A Wisconsin town became the first city in the nation to pass a referendum restricting artificial intelligence (AI) data center development after a vote Tuesday. Port Washington residents voted ...

CINCINNATI—Late at night, or when her 18-month-old daughter is napping, Jessica Sharp logs onto Chat GPT and asks it to help her in her fight to stop a data center from being built just steps away ...

FORSYTH, Ga. — Georgia lawmakers ended this year’s session without passing any major new data center regulations, leaving existing tax breaks and utility rules in place as counties across the state ...

A hot potato: GitHub has announced that starting April 24, the company will begin using interaction data from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users to train and improve its AI models unless they opt out.

Perry Township trustees approved a 30-year, 75% property tax abatement March 24 for a planned data center. Many township residents have voiced opposition to the facility, citing concerns over noise, ...

TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Legislature voted Monday on three bills aimed at regulating and monitoring the state’s growing number of data centers. The Senate passed S3379, which would require data ...

The El Monte City Council unanimously passed two high-profile items on Wednesday: an urgency ordinance embracing “sanctuary city” status for amid the fierce recent debate over President Donald Trump’s ...

Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of peak demand, the company said on March 19, in its ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that aimed to stop the state from selling drivers’ personal information will not move forward this year after it died in the Florida ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal for some regulation of tech companies at the local level. President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis have disagreed on ...

Data centres use huge amounts of energy and chips are in high demand – could brain cells be the answer? Australia-based start-up Cortical Labs has announced it is building two “biological” data ...