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Top U.S. States for AI Data Centers And Infrastructure Growth
Matched: AI, Artificial Intelligence
A TRG Datacenters study ranks Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, and Texas as the top five U.S. states for AI data center growth, weighing capacity, electricity use, and environmental pressures. Virginia topped the index despite lacking the most facilities, while Texas ranked fifth despite leading in large sites, partly because nearly 59% of its facilities sit in high water-stress areas. Ohio led in total power capacity at 1,410 megawatts. The findings highlight that resource availability increasingly determines where AI infrastructure can sustainably expand.
AI data centre regulation just got a template that needs no new law
Matched: AI, OpenAI
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order requiring data centre developers to sign binding agreements accepting conditions before permits are reviewed, alongside securing local approval. The order bans NDAs for state agencies, mandates public disclosure of energy and water use, requires developers to cover grid costs rather than passing them to residents, and places data centres last in line during power curtailments. No new legislation was needed — existing permitting authority made it possible.