Brookings panelists look to Community Benefit Agreements to facilitate data centers

Brookings Institution researchers are hoping to bolster cost-benefit analyses by local leaders with a new report detailing the dynamics of a data-center buildout that federal officials are counting on to win the global race for artificial intelligence leadership.

“Even though there's a national push and a global push and industry push for massive growth in data centers, in the end, it all comes down to siting decisions made by local and county and state decision makers,” Kate Stoll said during...