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A front yard with a "no data centers" sign.

Tech

Minnesota council backs data center freeze after 700 residents petitioned

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Tech

Big battery farm moratoriums spread across Washington as fire fears hit clean energy plans

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Outdoors

Utah restricts fireworks, declares emergency as nation's largest wildfire rips into ski resort

The inside of a data center.

Tech

Illinois city hits pause on data centers for a year amid water, power, and noise fears

The inside of a data center.

Tech

Florida county moves toward 1-year data center freeze after CEO says water use could hit 3 million gallons

A modern server room with rows of equipment illuminated by soft blue lighting.

Tech

County in Iowas freezes new data center developments as water, power fears spread

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Tech

Pennsylvania borough blocks water for data centers, pauses projects over 1.2M-gallon daily draw

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Outdoors

'We really got this done': Michigan bans 2 invasive plants, restricts 4 more after unanimous vote

Bernie Sanders speaks at a podium with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez standing behind him, an American flag in the background.

Tech

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez seek US freeze on new AI data centers from 'Big Tech oligarchs'

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Food

EU ban on BPA in cans, bottles, and lunch boxes starts next month

A person placing a ballot into a voting box.

Tech

Data center backlash is spreading, and local leaders are already paying at the ballot box

A row of data storage servers illuminated by red lights in a dimly lit environment.

Tech

Red Bank bans AI data centers, becomes first N.J. town to call for a statewide halt