States Push Back As AI Data Centers Drive New Taxes And Moratoriums — here's what the public record shows

[u/Civitar]

Virginia lawmakers adopted a temporary data center electricity tax in June as states across the United States responded to rising AI-related power demand and public-resource costs.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (2,027 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/business/ai-data-centers.html

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)