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Oakland City Council Unanimously Extends Data Center Moratorium for a Year: In California, the Oakland City Council unanimously extended its data center ...
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He Ran on Fighting Data Centers. Now, He’s Going to Congress: Will Lawrence beat out better-funded opponents in the race to represent Michigan’s 7th District ...
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Texas Hits Brakes On Data Centers — And Elon Musk’s Plans: Incoming Texas governor Gina Hinojosa vowed to impose an "immediate moratorium on data centers" during ...
newsweek.com/texas-hits-brakes-on-data-centers-and-elon-musks-plans-12675796
Key FactsHinojosa Pledges Texas Data Center Moratorium
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- In July, Hinojosa called for a ban on new approvals until lawmakers passed laws prioritizing Texans.
- Her proposals included hiring skilled, licensed union workers, banning nondisclosure agreements, and requiring proof that households would not face higher electricity or water bills.
- In September, Abbott directed the TCEQ to stop issuing data center permits while it gathered more information from companies.
- The Information reported that Elon Musk’s AI company SpaceXAI had explored potential Texas sites for a large data center by July 2026.
“Data centers are coming in and doing as they please – they are guzzling up all our water, guzzling up all our electricity – and the people have no say. They have no power. That is the Wild West of data centers that Greg Abbott has created in Texas.”— Gina Hinojosa said this during her campaign, criticizing the effects of data center expansion and Greg Abbott’s policy.
Big tech, green groups in talks over data centre guardrails: A coalition of tech giants and environmental groups is negotiating a national framework for data ...
thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2026/11/06/big-tech-green-groups-in-talks-over-data-centre-guardrails
Ireland among 15 European countries to take part in protests against 'dirty data centres'
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3Q earnings likely to soften: PETALING JAYA: A slowdown in earnings delivery is anticipated in the coming third-quarter (3Q26) reporting season ...
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How AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Home Electricity Bills—And Shaping Midterms
forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/11/02/data-centers-are-key-issue-in-midterm-battleground-states-as-household-electric-rates-soar/
BusinessDesk Nov 02
Paid articlePaywall Policy Probability: Data centre electricity supply requirements, or moratorium?: Electricity supply requirements are a likely outcome of the election ...
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Mississauga, Ont., approves one-year data centre moratorium: Mississauga city council has voted unanimously to put a one-year freeze on new data centre projects.
cp24.com/local/peel/2026/09/16/mississauga-council-set-to-vote-on-temporary-data-centre-moratorium/
OpinionAI developments necessitate moratorium on data centers | Op-Ed: Moratoriums will allow legislators more time to evaluate and mandate guardrails on AI ...
seattletimes.com/opinion/ai-developments-necessitate-moratorium-on-data-centers/
Does Pennsylvania now have ‘the strictest guardrails in the nation’ for data centers?
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Paid articlePaywall Ontario moves to regulate data centres amid electricity and environmental concerns
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As Millions Endure Extreme Heat, Climate Group Tells Congress: 'Protect People, Not Data Centers'
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UN chief urges AI companies to ‘come clean’ about the pollution they generate: UN Secretary-General António Guterres also wants data centers to commit to using ...
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States are cracking down on AI data centers. Your electricity bill is why: Power bills keep rising and data centers keep growing. Eleven states have introduced ...
qz.com/data-center-moratorium-state-legislation-backlash-061526
Seattle Is Close To Approving A Year-Long Ban On Large Data Centers: The Seattle City Council has approved a moratorium on the construction of large data centers ...
engadget.com/2191130/seattle-city-council-approves-moratorium-large-data-centers/
Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters: Lawmakers say moratorium on construction would give buy time to create strong ...
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