Congress wants to declassify a secret court opinion on the government’s warrantless spying program, but it may also need to clarify what constitutes a search for your communications data.

Cumru Township has become the first municipality in Berks County to officially pass a data center ordinance. The new rules, approved by commissioners 3-1, regulate how and where developers can build ...

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A Florida water management board quietly changed its policy for data centers after a state push. Romy Ellenbogen is a Tallahassee correspondent, covering state government with a focus on criminal ...

Demand response measures — which are popping up in utility contracts and state legislation — require data centers to use less power when the grid is stressed. Rising electricity prices are prompting ...

SEATTLE — Seattle is pausing its expansion of closed-circuit television cameras as the City Council moves to add new limits on how surveillance data can be collected and used. The Seattle City Council ...

(TNS) — Members of the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday approved new regulations for data centers building in Pennsylvania, in the first effort by the state General Assembly to shape the booming market.

Landowners and developers are demanding nearly $753 million from Phoenix over new data center zoning rules. Claimants cite a state law that allows property owners to seek compensation if new rules ...

FBI searches of U.S. person data collected using a controversial spying authority rose some 35% in 2025, according to an FBI letter to Congress that was obtained by Nextgov/FCW. The bureau’s searches ...

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The City of Tucson held a public meeting at Rincon/University High School to discuss potential changes to its zoning code that would set standards and regulations for land large-scale data centers ...

Losing important files—photos, documents, or work projects—can happen in an instant. Hardware fails, ransomware strikes, or devices get lost, and without a solid plan, critical data can vanish forever ...