SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " datacenters " 27 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

Data Centers Play Delicate Game to Weather Political Backlash

Demand for the data centers powering artificial intelligence is booming even as developers find themselves playing political defense.

news.bgov.com logo
Oct 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • news.bgov.com
Election 2026: The bipartisan politics of data center opposition

As the midterm elections approach, many residents fighting data centers in Northeast Pennsylvania are skeptical of politicians from both parties.

thetimes-tribune.com logo
Oct 11 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • thetimes-tribune.com
Data center lawsuit alleges Frederick County executive put politics ahead of development

Maryland data center developer filed a lawsuit against Frederick County and County Executive Jessica Fitzwater, alleging Fitzwater unlawfully blocked developmen

wjla.com logo
Oct 9 • 3:29 PM EDT • Politics • wjla.com
Data center lawsuit alleges Frederick County executive put politics ahead of development

Maryland data center developer filed a lawsuit against Frederick County and County Executive Jessica Fitzwater, alleging Fitzwater unlawfully blocked developmen

foxbaltimore.com logo
Oct 9 • 3:29 PM EDT • Politics • foxbaltimore.com
Compass Datacenters Funds New Community Wellness Space at Hoffman Estates Health and Human Services

$50,000 investment will create the department's first purpose-built room for group therapy, workshops and community programming Compass Datacenters is funding...

prnewswire.com logo
Oct 6 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • prnewswire.com
Gov. Moore's data center guardrails put politics, tax breaks and local concerns in focus
foxbaltimore.com logo
Sep 23 • 5:56 PM EDT • Politics • foxbaltimore.com
Sen. Bernie Sanders unveils bill to ban artificial superintelligence and create Department of AI

Two leading progressive lawmakers, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar, are unveiling legislation Wednesday that would ban artificial superintelligence and create a federal agency to oversee advanced AI.

pbs.org logo
Sep 23 • 2:10 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Democrats try to ride data center backlash to election victory in rural US Midwest

Mounting public anxiety about AI, cloud-computing infrastructure has transformed data center construction into a contentious midterm elections issue

detroitnews.com logo
Sep 21 • 8:04 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.

npr.org logo
Sep 21 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
What to know about data centers and their growing footprint in Nevada

How much water and electricity do Nevada data centers use? See where they are, their effect on Lake Mead and power bills, tax breaks, jobs and what’s next.

reviewjournal.com logo
Sep 17 • 7:11 PM EDT • Politics • reviewjournal.com
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.

pbs.org logo
Sep 16 • 4:52 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
🙂 Positive (35%)
Data center developers launch Infrastructure for America

Data center developers Compass Datacenters, Digital Realty, QTS and Vantage Data Centers have launched Infrastructure for America (IFA), a newly formed 501(c)(4) organization that is a national platform giving voice to the people who build, power, support and benefit from data centers across the United States, according to a news release. IFA will support constructive,…

businessrecord.com logo
Sep 10 • 12:02 PM EDT • Business • businessrecord.com
Trump’s embrace of AI data centers adds to GOP’s midterm peril

Recent polling has shown around seven in 10 Americans don’t want the facilities built near them.

detroitnews.com logo
Sep 5 • 3:02 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
Trump Mocks Data-Center Opponents as Wanting to Stay ‘Backwards and Poor’

The giant computing sites that power A.I. are increasingly opposed by communities across the country, a signal of voters’ concern about a changing economy.

nytimes.com logo
Aug 31 • 7:30 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The datacenter fight could permanently transform US politics. Which party will seize advantage?

The movement against datacenters are uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that impact our lives

theguardian.com logo
Aug 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Data center controversies have transformed midterms. Here's where different groups stand

Snowballing opposition to data centers in communities across the U.S. has transformed the midterm election landscape, thrown a wrench into the plans of the world’s richest companies and brought President Donald Trump to its defense.

pbs.org logo
Aug 27 • 3:54 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
🙂 Positive (35%)
Data centers are a big political issue; what should Wisconsin do about them?

Wisconsin candidates for governor are grappling with public concern over data centers, but concrete policies are scant

wisconsinexaminer.com logo
Aug 21 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • wisconsinexaminer.com
Our Opinion: Don’t delay studies of health, environmental impact of data centers

In so many ways, it was the opposite of just about everything one might expect from a public meeting these days. An overflow crowd of residents jammed into the Lackawanna County Commissioners’ meeting room in Scranton on Wednesday,…

thetimes-tribune.com logo
Aug 9 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • thetimes-tribune.com
Anti-populism is reshaping American politics

Democrats are winning on data center opposition. So are Republicans.

motherjones.com logo
Aug 9 • 11:05 AM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
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.

pbs.org logo
Jul 28 • 1:55 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
June 17 Playbook: Data Centers Scrambling PA Politics

🌞 It’s Wednesday! The halfway mark Headlines. Fight Over US Datacenters Is Scrambling Pennsylvania Politics. Energy Future A Defining Issue in Gubernatorial Race. PA Supreme Court Blasts Philly DA’s Office. “Charm Pricing” 🎶 Your Morning Pick Me Up. We’re Not Gonna Take It. Twisted Sister PA Weather☀️ Meadville | Mostly…

politicspa.com logo
Jun 17 • 8:05 AM EDT • Politics • politicspa.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (9%)
ahah
41%
wow
31%
love
28%
How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’

Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boom

theguardian.com logo
Jun 16 • 10:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
SGV communities react to Monterey Park AI data center vote

Monterey Park voters approved Measure NDC

spectrumnews1.com logo
Jun 8 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Elon Musk's SpaceX Could See Orbital Datacenter Business 'Dwarf' Starlink, Says Cathie Wood

Investor Cathie Wood, the founder of investment firm ARK Invest, thinks Elon Musk-led SpaceX could stand to benefit highly from orbital datacenters. Orbital Datacenters Could ‘Dwarf’ Starlink On Thursday, ARK posted a video on the social media platform X, in...

finance.yahoo.com logo
May 10 • 8:30 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
U.S. government warns of severe CopyFail bug affecting major versions of Linux

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA says the CopyFail bug is being actively used in hacking campaigns, and poses a major risk to servers and datacenters that rely on Linux.

techcrunch.com logo
May 4 • 6:21 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Showdown over datacenter politics at heart of North Carolina primary

Democratic rematch in Durham-area district draws focus to fight over AI datacenters increasingly shaping US elections

theguardian.com logo
Mar 3 • 7:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
‘A perfect, wild storm’: widely loathed datacenters see little US political opposition

Issue dubbed ‘great unifier’ but Republicans and Democrats are instead jockeying for big tech’s financial favor

theguardian.com logo
Jan 13 • 8:00 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (12%)
wow
61%
ahah
39%