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Port Washington passes bill to give public say in data center TID approvals

(The Center Square) – The city of Port Washington approved a referendum Tuesday that would require future projects worth more than $10 million to be approved by taxpayers before being added to a tax increment district. The initiative, in response to a large-scale AI data center in the city, passed

Data center visit reinforces support among some Butte commissioners, yet questions linger

The road trip provided context and content for Michele Shea’s deliberations about the pros and cons of hosting a Sabey Data Centers facility in Butte-Silver Bow County. Shea was one of six members of the Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners who traveled in late March to Quincy,

Signature process begins to ban large data centers in Ohio

(The Center Square) – Sponsors of a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban the construction of any new large data centers in Ohio have cleared another hurdle in getting the question to voters this November. After a review, the Ohio Ballot Board confirmed the data center proposal contains only one proposed

Tiffany vows to end subsidies for data centers in Wisconsin

(The Center Square) - Wisconsin congressman and candidate for governor Tom Tiffany said that he will “end subsidies for data centers in Wisconsin” if he becomes governor. Tiffany was responding to a video highlighting both proposed increased energy rates and the many tax exemptions for Wisconsin data centers. We Energies is

Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centres

Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centres

Microsoft said Friday it will invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years to build artificial intelligence data centres and related infrastructure. Power-hungry data centres -- warehouse-like facilities that power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are springing up worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly

Rep. Scott Rosenzweig: Trust Montanans — end the secret data center deals

If the Epstein File debacle has taught us anything, it’s that when information the public has a right to see is heavily redacted, trust erodes fast. Here in Montana, we have a similar situation. Our largest utility company, NorthWestern Energy, is engaging with several companies seeking to build massive

New AI world: Fear of the unknown meets fear of missing out

New AI world: Fear of the unknown meets fear of missing out

Businesses across the country face the brave new world of artificial intelligence (AI). AI brings promises of revolutionary innovations and productivity gains, but also stirs worries about job losses, deep fakes and a dystopian future dominated by robots and autonomous machines. “There’s a lot of fear of the unknown,