data-centers

TVA Approves Gas-Powered Data Center Plan

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority approved its 2026 Integrated Resource Plan, setting the stage to overbuild risky gas power plants to serve A.I. data center interests.

Transparency, Accountability Needed in Open AI Contract with Georgia Power

ATLANTA, GA. – This week, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), the Sierra Club and SACE (Southern Alliance for Clean Energy) submitted a request to the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to formally object to Open AI’s contract for electric service with Georgia Power. 

Sierra Club Urges Rejection of Meta Gas Plant Expansion Proposal

BATON ROUGE, La. – On Friday the Sierra Club filed testimony on Entergy’s expensive gas plant expansion proposal for the Meta Hyperion data center, urging the Louisiana Public Service Commission to reject the utility’s plans for building seven additional gas plants.

Sierra Club Urges Rejection of Meta’s Attempt to Use Minor Source Loophole

Richland Parish, Louisiana – In comments submitted today to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Sierra Club argues that Meta’s most recent air permit revisions trigger major-source permit requirements despite the tech conglomerate attempting to maintain a “minor source” permit while adding even more polluting equipment to its Hyperion site.

Utilities and Big Tech Pay Lip Service, ‘Pledge’ to Keep Costs Down

Washington, D.C. - According to reporting, more utility and technology companies will sign onto a nonbinding pledge to keep electricity costs down and protect ratepayers from skyrocketing bills driven by data centers’ energy demands. 

EPA Moves to Eliminate Public From Permitting Process for Data Centers, Concrete Batch Plants

Austin, Tex. – On Tuesday the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency proposed cutting the public out of air pollution permits for “minor sources,” which includes the large diesel generators that many data centers in Texas use.

EPA Proposes Air Pollution Exemption “Deal” for Data Centers in Georgia

ATLANTA – The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cutting the American public out of air pollution permits for “minor sources,” which includes the tractor trailer-sized diesel generators used by data centers for backup power. EPA’s proposal removes any requirement for transparency or public participation for “minor source” pollution sources, including most data centers.

Sierra Club and Others Ask Kentucky PSC to Open Affordability Docket

LOUISVILLE, KY.

Sierra Club: Gov. Landry’s Data Center Order is Too Little, Too Late

Baton Rouge - After spending years as one of the nation’s biggest data center supporters, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a hollow executive order calling for guardrails that would do far too little to protect Louisianans from the impacts of the very centers he has been courting.

Stratos Data Center Approval Threatens Great Salt Lake Basin

Salt Lake City – Box Elder County Commissioners voted on Monday to approve the Stratos Data Center, a massive project set to become one of the largest in the country. The facility will be built in the Great Salt Lake basin, threatening a critical migratory bird habitat and an ecosystem that is already under significant strain. The facility is projected to increase Utah’s carbon emissions by 50%.

Tennessee Valley Region Needs More Than Data Center Pledge To Address Affordability

NASHVILLE - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require. 

Sierra Club Georgia Chapter Statement on Data Center Pledge

ATLANTA - Today, seven Big Tech companies and Donald Trump agreed to an ‘affordability pledge’ that they claim will protect everyday Americans from soaring energy prices caused by the massive amount of power and infrastructure data centers require.