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Legislation would regulate data centers in R.I.

Changing attitudes toward data centers used by tech companies to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing are coming into focus at the Statehouse. A year...

Regulate all new R.I. data centers

Some lawmakers want the state to get a piece of the billions of dollars proposed nationwide to develop large data centers to support artificial...

Kennedy introduces legislation to regulate data centers in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – House Speaker Pro Tempore Brian Patrick Kennedy, D-Hopkinton, has introduced legislation aimed at regulating data centers in Rhode Island in an effort...
SIGNS OF THE TIMES? People opposed to a data center proposal at the former Pennhurst state hospital grounds in Spring City, Pa., brought signs to express their opposition to the plan at an East Vincent Township supervisors meeting on Dec. 17.  
AP FILE PHOTO/MARC LEVY

Opposition is building against expanding plans for data centers

Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing are increasingly losing...
BIG DEAL: Numerous states have introduced incentives to attract data center projects like this Amazon Web Services data center in Boardman, Ore. 
AP FILE PHOTO/JENNY KANE

Data center incentive bill stalls after tax administrator raises red flags

Efforts to get more data centers built in Rhode Island were put on hold in May when legislation offering tax breaks to developers was...
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