Melissa Palmer

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Naperville is weighing a 36 MW, 211,000-square-foot Karis Critical data center that would sit close to residential neighborhoods and sensitive...

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Linn County is moving to lock in stricter rules for new data centers in unincorporated areas, right as Google and...

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Braidwood is looking at a potential data center site near I-55 and Reed Road, but the land is not yet...

Coweta, Oklahoma data center deal trades grid load for payments, jobs, training

Coweta, Oklahoma data center deal trades grid load for payments, jobs, training

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Coweta is weighing a 400 MW data center that would be a major load on the local grid but is...

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

South Dakota is weighing its first 500 MW‑class data center site near Sioux Falls, with zoning approved but still vulnerable...

Batch-based ERCOT reviews now shape when Texas data centers power up

Batch-based ERCOT reviews now shape when Texas data centers power up

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

ERCOT is shifting to batch studies for large-load interconnection so it can process a surge of requests from data centers,...

Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Project Hummingbird proposes a hyperscale AI data center on 1,400 acres of a former coal mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania,...

New zoning hurdles complicate where Missouri Data Centers can be built

New zoning hurdles complicate where Missouri Data Centers can be built

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Kansas City just made it meaningfully harder to build both small and hyperscale data centers by moving them into new...

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Residents packed Saline Township Hall to protest a Related digital data center, despite the township already voting against the rezoning....

Martindale-Brightwood, Indiana Residents delay data center decision, demand transparency on risks and benefits

Martindale-Brightwood, Indiana Residents delay data center decision, demand transparency on risks and benefits

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Martindale-Brightwood residents pushed the Metrobloks data center hearing to Feb. 12, using a continuance to buy time while the city...

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