Datacenters — Timeline
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Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026
- 9:32 PM UTC SpaceX ramps up Tesla Megapack purchases in Q2 to power its AI data centers cnbc.com
- 10:00 AM UTC NASA chief Jared Isaacman tells ‘Pod Force One’ about his NIMBY solution to data center backlash nypost.com
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Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026
- 10:24 PM UTC Sen. Ted Cruz on future of AI, Texas Senate race and more cbsnews.com
- 6:53 PM UTC How ICE and a data center turned a small Pittsburgh suburb into a civic battleground apnews.com
- 6:31 PM UTC An overlooked player in data center buildout delivers once again cnbc.com
- 3:47 PM UTC Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid theverge.com
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Monday, Aug 3, 2026
- 5:12 PM UTC Jim Cramer wants to 'replenish' our position in this data center play cnbc.com
- 10:00 AM UTC “A deal with the devil”: Religion motivates data center opponents in Texas salon.com
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Sunday, Aug 2, 2026
- 2:12 PM UTC Resistance grows nationwide against AI data center boom cbsnews.com
- 10:00 AM UTC US companies win billions in African data center deals in direct competition with China foxnews.com
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Thursday, Jul 30, 2026
- 9:50 PM UTC Nexus Data Centers in advanced talks to secure $15B for Google-backed Anthropic data center cnbc.com
- 2:06 PM UTC Inside a California data center as communities raise concerns about energy costs amid the AI boom cbsnews.com
- 7:17 AM UTC Rolls-Royce jumps 4% as it sees boost from both the defense boom and AI data center buildout cnbc.com
- 4:13 AM UTC UK slows AI data center roll-out over energy crunch — RT World News rt.com
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Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026
- 9:25 PM UTC Willie Nelson says Americans must fight ‘water thieving’ AI data centers ‘invading’ Texas farmland nypost.com
- 7:03 PM UTC Willie Nelson urges Americans to fight 'water thieving' AI data centers devouring rural Texas farmland foxnews.com
- 11:05 AM UTC Data center backlash in midterm elections and Iran launches attacks on U.S. targets: Morning Rundown nbcnews.com
- 9:09 AM UTC Sam Altman says he gets why people don't want AI data centers in their backyard businessinsider.com
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Monday, Jul 27, 2026
- 7:13 PM UTC Data center ban: Did New York make the right call? theweek.com
- 5:32 PM UTC Nvidia and OpenAI in talks for up to $250 billion dollar backstop to fund AI infrastructure plans cnbc.com
- 11:00 AM UTC The war on data centers jeopardizes our economy and national security foxnews.com
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Sunday, Jul 26, 2026
- 1:23 AM UTC Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations apnews.com
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Thursday, Jul 23, 2026
- 10:19 PM UTC New York Gov. Kathy Hochul explains why she signed the first statewide moratorium on data centers nbcnews.com
- 4:15 PM UTC Trump expanding consumer protections for data center power costs nypost.com
- 3:53 PM UTC Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers apnews.com
- 1:58 PM UTC The hidden left-wing network powering a ‘conservative’ rebellion against a major Trump priority foxnews.com
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Wednesday, Jul 22, 2026
- 12:13 PM UTC ‘They Woke Up to This Construction’: Erin Brockovich Says She’s Been Flooded with AI Data Center Complaints breitbart.com
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Tuesday, Jul 21, 2026
- 9:17 PM UTC California’s ‘billionaire playground’ in crisis mode as booming industry threatens their home comforts nypost.com
- 5:56 PM UTC Will data center backlash decide the midterms? theweek.com
- 11:00 AM UTC Marxist organizer leads campaign against Virginia AI data center as foreign influence concerns mount foxnews.com
- 10:18 AM UTC Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU? theverge.com
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Sunday, Jul 19, 2026
- 11:19 PM UTC Top NYC business group opposes Gov. Hochul’s one-year data center ban nypost.com
- 3:27 PM UTC Gov. Kathy Hochul says New York "has to lead" on 1-year, large-scale data center ban cbsnews.com
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Saturday, Jul 18, 2026
- 11:45 AM UTC Steve Moore: Data Centers ‘Should Pay for Other People’s Electricity Bills’ as ‘Enticement’ breitbart.com
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Friday, Jul 17, 2026
- 9:00 AM UTC AI Data Centers Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg thenation.com
- 9:00 AM UTC AI Data Centers Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg thenation.com
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Thursday, Jul 16, 2026
- 10:31 PM UTC Erin Brockovich on the stakes of data center expansion cbsnews.com
- 8:11 PM UTC Nashville Zoo becomes new front against data centers theweek.com
- 5:39 PM UTC Mississippi homeowners blame a noisy data center plant for sleepless nights. The mayor's advice? "Consider selling." cbsnews.com
- 5:33 PM UTC Mississippi homeowners decry noisy data center plant: "I feel like I'm being tortured" cbsnews.com
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Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026
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Tuesday, Jul 14, 2026
- 9:35 PM UTC New York Is First State to Press Pause on AI Data Center Construction cnet.com
- 5:39 PM UTC New York becomes first U.S. state to impose AI data center ban cnbc.com
- 5:30 PM UTC Hochul halts New York data center construction amid energy, cost and environmental concerns cbsnews.com
- 1:39 PM UTC Experts: AI Servers Will Consume More Power than All Conventional Data Centers Combined by 2027 breitbart.com
- 1:36 PM UTC Sen. Tim Scott wants to hear from Warsh on data centers and artificial intelligence cnbc.com
- 11:31 AM UTC New York enacts country's first statewide moratorium on data centers cbsnews.com
- 11:24 AM UTC New York to impose the country's first statewide moratorium on data centers abcnews.go.com
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Monday, Jul 13, 2026
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Sunday, Jul 12, 2026
- 12:04 PM UTC The fight against AI data centers is just beginning theverge.com
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Saturday, Jul 11, 2026
- 11:53 AM UTC As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives apnews.com
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Friday, Jul 10, 2026
- 1:31 PM UTC Would you host part of an AI data center in your home? theverge.com
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Thursday, Jul 9, 2026
- 10:30 AM UTC Everyday Americans are fighting to take down data centers salon.com
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Wednesday, Jul 8, 2026
- 10:23 PM UTC Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US apnews.com
- 7:32 PM UTC Meta is building its first big Canadian data center as AI expansion crosses the border cnbc.com
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Monday, Jul 6, 2026
- 9:09 PM UTC The data center backlash theweek.com
- 12:03 PM UTC Anthropic signs lease for TeraWulf data center in Kentucky cnbc.com
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Thursday, Jul 2, 2026
- 5:44 PM UTC GE Vernova's gas turbines aren't the only way it's winning from the AI boom cnbc.com