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- Sep 28NEWS·AlabamaFour people were arrested following an attempted robbery Sunday night at a Husky Mart Gas Station in Helena. Police apprehended three suspects at the scene and located the fourth after establishing a perimeter and conducting a search.WBRC · Alabama
- Sep 28MORATORIUM·FloridaFlorida's gubernatorial race features competing visions on artificial intelligence data centers. Democratic candidate David Jolly proposes a one-year statewide moratorium to study environmental and community impacts, while Republican Byron Donalds opposes restrictions, arguing such bans signal business unfriendliness and advocates relying on local regulations and legislative protections.FOX 13 Tampa Bay · Florida
- Sep 28MORATORIUM·Duval Co., FLU.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon said she would co-sponsor U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal for a federal moratorium on artificial intelligence data centers, comparing potential environmental risks to Superfund site contamination that has affected poor communities for decades.Florida Politics · Duval Co., FL
- Sep 28NEWS·FloridaHeadline onlyThe Business Journals · Florida
- Sep 28NEWS·GeorgiaHeadline onlydata center | WDHN - wdhn.com · Georgia
- Sep 28UTILITIES·Coweta Co., GAA Georgia woman whose campaign against a Georgia Power transmission project gained national attention has posted a farewell to her childhood home, which will be demolished for the data-center-linked infrastructure project. Brown opposed using eminent domain to acquire property for transmission expansion that primarily serves private data centers rather than public purposes.Newsweek · Coweta Co., GA · also at Yahoo
- Sep 28MORATORIUM·LouisianaHouse Speaker Mike Johnson dismissed opposition to AI data centers as Chinese influence and called for industry self-regulation, while Nvidia announced its Open Agent Safety Platform to impose technical controls on autonomous AI systems. However, polling shows substantial bipartisan opposition to new data centers among Americans.Newsweek · Louisiana
- Sep 28PERMIT·Richland Parish, LAA Florida-based energy startup is pitching Ascension and Iberville parishes on natural gas plants, small nuclear reactors, battery storage and potentially solar and data center facilities, projecting up to $40 billion in capital investment and a 20% boost to Louisiana's electricity generation capacity.NOLA.com · Richland Parish, LA
- Sep 28LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TNHeadline onlyThe Commercial Appeal · Shelby Co., TN
- Sep 28NEWS·Shelby Co., TNSatellite imagery shows forests and farmland near Memphis transformed into large warehouse-like data center structures over five years. Tech companies nationwide are clearing forests, farmland and desert to build hyperscale data centers powering artificial intelligence, with roughly 680 either operating or planned across the country.The Washington Post · Shelby Co., TN
- Sep 28MORATORIUMThe Goldwater Institute has demanded that Pima County rescind its moratorium on new data center development, contending it violates Arizona law by restricting lawful development without evidence of imminent public danger. The county's own public-health review found no direct empirical evidence of health impacts from data centers, the institute stated.Goldwater Institute
- Sep 28VOTESenate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is attempting to block a bill by Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio that would protect taxpayers from additional costs related to AI-driven data centers, though some Democrats who supported the House version are reluctant to oppose it ahead of the Ohio Senate race.WKRG