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January 2026

The Data Center Rush in Appalachia

The demise of the coal industry left much of Appalachia in economic tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water, and depopulated communities across the coalfields of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. Now, in an ironic twist of the region’s energy history, tech companies and data center developers are eyeing these same rural landscapes with ambitious plans to power the Artificial Intelligence revolution. From the hollows of Tucker County (WV) to the former strip mines of Wise County (VA), proposals for massive data center complexes are sparking both hope and fierce resistance.

2026 Predictions with Blair Levin

Blair Levin joins the Community Broadband Networks Podcast to unpack what 2025 delivered and what 2026 may hold for broadband, media, and technology policy.

Web rot is rising

Traffic to top websites has fallen by more than 11 percent in the past five years, according to data from Similarweb—a clear sign of the challenges traditional publishers face in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era<

Cable One makes big move to expand Clearwave Fiber

Cable One, like its peers, has been struggling with steady broadband subscriber losses. So it’s not too surprising that it’s doubling down on fiber growth.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board Votes to Dissolve Organization

The Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the private, nonprofit corporation created by Congress to steward the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting, has voted to dissolve the organization after 58 years of service to the American public.

The war for minerals, oil and Artificial Intelligence

President Trump has offered a variety of reasons for his intense, pugilistic ambitions in Venezuela, Greenland, and other hemispheric players.

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