{"id":190951,"date":"2026-02-26T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/on-ai-and-data-centers-state-lawmakers-find-bipartisan-agreement-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:30:14","slug":"on-ai-and-data-centers-state-lawmakers-find-bipartisan-agreement-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/on-ai-and-data-centers-state-lawmakers-find-bipartisan-agreement-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"On AI and data centers, state lawmakers find bipartisan agreement : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/26\/nx-s1-5726431\/data-centers-ai-trump-housing-states\">On AI and data centers, state lawmakers find bipartisan agreement : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/26\/nx-s1-5726431\/data-centers-ai-trump-housing-states\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/26\/nx-s1-5726431\/data-centers-ai-trump-housing-states<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-26 14:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.npr.org\">www.npr.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>AI Regulation:<\/strong> Despite deep partisan divides, Democrats and Republicans at the state level are coming together to regulate artificial intelligence. Governors like Ron DeSantis (Florida) and Kathy Hochul (New York), representing different political affiliations, have introduced measures to control AI usage, including consent requirements and restrictions on chatbot interactions with minors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Data Center Concerns:<\/strong> There is bipartisan pushback against the expansion of data centers due to concerns over high electricity and water usage, which may lead to increased utility costs for residents. States like Florida, South Dakota, and Oklahoma are considering legislative measures to address these effects, while opposing the free ride from taxpayers enjoyed by tech companies constructing these facilities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Housing Affordability:<\/strong> Rising housing costs are a cross-party concern. Florida is considering measures to address the affordable housing crisis through property tax cuts proposed by DeSantis, while Democrats favor decreasing property insurance rates. Other states are also exploring ways to streamline regulations and strengthen tenant rights to enhance housing conditions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Environmental and Housing Regulations:<\/strong> Bi-partisan collaboration is evident in efforts to balance technological growth with environmental protections and housing regulations. For instance, Colorado has proposed using renewable energy for data centers, and multiple states are discussing expanding nuclear energy to power AI, showing a complex alignment to tackle broad issues impacting technological and societal growth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On AI and data centers, state lawmakers find bipartisan agreement : NPR https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/26\/nx-s1-5726431\/data-centers-ai-trump-housing-states Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/1913x1076+0+0\/resize\/1400\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fff%2Fb8%2F90e47f5e41a3a1f98bd4554fd531%2Fap26043795166336.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-190951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190951"}],"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=190951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190953,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190951\/revisions\/190953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}