1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1619+ words) Noise pollution may be reaching dangerous levels for residents living near the Memphis-Mississippi border. This area of split governance is the home of Elon Musk’s xAI data center campus that runs Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot for the social platform…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1062+ words) While local governments across Southern Indiana have taken steps this summer to regulate where new data centers can go — or not go — in their communities, the planned hyperscale Meta data center is nearing completion in the Jeffersonville section of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) The Kentucky Attorney General's office says a proposed data center in the eastern part of the state could help offset the cost of a power plant project. Kentucky Power is asking the state's Public Service Commission to approve the construction…...

3+ week, 58+ min ago   (1276+ words) Dozens of Carroll County residents lined up outside a nondescript door at the fairgrounds in Carrollton, Kentucky on Aug. 18. Two people checked IDs at the door — only residents were allowed inside. Reporters and interested parties who didn’t live in the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (485+ words) The commission heard from representatives from Mayor Craig Greenberg’s administration, who proposed additional rules that seek to limit water consumption and close potential loopholes. Perhaps the biggest change proposed by the administration was requiring nearly all new data centers to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (449+ words) A leading Kentucky lawmaker says the General Assembly could revisit tax breaks for data centers in the coming session. Sen. Robby Mills, a Henderson Republican, says state lawmakers could shorten the life of the tax breaks they previously enacted. Data…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (293+ words) The Tennessee Valley Authority could soon change the way it charges data centers for electricity. The utility that generates power for 10 million people across the region will be discussing a special rate for large industrial customers, which will include many…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (432+ words) In a recent report, the Metropolitan Housing Coalition dug into how data centers filter down to a ratepayer’s bill, the lack of clarity in zoning regulation and the organization’s legislative priorities as data center proposals dot the Kentucky map. LPM’s…...