New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill introduced a plan to place guardrails on data centers amid growing concerns from communities across the country over rising utility costs and environmental impacts.
Data centers are facilities used to house computer systems and serve as infrastructure for storing and processing information. They also support the global financial system, cloud services, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Rising electricity costs and a strain on electric grids fueled by the growth of the AI industry have led to significant backlash to new data centers from communities across the country, including towns and neighborhoods in New Jersey and Pennsylvania…