Good morning. The Senate stalled a 417-3 ratepayer bill, federal land managers are weighing 12 data-center proposals and Generac landed an $8 billion Amazon deal. The fight has moved from whether to build to who sets the terms.
Top Stories
SENATE STALLS 417-3 DATA-CENTER BILL
Newsweek
Martin Heinrich blocked Jon Husted's fast-track request for the House bill as too weak, then Bernie Moreno blocked Heinrich's stronger alternative.
12 DATA-CENTER PROJECTS TARGET PUBLIC LANDS
The Washington Sun
BLM is reviewing right-of-way proposals in Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming, including two Utah data centers a nuclear startup would power with small reactors. Most have never been reported and are not easily found on the agency's website.
NEVADA TIGHTENS DATA-CENTER TAX BREAKS
The Nevada Independent
Joe Lombardo's order preserves school-support taxes and requires new incentive applicants to cover power costs, meet water rules and protect grid service.
WES MOORE BACKS STATEWIDE MORATORIUM
The Hill
Maryland's Democratic governor said he would absolutely sign a statewide data-center moratorium if lawmakers send him one in 2027.
GENERAC LANDS $8 BILLION AMAZON DEAL
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Initial deliveries of backup power for Amazon data centers are due in 2027 and 2028, with that opening phase expected to be worth $2.4 billion.
Power & Grid
AMEREN'S 10% RATE HIKE DRAWS FIRE
FOX 2
A Missouri lawmaker wants regulators to scrutinize data-center costs in Ameren's $343 million request, while the utility says future large loads will save customers $21 million.
REVOLUTION WIND INSTALLS FINAL TURBINE
The Providence Journal
The 704-MW project finished installing all 65 turbines after defeating two federal stop-work orders and expects full operation later this year.
NEW ENGLAND PICKS 1,200-MW GRID UPGRADE
InDepthNH.org
ISO New England selected Eversource and Avangrid's TIDE project to move northern wind power south with a projected benefit worth more than twice its cost.
108-MILE WALK TARGETS REVIVED GAS PIPELINE
NEWS10 ABC
Indigenous leaders and environmental groups say the nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline would cross more than 300 waterways to feed data-center gas demand.
SOLAR TRADE GROUPS COMBINE FORCES
PV Tech
SEIA will absorb the Coalition for Community Solar Access in October, adding a distributed-power unit after U.S. community solar passed 10 GW.
Data Centers
AI COOLING DRIVES PFAS EXPANSION
Fortune
ChemSec says major chemical producers are expanding forever-chemical capacity as data centers trade some water consumption for fluorinated cooling compounds.
META BOOM DELIVERS $50,935 TEACHER CHECKS
The Center Square
Construction spending at Meta's Louisiana campus swelled local sales-tax distributions, lifting full-share teacher payments from $10,200 last year to $50,935.
GOOGLE PROMISES 120% WATER REPLENISHMENT
Wyoming Public Media
The scaled-back $17 billion Project Tembo campus would use closed-loop air cooling and deep wells as Google promises to return more water than it consumes.
ST. LOUIS DEVELOPER SUES OVER CONDITIONS
St. Louis Public Radio
TerraWatt says renewable-power and community-benefit requirements for its $3.1 billion Armory campus are illegal and practically impossible.
META ADDS 144 MW OF TEXAS SOLAR
Utility Dive
Apex says Meta's commitment made the Starling project possible, although its stated 2027 opening runs ahead of ERCOT's January 2028 queue date.
Stat of the Day
17,600
Acres of public land under data-center review
Larger than Manhattan, with BLM saying each proposal still faces environmental review.
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