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Birmingham, Alabama Preparing for stricter AI data center rules before projects arrive

Birmingham, Alabama Preparing for stricter AI data center rules before projects arrive

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Birmingham is considering a temporary moratorium on data centers even though no operators have proposed a facility yet. City leadership...

AI data center plan tests zoning, conservation, and rural infrastructure limits in South Carolina

AI data center plan tests zoning, conservation, and rural infrastructure limits in South Carolina

Melissa Palmer
December 19, 2025

An 850-acre AI data center campus in Colleton County is moving forward despite needing a zoning exception because it falls...

Resident backlash prompts delay on massive Amazon Wilmington, ohio data center

Resident backlash prompts delay on massive Amazon Wilmington, ohio data center

Melissa Palmer
December 19, 2025

Wilmington, Ohio has delayed final approval of a $4 billion Amazon data center that would cover 471 acres, after strong...

Michigan AI data center power deal approved despite secrecy and local doubts

Michigan AI data center power deal approved despite secrecy and local doubts

Melissa Palmer
December 19, 2025

Michigan just greenlit fast-tracked power contracts for a massive OpenAI/Oracle-backed data center near Ann Arbor, skipping a full contested case...

AI-driven data center buildout shifts power costs and risks to Georgia customers

AI-driven data center buildout shifts power costs and risks to Georgia customers

Melissa Palmer
December 19, 2025

Georgia Power is asking regulators to approve a $15 billion plan to add 10,000 MW in five years, largely to...

Local Georgia rules now favor data centers over resident concerns in zoning

Local Georgia rules now favor data centers over resident concerns in zoning

Melissa Palmer
December 19, 2025

Port Wentworth just approved zoning rules for data centers despite unanimous resident opposition at the meeting. The ordinance doesn’t greenlight...

bernie sanders Moratorium on new AI datacenters lets policy and communities catch up

bernie sanders Moratorium on new AI datacenters lets policy and communities catch up

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Bernie Sanders is calling for a nationwide moratorium on new AI datacenters, framing it as a way to slow billionaire-driven...

Backlash to Michigan data center tax breaks reshapes ai outlook

Backlash to Michigan data center tax breaks reshapes ai outlook

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Michigan is suddenly facing a backlash against the very data center tax breaks it passed last session, as lawmakers move...

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Minnesota is seeing a wave of large data center proposals tied to cloud and AI growth, and many are being...

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Michigan Lawmakers move to end data center tax breaks amid rising opposition

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Michigan lawmakers are moving to repeal sales and use tax breaks for hyperscale data centers, directly targeting incentives that helped...

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