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Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Project Hummingbird proposes a hyperscale AI data center on 1,400 acres of a former coal mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania,...

New zoning hurdles complicate where Missouri Data Centers can be built

New zoning hurdles complicate where Missouri Data Centers can be built

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Kansas City just made it meaningfully harder to build both small and hyperscale data centers by moving them into new...

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Residents packed Saline Township Hall to protest a Related digital data center, despite the township already voting against the rezoning....

Martindale-Brightwood, Indiana Residents delay data center decision, demand transparency on risks and benefits

Martindale-Brightwood, Indiana Residents delay data center decision, demand transparency on risks and benefits

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Martindale-Brightwood residents pushed the Metrobloks data center hearing to Feb. 12, using a continuance to buy time while the city...

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Georgia’s own auditors just cut their estimate of data center economic impact to less than one-third of what they originally...

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

PowerHouse Locks In Hyperscale Tenant For 120 MW AI‑Ready Campus In Data Center Alley PowerHouse Data Centers signed a long‑term...

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Sedgwick County just froze all new data center permits for 90 days, signaling local pushback right as Kansas ramps up...

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Columbia County is weighing three zoning variances for new data centers, with growth-minded officials on one side and rural residents...

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Wyoming just approved Crusoe’s Project Jade, a 1.8 GW AI data center campus that could scale to 10 GW, making...

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Easton is scrambling to catch zoning up to hyperscale data center proposals that bring big power, water, and environmental impacts....

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