Melissa Palmer

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

DeSantis is pitching a “Citizen Bill of Rights for AI” that directly targets hyperscale AI data center expansion in Florida....

Data center pushback overlooks efficiency gains, economic growth, and grid benefits

Data center pushback overlooks efficiency gains, economic growth, and grid benefits

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

This is an opinion piece that goes against what is usually in the news. Local resistance to new data centers...

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Sourcecolo is testing the waters for a potential data center in Warrick County, Indiana, but is framing the Dec. 8...

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Loudoun County residents used a town hall with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam to hammer the local data center buildout on health,...

Pause on neighborhood data center raises questions about AI buildout

Pause on neighborhood data center raises questions about AI buildout

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Monterey Park’s city council just hit pause on a proposed 250,000-square-foot data center conversion of a vacant office site after...

Liquid cooling chain now consolidated as Vertiv integrates PurgeRite services

Liquid cooling chain now consolidated as Vertiv integrates PurgeRite services

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

Vertiv buys PurgeRite to own the liquid cooling “last mile” for AI data centers Vertiv closed its roughly $1 billion...

From coal scars to solar AI hubs, Virginia bets on data centers

From coal scars to solar AI hubs, Virginia bets on data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

Virginia’s coal country is pitching reclaimed mine land as solar-powered AI data center sites, with Energy DELTA Lab planning a...

Lawmakers move to shield power bills from huge data centers

Lawmakers move to shield power bills from huge data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

Delaware is staring at a 1.2 GW “Project Washington” data center that could consume half the state’s annual load and...

Federal energy data shifts reshape data center PLANNING

Federal energy data shifts reshape data center PLANNING

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

The new EIA chief plans formal data center energy surveys, which will finally give operators, utilities, and GPU cloud builders...

AI data center power needs quietly push electricity bills higher

AI data center power needs quietly push electricity bills higher

Melissa Palmer
December 5, 2025

AI data center power demand is now a primary driver of US electricity price increases, with EIA data showing a...

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