Phoenix plans to build gas plants to help power new data centers

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To keep up with demand, a Phoenix utility under a recently approved plan could add some two gigawatts of new natural-gas plants by 2035.

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Phoenix's big moment: How Mayor Kate Gallego is capitalizing on the 'semiconductor revolution' to establish the next global city

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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego

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TSMC is stalling an agreement that would make its Phoenix plant safer and more efficient, an Arizona union says

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Mark Liu, the chair of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., and workers at the construction site in Phoenix. Workers mentioned in this story are not pictured.

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Arizona heat almost killed Lois Nigrin. Her coma, burns, and medical bills show the dangers of heat that many Americans face today.

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Lois Nigrin, 59, feels lucky to be alive today.

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This article is part of Insider's "The True Cost of Extreme Weather" project. Read more here.

TSMC's Arizona plant is delayed over poor management, not a shortage of US skilled labor, the workers building it say

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TSMC's chair, Mark Liu, and workers on-site in Phoenix.

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See what it will be like to live in a new car-free planned community in Arizona

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Culdesac is building an over 700-apartment car-free community in Tempe, Arizona.

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The world's largest chipmaker promised to create thousands of US jobs. There are growing tensions over whether US workers have the skills or work ethic to do them.

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President Joe Biden with Mark Liu, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s chair.

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A 70-year-old Phoenix real-estate agent explains why she converted her 4 Airbnbs into long-term, furnished rentals. 'It's the most overheated market I've ever seen.'

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A 72-year-old woman in Phoenix got her power cut over a $51 bill when it was 107 degrees — and she died. Her memory is behind efforts to stop future deaths.

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Protestors gathered in 2019 after a power company in Phoenix shut off electricity to a 72-year-old woman, Stephanie Pullman, when the temperature reached 107 degrees. She died — and advocates say her memory is behind efforts even still today to keep people safe when it's super-hot.

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Don't call the extreme heat, flooding, and wildfires 'the new normal'

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Phoenix on Wednesday had a record 20 consecutive days of temperatures reaching 110 degrees or beyond.

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