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Data center shake-up could redirect billions to Louisiana
Business Report is summarizing a Bloomberg report on how recent U.S. election results could affect data center development, with Louisiana potentially benefiting from project redirection. This is commentary and news analysis, not a first-party announcement.
- Gina Hinojosa reportedly won the Texas governorship and pledged an immediate moratorium on new data center approvals until lawmakers add stronger protections for communities, utility customers and water resources.
- Bloomberg says Texas represents nearly 30% of expected U.S. data center capacity through 2028; analyst Gordon Johnson of GLJ Research estimated 13 gigawatts of proposed capacity could be exposed, with some projects delayed 12 to 18 months or redirected to Louisiana and Oklahoma.
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2026 State AG Election Day Updates
Troutman has published an election-day update summarizing the current results of the 2026 state attorney general races.
- The update states that 30 states and the District of Columbia held AG elections in 2026 and lists the current winners, including multiple newly elected AGs and incumbents reelected to new terms.
- It is a blog-style election results roundup, last updated November 4, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET, and references the firm’s Regulatory Oversight Blog for continuing updates; it also mentions Meta in the New Mexico section as a prior litigation result.
- This piece is not a first-time policy or deal announcement by a government entity; it is a compiled election-status publication based on reported vote totals.
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Data Centers, Affordability, and the Ballot Box: What the 2026 Midterms Mean for the Power Industry
The article is a Q&A interview with public affairs strategists John Ashford and Jared Dubnow of The Hawthorn Group about how data centers are shaping the 2026 midterms and future power-sector policy.
- They argue that data centers have become a major political issue, citing an October POLITICO poll showing half of Americans would oppose one built within three miles of their home, and they expect data center regulation to persist regardless of election outcomes.
- They discuss state and federal policy pressure in Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Wisconsin, Ohio, and other states, and say the industry should prepare for possible rules on bring-your-own generation, large-load tariffs, and permitting reform tied to H.R. 2347 and the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
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USU Social Scientists Among Authors of Great Salt Lake Report Highlighting Growing Risks
Utah State University researchers have released the 2026 Report on the State of Great Salt Lake Social Science, a first review of social science research on the lake’s social, cultural, political, and economic issues.
- The report examines how Great Salt Lake desiccation affects air quality, public health, the economy, and conditions for the 2034 Winter Olympic Games in Utah.
- The authors say the Utah legislature has already made policy changes and financial contributions, and they highlight the proposed Stratos data center project as another development drawing attention to the lake.
- The Great Salt Lake Social Sciences Network was established in 2025 and is hosted by Utah State University’s Community and Natural Resources Institute; it includes 34 members from 11 universities and institutions.
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Troutman Pepper Locke’s Allie Apple and Virginia Stitzer Winners of 2026 Connect CRE Women in Real Estate Awards
Troutman Pepper Locke announced that partners Allie Apple and Virginia Stitzer were selected by Connect CRE as recipients of the 2026 Women in Real Estate Awards.
- Apple, a member of the firm’s Construction Practice Group, works on construction, design, engineering, and supplier contracts and has recently advised a leading global technology company on multibillion-dollar AI data center construction contracts.
- Stitzer leads the firm’s Multifamily Housing Finance Practice Group; the article says the group handles over 3,000 transactions annually and closed more than $90 billion in loan value in 2025, including a $325 million Virginia multifamily financing and a half-billion-dollar student housing portfolio financing.
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Vertically Integrated, Regionally Connected: IRPs and Transmission Planning in the Southeast
Troutman Pepper Locke published a recorded speaking segment on transmission planning and integrated resource planning in the Southeast. - Josh Combs and Andy Flavin discuss how vertically integrated utilities coordinate regional transmission planning through SERTP, which covers 11 states, even though many southeastern states are outside RTO/ISO markets.
- The speakers also describe how state commissions use the IRP process to review capital plans, evaluate who benefits from investments, and address costs tied to new large loads such as manufacturers and data centers.
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The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index
ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.
- The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
- It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
- The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
- The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
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Virginia Tops AI Data Center Readiness Ranking as Smaller Markets Advance
TRG DataCenters has published a new August 2026 survey ranking US states for AI data center growth readiness. - The report compares 24 states using infrastructure scale, environmental exposure, mapped AI site capacity, estimated emissions, and water-stress exposure; Virginia ranked first with a score of 100, followed by Ohio (88.2), Tennessee (83.7), Georgia (81.8), and Texas (80.8). - The analysis highlights that South Carolina ranked sixth with only one large AI site and 142 MW of capacity, while Texas had 13 sites and 1,301 MW but faced high water-stress exposure at 58.8% of mapped facilities; the piece also notes Mississippi exceeds 500 MW of AI capacity in the dataset.
- The article is a commentary/reporting piece based on TRG’s survey rather than a new project announcement; it emphasizes that grid connections, transmission, fiber, build-ready sites, and long-term power availability will shape where AI infrastructure is built.
- TRG says its dataset mapped 7 large AI sites in Virginia totaling 1,085 MW, 1,410 MW in Ohio, and 1,373 MW in Tennessee, with estimated annual CO2 emissions of about 2.3 million tons in Virginia versus 4.5 million tons in Ohio and 4.3 million tons in Tennessee.
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Beyond the Demand Forecast: Six Questions About Powering Data Centers From DPX 2026
POWER magazine has published a conference-based analysis of DPX 2026, highlighting the main questions discussed about building power infrastructure for data centers and AI load growth.
- The article summarizes remarks from Peter Lake, Jehmal T. Hudson, Alexander Hubbard, Matthew Gardner, Nelli Babayan, and Jason Reagan rather than announcing a single new project.
- It includes concrete policy and market details such as Virginia’s GS-5 rate class effective Jan. 1, 2027, Berkeley Lab’s 192 TWh to 649 TWh U.S. data center electricity forecast, and GE Vernova’s planned turbine output ramp to 20 GW in Q4 2026, 24 GW by 2028, and 30 GW by 2030.
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Speed to Power: The Vertically Integrated Advantage in the Southeast
Troutman Pepper Locke has published a podcast transcript episode on vertically integrated utilities and speed to power in the Southeast.
- Josh Combs and Andy Flavin discuss how vertically integrated utilities in the Southeast differ from RTO/deregulated markets, with generation, transmission, and distribution handled under one utility structure.
- The conversation explains how IRP and state commission oversight connect load growth, resource planning, and grid build-out over 10-25 years, with examples including Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.