Melissa Palmer

Data Center Locality Report: March 11, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: March 11, 2026

Melissa Palmer
March 11, 2026

On March 11, 2026, analysis of 77 articles revealed locality issues in 46.8% of cases, with government policy emerging as...

Virginia businesses warn repeal of data center tax break threatens investment

Virginia businesses warn repeal of data center tax break threatens investment

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Virginia’s long-standing data center tax incentive is now at risk, with a Senate proposal to repeal it stalling the entire...

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Amazon’s Warrenton, Virginia data center project has been effectively frozen for about three years due to a lawsuit challenging the...

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Residents in East Whiteland Township are pushing back hard on a 1.7M sq ft data center expansion at a former...

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

The Army Corps quietly issued a federal permit for a massive data center at the former Stuart coal plant site,...

Minnesota Unions Back AI Data Centers With Strong Labor Standards

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Minnesota labor is pushing hard for more data center construction, framing AI and cloud buildouts as the best near-term way...

Data Center Locality Report: March 10, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: March 10, 2026

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

The analysis of 90 articles on data center locality issues dated 2026-03-10 revealed that 60% reported challenges, with government policy,...

Florida data center secrecy raises concerns over power, water, transparency

Florida data center secrecy raises concerns over power, water, transparency

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

Project Tango shows how opaque hyperscale data center siting has become, with a 2016-sized build quietly morphing into a 1.8...

Minnesota residents organize opposition to proposed Google data center in Hermantown

Minnesota residents organize opposition to proposed Google data center in Hermantown

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

Google has been confirmed as the company behind a proposed Hermantown, Minnesota data center, and local pushback is now organized...

Oklahoma fire department rejects $250,000 Google donation tied to data center

Oklahoma fire department rejects $250,000 Google donation tied to data center

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

A rural Oklahoma volunteer fire department rejected a $250,000 Google donation tied to a proposed data center, prioritizing community trust...

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