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Data Centers
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AI and cloud data center infrastructure, power, siting, and local policy coverage.
Google’s $1.5B Alabama Data Center Expansion Puts AI Power Costs on Display
Google is spending $1.5 billion to expand its Jackson County, Alabama data center campus while promising to cover its own power and infrastructure costs. The deal shows how AI infrastructure growth is becoming a fight over electricity bills, grid upgrades, nuclear power, and local energy programs.
OpenAI’s China-Linked Campaign Puts AI Data Centers in the Influence War
OpenAI’s latest threat report says China-linked accounts used ChatGPT to test narratives around U.S. AI data centers, tariffs, electricity prices, and platform trust. The campaigns had little reach, but the target matters.