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Voters went against data centers in 43 of 44 decided ballot measures. The results, town by town

Local ballot measures on data centers ran almost one-sided in Tuesday's US midterms. Bans passed and project rezonings failed, often by margins of three or four to one. It's the clearest sign yet that power-hungry AI campuses now face a local veto, and more votes are scheduled for December.

2h ago · 4 min read

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OpenAI's 'Grid Protectors' pledge: what its 1,000 MW Georgia deal commits to, and what it doesn't

OpenAI says future data centers will cut power use when grids are strained, starting with a 3.2 GW campus in Georgia that can shed up to 1,000 MW. The Georgia contract is real and approved; the national program is still a framework, and the headline $950 million in bill savings isn't from OpenAI alone.

14h ago · 3 min read