Melissa Palmer

Lansing, New York’s decision clears path for TeraWulf data center, concerns persist

Lansing, New York’s decision clears path for TeraWulf data center, concerns persist

Melissa Palmer
December 8, 2025

Lansing’s board quietly dropped a proposed development moratorium, clearing the way for TeraWulf’s large data center on the former Milliken...

OpenAI and NEXTDC Power Sovereign AI in Sydney, Australia

OpenAI and NEXTDC Power Sovereign AI in Sydney, Australia

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

OpenAI is partnering with Australian data center operator NEXTDC to build a hyperscale AI campus at the S7 site in...

2026 reality of OpenAI’s $1.4T AI Buildout

2026 reality of OpenAI’s $1.4T AI Buildout

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

OpenAI is pursuing an unprecedented $1.4 trillion AI data center and GPU buildout over eight years, including the $500 billion...

Segregating AI data center power shields Missouri customers from infrastructure risks

Segregating AI data center power shields Missouri customers from infrastructure risks

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Data center-driven AI demand could push U.S. electricity use from 2.5% to 8% by 2030, but rapid efficiency gains like...

Tie AI data center subsidies to strict renewable and grid safeguards in pennsylvania

Tie AI data center subsidies to strict renewable and grid safeguards in pennsylvania

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Data centers driving AI are straining the PJM grid, raising real risks for higher power bills, reliability issues, and more...

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Deep Green wants to build a 24 MW data center on underused parking lots in downtown Lansing, with Lansing potentially...

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

DeSantis is pitching a “Citizen Bill of Rights for AI” that directly targets hyperscale AI data center expansion in Florida....

Data center pushback overlooks efficiency gains, economic growth, and grid benefits

Data center pushback overlooks efficiency gains, economic growth, and grid benefits

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

This is an opinion piece that goes against what is usually in the news. Local resistance to new data centers...

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Sourcecolo is testing the waters for a potential data center in Warrick County, Indiana, but is framing the Dec. 8...

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Loudoun County residents used a town hall with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam to hammer the local data center buildout on health,...

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