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Indiana pause on data center annexation highlights AI infra pushback

Indiana pause on data center annexation highlights AI infra pushback

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Shelbyville, Indiana just put a 30-day pause on annexing 429 acres for a Prologis-led data center, signaling local resistance can...

Local pause on data centers reshapes how Michigan PLans infrastructure

Local pause on data centers reshapes how Michigan PLans infrastructure

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, just put a one-year pause on all new data center applications, with the option to shorten...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Illinois resistance to nearby data center reshapes AI buildout plans

Illinois resistance to nearby data center reshapes AI buildout plans

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Naperville, Illinois killed a 200,000-square-foot data center project in a 6–1 vote after heavy neighborhood pushback. The site would have...

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