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Data centers took center stage at the Utah Capitol Wednesday as lawmakers met to figure out where to focus their attention come 2027.
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Michigan
Joining U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett in downtown Lansing, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) called on residents of one of the nation’s most competitive House districts to send the Charlotte Republican back to Washington for a second term. “We came in to support Tom because this race is critically important,” Johnson told reporters Tuesday. “We […]
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When a data center’s walls are first raised on Utah land, neighboring property owners will likely get some tax relief. That break, however, is likely to be temporary. The enormous property values of data centers often carry complex tax questions for the municipalities that host them, a Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute brief says. What […]
New Mexico
A public hearing over whether the New Mexico Environment Department should issue an air quality permit for the controversial Project Jupiter data center is being rescheduled to September, according to newly filed documents.
Tennessee
Data centers, which store and facilitate data for computer applications, have become more ubiquitous in public discourse over the past few years as artificial intelligence, AI, tools have risen in prominence. In areas where the data centers have located, residents have reported constant low humming noises that disrupt everyday life. They’ve seen higher energy costs […]
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Concern about data center development in Utah and how it could affect the drying Great Salt Lake is migrating south.
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Critics of the Stratos data center are pushing for more details on the plan and criticizing the rapid pace of early approvals for the project.
Georgia
An organization that represents the data center industry is trying to get Georgians to think of the electricity-hungry facilities more favorably. Connected Georgia and its parent organization America Connects recently established a state presence when they created a website on June 15 and a YouTube channel the next week, where the organization published a 30-second […]
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The pledge asks large energy users and utilities to negotiate agreements so large load users, like data centers, are in a separate rate class and agree to cover the costs of their own power and infrastructure.
New Mexico
This week, another New Mexico county commission unanimously approved a data center moratorium.
