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A person describing how they live in their car.

Home

In California, a person living in their car gets hotel refuge amid heat wave

A tiny home.

Home

In Washington, a city may lift tiny-home limits as council eyes cheaper housing

The inside of a data center.

Tech

In Washington, Yakima County considers a 6-month data center moratorium over water, power fears

A person looking at an electric bill.

Business

New Jersey residents expecting a rate freeze got a one-time credit while power costs stayed high

A data center.

Business

Data center developers are offering $4.4 million an acre in Virginia, squeezing out housing

A person holds a fish near a riverbank surrounded by greenery.

Outdoors

Northern California anglers can win cash for catching an invasive fish in the Eel River

Server rack and cables inside a data center.

Tech

Flickering lights and water warnings spark call to pause data center boom in Virginia

Signs for a "cooling shelter" on a door.

Outdoors

Unhoused residents turn to cooling centers as California regions enter peak heat

A stone building surrounded by greenery and flowers, with a pathway and fountain in the foreground.

Tech

Texas data center fight takes a religious turn, with critics warning of 'a deal with the devil'

A large industrial building surrounded by green fields and open land.

Tech

Bipartisan calls mount to halt new Virginia data centers over water and power strain

The Cámara de Comercio de Puerto Rico building.

Business

Puerto Rico approves $2 billion Cabo Rojo luxury project as critics vow legal fight

A courthouse.

Tech

Indiana county council candidates both call on 2-year halt for new data centers