Politics Mar 25 Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders push bill to impose AI data center moratorium By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Nation Mar 11 Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it's time to scrap its tax breaks 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. By Olivia Diaz, Associated Press/Report for America, Marc Levy, Associated Press
Nation Mar 08 Landowners and local communities fight back on AI-driven expansion of high-voltage power lines 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. By Marc Levy, Associated Press
Politics Mar 04 WATCH: Trump hosts AI leaders to sign pledge that households won't bear utility bill increases 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. By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Economy Oct 29 Watch 6:00 How data center power demand could help lower electricity prices 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… By John Yang, Courtney Norris, Jenna Bloom
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
May 25 Watch 4:56 The growing environmental impact of AI data centers' energy demands By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery, Gerard Edic The EPA has reportedly drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Now, with the rise of artificial intelligence technology, demand on power plants is… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 6:27 The big environmental costs of rising demand for big data to power the internet By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson, Andrew Corkery The rise of artificial intelligence is requiring faster and bigger computations for even simple tasks compared to, say, a Google search. It’s adding to the demand for more internet data centers, but these facilities come at a big environmental cost,… Continue watching