Elizabeth Ferris and Darren Thorne are running for the West Virginia State Senate in the 15th District. Thorne voted for a bill that made West Virginia the only state in the union that strips localities of their authority to challenge data centers in their communities. Ferris wants to restore local control over data centers.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on the building of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday. Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that data centers are one of the biggest driving forces for jobs in the future. Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-1 to reject a proposed expansion of a data center AI campus in Palm Beach.
There are more than 3,000 data centers in the U.S. and another 1,500 in development. 7 in 10 Americans oppose the construction of AI data centers, citing higher utility bills, pollution, noise and the loss of green space. Data centers hold computer servers that process words, images and lines of code for large language models. They also use high amounts of water and electricity. There is growing opposition to the infrastructure surrounding them, especially the transmission lines needed to power them, which often must cross land belonging to private citizens. The government can take private land without consent if the seizure is for “public use” and if the landowner is given “just
Niall Ferguson, John-Clark Levin and Eli Lake discuss the rise of Holocaust denial and the discourse around Lindsey Graham's death. New York became the first state in America to ban new data center construction. Three of President Trump’s nominees faced Senate confirmation hearings yesterday.
Elizabeth Ferris and Darren Thorne are running for the West Virginia State Senate in the 15th District. Thorne voted for a bill that made West Virginia the only state in the union that strips localities of their authority to challenge data centers in their communities. Ferris wants to restore local control over data centers.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a one-year moratorium on the building of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday. Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that data centers are one of the biggest driving forces for jobs in the future. Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-1 to reject a proposed expansion of a data center AI campus in Palm Beach.
There are more than 3,000 data centers in the U.S. and another 1,500 in development. 7 in 10 Americans oppose the construction of AI data centers, citing higher utility bills, pollution, noise and the loss of green space. Data centers hold computer servers that process words, images and lines of code for large language models. They also use high amounts of water and electricity. There is growing opposition to the infrastructure surrounding them, especially the transmission lines needed to power them, which often must cross land belonging to private citizens. The government can take private land without consent if the seizure is for “public use” and if the landowner is given “just
Niall Ferguson, John-Clark Levin and Eli Lake discuss the rise of Holocaust denial and the discourse around Lindsey Graham's death. New York became the first state in America to ban new data center construction. Three of President Trump’s nominees faced Senate confirmation hearings yesterday.