Melissa Palmer

Backlash to Michigan data center tax breaks reshapes ai outlook

Backlash to Michigan data center tax breaks reshapes ai outlook

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Michigan is suddenly facing a backlash against the very data center tax breaks it passed last session, as lawmakers move...

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Minnesota is seeing a wave of large data center proposals tied to cloud and AI growth, and many are being...

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Michigan lawmakers are moving to repeal sales and use tax breaks for hyperscale data centers, directly targeting incentives that helped...

frederick County maryland weighs expanding rural data center zones amid resident backlash

frederick County maryland weighs expanding rural data center zones amid resident backlash

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Frederick County is wrestling with whether to greatly expand where data centers can be built, moving beyond a former aluminum...

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Lowell Township just hit pause on a rezoning request tied to a proposed data center after intense local opposition. The...

Water, tourism, and trust collide in arizona data center plan

Water, tourism, and trust collide in arizona data center plan

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

A UK developer wants to put a $10 billion, 500-acre data center on city land next to Page and visible...

China’s EUV progress accelerates true bifurcation of global AI chip supply

China’s EUV progress accelerates true bifurcation of global AI chip supply

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

China’s Secret EUV Breakthrough Pulls Forward AI Chip Sovereignty Timeline China has built and is testing a homegrown extreme ultraviolet...

Local resistance reshapes Michigan’s AI data center expansion plans

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Developers just walked away from a $1 billion Howell Township data center after months of community pushback, and the same...

Louisville demolition signals next major Midwest AI data center hub

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Louisville is quietly prepping a large greenfield site for demolition, a classic early signal a hyperscale or large colocation data...

Rising local pushback shows hyperscale AI campuses face growing community limits in indiana

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Indiana’s early enthusiasm for an $11 billion Amazon hyperscale campus has flipped as residents now push back hard on new...

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