CHARLOTTE — Electric bills in North Carolina have increased approximately 22% since 2020, according to a state task force report. Duke Energy is currently seeking an additional 15% rate increase over ...

Developer Black Mountain is asking the Fort Worth City Council to approve rezoning of additional land for inclusion in a development that includes a data center. Amanda McCoy [email protected] ...

The ruling from a Trump-appointed federal judge is the third in recent weeks to reject the administration’s demand for voters’ personal data from nearly every state. By Mattathias Schwartz and Nick ...

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...

Federal immigration agents detain a man during an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Octavio JONES / AFP via ...

The Trump administration’s move to give deportation officials access to Medicaid data is putting hospitals and states in a bind as they weigh whether to alert immigrant patients that their personal ...

A Boston-based real estate developer has withdrawn a rezoning request for a property on the north side of Indianapolis where it wants to build a 20,000-square-foot data center, following widespread ...

Millions of WSSC customers in Montgomery County and Prince George's County are being asked to continue limiting their water use through the weekend as the cold weather increases stress on the water ...

The company claims it’s a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to land-based centers. The company claims it’s a cheaper and more environmentally friendly alternative to land-based ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be exploring whether it can harness ad-tech data for investigations, according to a request for information published late last week in the Federal ...

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide information about “commercial Big Data and Ad Tech” products that would “directly support investigations activities,” according to ...