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Yale School of the Environment4 months ago
Data Centers, Urban Heat, and AI Growth
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WSMV4 months ago
Gallatin officials annex 125 acres of land near Meta data center campus
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Cowboy State Daily4 months ago
Hageman Demands Answers From Zuckerberg About Cheyenne Data Center Contamination
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Forbes4 months ago
Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System
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ABC7 WWSB4 months ago
Sarasota County blocks hyperscale data centers for at least one year
Sarasota County blocks hyperscale data centers for at least one year  ABC7 WWSB
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Pulse 2.04 months ago
CleanCore Solutions Closes First AI Data Center Project With 200 MW West Texas Campus
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Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (.gov)4 months ago
Hageman Demands Answers from Meta Over Data Center Water Contamination
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deceleration.news4 months ago
Data Centers Are Building Power Plants Near Neighborhoods—That May Play Into Some South San Antonio Ambitions
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Fortune4 months ago
Microsoft’s emissions surged 25% in 2025 during data center boom
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Data Center Knowledge4 months ago
Meta’s First Canadian AI Campus Was Planned Around the Grid
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GovTech4 months ago
Kansas Prepares for State’s First Hyperscale Data Center
Kansas Prepares for State’s First Hyperscale Data Center  GovTech
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Pipeline and Gas Journal4 months ago
Meta to Build $9.2 Billion Alberta Data Center, First in Canada
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City of Gary Common Council4 months ago
Community Forum | Truth about Nipsco & Data Centers
JULY 15TH 2026 | 555 POLK STREET PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY ROOM 5:00PM-7:00PM
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Yahoo Finance4 months ago
Meta Platforms To Build $9 Billion A.I. Data Centre In Canada
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Newswise4 months ago
JMU Experts Available to Discuss Data Center Challenges, Opportunities | Newswise
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24/7 Wall St.4 months ago
Meta Plans to Sell AI Compute - So Why Spend $10 Billion to Build Even More Data Centers?
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The Texas Tribune4 months ago
Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries
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E&E News by POLITICO4 months ago
Meta to invest $10B in Alberta data center
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Virginia Mercury4 months ago
Prince William supervisors reject Dulles Cloud South data center proposal
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NOTUS4 months ago
How Northern Virginia Became ‘Data Center Alley’ - News of the United States
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Yahoo Finance4 months ago
Microsoft (MSFT) Just Opened Another AI Data Center. Why Is The Stock Still Struggling?
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Indiatimes4 months ago
NFD Korea Plans 300 MW AI Data Center Campus in South Korea
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AP News4 months ago
Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US
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The Japan Times4 months ago
Meta to build first data center in Canada in expansion of global fleet
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Architecture & Design4 months ago
Hyperscale data centre campus proposed for remote Northern Territory
Hyperscale data centre campus proposed for remote Northern Territory  Architecture & Design
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Reuters4 months ago
Meta to build C$13 billion Alberta data center, its first in Canada
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FOX 5 Atlanta4 months ago
Douglas County leaders deny data center project
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Michigan Advance4 months ago
Researchers stress case-by-case approach when evaluating Michigan data center deals
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Cowboy State Daily4 months ago
Say Hello To Google, The Mystery Owner Behind Wyoming's Largest Data Center Project
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Barron's4 months ago
Meta To Build $9 Billion Data Center In Western Canada
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MSN4 months ago
Meta to build $13B AI data center in Alberta
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Dallas News4 months ago
Rogers: Don’t let data centers skirt water management
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TechNewsWorld4 months ago
Report Urges States to Lead Data Center Water Oversight
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Colorado Public Radio4 months ago
Colorado’s biggest data center wants to add another 98 diesel backup generators
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Flatwater Free Press4 months ago
Data centers can guzzle serious water. As some Nebraskans worry, tech giants seek solutions.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal4 months ago
Citizens share AI data center concerns at Lubbock public meeting
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WVIA Public Media4 months ago
Public health expert finds backup generators for data center campus in Archbald could have negative health impacts for residents
Public health expert finds backup generators for data center campus in Archbald could have negative health impacts for residents  WVIA Public Media
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The Guardian4 months ago
Wyoming tightens wastewater rules after Meta datacenter contractor flushed contaminated water
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Data Center Dynamics4 months ago
AWS files for $1.2bn data center campus outside Houston, Texas
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CNBC4 months ago
Meta is building its first big Canadian data center as AI expansion crosses the border
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Meta Store4 months ago
Breaking Ground on Meta’s First Data Center in Canada
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Yahoo4 months ago
Ontario homeowner thought he'd never leave, then a hyperscale data center was proposed steps away
Ontario homeowner thought he'd never leave, then a hyperscale data center was proposed steps away  Yahoo
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crossroadstoday.com4 months ago
Amazon Data Center campus proposed for Wharton County
Amazon Data Center campus proposed for Wharton County  crossroadstoday.com
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NBC4 Washington4 months ago
Prince William supervisors kill plan for massive 2,000-acre data center campus
Prince William supervisors kill plan for massive 2,000-acre data center campus  NBC4 Washington
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Scranton Times-Tribune4 months ago
Stop Archbald Data Centers makes case against proposed Wildcat Ridge campus
Stop Archbald Data Centers makes case against proposed Wildcat Ridge campus  Scranton Times-Tribune
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Business Insider4 months ago
A Wyoming city found a rare bacterium in wastewater tied to a Meta data center
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WJLA4 months ago
Prince William County Board of Supervisors rejects plans for 2,000-acre data center
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CommercialSearch4 months ago
Anthropic Eyes 400 MW Data Center Campus
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Kentucky Lantern4 months ago
See where data center developers are looking to build in Kentucky
See where data center developers are looking to build in Kentucky  Kentucky Lantern
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Montgomery Advertiser4 months ago
Do golf courses use more water than data centers?
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Axios4 months ago
Data center electricity use has skyrocketed in Tennessee and beyond
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inc.com4 months ago
Meta’s AI Data Center in Cheyenne Isn’t Even Open Yet. It Has Already Triggered a Wastewater Crackdown
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WPR4 months ago
Wisconsin energy demand to rise 40 percent by 2032, driven by data centers, draft report finds
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KFOX4 months ago
Meta data center water cap set at 2.5M gallons a day; average pegged at 480,000
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CNBC4 months ago
TeraWulf shares soar after Anthropic leases data center in Kentucky
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Axios4 months ago
Meta, Google invest in skilled worker training to build Virginia data centers
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Chicago Tribune4 months ago
Data center developer reverses course in Hoffman Estates, days before vote on controversial plan
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Futurism4 months ago
Meta’s AI Data Center Caught Leaking Deadly Bacteria Into Water Town Uses for Irrigation
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Governor of Virginia (.gov)4 months ago
NEW: Governor Spanberger Highlights First-of-Its-Kind Data Center Energy Consumption Tax in Politico Interview
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Cleveland.com4 months ago
Ohio’s AI data center boom is fueling a natural gas power rush
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