A U.S. trade association representing data center operators and developers, advocating on energy, grid, water and policy issues affecting the industry.
Eighteen months of interviews in Pennsylvania describe an opposition organized around electricity bills, water use and broken industrial promises, and a governor who moved in a year from celebration to new permit conditions.
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Seven bills make California data centers disclose power and water use and fund the upgrades they cause, though the tariff that prices the electricity side is not due from the Public Utilities Commission until January 1, 2028.
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The order Spanberger signed Friday binds executive branch agencies and creates Virginia's first AI task force covering privacy, cybersecurity and job losses, while the limits that would reach private operators wait on the 2027 General Assembly.
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The comptroller's office once scored the 2027-2028 cost of the exemption at $180 million and now scores it above $3 billion. The chair of Senate Finance says she may file to repeal it when the session opens in January.
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Abbott's pause stops roughly 1,800 grid applications seeking nearly 474 GW. The load-bearing number is not the gigawatts but the under-10 percent of operators who answered the PUC's data request.
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