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Portal Texas Used to ‘Rubber Stamp’ Data Centers Down After 404 Media Reporting

Texas Suspends 17 Data Center Construction Permits

TCEQ temporarily shut its automatic-authorizations filing application to review whether submissions relate to data centers.
Seventeen data center-related stormwater construction permits were moved from active to suspended.
The action followed reports that permits continued to be issued after a September call for a pause.

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DT Editorial Team·Oct 23, 2026·via 404media.co

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Southeast Asia’s digital economy to hit $368 billion

Southeast Asia’s Digital Economy Is Being Reshaped by AI

The e-Conomy SEA report projects a $368 billion regional digital economy in 2026.
The report says 243 million Southeast Asians use generative AI in daily life.
It forecasts a $1 trillion digital economy by 2035, contingent on infrastructure and policy progress.

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DT Editorial Team·Oct 21, 2026·via blog.google

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'It Ain't Right:' Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway

Texas Data Center Permits Advance Despite Pause Call

Public Citizen and FracTracker Alliance said TCEQ records show continued data-center-related permit activity after September 21.
The groups cited air-emission certificates, stormwater coverage and expedited gas-plant activity.
Texas reportedly has 300 operating data centers, 100 under construction and 200 more planned.

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DT Editorial Team·Oct 20, 2026·via 404media.co

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‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM

East Fishkill pauses large AI data centers amid local backlash

East Fishkill barred consideration of new data centers above 20 MW until July 2029.
The move followed opposition to an exploratory proposal for a roughly 1-GW AI campus.
Officials plan to study water and ecosystem effects; the developer has appealed the moratorium.

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DT Editorial Team·Oct 9, 2026·via theguardian.com

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WIRED’s Midterms Races to Watch

The 2026 Midterms: Silicon Valley Money, AI Lobbies, and the Races That Matter

The 2026 midterms are heavily influenced by tech money, AI lobbying, and data center debates.
Texas' 10th Congressional District race between Chris Gober and Caitlin Rourk exemplifies this trend.
Gober has ties to Elon Musk's America PAC and advised on DOGE's structure.
His law firm represented a data center project and an Orban-aligned think tank.

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DT Editorial Team·Oct 8, 2026·via wired.com

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Sierra Club Applauds Governor Abigail Spanberger's Data Center Executive Order and Policy Framework Release - CleanTechnica

Sierra Club Backs Virginia Governor's Data Center Executive Order

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger announced an executive order and policy framework addressing data center development on September 18, 2026.
The order seeks a transition away from pollution-intensive Tier II diesel backup generators and bans blanket non-disclosure agreements.
It also expands community input opportunities and introduces incentives for clean energy power sources.
Sierra Club Virginia Chapter director Connor Kish called it the strongest executive action on data center impacts in state history.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 19, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Change 4 mindsets to build a more resilient US grid: NERC CEO Jim Robb

NERC CEO Jim Robb: Four Mindset Shifts for a More Resilient US Grid

NERC CEO Jim Robb warns the US cannot build electric infrastructure fast enough for projected demand from data centers, electrification, demographic change and industrial growth.
Robb describes electricity as a delivery mechanism rather than an energy source, noting its value lies in fungibility across fuels such as fossil, wind, solar, water and nuclear.
Electricity makes up a bit less than 20% of US end-use energy consumption today, a share Robb expects to rise.
Physical limits such as finite turbine manufacturing capacity are real, but Robb argues many obstacles are self-imposed limits rooted in a 30-year-old mindset.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 15, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute deals after Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless risk

Anthropic signs $517 billion compute deals after risk warning

Anthropic signed compute contracts worth up to $517 billion in eleven months.
Contracts add at least 14.8 gigawatts of power on top of existing 1-2 GW.
CEO Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless investment in early 2026.
OpenAI's Sam Altman now cautions about 'unsustainable silliness' from neo-cloud providers.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 8, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Deepseek plans the largest known Huawei chip cluster with 160,000 processors in Inner Mongolia

DeepSeek plans massive Huawei AI chip cluster in Inner Mongolia

DeepSeek reportedly plans an Inner Mongolia inference cluster using at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend-950DT chips.
The buildout would be the largest known Huawei chip cluster if completed.
The project underscores both China’s AI self-reliance push and its ongoing memory and production bottlenecks.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 4, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Anthropic ramps up Claude infrastructure with $35 billion Lambda deal

Anthropic Expands Compute With Reported $35 Billion Lambda Deal

Anthropic reportedly signed a $35 billion cloud deal with Lambda.
The agreement centers on a roughly 350-megawatt data center in Nueces County, Texas.
The move follows Anthropic’s recently announced $45 billion Nscale contract in West Virginia.
The expansion is tied to rising demand for Claude and Claude Code ahead of a planned IPO.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 3, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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PG&E sees rising interest in ‘customer-driven’ flexible interconnection pilot

PG&E pilot offers faster grid hookups by making capacity flexible

PG&E says its Flex Connect pilot lets some large customers connect far faster by accepting non-firm service.
The utility reports customers accessed needed capacity in 90% of hours and saw impacts less than 1% of the time.
The model is drawing interest from EV charging operators, data centers, manufacturers, and storage developers.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 2, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Large loads face reliability requirements under MISO proposal

MISO Moves to Tighten Grid Rules for Large Loads and Data Centers

MISO has asked FERC to approve new reliability requirements for large loads before grid connection.
The proposal creates a separate computational-load category aimed at data centers and similar facilities.
The filing reflects rising concern that fast-growing digital demand could create new grid stability risks.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 1, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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PJM drops Oklo advanced nuclear project from interconnection study cycle

Oklo fights PJM after Ohio power project is dropped from study cycle

Oklo filed an emergency complaint at FERC over PJM’s removal of a 750-MW project from a study cycle.
The project mixes advanced nuclear, fuel cells and gas generation in a single development.
The fight could become a test case for whether grid interconnection rules can handle newer hybrid power projects.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 31, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Anthropic locks in 45-billion-dollar compute deal with Nscale ahead of IPO

Anthropic locks in major compute capacity with Nscale ahead of planned IPO

Anthropic reportedly agreed to a six-year compute deal worth about $45 billion with Nscale.
The arrangement would use 460 megawatts of Nvidia Vera Rubin chips at a West Virginia site starting late next year.
The deal underscores how AI competition is increasingly tied to power, chip supply, and large-scale data center access.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 27, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’

Ken Paxton puts data centers at the center of Texas politics

Ken Paxton proposed a 'Texas first' plan targeting the impacts of data centers.
The plan ties AI infrastructure to electricity prices, rural land use, taxes, and child safety.
Public opposition to local data center construction is rising across party lines.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 25, 2026·via theguardian.com

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ERCOT aims to complete Texas governor’s data center audit by December

ERCOT races to audit Texas data center queue after governor’s pause

ERCOT says it will finish auditing large data center proposals by Dec. 10.
The review follows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for a moratorium on new interconnections.
Officials say speculative or duplicative projects may be inflating the queue and complicating planning.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 24, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Analysis Shows All Those Data Centers Under Construction Will Output As Much CO2 As 24 Million Cars - Jalopnik

Data Center Construction Boom Could Emit as Much CO2 as 24 Million Cars

60 largest data centers under construction will emit 101.5 million tons of CO2 annually, equal to 24 million cars.
Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft saw emissions rise 16%, 18%, and 25% respectively from 2024 to 2025.
Data center power demands strain the grid and are worsened by cuts to clean energy tax credits.
Tech companies are exploring space-based solar and nuclear reactors as low-carbon solutions.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 23, 2026·via jalopnik.com

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Bill McKibben Explores The AI Dystopia - CleanTechnica

Bill McKibben on the AI Dystopia: Data Centers and the Climate Crisis

Bill McKibben wrote a Substack post on August 21 about the environmental harms of AI data centers.
Local opposition to data centers is widespread, with 75% of Americans opposing nearby development.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for an audit and freeze on new data center connections.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects 20-33% increase in electricity sector emissions from data center buildout.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 22, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Data center opposition surged from 42 to 75 percent in just one year, survey finds

Data Center Opposition Surges to 75% in One Year, Survey Finds

75% of Americans oppose nearby data center construction, up from 42% a year ago.
61% are strongly opposed, per a Heatmap News survey.
A Gallup poll in May found 71% opposed.
Top concerns are local power costs, water use, and land use.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 21, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Duke’s New Energy Plan for Data Centers Requires Consumer Protections Now - CleanTechnica

Duke Energy's Data Center Plan Sparks Call for Consumer Protections in South Carolina

Duke Energy's new long-range plan proposes two additional gas plants and extended coal operations.
The plan is driven by speculative data center demand, with 8,000 MW in advanced development and 6,000 MW in pipeline without contracts.
Residential and retail demand have declined, but Duke is investing heavily in fossil fuels for data centers.
Sierra Club calls for strong consumer protections to prevent ratepayers from subsidizing data center infrastructure.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 19, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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