{"id":189275,"date":"2026-02-20T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:30:12","slug":"a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"A.I. Data Centers and legislative updates, Francisco Men\u00e9ndez and Fort Mose, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wjct.org\/show\/florida-roundup\/2026-02-20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more\">A.I. Data Centers and legislative updates, Francisco Men\u00e9ndez and Fort Mose, and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.wjct.org\/show\/florida-roundup\/2026-02-20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more\">https:\/\/news.wjct.org\/show\/florida-roundup\/2026-02-20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-20 17:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"news.wjct.org\">news.wjct.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are proposals for building new hyperscale AI data centers in Florida that have raised local concerns regarding resource usage, environmental impact, and utility cost increases.<\/li>\n<li>Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 proposal to create an &#8220;A.I. Bill of Rights\u201d seeks to give local communities more control over AI data center decisions rather than a federal mandate.<\/li>\n<li>Florida Museum of Black History will be built in St. Augustine, with state lawmakers finalizing plans for construction, funding, and management.<\/li>\n<li>A new film titled \u201cA Book of Freedom: The Confessions of Francisco Menendez\u201d at Fort Mose highlights the history of the first free Black settlement in the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>Public school curriculum amendments, plans for campus transfers, and protests against immigration enforcement recruiters feature in recent legislative and campus activities.<\/li>\n<li>The Volusia County Council rejected proposals to prevent reclaimed water distribution and Florida continues to face extreme drought conditions with wildlife officials monitoring for cold-stunned sea-turtles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A.I. Data Centers and legislative updates, Francisco Men\u00e9ndez and Fort Mose, and more https:\/\/news.wjct.org\/show\/florida-roundup\/2026-02-20\/a-i-data-centers-and-legislative-updates-francisco-menendez-and-fort-mose-and-more Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/000da76\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4000x2100+0+492\/resize\/1200x630!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2Fa3%2Fce8c488d4324bdf866c0c238b415%2Fap25352732965398.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189277,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189275\/revisions\/189277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}