W.Va. Utility Costs Are Surpassing Rents And Mortgages
"WEST COLUMBIA, W.Va. — Eric Pinson is obsessed with stacks of electric bills laid out in neat piles on his desk. He runs a camping trailer park in West Virginia not far from a planned data center — all in the shadow of an enormous coal-powered plant that recently received millions in funding from the Trump administration for upgrades.
Source: AP, 04/10/2026
"A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant"
"Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry."
Source: WIRED, 04/07/2026
