Melissa Palmer
AlabamaConstellation WireData Center
Six‑month data center pause reshapes Birmingham, Alabama AI builds
Birmingham’s planning committee is asking for a six‑month moratorium on new data centers so the city can better understand their...
Constellation WireData CenterWisconsin
Residents’ concerns over rumored AI data center reshape Wisconsin community
Residents in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin are mobilizing early against rumored AI data center plans, with concerns centering on land use,...
Constellation WireData CenterWisconsin
Local referendum delay shows community process can stall AI data centers in Wisconsin
Janesville, Wisconsin’s fight over a proposed >$450 million data center on the old GM site is now as much about...
Constellation WireData CenterMicrosoftWisconsin
Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin data center build reshapes Foxconn-era AI infrastructure plans by Microsoft
Microsoft just got the green light to build 15 more data centers in Mount Pleasant, spread across two new campuses...
Constellation WireData CenterSouth Dakota
South Dakota Data center bill shifts AI costs and control away from taxpayers
South Dakota’s SB 135 “Data Center Bill of Rights” would block tax breaks for data centers and shift full power...
Constellation WireData CenterOklahoma
Data center pause in Oklahoma reshapes AI buildouts – SB 1488
Oklahoma’s SB 1488 would pause new data centers for three years while regulators study long-term impacts on infrastructure, utilities, and...
Constellation WireData CenterMichiganMicrosoft
Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan
Residents in Lowell, Michigan are pushing back hard on a proposed Microsoft data center that would likely support AI workloads,...
Data CenterConstellation WireIllinios
Packed city hall shows deep local doubts about Pekin, Illinois data center
Pekin, Illinois residents are pushing back on a proposed data center, packing city hall even without the project on the...
Constellation WireData CenterGeorgia
Balancing data center growth with Atlanta’s tightening water constraints
Metro Atlanta, Georgia’s data center boom is now a hard constraint problem around finite water, with facilities drawing up to...
ArizonaConstellation WireData Center
Mounting Phoenix, Arizona hurdles reshape evaluation of AI data center sites
Local pushback is hardening against large AI data centers in the Phoenix metro, with Chandler already killing a $2.5 billion,...
