US pulls ahead of China in building natural gas to power AI data centers
The United States is building twice as much natural gas as China, giving Washington a leg up in the race to power data centers running artificial intelligence, according to a new report. The amount of natural gas projects under development in the U.S. in the first half of this year was already 50% higher than…
If America Doesn’t Want Data Centers, Where Will They Go?
There are few political topics that Governors Kathy Hochul and Greg Abbott would likely agree on. But data centers might be one of them. On August 3, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on Texas data centers (which had been growing at breakneck pace) until they could be effectively audited by the state’s
The data center era that's reshaping America
Nothing is driving more new U.S. economic investment or political volatility than data centers.
Why it matters: They're the Great Subplot of 2026, THE topic animating the AI race and elections. Everyone needs to understand the size, scope and sentiment surrounding them.
The big picture: It's almost impossible to wrap
‘Communist Lobbying’: Sheehy Blasts Left-Wing Push To Kill Data Centers
Montana GOP Sen. Tim Sheehy blasted calls for a moratorium on new data centers Monday, warning that restricting their construction would kill American jobs and threaten the country’s technological future. “First they killed our timber mills, then our mines, then our factories — now data centers,” Sheehy said. Sheehy’s