by Isaac Cubillos | May 29, 2026 | Data Centers
These days, everybody has an opinion about data centers. They’re too big. They’re too loud. They use too much water. They use too much electricity. They’re changing neighborhoods, farmland and communities that never expected to become part of the...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 28, 2026 | Journal
Hollywood loves neat starting points. September 1, 1939. German troops rolling into Poland. Tanks. Stukas. Black-and-white footage. Cue the solemn music and the voiceover telling America that the world was suddenly at war. Clean. Simple. Easy to package for streaming....
by Isaac Cubillos | May 27, 2026 | Data Centers
By May 2026, the rumor had spread from Facebook groups to coffee shops to local town halls: the lights around Lake Tahoe might someday flicker so giant AI data centers could stay humming. The story sounded tailor-made for the times — families near one of America’s...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 25, 2026 | Data Centers
There was a time when zoning meetings were about whether somebody wanted to put up a Dollar General next to a church softball field. Maybe a new subdivision. Maybe a truck stop off the interstate. Folks would grumble, somebody would wave a stack of papers, and...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 23, 2026 | Data Centers
UPDATE (June 5, 2026): Hill County commissioners rescind the moratorium. UPDATE (May 28, 2026): A data center developer has filed a $100 million federal lawsuit against Hill County, Texas, challenging a moratorium that blocks new data center projects. According to the...
