Data centers

Timeline

1. 29 Sep 2026 · 10 outlets

   Senate Democrats block Ratepayer Protection Act on data center costs, 57-43

2. 29 Sep 2026 · 30 outlets

   Trump and AI company chiefs sign voluntary safety accord after White House lunch

3. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

   Burnham unveils Great British Grid to challenge network operators

4. 30 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets

   Data center opposition becomes a factor in US midterm races

5. 30 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets

   Meta used research tax break for AI data centers to cut nearly $4B in 2025 federal taxes

6. 28 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets

   AI data center boom spreads across US land amid local opposition and industry pledges

7. 30 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets

   Protesters demonstrate against proposed Hunterston data centre in North Ayrshire

8. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

   Data centre plans lodged for former Chapelcross nuclear site near Annan

9. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

   Loudoun County residents describe noise from nearby data centres

10. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Valar Atomics proposes nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah

11. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Raskin seeks details of secret AI data-center deals from Amazon, Google, Meta, Oracle

12. 30 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    AI Infrastructure Coalition pledges to cover data centre energy costs and limit water use

13. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    South Park episode on data centers and billionaires announced

14. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Schumer criticises Senate data centre power-price bill

15. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Some Republicans in close races distance themselves from Trump's AI data center push

16. 28 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets

    Developer offers $10,000 checks to households near proposed Pennsylvania data center

17. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Warning over electricity use of AI data centres in Ireland

18. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Irish regulator CRU warns of AI data centre power demand

19. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Salena Zito on data centers' benefits to communities

20. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Democrats and data centers as a midterm issue

21. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Germany plans to double data center capacity amid local scepticism

22. 29 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    Kildare County Council rejects data centre zoning motions amid protests

23. 28 Sep 2026 · 1 outlet

    AI and data centers dominate Climate Week, dividing climate tech