by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 7, 2026 | AI
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 | AI
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 | AI
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 | AI
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 | AI
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...
