Melissa Palmer

Massive AI data campus trades huge footprint and power for few jobs in Alabama

Massive AI data campus trades huge footprint and power for few jobs in Alabama

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Stream Data Centers is pitching a 2 million square foot, likely AI-heavy campus at WNY STAMP (Western New York Science...

AWS data center plan stalls in Wilmington, Ohio over unanswered questions on impacts

AWS data center plan stalls in Wilmington, Ohio over unanswered questions on impacts

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Amazon’s Wilmington, Ohio data center plan is stalled because the company couldn’t answer basic facility questions on cooling, generators, noise,...

Wisconsin Data center expansion costs shift off utility bills under proposal

Wisconsin Data center expansion costs shift off utility bills under proposal

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill to keep residential and small business utility customers from footing the power bill for...

Data center referendum denied in DeForest, Wisconsin

Data center referendum denied in DeForest, Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

DeForest’s village board just rejected a petition that would have forced a public referendum on the QTS AI data center...

Deep Dive: Meta Socrates South Data Center

Deep Dive: Meta Socrates South Data Center

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Socrates South is a 200 MW natural-gas power plant built for one purpose: to power a Meta-affiliated data center without touching...

New zoning rules in Menomonie, Wisconsin tighten data center power, water, and noise limits

New zoning rules in Menomonie, Wisconsin tighten data center power, water, and noise limits

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Menomonie, Wisconsin just moved data centers out of the generic “warehouse” bucket and into their own zoning class, which is...

Data centers reshape Green Country, Oklahoma as we trade resources for jobs

Data centers reshape Green Country, Oklahoma as we trade resources for jobs

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Northeast Oklahoma is turning into a data center cluster, with existing Google capacity in Pryor and at least four more...

Lordstown, OHIO Moratorium on new data centers reshapes how AI Builds are approached

Lordstown, OHIO Moratorium on new data centers reshapes how AI Builds are approached

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Lordstown council just put a 180-day freeze on new data center permits, signaling local resistance to more AI and cloud...

Bay City, Michigan sets strict data center rules after residents raise concerns

Bay City, Michigan sets strict data center rules after residents raise concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Bay City’s commission unanimously approved a resolution to create zoning, land use, and operational standards for data centers after strong...

one year baltimore county, Maryland Data center pause looming

one year baltimore county, Maryland Data center pause looming

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Baltimore County, Maryland is considering a one-year moratorium on data center construction while it figures out how to regulate a...

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