The New York State Assembly made history this month by passing what could become the country’s first statewide moratorium on large new data centers. To activists all over the U.S. who are fighting these facilities and their massive social and environmental impact, the development seems like a turning point.

Three bills aimed at regulating data center development passed out of state House committees Wednesday, reflecting bipartisan concerns about the need for oversight and setting the stage for debates over how best to implement it.

Florida’s local governments must decide how to handle data center development. Lakeland may choose to hit the pause button. The Lakeland City Commission met Monday where they discussed a 12-month moratorium on hyperscale data centers.

Pennsylvania is not a blank check for Big Tech. These companies do not get to drain our water, consume our electricity, raise costs on families, threaten local control, and tell communities to accept it.

Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced a bill that would create a pause button on data center development in the Commonwealth.

The development years ago of cloud computing (the delivery of services over the internet allowing users to access and store data remotely rather than on local servers and personal computers), and the more recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI ...

Outcry over plans to build a large data center next to the zoo has energized support for new restrictions in Nashville.

The Information and Communications for Development series takes an in depth look at how digital technologies are affecting economic growth in developing countries. This new report, produced by the World Bank’s Digital Development and Finance ...

As a data center proposal looms in part of Mifflin County, signs in opposition are aplenty. The development is proposed for a parcel off Loop Road in Granville Township, west of Lewistown. It serves as a buffer between Loop Road residences and neighborhoods and the Mifflin County Industrial Park,