After Marana approved rezoning for a new data center Tuesday night, and Pima County closed on the land sale for Project Blue on Christmas Eve, the two projects are now neck-and-neck to be the first large-scale data center in Southern Arizona.

Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton is pushing legislation aimed at encouraging data center operators to build their own power supplies outside the nation’s electric grid by exempting them from most federal electricity regulations.

Regulators' approval of power supply contracts the Oracle and OpenAI data center in Saline Township without formal outside scrutiny "serves only the interests of DTE and the billion-dollar businesses involved,

Florida lawmakers are poised to consider new regulations for large data centers, the sprawling, energy-intensive facilities that power artificial intelligence programs and can drive up electricity costs for residents.

Neighbors are pleased to hear that Ozaukee County officials and the developer behind the Port Washington data center complex are now supporting an alternative power line route.

A major data center complex that would be served by 2.7 GW of new natural gas-fired generation has been given the go-ahead by county commissioners in Wyoming.

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