data centers

The mayor of Gallatin, Tennessee says a hyperscale Meta data center is the city’s largest taxpayer and has done a lot of charitable giving in the community. But two years into operation, residents in the northern Tennessee town still have concerns about its effect on utilities, the environment, and property values.

One tax attorney argues data centers should count as manufacturers under state law

A Kentucky GOP lawmaker pushed back against Trump’s social media post, which said communities resisting data centers “want to end up being backwards and poor.”

Elon Musk’s xAI runs one of the nation’s largest data centers in Memphis. It’s powered by about 60 gas turbines that emit a loud, unsettling noise.

The Kentucky legislature in 2025 passed a law giving massive tax breaks to companies building data centers across the state, but Beshear wants those rolled back.

As data center proposals spring up in communities across Kentucky, residents want more answers about their would-be neighbors from developers and their own public officials.

The Tennessee Valley Authority changed the way it charges data centers for electricity this week, but the utility did not show its math on how it will protect people from higher bills.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is set to discuss a special rate for large industrial customers, which will include many data centers, at its quarterly board meeting Thursday.

The Democratic governor has argued he has authority over data centers. Experts aren’t so sure.

Opposition to hyperscale data centers is stoking bipartisanship in Kentucky, with Republicans and Democrats finding common cause in their resistance to local proposals.