Southern Environmental Law Center

Stories about Southern Environmental Law Center (4)

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  North Carolina Issues Two Air Permits, Not One, for Roughly 650 Diesel Generators at an Amazon Data Center

  August 3, 2026 · Data Centers

  4 sources North Carolina regulators drafted two separate air permits rather than one for roughly 650 diesel generators at a $10 billion Amazon data center campus in Richmond County, with…

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  Virginia Regulators Weigh Shifting $1.5 Billion in Dominion Transmission Costs Onto Data Centers, Decision Due August 1

  July 18, 2026 · Policy & Markets

  5 sources Virginia's State Corporation Commission is deciding whether data center operators should directly fund the transmission lines their demand requires, in a Dominion Energy rate case with an August…

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  South Carolina Regulators Approve $5 Billion

  June 12, 2026 · Policy & Markets

  4 sources South Carolina regulators approved a 2,180 MW, $5 billion natural gas plant that Dominion Energy and Santee Cooper will build jointly at the retired Canadys coal site, citing…

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  xAI Runs 27 Unpermitted Gas Turbines in Memphis, 422 MW

  April 14, 2026 · AI Energy Demand

  4 sources xAI has been operating 27 gas turbines in Southaven, Mississippi without an air permit, generating up to 422 MW for its Colossus 2 data center south of Memphis