The best and worst states for AI data centers

Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends.Why it matters: Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. Here's how two key states are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. It's no wonder that Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment.Texas has 212...