Policy Briefs

Securing the Grid While Growing the Grid
Executive Order 14421 has the Department of Energy writing implementing rules by December 24, 2026, with comments on its Request for Information due October 9. A parallel FCC action already restricts foreign-made, remotely connected inverters.
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When Permits Aren't Permanent
The United States needs trillions of dollars in new infrastructure investment, but our new report argues that one of the biggest risks to that investment is hiding in plain sight: what happens after the government says yes.
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The Community Benefits of Data Centers
An Analysis of the Jobs, Tax, Grid, and Community Returns of Modern Data Center Development
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The Water Argument How Technology Has Already Answered the Data Center Water Criticism
An Analysis of Data Center Water Usage, Emerging Cooling Technologies, and the Peer-Reviewed Case for Data Centers as Net Water Producers
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Empowering Parents Voters Support App Store Accountability
As states across the country move to enact age verification legislation, a clear consensus has emerged among voters: they want parents, not the government, to decide what content their children access.
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