The Trump administration and EPA are developing data-center permitting changes across the United States that could ease temporary gas-turbine approvals and reduce environmental review.

The Trump administration and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed easing data-center pollution oversight in the United States as opposition grows over health, power, water, and land impacts.

The EPA and South Carolina are pursuing data center permitting changes in 2020s rural communities that could speed construction while limiting public review.

The EPA is proposing federal permitting changes in the United States that could accelerate data center and power plant construction while reducing public participation and oversight.

The EPA is considering shifting public-comment decisions for minor-source air permits to states, affecting data center projects and communities across the United States.

Amid accelerating AI data center expansion across the United States, Environmental Protection Network is urging the Environmental Protection Agency and federal administration to limit pollution risks from power plants and diesel generators.

The Trump administration is proposing nationwide limits on public notice and comment for air permits covering data centers and supporting power plants in the United States.

During the current U.S. data-center buildout, developers and policymakers are advancing facilities and associated power plants, raising pollution and public-health risks across multiple states.

The Environmental Protection Network warned in the United States that expanding AI data centers and weakened federal oversight could increase pollution, asthma cases, premature deaths, and related health costs.

The EPA proposed nationwide changes allowing states and local agencies to set public participation requirements for certain minor-source air permits, including data center projects.

The Trump administration and EPA proposed reducing public notice requirements for minor-source permits nationwide, affecting data centers and gas-fired power plants amid opposition from states and advocacy groups.

The Environmental Protection Network released a Thursday report warning that United States data-center growth could increase pollution from power plants, gas turbines, and diesel generators.