Tuesday, April 21, 2026

NORTH CAROLINA MOVES ON DATA CENTER TAX FIGHTS
NC Newsline
North Carolina lawmakers are turning data centers into a live tax and power politics fight instead of a quiet economic development subsidy.

MICHIGAN DRAGS DTE DATA CENTER DEALS BACK
Michigan Advance
Michigan's attorney general is still trying to force a real review of special power contracts before data center costs get buried in the system.

TRUMP TAPS COLD WAR LAW FOR MORE ENERGY
Axios
Washington is reaching for emergency powers because energy supply is starting to look like a national security problem again.

SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION FOR ONE SERVER JOB
Syracuse.com / New York Focus
The subsidy math looks brutal when a billion-dollar campus lands a giant tax break and promises basically no permanent payroll.

BURGUM TELLS THE HILL TO MOVE FASTER
POLITICO Pro
The administration is framing energy policy around speed, supply, and strategic urgency, which means permitting fights are about to get even rougher.

TRUMP TAPS COLD WAR LAW FOR MORE ENERGY
Axios
Washington is reaching for emergency powers because energy supply is starting to look like a national security problem again.

SOLAR POSTS ITS BIGGEST YEAR EVER
Ars Technica
The scale of solar growth is now large enough to change the argument over what can actually be built fast enough to matter.

BIOFUELS GET A WAR DRIVEN COMEBACK
Reuters
High oil prices are suddenly making old fuel substitutes look a lot more practical to governments worried about import exposure.

DUANE ARNOLD MOVES FROM TALK TO TRAINING
Des Moines Register
Restart stories get real once operators start drilling workers and rebuilding muscle memory instead of just floating plans.

FARMS FLEE THE FOSSIL FUEL SHOCK
CT Mirror
Fuel pain is pushing even small operators toward heat pumps and solar because waiting around for cheaper energy is not a business plan.

MICROSOFT CUTS LABOR INTO THE AI BUILDOUT
Axios
Big Tech is now locking in construction unions up front because labor peace is becoming part of the data center race.

SEVENTY SEVEN MILLION FOR ONE SERVER JOB
Syracuse.com / New York Focus
The subsidy math looks brutal when a billion-dollar campus lands a giant tax break and promises basically no permanent payroll.

CALIFORNIA DATA CENTER FIGHT TURNS UGLY
KPBS
The backlash around big AI campuses is getting hotter on the ground, and local tensions are spilling well past zoning meetings.

MISO SEES A THIRTY FIVE PERCENT LOAD JUMP
Utility Dive
The grid operator is saying the quiet part out loud, data center demand is blowing up long-range planning assumptions.

FERC FINALLY TAKES ON THE BIG LOAD FIGHT
POLITICO E&E News
Federal regulators are finally inching toward the precedent that decides who pays when giant new loads slam into the grid.