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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

EPA webpage maps out path for data-center developers around air rules

The agency’s Clean Air Act Resource for Data Centers page includes a section on how AI data-center builders may be able to “legally avoid requirements” in the…

3 days ago By Matt Bracken

A sign on a rural road in Saline, Mich., opposes a planned $7 billion data center on southeast Michigan farm land. (Photo by: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Environmental groups to Congress: Take a timeout on AI data centers

More than 230 orgs urged lawmakers in a letter to enact a nationwide moratorium on the approval and construction of data centers amid soaring energy demand and…

Dec 9, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Gas turbines are visible at an xAI data center in Memphis, Tenn., on April 25, 2025. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Lawmakers eye liquid cooling tech to solve AI data center problems

A bipartisan, bicameral bill pushes for a GAO R&D assessment of the technology to help mitigate rising energy demands and costs associated with the building of data…

Nov 25, 2025 By Matt Bracken

A view of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission building on May 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Senate Dems to FERC: Prevent ‘unreasonable rate hikes’ from AI data centers

The lawmakers pushed the commission in a letter to “take immediate action” to ensure Americans aren’t footing the bill for the nationwide buildout of data centers.

Nov 14, 2025 By Matt Bracken

An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with closed-loop cooling system is pictured on Oct. 20, 2025 in Vernon, Calif. A surge in demand for AI infrastructure is fueling a boom in data centers across the country and around the globe. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Senate Democrats blast White House over ‘sweetheart’ AI data center deals

A letter to OSTP’s Michael Kratsios and Commerce’s Howard Lutnick demands answers over surging electricity prices connected to the buildout of AI data centers.

Nov 11, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speaks onstage at the Puck Power Breakfast on Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Puck)

GOP senator: Legal immigration is ‘critical’ to US success in AI race

Calling immigration a “challenging subject,” Sen. Mike Rounds said the “best and the brightest” foreign-born workers are needed to take advantage of the emerging technology.

Oct 29, 2025 By Matt Bracken

(Handout photo courtesy of Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

Energy seeks proposals for AI data centers at Oak Ridge

The RFP opens the door for companies to enter into long-term leases on the national lab’s land for data centers and energy generation infrastructure.

Oct 20, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Oct. 6, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Lawmakers to Energy secretary: Canceled projects won’t help AI data center demands

Congressional Democrats from Colorado want answers from Chris Wright after the cancellation of billions in funding for projects amid surging energy costs from AI data centers.

Oct 15, 2025 By Matt Bracken