Nation May 18 NextEra seeks Dominion to create massive power company as AI drives energy demand By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press
Nation Apr 09 States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels. By Jessica Hill, Associated Press
Nation Apr 09 'Why is this so high?' Electric bills in West Virginia now top mortgages despite Trump's promises West Virginians are angry and perplexed over soaring utility costs in one of the most energy-rich, yet poorest, corners of America, where families have been forced to choose between paying for food or heat. By Margie Mason, Associated Press
Nation Apr 07 Indianapolis councilman says shots fired at home and 'No Data Centers' note left at door An Indiana politician says someone fired 13 shots at his front door and left behind a note reading “No Data Centers” on his doorstep. By Associated Press
Politics Mar 25 WATCH: Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders push bill to impose AI data center moratorium A bill introduced by two high-profile progressive lawmakers would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers and ensure the technologies don’t harm the environment. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Mar 11 Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it's time to scrap its tax breaks By Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America, Marc Levy, Associated Press Over the past 18 years, Virginia became the world's largest data hub. The debate taking place there comes as dozens of communities nationwide are fighting data centers in local zoning meetings. Continue reading
Mar 08 Landowners and local communities fight back on AI-driven expansion of high-voltage power lines By Marc Levy, Associated Press Although advances in AI are seen by President Trump as critical to the nation’s economic and national security, their energy needs are threatening to overwhelm the power grid — leaving landowners and local communities caught in the middle. Continue reading
Mar 04 WATCH: Trump hosts AI leaders to sign pledge that households won't bear utility bill increases By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump invited technology companies to the White House on Wednesday to commit to developing their own power generation as he tries to ease tensions over the cost of electricity used by data centers to develop artificial intelligence. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 6:00 How data center power demand could help lower electricity prices By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Jenna Bloom The latest Consumer Price Index shows that the average electric bill went up more than 5% from September 2024 to September 2025. That's faster than the inflation rate for the same period. Conventional wisdom blames the demand for power on… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch 5:03 The environmental consequences of big tech's push to ease regulations for AI development By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is creating a data center boom, but decades-old environmental protections are slowing efforts by big tech to build massive facilities. Wired Magazine has found that companies are asking the White House to ease those… Continue watching