Texas is shifting from courting data centers toward regulating them. Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed new rules for data centers as concerns about their energy and water consumption and their impact on ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an order aimed at making sure Texas ratepayers do not take on the costs of building new infrastructure to power the hundreds of data centers seeking to join the ...

Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass privacy protections that grant the state’s residents new rights over accessing and deleting their data held by big tech giants. The bill also bans companies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass privacy protections that grant the state’s residents new rights over accessing and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The measure, S10642 / A11560, passed the Senate 44-16 and the Assembly 102-39 in the final hours of the 2026 legislative session.

It could become the first ban of its kind in a state. It could become the first ban of its kind in a state. is a senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and ...

Pushback against construction of new data centers continues in the Midwest and East as Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) joins Ohio in suspending new tax incentives for data centers effective July 1, and ...

House Bill 2992, signed on May 11, requires large-load customers to fund their own infrastructure costs and to notify government entities and adjacent landowners within 60 days of purchasing land.