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Guilford County, Pima County, and Charlotte are pausing new data centers, but none of the pauses currently affect projects already under construction Pima County, AZ, has passed a 120-day pause that does not affect existing projects, even as its legality remains disputed Charlotte, NC, wants to extend its 150-day pause by 11 months to October 2027, and Guilford County, NC, holds an October 15 hearing on a moratorium of up to 180 days, even though it has no pending data center applications In less than two weeks of September 2026, three local governments in two states moved against new data centers, with one passing to date: Pima County, Arizona, adopted one on September 22 and, within a week, the Goldwater Institute said it was illegal. Guilford County, North Carolina, voted on September 17 to hold a hearing on a moratorium on September 28, and Charlotte set a hearing on extending its own pause i...

Chinese brands dominate new global EV sales charts for August The Tesla Model Y still tops the tables Battery EVs are outselling plug-in hybrids The global EV sales figures are in — and while Tesla’s Model Y still dominates the list of August’s best-selling pure electric vehicles, models from Chinese automakers Geely and BYD are closing in fast. According to CleanTechnica’ s detailed report on the electric and plug-in hybrid market, the Geely Xingyuan (also badged EX2 in markets outside of China) and the BYD Song (Seal U) are rapidly catching up with Tesla’s best-selling electric crossover . In fact, Chinese automakers now account for a huge proportion of the world's best-selling EVs, with BYD, Geely and a growing collection of younger brands filling out the top 20. Leapmotor, MG, Fang Cheng Bao (FCB), Qiyuan, Li, Wuling and Xiaomi all now offer models that outsell established global player...

Another big Amazon sale is coming to an end tonight. Prime Big Deal Days is the online retail giant's fourth major sale of the calendar year and there are two more to go: namely, the Amazon Black Friday sale in Australia , followed by Boxing Day. For now, though, ensure you check out anything sitting in your cart soon because this sale ends at 11:59pm AEDT today, Monday, October 5 . • Shop Amazon's full Prime Big Deal Days sale It's been an interesting sale this time. I wasn't expecting previous all-time low prices to be beaten this month, but Amazon has surprised me in a good way. There are still so many good deals going that it's truly been hard to select the best ones. Some, of course, went out of stock thanks to these record-low prices — like the Samsung Galaxy A57 budget phone dropping to just AU$519 and the affordable Shark IZ102 cordless vacuum for AU$189. Thankfully a ...