A proposed data center in an old Lewiston mill building began to unravel before the public even got wind of it.
Maine House advances data center moratorium • Maine Morning Star
The Maine House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bill that would ban most data centers until November 2027. The bill, LD 307, places a moratorium on data centers with a load of 20 megawatts or more. House lawmakers passed the bill by a vote of 82-62 Monday, advancing it to the Senate. […]
A history of the data center panic - part 1
Pre-ChatGPT and the creation of common wisdom
Is the Left Making a ‘Massive Strategic Blunder’ on Data Centers?
A conversation with Holly Jean Buck, author of a buzzy story about Bernie Sanders’ proposal for a national data center moratorium.
Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters
The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
I think the data center backlash is mostly about data centers
It’s probably not your ideological thing, or mine. It’s about object-level claims about how data centers impact the communities where they’re built, many of which are wrong.
I think the data center backlash is mostly about data centers
It’s probably not your ideological thing, or mine. It’s about object-level claims about how data centers impact the communities where they’re built, many of which are wrong.
Dave Troy on Twitter / X
Fears over datacenters are distorted along a few important axes:1) anxiety over AI, future employment, and control; they symbolize what people fear they are losing,2) compute centralization, which is actually probably not going to actually occur, because of financial…— Dave Troy (@davetroy) August 21, 2026
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A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure
Residents in Fayetteville, Georgia, noticed low water pressure last year. The utility discovered two unaccounted-for water connections at one of the nation’s largest data center campuses.
What is happening to our data centers, the iron heart of Yandex
On the night of October 7th to 8th, the Yandex data center in Sasovo was seriously damaged in a drone attack. It has been completely shut down. This morning, another of our data centers, in Kaluga, was attacked. Part of its infrastructure is out of service. No employees were hurt in either Sasovo or Kaluga. Emergency services and our specialists are now working on site.
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
Data Centre Silence
How EU leaders sided with Big Tech over the public’s right to know about the true scale and environmental impact of the AI build-out, forcing a legal challenge to seek disclosure
Reframing the narrative: How the data center industry can unite to improve its public image
By uniting around shared values of transparency, innovation, and responsibility, the data center industry can shift the conversation from criticism to collaboration
The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts
All those scary numbers aren’t what they seem.
