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The Trump administration is exempting data centers from pollution laws intended to prevent acid rain The EPA calls this one of the president's "commonsense approaches to regulating." By Lawrence Bonk July 28, 2026 12:04 pm EST The Trump administration just announced that it is exempting data center… …
Seattle is close to approving a year-long ban on large data centers The mayor is expected to sign the moratorium soon. By Mariella Moon June 10, 2026 2:02 am EST The Seattle City Council has unanimously approved a moratorium on the construction of new large AI data centers for one year. …
… Google runs data centers for Search, YouTube, Drive cloud storage, Gmail and other services. And, yes, its data centers also power its increasing number of AI features and tools. …
Google will pay SpaceX $920 million a month to use xAI's data centers The company needs extra computing power for Gemini Enterprise. …
… It's worth noting that while the users most likely used inauthentic accounts to post on social media, the company says they posted links to "legitimate news stories about the power grid operator's capacity auctions and data center power demand." The rise of electricity costs in towns and cities nea… …
… Both Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk have presented orbital data centers as an inevitability. "There's no doubt to me that a decade or so away, we'll be viewing it as a more normal way to build data centers," Pichai told Fox News in an interview in November. …
… Earlier this year, Meta said it would fund seven new natural gas plants to help fuel its data centers. …
Tech companies lobbied away stricter rules on gas-powered data centers By Steve Dent May 14, 2026 6:49 am EST A pollution watchdog has dropped a proposed ruling that could have cut CO2 emissions from data centers "dozens of times faster" than the current system, The Financial Times reports. …
… On top of that, data center development in places like Virginia and Maryland has skyrocketed, which could put a strain on local water and energy sources . Data centers also have potential to cause further pollution to the river. …
… That will also translate into more silent data centers. Normally, you need ear protection inside data centers to keep down the loud noises produced by cooling fans, backup generators and cooling systems. …