The AI Boom Goes Nuclear
Clean-energy startups could regain the public's trust and help address the climate crisis. But their alliance with data centers is making them a target of grassroots backlash instead.
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Data Center Boom Exposes GOP Faultlines over Local Control
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.
When the AI Cloud Comes for Texas Water
Legislators are (sort of) beginning to grapple with the grim costs that come with the state’s data center boom.