TechCrunch
SoftBank to Spend €75 Billion Making France the Data Center Capital of the World, Probably
SoftBank commits €75 billion to build French data centers, because where else would you store all those AI-generated sonnets about baguettes?
2026-05-31
TechCrunch
2026-05-19
Inside Climate News
Corpus Christi Says Data Centers, Not Just Thirst, Driving Fight Over Emergency Water Supply
Corpus Christi is building a pipeline before it has permits to drill for emergency water, and city leaders suspect a secret data center plan is why the tiny town of Sinton is blocking the project.
2026-05-17
Grist
Chevron Asks Texas for a School District Tax Break to Build a Gas Plant for Microsoft's Data Center, Because of Course
Chevron wants a $227 million tax break from Texas schools to build a gas plant for Microsoft's data center, because nothing says 'good neighbor' like asking for a handout while emitting more CO2 than Jamaica.
2026-05-16
TechCrunch
Data Centers Have Found a New Thing to Gobble Up: America's Power Grid Prices (Up 76%)
Data centers are eating the U.S. power grid alive, and PJM's response has been about as helpful as a screen door on a submarine.
Inside Climate News
Virginia Governor Signs Bills That Make Data Centers Pay Their Damn Electric Bill, Mostly
Virginia signs bills making data centers pay more for electricity, but not as much as originally planned, while Dominion gets to bury lines at $900,000 a mile.
2026-05-15
Inside Climate News
Pennsylvanians to Data Centers: You Can Keep Your ‘Booming Industry,’ We’ll Take Sanity
Pennsylvanians are not thrilled about the state becoming a data center paradise, with a town hall full of complaints about rising costs, water use, and feeling bulldozed by development.
2026-05-14
Ars Technica
NV Energy Kicks Lake Tahoe to the Curb So Data Centers Can Have All the Juice
NV Energy tells 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents to find their own power because data centers need the electricity more - proving that even ski towns can't compete with AI's insatiable hunger.
2026-05-13
The Guardian
Utah Approves Datacenter Bigger Than Two Manhattans; Great Salt Lake Not Thrilled
Utah approves a datacenter twice the size of Manhattan that needs more power than the entire state uses, and locals are not thrilled about the Great Salt Lake becoming a casualty of AI ambition.
2026-05-12
Inside Climate News
EPA Proposes Letting Gas Plants and Data Centers Build First, Ask for Pollution Permits Later
The EPA wants to let companies pour foundations and run pipes for gas plants and data centers before getting air permits, because who needs clean air when you have AI to build?
2026-05-03
Grist
California's Data Center Boom: 300+ Facilities and a Thirst That Could Rival Your Entire Garden
California's 300+ data centers are thirsty, and the Imperial Valley is about to get a 750,000-gallon-a-day straw - but at least the developer did his homework.
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