Melissa Palmer

Data Center Locality Report: February 25, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: February 25, 2026

Melissa Palmer
February 25, 2026

The February 25, 2026 data center locality analysis reviewed 94 articles, identifying locality issues in 62.8% of cases. Government policy...

Lenders hesitate on financing Lancaster, Pennsylvania AI data center project

Lenders hesitate on financing Lancaster, Pennsylvania AI data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Lancaster’s planned CoreWeave data centers are a $10 billion build, with $4 billion from a Blue Owl joint venture and...

Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Microsoft just broke ground on a new data center in Heath, Ohio, aimed squarely at growing cloud and AI infrastructure...

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Denver is planning a temporary moratorium on new data centers so it can write tighter rules around land use, power,...

Data Center Locality Report: February 24, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: February 24, 2026

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

The analysis of 96 articles on data center locality dated 2026-02-24 identified locality issues in 51.0% of cases, with government...

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Lower Mount Bethel Township is wrestling with a proposed data center that would require rezoning agricultural land, with no formal...

Virginia Senate budget proposal ends statewide data center tax exemptions

Virginia Senate budget proposal ends statewide data center tax exemptions

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Virginia’s proposed FY 2027 Senate budget would end statewide sales and use tax exemptions for data centers, pulling back a...

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

South Dakota just advanced a “Data Center Bill of Rights for Citizens” that focuses squarely on water use, power costs,...

Georgia Power Defends AI Data Centers’ Impact on Georgia’s Electric Grid

Georgia Power Defends AI Data Centers’ Impact on Georgia’s Electric Grid

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Georgia Power is using this summit to push back on the narrative that AI-heavy data centers will automatically strain Georgia’s...

Data Center Locality Report: February 23, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: February 23, 2026

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

On February 23, 2026, a review of 85 articles identified locality issues in 47.1% of cases, with government policy emerging...

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