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Community benefits, not moratoriums, should guide Indiana’s debate on data centers

  • Rob Henderson

As more Hoosier communities debate data centers, a growing number of local governments are reaching for moratoriums. Nearly a third of Indiana counties have adopted data center restrictions, with Indianapolis now considering a temporary halt of its own. Concerns about water, power, taxes, infrastructure and transparency deserve serious answers. But moratoriums can have unintended, far-reaching […]

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Beshear to issue executive order to protect against ‘harmful impacts’ of data centers

  • Liam Niemeyer

Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s signing an executive order to protect Kentuckians “against any harmful impacts from potential data centers,” directing the state utility regulator and environmental protection officials to take specific actions on data centers.  During a Thursday press conference, Beshear said economic wins “can never come at the cost of the […]