Friday, April 24, 2026

POWERED LAND GETS A SECOND LIFE
Reuters
Old industrial sites with power, water, and grid access are suddenly premium AI real estate.

ORACLE'S AI DEBT TESTS WALL STREET
The Wall Street Journal
The AI boom is running into financing limits just as power bottlenecks and local backlash get worse.

DATA CENTER BACKLASH HITS PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS
CNBC
Pennsylvania's AI buildout is turning into an election issue in some of the country's closest House races.

MINNEAPOLIS EYES A DATA CENTER TIMEOUT
The Minnesota Star Tribune
Another city wants breathing room before hyperscale demand outruns whatever guardrails it has left.

DURHAM WEIGHS A TWO-YEAR BAN
Raleigh News & Observer
Local officials are trying to get ahead of the issue before a hyperscale fight lands in their lap.

OHIO KEEPS KILLING RENEWABLE PERMITS
Inside Climate News
New research says state permitting is usually manageable, but Ohio keeps standing out as the place where projects go to die.

NEXTERA FINDS A GRID PATH IN WYOMING
Oil City News
Even after one big wind project died, developers are still chasing interconnection wherever the queue opens a crack.

OFFSHORE WIND KEEPS MOVING OFF RHODE ISLAND
The Associated Press
The projects are physically showing up on the water even as Washington tries to slow the whole sector down.

SHALE GAS SEES A DATA CENTER OPENING
Hart Energy
NextEra's outlook is another reminder that rising data center demand is boosting the case for more gas-fired supply.

SALT LAKE CITY ADDS A CLEAN ENERGY FEE
The Salt Lake Tribune
Utilities and cities are still testing how much customers will tolerate when clean-energy ambitions hit the monthly bill.

TRUMP AI CAMPUS HITS EARLY TROUBLE
Futurism
One of the loudest AI data center pitches on the board still appears to be missing some very basic plumbing.

AES SAYS GOOGLE COVERS THE BILL
Inside INdiana Business
Indiana is becoming a clean test of whether utilities can add giant load without detonating a ratepayer revolt.

FERGUSON HITS PAUSE ON TAX BREAKS
STLPR
Even smaller-city projects are getting jammed up once subsidy fights hit open political daylight.

GOOGLE SWEETENS HERMANTOWN TERMS
Duluth News Tribune
Towns are pressing harder for concessions now that everyone knows hyperscale demand is not a free lunch.

BUILD BETTER DEALS OR EXPECT MORE BACKLASH
The Hill
The backlash is now strong enough that even industry-friendly voices are telling developers to offer communities a cleaner bargain.