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Report: Texas to Lead Nation
Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 10 min read
$37 Million in EV Charging
Washington state is investing $37.3M to expand EV charging infrastructure, with a major focus on rural communities, tribal nations, and areas underserved by private investment.
Farmed Sourced News
Jun 10 min read
A Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case
Rising Gasoline Prices Make for a Strong Electric Vehicle (EV) Case.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 150 min read
Data Centers Going Rural
Nearly 40% of Americans now live within 5 miles of a data center.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 130 min read
Chicken and Egg: Texas Electricity Transmission
Transmission expansion leads to long-term investment in renewable energy.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 10 min read
Energy Infrastructure and the Defense Industrial Base
Can the energy infrastructure serving the U.S. defense industrial base sustain production under mobilization?
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 170 min read
Agrivoltaics Delivers
Agrivoltaics: How combining solar panels and farming delivers big benefits.
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 20 min read
Texas Data Centers: On-Site Generation
[M]odeling and simulation to evaluate the impacts of new loads and generation resources on the grid...
Farmed Sourced News
Feb 10 min read
Duos Edge delivers Edge data center to school district in Hereford, Texas
Firm makes another deployment in the Lone Star State
R.N.D.I. Sourced News
Jan 140 min read
'Data Center Alley' Raises Infrastructure Concerns
The concentration of more than 143 data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County is creating unprecedented demands on the nation's power grid and raising questions about infrastructure resilience.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 16, 20250 min read
Securing the Backbone of Artificial Intelligence
The cybersecurity of AI data centers is becoming increasingly important.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 4, 20250 min read
Water Infrastructure and Natural Disasters
[R]ural, low-income, and other vulnerable communities struggle to get access to [government] funding.
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 11, 20250 min read
Rural Texas: For the State's Future
Rural Texans struggle to access resources that their urban and suburban counterparts take for granted
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 20, 20250 min read
Texans Embrace Wind Turbines
Regardless of political affiliation, Texans on average hold positive views about wind energy developments.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 11, 20250 min read
Using the Sun: Agrivoltaics
‘Planting’ solar panels on agricultural lands may prevent crop loss and generate clean energy.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 25, 20240 min read
Farming For Crops — and For Solar Power
Farming for solar power can be an additional money-maker.
Farmed Sourced News
Sep 12, 20220 min read
Texas: EV Charging Stations Every 50 Miles
Texas is planning to add enough electric vehicle charging stations throughout the state to support 1 million electric vehicles with dozens of new stations to allow for easier long-distance travel.
Farmed Sourced News
Jun 20, 20220 min read
Closing the Digital and Economic Divides in Rural America
America [still] has a rural broadband problem. Still relevant 8 years following this 2018 Brookings Institution report.
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 30, 20180 min read
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