Satellite photos show how S.A.-area lakes refilled after July rain and flooding

The heavy rain brought devastating flooding, but also relief to some drought-stricken water sources for Central and South Texas.
MinnPost

In pausing data centers, Minnesota courts did what local officials wouldn’t

A cyclist rides toward the Douglas Trail past a Land O’Lakes plant on Friday, June 12, 2026, in Pine Island, Minn. A proposed 482-acre data center, “Project Skyway,” which would be placed right behind ...
Houston Public Media

Most Texans say they oppose local data centers as politicians shift their focus on regulating them

Pictured is a data center located just outside of the City of Brazoria in Houston. A majority of Texans say they're opposed to the construction of data centers in their own communities, according to ...
Star Tribune

In greater Minnesota, the data center boom is reshaping local politics

HERMANTOWN, MINN. – Greg Rosenberg had never in his life attended a City Council meeting, until a data center was proposed in his quiet northern Minnesota town last fall. And he had certainly never ...
BGR

4 Common Problems For Local Residents When A Data Center Is Built In The Neighborhood

Data center construction has gained significant momentum in the last few years, with 831 operational construction sites as of this year. The steady push for building more infrastructure is a result of ...
Digi Times

Microsoft promotes AI sovereignty through local data, while Stanford warns on US jurisdiction

Microsoft has been positioning AI sovereignty as a way to prioritize local languages, culture and values in AI systems rather than build isolated national alternatives, according to remarks from its ...
MLive

How many data center projects have been proposed in Michigan? The total grows

As data centers spark local resistance movements across the state and figure prominently on the campaign trail this year, developers remain keen on Michigan. The proposals for large warehouses full of ...
City Journal

Inside the Rise of the Anti–Data Center Movement

The boom in data-center construction is one of the most important economic developments in recent history, helping to power the promise of AI-enabled growth. Yet opposing data centers has rapidly ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

‘Worse than coal’: Data centers raise new local concerns during heat waves

Data centers are generating new concerns after the federal government granted emergency authorization for the resource-intensive facilities to fire up their backup power to avoid residential outages ...
abcnews4

South Carolina emerges as one of top states for data centers, local skepticism persists

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — As the debate over data centers and the future of artificial intelligence rages, South Carolina has quietly positioned itself as one of the country's best states to expand ...
Governing

The Strategic Stakes of Local Data-Center Opposition

A technician works at an Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Ind. (Amazon Web Services/Getty Images/TNS) A Gallup poll released in May ought to alarm anyone who cares about whether the ...