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From left; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Related Companies CEO Brent Behrman, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk during the groundbreaking for the Barn data center in Saline Township , Mich., on Monday, June 1, 2026. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman are all talking about public ownership in AI

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers.

Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is visible Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, arrives to an event at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting on Feb. 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)

Ohio suspends data center tax break as tech firms face pressure to pay the cost to power AI

A Fisk University sign is seen July 18, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Nashville HBCU Fisk University Launches $900M Campus Transformation — With a Data Center

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Building trades unions join forces with tech giants in AI data center push

AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it’s locking in more fossil fuels

The race to deploy artificial intelligence is complicating tech companies’ commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. They say they must be flexible as they build data centers that can consume more power than entire cities.

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Ohio data center tax break cost $1.4 billion more than expected in 2025

Texas county pauses data center construction in rural areas for a year

Proposed Fort Bliss data center could use more power than all of El Paso

The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is seen, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Lithia Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Nation’s first state moratorium on data centers vetoed by Maine’s governor

Wendy Albers poses for a photo outside the Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority board meeting Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (Brian Allnutt/Planet Detroit via AP)

Michigan utility OKs 12-month ban on supplying water for data centers

Ypsilanti water system to consider 12-month moratorium on supplying data centers

The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is seen, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Lithia Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze

A sign directing voters sits outside the headquarters of Salt River Project on Monday, March 30, 2026, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Jonathan J. Cooper)

Renewable energy advocates make gains in fight over future of big Arizona power utility

Solar panels stretch out across the desert floor, Thursday, April 2, 2026, in North Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Data centers are to blame

Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Democrats see Georgia’s failure to curb data centers as an electoral gift

This aerial photo shows an entrance to the Stargate artificial intelligence data center complex in Abilene, Texas on Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien, File)

Microsoft takes over a Texas AI data center expansion after OpenAI backs away

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

AI’s arrival complicates Big Tech climate goals, and some worry it’s locking in more fossil fuels

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., hold a news conference on the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez push bill to impose AI data center moratorium

Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., left, and Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce speak at a groundbreaking for a new data center Friday, March 20, 2026, in Piketon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Trump officials announce 10-gigawatt data center, gas plants for former Ohio uranium site

Nevada likely to fall short of clean energy goals because of data centers

Cars drive past data centers that house computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, such as artificial intelligence, in Ashburn, Virginia, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it’s time to scrap its tax breaks

A sign protesting the local power utility's plan to build a 500-kilovolt power line nearby on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

An aerial view of the Digital Realty SFO12 Data Center, center, is seen in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, Dec. 16, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Who pays for AI’s power? California watchdog urges new data center rules

President Donald Trump holds up the Ratepayer Protection Pledge after signing it in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says deal on data centers will lower electricity prices as tech companies vow to cover costs

A MacBook Neo sits on display during an Apple unveil event, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in New York (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ,

Apple’s ‘big week’ launches a pair of $599 devices aimed at budget buyers

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters

Delegates arrive for an AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb.17, 2026. (AP Photo)

India eyes $200B in data center investments as it ramps up its AI hub ambitions

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pa., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

The Colstrip Steam Electric Station is seen in Colstrip, Mont., Sept. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

As AI investors eye Montana for new data centers, communities brace for water impacts

Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts

Rose Marie Pilgrim Mellis and Andrea Saavedra work through prompts together at the Quili.AI headquarters Jan. 31, 2026, in Quilicura, Chile. (Jota Velasquez/Tombras via AP)

A chatbot entirely powered by humans, not artificial intelligence? This Chilean community shows why

New Orleans City Council bans data centers for a year after concerns over potential development

Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

White House and governors pressure grid operator to boost power supply

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks before President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his "Investing in America agenda" at Gateway Technical College, May 8, 2024, in Sturtevant, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Microsoft’s Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to ‘pay our way’ for AI data centers amid rising opposition

The Jeffrey Energy Center coal-fired power plant operates at sunset near Emmett, Kan., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

US carbon pollution rose in 2025. Experts blame cold winter, high natural gas prices, data centers

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