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Nebius data center backs dedicated power plant, shielding local electricity rates in Missouri

Nebius data center backs dedicated power plant, shielding local electricity rates in Missouri

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Nebius is building a more than 2 million-square-foot data center in Independence, Missouri, with phase one targeted to open in...

Promises on data center ring hollow without binding safeguards for New Jersey Residents

Promises on data center ring hollow without binding safeguards for New Jersey Residents

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Residents in Vineland packed a town hall to question DataOne’s proposed AI-focused data center, drilling into water, power, noise, and...

Pennsylvania township tightens rules on future AI-ready data center sites

Pennsylvania township tightens rules on future AI-ready data center sites

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Lower Saucon Township is moving to regulate future data centers with a new zoning ordinance aimed at controlling where they...

Using existing battery interconnect brings Texas data center online faster

Using existing battery interconnect brings Texas data center online faster

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Texas battery developer Eolian is effectively renting out its existing 100+ MW grid interconnect so CyrusOne can bring a Fort...

Secrecy Around Virginia Google Data Center Deal Erodes Trust in Officials

Secrecy Around Virginia Google Data Center Deal Erodes Trust in Officials

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Google’s Botetourt County, Virginia data center deal is drawing backlash because residents feel it was negotiated and approved in secrecy,...

OpenAI’s campuses now demand industrial-scale power, water, and political buy-in

OpenAI’s campuses now demand industrial-scale power, water, and political buy-in

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

OpenAI’s Stargate bets big on “community-first” AI campuses across the U.S. OpenAI outlined its “Stargate Community” strategy for massive U.S....

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Microsoft wants approval for 15 massive data centers on the former Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, on top of two...

Massive AI data center reshapes Allegheny County, Pennsylvania despite objections

Massive AI data center reshapes Allegheny County, Pennsylvania despite objections

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania just approved a 565,000-square-foot hyperscale data center on a former coal plant site that could draw as...

Data center committee shapes Oregon’s AI growth, grid and water protections

Data center committee shapes Oregon’s AI growth, grid and water protections

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Oregon is standing up a Data Center Advisory Committee to rein in where and how new GPU-heavy data and AI...

Moratorium on Michigan data centers reshapes AI buildout assumptions

Moratorium on Michigan data centers reshapes AI buildout assumptions

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard wants a one-year moratorium on new data centers and an end to existing tax...

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