by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 5, 2026 | Data Centers
Somewhere outside Boulder City, Nev., a solar farm turned into a data center without the federal government deciding it needed a fresh environmental review. This is quite a trick. Most of us cannot turn a carport into a bedroom without somebody from the county...
by Isaac Cubillos | Nov 5, 2026 | Data Centers
Here’s something that ought to make the political consultants scratch their heads. Opposition to data centers isn’t confined to Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives or independents. It’s showing up in communities across the political...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 29, 2026 | Data Centers, Energy
Silicon Valley figured out how to build its own power plants. Now it’s discovering that you can’t fix a broken turbine with a software update. Back in June, I wrote that folks were looking at the wrong thing when they talked about data centers. Everybody...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 28, 2026 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
The last time I saw Dolores Huerta, she was standing on an outdoor stage in San Diego, speaking to a few hundred people about immigration and the Republican Party. It was August 1996, and I was covering the Republican National Convention for La Prensa San Diego. The...
by Isaac Cubillos | Oct 28, 2026 | Data Centers
The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! And apparently, they’re coming to a zoning board meeting near you. According to some enthusiastic defenders of America’s artificial intelligence industry, anybody complaining about a data center’s...
