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Data CenterConstellation WireMichigan
Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice
University of Michigan is pushing a “high-performance computing” data center with Los Alamos that could draw up to 110 MW...
WisconsinConstellation WireData Center
Indianapolis weighs stricter data center rules to protect neighborhoods, water supplies
Indianapolis is under pressure to regulate a wave of proposed data centers as residents push back on energy, water, and...
Constellation WireData CenterUnited States
Community benefit agreements shape where and how AI data centers are built
Data centers are now central to AI workloads, but local pushback on power use, water, noise, and tax deals is...
Constellation WireData CenterGeorgia
Balancing data center growth, rezoning battles, and community oversight in LaGrange, Georgia
LaGrange is trying to thread the needle between welcoming data center tax and power revenue and managing local backlash, and...
Data CenterConstellation WireVirginia
Local pushback shows data centers can still be stopped in Virginia
Plans for a 400-acre data center campus in Hanover County, Virginia have been withdrawn after sustained pushback from local officials...
Constellation WireData CenterMichigan
Legal deal locks in data center while Michigan residents lose zoning say
OpenAI and Oracle’s 2.2 million-square-foot “Stargate” hyperscale data center in Saline Township, Michigan is moving forward under a court-ordered consent...
Constellation WireData CenterLouisiana
New Orleans pause on data centers shows AI infrastructure facing urban limits
New Orleans just put a one-year (extendable) ban on new data centers, blocking an MS Solar Grid Data project in...
Constellation WireData CenterWisconsin
Wisconsin pushback blocks massive AI data center expansion plans
DeForest, Wisconsin’s move to reject the QTS proposal shows how local resistance can stop even massive data center plans, including...
Data CenterConstellation WireTexas
Leased Texas parking lot becomes modest edge data center for local institutions
Potter County just leased a downtown parking lot to Duos Edge AI for $18,000 a year to host a new...
Constellation WireData CenterSouth Carolina
South Carolina opposition questions opaque $3 billion AI data center plans
A $3 billion AI data center project in Spartanburg County is facing backlash over perceived secrecy, even as the vendor,...
