Melissa Palmer

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Georgia’s own auditors just cut their estimate of data center economic impact to less than one-third of what they originally...

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley PowerHouse Data Centers signed a long‑term...

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Sedgwick County just froze all new data center permits for 90 days, signaling local pushback right as Kansas ramps up...

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Columbia County is weighing three zoning variances for new data centers, with growth-minded officials on one side and rural residents...

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Wyoming just approved Crusoe’s Project Jade, a 1.8 GW AI data center campus that could scale to 10 GW, making...

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Easton is scrambling to catch zoning up to hyperscale data center proposals that bring big power, water, and environmental impacts....

Local zoning fight stalls massive AI‑era data center project in LORDSTOWN, OHIO

Local zoning fight stalls massive AI‑era data center project in LORDSTOWN, OHIO

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

A $3.6 billion, 133‑acre data center project in Lordstown is now a full-blown legal fight over whether the village is...

Apex, North Carolina Data center plan strains our town’s power, water, and planning priorities

Apex, North Carolina Data center plan strains our town’s power, water, and planning priorities

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Apex is facing a 190-acre data center proposal that would host four AI and cloud computing buildings, pushing hyperscale-style infrastructure...

Moratorium on new Delaware AI data centers raises regulatory uncertainty

Moratorium on new Delaware AI data centers raises regulatory uncertainty

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Delaware transparency advocates are pushing for a temporary halt on new hyperscale data center projects. The core issue is not...

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Melissa Palmer
January 13, 2026

Wisconsin’s data center buildout is reversing decades of declining electricity demand, with utilities projecting peak load to rise from 14.6...

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