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Senate reaches bipartisan deal on permitting bill to speed approvals of new energy projects

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

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Voters don't like data centers. They really don't like them close to home

Fifty-eight percent of U.S. voters say the construction of new data centers by tech will mostly have a negative effect on the country. And 65% of voters oppose construction in their communities.

By Matt Loffman

Politics Sep 16

FILE PHOTO: Construction of Microsoft's ATL11 data center in Union City
The one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, according to this poll

Americans have grown more concerned about the environmental impacts of artificial intelligence over the last year, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Linley Sanders, Associated Press

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FILE PHOTO: Data Centers in Virginia, U.S.
Pennsylvania Democrat targets data centers in drive to oust Republican from House seat

Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we’re not for sale” in a new TV ad.

By Marc Levy, Associated Press

Politics Oct 31

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