By Mike Foss | USA TODAY Dave Belisle’s Rhode Island Little League team had just lost in heartbreaking fashion to a team from Illinois. The team huddled around Belisle, eyes getting red, bottom lips faltering as the coach began to talk. At 12-years-old, this was without question the biggest moment of these kids’ lives. The pinnacle achievement, on national TV, and they just lost. So Belisle decided to give them a speech they will likely never forget, and neither will we.
Court Rich, Rose Law Group co-founder and director of the firm’s energy & utility infrastructure department, recommends: Blocking the construction of data centers is a national security risk
July 24, 2026
By David A. Deptula | Washington Post Debates over data center construction have generally targeted the issue as a local zoning nuisance or a threat
