by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 18, 2026 | Data Centers
A funny thing happened while everybody was arguing about artificial intelligence. Floridians started using it. Not debating it. Not attending conferences about it. Not forming committees to study it. Using it. A recent report estimates that nearly two million Florida...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 17, 2026 | Data Centers
Everywhere I go, somebody eventually asks the same two questions. Why do we need so many data centers? And why are companies in such a hurry to build them? Fair questions. Because if you’re sitting in a county commission meeting watching residents argue over...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 7, 2026 | Data Centers
Spend enough time following data center debates, and you start feeling like you’ve wandered into a town hall version of Groundhog Day. The names change. The counties change. The developers change. But the script stays remarkably consistent. A company announces a...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 7, 2026 | Data Centers
The problem isn’t Meta. The problem isn’t data centers. The problem isn’t even artificial intelligence. The problem is when the people elected to represent the public start keeping secrets from the public. That’s where this story begins. Not in...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 6, 2026 | Data Centers
The fight over data centers isn’t really about data centers. It’s about the largest infrastructure buildout America has seen since World War II. Folks, this ain’t about the data center building. That’s like saying World War II was about a...
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...
