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Pennsylvania ties faster data center permits to stricter environmental standards

Pennsylvania ties faster data center permits to stricter environmental standards

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is pushing a carrot approach: faster permits for data centers that meet tougher environmental and transparency...

Data Center Locality Report: March 09, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: March 09, 2026

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

The data center locality analysis for March 9, 2026, identified locality issues in 64.0% of the 86 articles reviewed, indicating...

Data Center Locality Report: March 07, 2026

Data Center Locality Report: March 07, 2026

Melissa Palmer
March 7, 2026

The analysis of 80 data center articles dated March 7, 2026, identified locality issues in 62.5% of cases, with government...

AI data center supply chain reshapes Wisconsin manufacturing and construction economy

AI data center supply chain reshapes Wisconsin manufacturing and construction economy

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Wisconsin hasn’t turned on a single hyperscale data center yet, but AI-driven demand is already pushing over $1 billion in...

Pennsylvania township confronts large AI data center plan, residents worried

Pennsylvania township confronts large AI data center plan, residents worried

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Upper Burrell is facing a 3 GW TECfusions data center build on a former Alcoa R&D campus, and residents are...

North Carolina developer withdraws Apex data center plan amid opposition

North Carolina developer withdraws Apex data center plan amid opposition

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Developers pulled the plug on the New Hill Digital Campus near Apex after months of public pushback and zoning uncertainty....

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Microsoft is proposing a data center in Lowell Township, and the community meetings show strong local skepticism despite the company’s...

Michigan city postpones decision on proposed 26 MW data center

Michigan city postpones decision on proposed 26 MW data center

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Allen Park’s planning commission delayed preliminary approval again for a proposed 26 MW data center, signaling local friction around new...

Kentucky approves massive hyperscale data center campus in Jefferson County

Kentucky approves massive hyperscale data center campus in Jefferson County

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Jefferson County just approved its first hyperscale data center campus in southwest Louisville, locking in a big new AI and...

Illinois suburb wrestles with data center boom and neighborhood impacts

Illinois suburb wrestles with data center boom and neighborhood impacts

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Aurora residents are living next to a fast-growing cluster of data centers that bring constant noise, diesel generators, and visible...

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