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New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to implement moratorium; will also pursue repealing tax exemption

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“As data center development threatens ⁠to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it’s my responsibility to take ​action and lead,” Hochul said in a statement. She al…

Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 — server farms gulped 23% of national power despite yea

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Ireland has replaced the moratorium with a new Large Energy Users (LEU) Connection Policy, enacted by the CRU in late 2025 to manage data center growth. Under this policy, developers of new data centers (over 10 MVA) mus…

Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 — server farms gulped 23% of national power despite yea

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Ireland has replaced the moratorium with a new Large Energy Users (LEU) Connection Policy, enacted by the CRU in late 2025 to manage data center growth. Under this policy, developers of new data centers (over 10 MVA) mus…

New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to implement moratorium; will also pursue repealing tax exemption

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“As data center development threatens ⁠to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it’s my responsibility to take ​action and lead,” Hochul said in a statement. She al…

AI servers will consume more power than all conventional data center hardware combined by 2027 — global data center electricity consumption set to grow by 26% t

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Hyperscalers have moved in the same direction, with Meta having signed deals for more than 6GW of nuclear power to supply its upcoming data centers, and one firm repurposing retired U.S. Navy reactors for an AI site in T…

AI servers will consume more power than all conventional data center hardware combined by 2027 — global data center electricity consumption set to grow by 26% t

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Hyperscalers have moved in the same direction, with Meta having signed deals for more than 6GW of nuclear power to supply its upcoming data centers, and one firm repurposing retired U.S. Navy reactors for an AI site in T…

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft’s ‘world’s most powerful AI data center’ due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention cons

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Bruno Ferreira is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware. He has decades of experience with PC hardware and assorted sundries, alongside a career as a developer. He’s obsessed with detail and has a tendency to ramble o…

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft’s ‘world’s most powerful AI data center’ due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention cons

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Bruno Ferreira is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware. He has decades of experience with PC hardware and assorted sundries, alongside a career as a developer. He’s obsessed with detail and has a tendency to ramble o…

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft’s ‘world’s most powerful AI data center’ due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention cons

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Bruno Ferreira is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware. He has decades of experience with PC hardware and assorted sundries, alongside a career as a developer. He’s obsessed with detail and has a tendency to ramble o…

Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft’s ‘world’s most powerful AI data center’ due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention cons

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Bruno Ferreira is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware. He has decades of experience with PC hardware and assorted sundries, alongside a career as a developer. He’s obsessed with detail and has a tendency to ramble o…