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The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution↗ capitalbnews.org · HN · 403 comments · 511 points · Sep 11, 2026
Oracle on the hook to pay data centre investors even if site has no electricity↗ ft.com · HN · 153 comments · 156 points · Sep 25, 2026
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 151 comments · 151 points · Sep 24, 2026
'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres↗ ft.com · HN · 199 comments · 107 points · Sep 04, 2026
New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 29 comments · 94 points · Sep 24, 2026
What It's Like to Work in One of America's Data Centers↗ wsj.com · HN · 74 comments · 83 points · Sep 20, 2026
Wall Street is growing skeptical of the data center boom↗ nytimes.com · HN · 87 comments · 72 points · Sep 21, 2026
The moral panic over data centres is foolish↗ economist.com · HN · 196 comments · 61 points · Sep 05, 2026
Texas Data Center Map: See where data centers are operating or planned↗ kxan.com · HN · 30 comments · 34 points · Sep 03, 2026
Oracle invokes force majeure on New Mexico AI data center↗ qz.com · HN · 1 comments · 28 points · Sep 24, 2026