Melissa Palmer

Yearlong data center pause reshapes how Madison, Wisconsin infrastructure is planned

Yearlong data center pause reshapes how Madison, Wisconsin infrastructure is planned

Melissa Palmer
February 3, 2026

Madison just froze new large data center and telecom builds over 10,000 square feet for 12 months, which effectively pauses...

Planned rural data center in New York raises noise, water, and cultural concerns

Planned rural data center in New York raises noise, water, and cultural concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 3, 2026

Stream Data Centers plans a multi-billion-dollar “state-of-the-art” campus at the STAMP site in rural Genesee County, targeting a 2030 completion...

Neighbors demand pause on Indianapolis data center until risks clarified

Neighbors demand pause on Indianapolis data center until risks clarified

Melissa Palmer
February 3, 2026

Metrobloks wants to turn a long-vacant former drive-in site in Indianapolis into a data center, pitching it as new tax...

New Delaware rules shift data center power costs off residents

New Delaware rules shift data center power costs off residents

Melissa Palmer
February 3, 2026

Delaware lawmakers are advancing bills that would make large data centers pay more of the real cost of their massive...

Local resistance blocks planned AI data center in rural Wisconsin

Local resistance blocks planned AI data center in rural Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
February 2, 2026

Cloverleaf Infrastructure dropped plans for a data center in the town of Carlton, Kewaunee County, after organized local opposition. The...

Texas data center bet prioritizes dedicated power over proximity to cities

Texas data center bet prioritizes dedicated power over proximity to cities

Melissa Palmer
February 2, 2026

Texas just greenlit GW Ranch, an 8,000-acre gas-and-renewables-powered data center campus that Pacifico Energy calls the largest permitted in the...

Edge data center plan reshapes Beaver Dam, Wisconsin’s AI infrastructure mix

Edge data center plan reshapes Beaver Dam, Wisconsin’s AI infrastructure mix

Melissa Palmer
January 30, 2026

Beaver Dam is looking at a second major data center project, this time a 90,000-square-foot edge facility from developer Oppidan...

Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice

Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice

Melissa Palmer
January 30, 2026

University of Michigan is pushing a “high-performance computing” data center with Los Alamos that could draw up to 110 MW...

Community benefit agreements shape where and how AI data centers are built

Community benefit agreements shape where and how AI data centers are built

Melissa Palmer
January 30, 2026

Data centers are now central to AI workloads, but local pushback on power use, water, noise, and tax deals is...

Local pushback shows data centers can still be stopped in Virginia

Local pushback shows data centers can still be stopped in Virginia

Melissa Palmer
January 29, 2026

Plans for a 400-acre data center campus in Hanover County, Virginia have been withdrawn after sustained pushback from local officials...

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