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In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants have a blue-collar ally

By Marc Levy

Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial ...

Commentary: SC already knows what good data center investment looks like

By: Heath Sessions

The computing power behind digital life has to sit somewhere, and there are competitions
across the country to determine where it lands ...

How 1,800 local tradespeople are powering Pennsylvania’s ultimate energy and data innovation campus

By Salena Zito

Eighteen months ago, Shawn Steffee stood in a field in Indiana County and watched the smokestacks of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant fold into a cloud of dust, then told anyone who would listen that the wreckage was not a funeral ...

Google and College of Charleston Partner to Invest in Student Success

By George Johnson

Four College of Charleston computer science majors spent six weeks this summer participating in Google’s Data Center Student Immersion Program, gaining hands-on experience in one of the technology industry’s fastest-growing sectors ...

In Western Pennsylvania, a former coal town gets a gas-fired data center

By Reid Frazier

On a Saturday morning in March, a demolition crew took down the smokestacks at the Homer City Generating Station. The plant – first commissioned in 1969 – once ...

Meta goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center

By Adam Schindler

Meta has officially opened its new AI data center on Industrial Boulevard in Temple. The facility, which broke ground in 2022 and underwent a redesign and construction restart in 2023, is now operational ...

Meta Altoona Data Center announces community grants to local groups

Business Record

Fifteen Des Moines-area nonprofit groups and schools are the recipients of Meta Community Action Grants, Meta Altoona Data Center has announced. (Meta previously was known as Facebook Inc.) The grants total more than $200,000. The ...

California Passes Bills to Require Data Centers to Pay Their Own Electricity Costs

Sierra Daily News

California lawmakers approved two bills requiring special electricity rules for large data centers ...

The Data-Center Dividend for Workers

WSJ Editorial Board

President Trump has drawn condemnation for suggesting that communities that block data centers will end up “backwards and poor.” ...

Data center growth touted in addition of 500+ jobs in central Ohio

The Columbus Dispatch

Multiple companies are planning to add nearly 600 new jobs across central Ohio in fields ranging from engineering to manufacturing, according to a release from the state ...

Data centers not just server farms. AI is being used for noble goals, Ohio's future

By Chad Zamarin

Moderna and Merck announced that their mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trials – a potentially life-saving medical breakthrough powered by artificial ...

Data centers and AI are helping my Georgia city punch above its weight

By Adam Schindler

Meta has officially opened its new AI data center on Industrial Boulevard in Temple. The facility, which broke ground in 2022 and underwent a redesign and construction restart in 2023, is now operational ...

Amazon Is Handing $150,000 to Bucks County Groups as Its Falls Township Data Center Splits the Neighborhood

By Doug Renner

Amazon’s data center rising on the old U.S. Steel land in Falls Township just did something it had not done ...

Columbia County Expects $40 Million Annually from Google Data Center Agreement

By Kelly Shearing

Columbia County approved a $17 billion data center deal with Kinetic Infrastructure Solutions, an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary ...

Do Data Centers Raise your Electricity Bill? Evidence from U.S. States

By Yosef Bonaparte

Data-center investment has become one of the largest capital-expenditure cycles in financial markets, with U.S. hyperscalers expected to deploy roughly $700 billion in 2026 ...

Tech giants recruit thousands of trade workers to build data centers

Mornings with Maria

FOX Business' Jeff Flock reports on the partnerships between tech giants like Google and unions to train the next generation of electricians to wire up massive AI data centers. ...

Economic impact in counties with mega data centers in operation or under construction vs. US total

A16Z

U.S. counties with operational mega data centers exhibit stronger local economic metrics, including increased housing, higher home values, lower unemployment, and faster job growth ...

Data Centers: A Transformative Opportunity for Pennsylvania’s Economy and Communities

By Jon Anzur

Pennsylvania stands at an inflection point. Towns across the Commonwealth have seen industries fade—and with them, the ...

Google announces additional $1 billion investment in Council Bluffs data center

By Katrina Markel

On Tuesday afternoon Google announced plans to invest another $1 billion in its data center in Council Bluffs. The tech company also announced it is partnering with ...

AP NEWS

In the PR battle for AI data centers, tech giants have a blue-collar ally

Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial ...

POSTS AND COURIER

Commentary: SC already knows what good data center investment looks like

The computing power behind digital life has to sit somewhere, and there are competitionsacross the country to determine where it lands ...

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

How 1,800 local tradespeople are powering Pennsylvania’s ultimate energy and data innovation campus

Eighteen months ago, Shawn Steffee stood in a field in Indiana County and watched the smokestacks of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant fold into a cloud of dust, then told anyone who would listen that the wreckage was not a funeral ...

THE COLLEGE TODAY

Google and College of Charleston Partner to Invest in Student Success

Four College of Charleston computer science majors spent six weeks this summer participating in Google’s Data Center Student Immersion Program, gaining hands-on experience in one of the technology industry’s fastest-growing sectors ...

THE ALLEGHENY FRONT

In Western Pennsylvania, a former coal town gets a gas-fired data center

On a Saturday morning in March, a demolition crew took down the smokestacks at the Homer City Generating Station. The plant – first commissioned in 1969 – once ...

KWTX

Meta goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center

Meta has officially opened its new AI data center on Industrial Boulevard in Temple. The facility, which broke ground in 2022 and underwent a redesign and construction restart in 2023, is now operational ...

BUSINESS RECORD

Meta Altoona Data Center announces community grants to local groups

Fifteen Des Moines-area nonprofit groups and schools are the recipients of Meta Community Action Grants, Meta Altoona Data Center has announced. (Meta previously was known as Facebook Inc.) The grants total more than $200,000. The ...

SIERRA DAILY NEWS

California Passes Bills to Require Data Centers to Pay Their Own Electricity Costs

California lawmakers approved two bills requiring special electricity rules for large data centers ...

WALL STREET JOURNAL

The Data-Center Dividend for Workers

President Trump has drawn condemnation for suggesting that communities that block data centers will end up “backwards and poor.” ...

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Data center growth touted in addition of 500+ jobs in central Ohio

Multiple companies are planning to add nearly 600 new jobs across central Ohio in fields ranging from engineering to manufacturing, according to a release from the state ...

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Data centers not just server farms. AI is being used for noble goals, Ohio's future

Moderna and Merck announced that their mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trials – a potentially life-saving medical breakthrough powered by artificial ...

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Data centers and AI are helping my Georgia city punch above its weight

Meta has officially opened its new AI data center on Industrial Boulevard in Temple. The facility, which broke ground in 2022 and underwent a redesign and construction restart in 2023, is now operational ...

LOWER BUCKS TIMES

Amazon Is Handing $150,000 to Bucks County Groups as Its Falls Township Data Center Splits the Neighborhood

Amazon’s data center rising on the old U.S. Steel land in Falls Township just did something it had not done ...

HOT AUGUSTA

Columbia County Expects $40 Million Annually from Google Data Center Agreement

Columbia County approved a $17 billion data center deal with Kinetic Infrastructure Solutions, an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary ...

SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK

Do Data Centers Raise your Electricity Bill? Evidence from U.S. States

Data-center investment has become one of the largest capital-expenditure cycles in financial markets, with U.S. hyperscalers expected to deploy roughly $700 billion in 2026 ...

FOX BUSINESS

Tech giants recruit thousands of trade workers to build data centers

FOX Business' Jeff Flock reports on the partnerships between tech giants like Google and unions to train the next generation of electricians to wire up massive AI data centers. ...

A16Z

Economic impact in counties with mega data centers in operation or under construction vs. US total

U.S. counties with operational mega data centers exhibit stronger local economic metrics, including increased housing, higher home values, lower unemployment, and faster job growth ...

PENNSYLVANIA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE

Data Centers: A Transformative Opportunity for Pennsylvania’s Economy and Communities

Pennsylvania stands at an inflection point. Towns across the Commonwealth have seen industries fade—and with them, the ...

KMTV

Google announces additional $1 billion investment in Council Bluffs data center

On Tuesday afternoon Google announced plans to invest another $1 billion in its data center in Council Bluffs. The tech company also announced it is partnering with ...

The computing power behind digital life has to sit somewhere, and there are competitions
across the country to determine where it lands ...