Category: Data Center

Ohio Business Lobby Pushes Eminent Domain Reforms That Critics Say Could Enable Faster Land Takings for Data Center Infrastructure on Farmland — Raising Serious Property Rights Concerns

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Ohio farmers and property rights advocates are sounding the alarm over a recommendation from the powerful Ohio Business Roundtable (OBRT) to reform the state’s eminent domain laws. The proposal would allow faster “possession” and construction on private land for energy infrastructure projects once a court establishes public use and necessity — even while compensation disputes […]

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Texas Gov. Abbott Directs PUC and ERCOT to Shield Texans from Data Center and Infrastructure Costs

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AUSTIN, Texas — In a decisive move to protect residential electricity ratepayers amid Texas’s explosive data center boom, Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to ensure that data centers fully fund their own electric infrastructure costs — preventing any of those […]

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China Starts Prefabricated Power Hub for Data Centers, CCTV Says. – There is a right way to do Data Centers Emerging

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China is moving fast to solve one of the biggest bottlenecks in the global AI race: powering data centers quickly and cheaply. According to state broadcaster CCTV, the country has just launched its first prefabricated computing power hub in the eastern city of Qingdao, Shandong province. This modular power solution promises to slash construction time […]

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Data Centers Are Moving to Unincorporated Areas to Avoid Citizen Decision Impacts – Energy News Beat Exclusive Analysis

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In rural Texas, a quiet but transformative shift is underway. Developers are increasingly siting massive data centers in unincorporated areas—where county governments have far less regulatory authority than cities—bypassing the kind of local zoning, public hearings, and citizen pushback that could slow or stop projects in more populated zones. This strategy is playing out dramatically […]

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Ford Launches a $2 Billion Energy Business Stepping Up as a Hyperscaler

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Following Chevron, ExxonMobil, EQT, and Liberty Energy, Ford is rolling in as a hyperscaler and entering the utility market The AI power crunch is creating unlikely heroes across the energy landscape. While hyperscalers scramble for gigawatts that the grid simply cannot deliver fast enough, traditional energy giants have already stepped up with gas-fired generation, carbon […]

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