Melissa Palmer

Local resistance to mystery data center reshapes Michigan AI capacity assumptions

Local resistance to mystery data center reshapes Michigan AI capacity assumptions

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

A 235-acre data center project near Grand Rapids is stalled after residents shut down the first planning commission meeting over...

Tax breaks explain only small share of Georgia data center boom

Tax breaks explain only small share of Georgia data center boom

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

Only about 30% of Georgia’s data center buildout is tied directly to the 2018 sales and use tax exemption, down...

Data centers, not subsidies, deliver Florida jobs and stable power prices

Data centers, not subsidies, deliver Florida jobs and stable power prices

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

AI growth is framed as a strategic race with China, and the author argues Florida’s edge will come from local...

Texas communities demand data centers reveal true grid and water costs

Texas communities demand data centers reveal true grid and water costs

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Texas communities are pushing hard for more transparency from data center projects, especially around water, power, and local impacts. The...

Pennsylvania Township deal steers 400 MW data center to grid power

Pennsylvania Township deal steers 400 MW data center to grid power

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Clifton Township is close to settling with the Project Gold developer, clearing the way for a massive data center campus...

Michigan opposition stalls billion‑dollar AI data center I’m watching closely

Michigan opposition stalls billion‑dollar AI data center I’m watching closely

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

A $1 billion, 237-acre data center project in Lowell Township is on indefinite hold after public backlash and a packed...

AI data center dream in Westfield, Massachusetts quietly collapses over power, permits

AI data center dream in Westfield, Massachusetts quietly collapses over power, permits

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Servistar pitched a 2.7 million square foot hyperscale data center in Westfield that would have pulled 4–5x the city’s total...

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Local officials were talking with a prospective data center developer in Jones County months before any formal application surfaced. That...

Analysis of Events Leading Up to Pima County’s Approval of Project Blue Data Center

Analysis of Events Leading Up to Pima County’s Approval of Project Blue Data Center

Melissa Palmer
December 31, 2025

The Project Blue data center, a proposed 290-acre facility developed by Beale Infrastructure on unincorporated land near the Pima County...

San Angelo, Texas weighs major data center rezoning near neighborhood, infrastructure impacts

San Angelo, Texas weighs major data center rezoning near neighborhood, infrastructure impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 30, 2025

San Angelo is courting Skybox Data Centers for a ~350-acre hyperscale-capable site, signaling another small city positioning itself in the...

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