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The Southern Environmental Law Center is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization that has filed lawsuits and policy comments challenging natural gas infrastructure projects that power data centers in Texas and the Southeast.
June 18, 2026
225 Interconnection Requests, One Filter: ERCOT Sorts Real From PaperGov. Mississippi's environmental agency classified the turbines as exempt "mobile" sources in March; the NAACP, Earthjustice, and the Southern Environmental Law Center are challenging that in court.
March 26, 2026
When Drones Target Power Lines, the Perimeter Is EverywhereThe risk: off-grid development sidesteps grid reliability obligations, and permitting challenges are already materializing, as xAI's Memphis installations face Clean Air Act challenges from the Southern Environmental Law Center.
March 19, 2026
Communities Aren't Anti-Datacenter. They're Anti-Surprise.New modeling from Greenlink Analytics and Science for Georgia, presented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, finds that utilities across Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas are planning ~10 GW of new generation for datacenter demand that independent analysis projects at 3.5-5.5 GW.
March 14, 2026
Texas Captures 30% of AI Power Demand Before the Rules Are Writtenthe Southern Environmental Law Center says the permit likely underestimates pollution.
February 28, 2026
Self-Supplied Power Is Table Stakes. Six States Are Already Closing the Door.Attorney Ryan Anderson of the Southern Environmental Law Center argued that building a substation "solves transmission logistics, not the underlying problem" of raw power and water consumption.
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