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Virginia lawmakers move closer to regulating self-driving vehicles
A proposed framework focuses on commercial uses as debates continue over safety, data collection and worker protections.
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Big Tech wants to build a data center in your city. Is it worth it?
A closer look at costs and benefits.
Proposed data centers could use more electricity than all Alabama homes combined, analysis shows. Who will pay?
Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents’ power bills won’t increase as a result. Can the state’s largest utility keep its promise?
Oklahoma launches statewide effort to use libraries to close the digital divide
While many local and county governments have launched similar projects to improve digital equity, officials say Oklahoma is the first in the nation to do so statewide.
Lack of broadband service, funding gives rise to telehealth services in rural clinics
Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.
Drones could be Baltimore’s newest tool for housing development
The city is on a mission to create more livable housing options and green spaces in the city.
Mixed opinions, limited information about $6.6 billion data center in Arkansas River Valley
The project only began seeing opposition after developers started clearing trees at the site earlier this year.
Delivery company DoorDash wants to roll out robots on New Mexico roads
The company says ideal state legislation would restrict local regulation of small autonomous delivery vehicles.
Nebraska wants data centers to come clean about water usage
The industry can be a black box of information. But as the state deals with persistent drought, residents and regulators want more answers.
Feds launch groundbreaking electric plane pilot program in Virginia
The program, driven by the U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, is designed to accelerate the safe integration of advanced air mobility into the country’s national airspace system.
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New Mexico residents say their names used without permission to support Project Jupiter data center
Letters supporting project appeared on a state comment portal after Project Jupiter canvassers approached residents in at least three cities.
San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers, testing its local control
As Texas counties have faced hurdles to curb the rapid growth of data center developments, cities could have more success with banning them through their zoning laws, land experts say.
After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network
As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.
Michigan lawmakers, local officials and residents renew push for statewide data center moratorium
Members of the Michigan House and Senate have put forth proposals to establish a moratorium on data center development, pausing further development to give lawmakers and local officials time to review potential impacts and implement regulations.
Las Vegas data center expansion approved as officials ponder need for future regulations
Municipalities in Nevada continue to grapple with where and how data centers should be built.
Local Tennessee officials are putting data center plans on ice to consider regulations
Two rural areas paused development for at least a year; Nashville also contemplates moratorium amid public pushback.
Federal broadband policy is increasingly being recast around satellite
With few meaningful competitors, SpaceX's Starlink is the primary beneficiary.
Local Maine officials look to pause data center development after state moratorium veto
After a statewide moratorium on data centers failed to make it across the finish line at the Maine Legislature, local officials are pursuing their own bans.
Local Texas leaders believe data center plans may be behind delays to emergency water supply
Across Texas, a booming buildout of server farms is adding strain to water resources that are already stretched to their limit.
Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?
