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CA Adopts Less Stringent Wildfire Protection Rules The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) approved regulations designed to protect homes from wildfires. The new rules are less stringent...
Wearable Recording Device Privacy Bill Nears Passage in CA A fast-moving bill ( SB 1130 ) in California would make it a misdemeanor to use a wearable recording device to capture sound or video of another...
Private Equity Healthcare Deals Down in 2026 The number of healthcare deals in the second quarter of 2026 involving private equity was down 18.5% from the same period last year, according to a report...
Less than a decade after Vermont became the first state to enact a data-broker registration law, states are beginning to demand more from data brokers than basic registration and disclosure. In 2023, California...
PA Lawmakers to Target Flock License Plate Cameras A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers plans to introduce legislation that would set oversight and privacy safeguards for automated license plate...
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STATE NET® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES
The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered an unprecedented building boom across the U.S. Behind every AI chatbot query, every cloud backup and everystreamed video sits a data center, a massive energy-hungry facility that makes the digital economy run.
For years, these facilities were welcomed with open arms and generous tax incentives by states eager to attract investment and jobs. That relationship is changing — andchanging fast. “Less than halfway through 2026, data centers have emerged as one of the hottest technology-related issues in state legislatures,” reported State Net Capitol Journal™.
Many states are shifting from incentive-driven recruitment toward conditional approval models, spurred by a recurring set of local, economic and environmental grievances.
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