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As public backlash against artificial intelligence data centers grows, tech companies are spending big bucks to influence and dissuade state lawmakers from reining in the facilities, report CalMatters’ Katherine Ortiz and Khari Johnson. The Legislature is currently considering bills that would shift electric infrastructure costs toward data center operators and away from residential customers. Other […]
The Arcata City Council spent much of its Wednesday... Mayor Kimberley White inquired how much water is used by data centers for cooling.
Senate Bill 886 aims to prevent data centers from raising utility... State Sen. Steve Padilla, the Democrat who penned both California bills...
AI and data center policies now appear on campaign websites in nearly 40% of U.S. House, Senate and governor races.... Scott Wiener (D), a California...
... Modesto. Around 50 people spoke during public comment against data centers in the city. Ahead of the public comment period, Mayor Sue Zwahlen...
Without hitting pause on development negotiations, a South Bay city committee voted Wednesday to consider community investments.
A resident asked Modesto Mayor Sue Zwahlen to commit to a moratorium on data centers being built in the city. "No comment," Zwahlen said. The...
Modesto mayor Sue Zwahlen makes a statement on data centers before public comments during the city council meeting in Modesto, Tuesday Aug.
OK, now I have two new excuses to use the next time I commit a crime in San Luis Obispo.... In letters: Tribune readers divided on Mayor Stewart's...
Gov. Gavin Newsom offered his most detailed remarks on data centers, saying companies shouldn’t “socialize the cost on the backs of ratepayers.”
Congressman Ro Khanna (D- Calif.) has introduced a Data Center Bill of Rights aimed at giving Americans and local communities “greater control”...
Mayor Greg Bozzo says approvals for other big industrial projects in Gilroy didn't cause similar uproars. Amazon Web Services applied to build the...
The congressman thinks it's time for a "Data Center Bill of Rights."... Representative Ro Khanna speaking at a press event. Alex Wong/Getty Images.
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) introduced a Data Center Bill of Rights that would give Americans and local communities...
Congressman Ro Khanna, D- California, told CNBC that he wants to pass a resolution that would strengthen communities' ability to say no to the...
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan discusses a city partnership with PG&E aimed at speeding power connections for projects such as Equinix's SV12x data center.
