Deceleration (Page 5)

New York State Pauses New Hyperscale Data Centers

In a first among U.S. states, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday implementing a one-year moratorium on data center permits while the state develops regulatory protections for communities and the environment.

By Inside Climate News

/ 15 Jul 2026

New York State Pauses New Hyperscale Data Centers

Data Centers Are Building Power Plants Near Neighborhoods—That May Play Into Some South San Antonio Ambitions

While some Texas cities have advanced bans and moratoriums on data centers until the risks are better understood, San Antonio has proceeded more cautiously toward possible regulation. And some see economic opportunity.

By Greg Harman

/ 9 Jul 2026

Data Centers Are Building Power Plants Near Neighborhoods—That May Play Into Some South San Antonio Ambitions

Black Seminole and Lipan Apache Ndé Groups Sign Historic Treaty During Juneteenth Celebration

The treaty highlights how colonial dispossession of both Indigenous and Black communities damaged generational relations among peoples. Does it also point the way toward healing our broken relationship with water?

By Mark Mallory

/ 30 Jun 2026

Black Seminole and Lipan Apache Ndé Groups Sign Historic Treaty During Juneteenth Celebration

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

Climate emissions have been growing in San Antonio, despite Council and utility pledges to drive them down. Monday's CPS Board action all but guarantees future targets will remain out of reach as Texas cooks.

By Greg Harman

/ 25 Jun 2026

CPS Energy Board Unravels its Climate Commitments as Data Center Power Demands Grow

San Antonio Data Center Meeting to Explore Possible Regulation Through Zoning

City of San Antonio's Development Services hosts its second meeting of a data center Stakeholder Discussion Group dedicated to industrial power use.

By Greg Harman

/ 23 Jun 2026

San Antonio Data Center Meeting to Explore Possible Regulation Through Zoning

'People's Conference on Nuclear Power Reactors' Convening in Seadrift, Texas

Dow's plan to power production with modular nuclear reactors comes under community scrutiny this weekend.

By Greg Harman

/ 11 Jun 2026

'People's Conference on Nuclear Power Reactors' Convening in Seadrift, Texas

Data Centers Bringing Major New Pollution Sources to San Antonio’s West Side

Frustration marked public hearing for Vantage Data Center’s TX2 expansion plans at Highway 151 and Wiseman.

By Greg Harman

/ 8 Jun 2026

Data Centers Bringing Major New Pollution Sources to San Antonio’s West Side