Oct 11, 2026  "A data center is not a warehouse" The sharpest fight over data center design in Reno isn't about how they look. It's about what the city's code says they are. For most of 2024, Reno treated data centers like warehouses, and that decision shaped where they could go and how much the pub

Oct 11, 2026  The question on every bill NV Energy now expects data centers to make up 64% of its sales by 2046, up from about 5% today. That forecast is the reason "who pays?" has become the loudest question in the region's data center debate. At the state's consumer hearing in Reno in June 2026, r

Oct 10, 2026  Water is the debate everyone shows up for In the Truckee Meadows, nearly every glass of water starts as Sierra snow that melts into the Truckee River. That river also has to reach Pyramid Lake. So when a new industry arrives that runs on cooling, water becomes the first question reside

Nevada's AB 376, in effect since January 1, 2026, lets insurers remove wildfire from standard homeowners and HOA policies and sell it as a separate policy. An insurer can't do this on its own. It first needs approval from the Nevada Division of Insurance, and as of August 2026 no northern Nevada ins