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An industrial facility in a rural area.

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Kentucky county halts new data centers for a year, citing no appetite, water, and power

An overhead view of a data center floor.

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Palo, Iowa, passes data center rules requiring developers to pay for city upgrades

A Patmos building.

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After hours of pressure, Alabama mayor names company behind proposed AI data center

A bridge connecting Mankato and North Mankato.

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Minnesota city sets hearing on yearlong data center moratorium as opposition spreads

A group of protesters holding signs against data centers outside a government building on a sunny day.

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Kansas voters sought a hyperscale data center ban. Officials asked a judge to stop them

A handheld sound level meter with a microphone placed on a tripod.

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Video recorded from homeowner's porch shows sound emitted '24/7' by massive Michigan data center

Underwater greenery with delicate aquatic plants swaying in clear turquoise water.

Outdoors

New York boaters are asked to steer clear as divers pull invasive milfoil from Indian Lake

A giant pile of oyster shells.

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Florida dumped 500,000 tons of old shells into the Gulf, and sandy seafloors came alive

Workers installing solar panels on a building with blue skies and clouds in the background.

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Two years after Helene, North Carolina rolls out solar 'beehives' for disaster backup

A charming single-story building with a tile roof labeled 'South Pasadena Senior Citizens Center.'

Home

At 96 degrees, a California senior center and library open for air, Wi-Fi, and relief

A construction site.

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'The death of Cave City': Kentucky residents fear proposed data center near Mammoth Cave

A dense patch of tall green grass and reeds under a clear blue sky.

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Minnesota has a rare chance to stop the invasive reed grass drying out its wetlands