DAILYCALLER (Dylan Kresak) - The Data Center Boom Is Coming For Small-Town Water
‘really large numbers that are hard to put in context’
YOUTUBE (Fox Business) - COMPLIANCE: Abbott draws hard line on Texas data centers
Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, defends his moratorium on new data centers, warning AI operators must protect local water, power supplies and communities if they want to do business in the state. #foxbusiness #fox #gregabbott #texas #datacenters #ai #ercot #powergrid #energy #water #tech #infrastructure #businessnews #usnews #breakingnews
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Howard Lutnick Just Contradicted Howard Lutnick On AI Data Centers
The commerce secretary contradicted himself on the amount of water the centers use — and somebody brought receipts.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Poll: Data centers gain massive support -- they don't waste water! Robby Soave | RISING
OPINION: Robby Soave gives his radar on the controversy surrounding data centers and their use of water. #RobbySoave #DataCenters #Water
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - The data center era that's reshaping America
Nothing is driving more new U.S. economic investment or political volatility than data centers . Why it matters: They're the Great Subplot of 2026, THE topic animating the AI race and elections . Everyone needs to understand the size, scope and sentiment surrounding them. The big picture: It's almost impossible to wrap your brain around the scale of the cash dedicated to this buildout — now the biggest capital project in human history. - The five biggest hyperscalers — Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta and Oracle — are set to spend more than $750B on capital expenditures this year. That's up 67% from last year, and roughly 75% of it is earmarked for AI infrastructure. The three things about data centers that you won't be able to…
AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - Texas welcomed the AI boom. Now Abbott says data centers "dug their own grave"
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican executive to the AI industry, telling ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they're facing after failing to win community support. Why it matters: Abbott is the latest governor to sharply change course on the AI data center boom he once enthusiastically courted as local opposition becomes a potent political force . - Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who last year celebrated a $20 billion Amazon data center investment, imposed new restrictions this week. - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last month ordered a one-year moratorium on hyperscale data centers. Catch up quick: Just last November,…
WASHINGTONPOST (Annie Gowen) - Government will cut water to Ariz., Calif., Nevada as Colorado River runs low
The states must curb their use of water from the river starting in 2027.
HUFFPOST - Lake Powell Hits Record Low, Threatening Key Water And Electricity Supply For Millions
The alarming milestone at Lake Powell comes about a week after the river’s other major reservoir, Lake Mead, also hit a historic low.
AXIOS (Amy Harder) - Data center backlash echoes fossil-fuel politics
Willie Nelson has become an unlikely barometer of America's biggest infrastructure fights. He once protested the Keystone XL pipeline and fracking. Today, he's fighting data centers. Why it matters: The American icon's latest cause underscores how the politics surrounding AI infrastructure are beginning to resemble the last decade's fights over fossil fuels. "The last thing we need is a loud, water thieving, light polluting, data center anywhere near our town (or any others for that matter)," Nelson told his more than one million Instagram followers recently. Flashback: "For 29 years, corporations have continued to take the land away from the small family farmers, and this is what we're here to fight against," Nelson said during a…
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - Inside Meta’s strategy to build AI data centers WITHOUT local BACKLASH
This morning, Meta just announced it will invest $1 billion in U.S. cities where it operates AI data centers. This comes as some communities rally against the projects, citing concerns about electricity use and water consumption. But in one Utah town, a data center –operated by Meta– has already won the support of residents by working to address their concerns and investing in the community. MS NOW's Josh Einiger breaks it all down.