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 Article | 08.18.2026

4 Reasons the Southeast Should Pause the Data Center Gold Rush

SACE is calling for an 18-month moratorium on new large data centers across Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, so the region can proactively set the terms of this...

 Article | 08.13.2026

NC Groups Push Back on AI Leadership Council’s Strategic Plan

SACE signs on in support of North Carolina Data Center Network’s (NCDCN) response letter pointing out major environmental justice concerns associated with the current system for permitting and...

 Article | 08.03.2026

Nashville Has Begun Regulating Data Centers. Now the Energy Conversation Must Catch Up.

As Nashville regulates its data center boom, unresolved questions about fossil fuel backup power and grid capacity threaten to undercut the city's clean energy goals.

12.19.2025

Lame-duck Commission Sides with Georgia Power and Data Centers over Families and Small Businesses

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) put profit over people in a vote to greenlight Georgia Power's request for $20B in new power generation. Now, hardworking Georgia families will pay the...

 Article | 12.16.2025

Southeast Regulators Weigh Record-Cost Gas Power Plants as Utilities Plan for Data Center Boom

Electric utility companies in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are racing to build expensive gas-fired power plants in order to supply power to new computer data centers.

 Article | 06.09.2025

Data Center Load Uncertainty Dominates Georgia Power IRP Hearing

Georgia Power has proposed a fossil-heavy resource plan to meet a massive jump in future electricity demand that the utility says it primarily driven by new and expanding data centers. During a...

 Article | 06.06.2025

Video to Watch: “We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning”

This video from More Perfect Union explains how xAI rapidly constructed the world's largest supercomputer in Memphis, a town already exposed to air pollution.

 Article | 06.03.2025

Southeastern States Face Ratepayer Risks in AI-Driven Energy Boom

A critical look at AI's electricity demands, the risks of overbuilding infrastructure, and the Southeast's stake in this high-powered gamble.

 Article | 05.05.2025

Georgia Power’s Assumptions for Data Center Growth Could Cost Customers Billions, Increase Pollution

SACE, NRDC, and Sierra Club filed testimony in Georgia Power’s IRP based on analyses by electricity planning experts, urging the PSC to consider experts' recommendations.

 Article | 05.01.2025

xAI Brings the “Move Fast and Break Things” Mindset to Memphis

Companies like xAI, founded by Elon Musk, have become emblematic of a culture that prizes speed over reflection, dominance over deliberation.