AI and the City

18+ hour, 56+ min ago   (362+ words) Demonstrators are urging the D.C. Council to reject legislation allowing robotaxis. News4’s Adam Tuss reports. Union members, cab drivers and religious leaders came together Tuesday to demand the D.C. Council reject legislation that would allow autonomous vehicles to operate in the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (587+ words) Constellation, the owner of Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, said Wednesday it plans to move forward with massive upgrades at the facility after signing a 20-year power purchase deal with data center operator Amazon....

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (488+ words) They've been popping up along roads, intersections, and businesses for the last few years — many people are pushing back against automated license plate readers, raising concerns about privacy and data collection. Cameras by a company called Flock have been in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (519+ words) The first thing I found myself wondering about Data After Dark, the “pro–data center party” held Saturday at the tech-bro watering hole Pubkey, was just how much of it was a joke. Public opinion has never been more bent…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (177+ words) Expansion builds on the company's established DC presence with a focus on commercial roof maintenance and repair WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Valcourt Group, a leading provider of exterior building services, today announced the expansion of its Roofing division into the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (320+ words) Monday night in Ashburn, Virginia marked the beginning of a new chapter in the data center debate. Loudoun County is home to 233 data centers at last count, more than anywhere else in the world. Too close, too hot, too noisy,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (24+ words) Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order targeting data centers in the state, though he stopped short of anything that resembled a moratorium....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (331+ words) The Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to make it harder to develop new data centers in the county. Among other things, the county stripped tech companies of automatic approvals for those projects. The change in Prince William…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago   (625+ words) After Tuesday, Prince William County’s data center landscape may never be the same....

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (498+ words) We're entering a new world of cyberattacks, and Washington isn't ready. In August, an OpenAI model still in the cybersecurity testing phase "broke out" of its highly controlled testing environment and hacked into the production infrastructure of the well-known AI…...