by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 5, 2026 | Data Centers
For a few weeks, Hill County, Texas became a folk hero. Residents packed meetings. Activists celebrated. A Texas county had done what communities across the country have been trying to do: Put the brakes on the AI land rush. Then the lawyers arrived. On Thursday (June...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 4, 2026 | Data Centers
Something happened in California last Tuesday that should have every data center developer, utility executive, politician, and AI evangelist paying attention. The voters of Monterey Park didn’t just reject a proposed data center. They banned them. Not...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 3, 2026 | Journal
I’ve been watching the circus surrounding Scott Pelley and CBS News this week, and it reminded me of something I learned a long time ago. Sometimes the smartest thing a new editor can do is absolutely nothing. Not forever. Just long enough to understand what...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 1, 2026 | Data Centers
A viral map says no tech executives live within five miles of a data center. So I went looking. Mark Zuckerberg’s neighborhood was about a mile from one. Larry Page’s was, too. This graphic circulating on social media offers no source, methodology or...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 30, 2026 | Data Centers
Every war produces rumors. The digital war over data centers is no different. Lately, I’ve been seeing social media posts claiming the National Defense Authorization Act—the NDAA—is some kind of silver bullet that can stop data centers because they supposedly...
