northcentralpa.com - PA PUC voted 4-0 to seek comment on a plan curtailing data centers and other large new power loads before other customers when the grid is under strain.

wgal.com - House Democrats and the House Energy Committee unveil a three-pronged "generation, efficiency, and demand response" plan to address grid reliability risks from AI data center power demand, following a PUC report warning failures could be six times worse than current standards.

wnep.com - The Welby Court project will transform a vacant Scranton lot into two six-unit affordable housing buildings, aimed at easing the growing gap between local incomes and housing costs in Lackawanna County.

planetdetroit.org - Google's 1-gigawatt data center in Van Buren Township, Michigan won final site plan approval despite resident concerns over noise, water use and utility rate impacts.

insidernj.com - More than 100 New Jersey municipalities have now enacted bans or moratoriums on data center development.

govtech.com - Data centers have become a defining issue in Florida's governor's race, with candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly staking out sharply different positions as polling shows broad voter opposition.

wpr.org - A legal settlement between Sierra Club, Midwest Environmental Advocates and the Wisconsin DNR requires a full statewide review of data centers' environmental impacts, stemming from a lawsuit over a $15 billion Port Washington project.