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AXIOS (Maria Curi) - The best and worst states for AI data centers

Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends. Why it matters: Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. Here's how two key states are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. It's no wonder that Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment. - Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm Aterio . Another 157 are under construction, beating Virginia . - The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth more…

Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends. Why it matters: Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. Here's how two key states are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. It's no wonder that Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment. - Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm Aterio . Another 157 are under construction, beating Virginia . - The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth more…Open

NPR (NPR Staff) - Leaders urge for restraint as 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.Open