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Colorado neighbors challenge AI data center over water, pollution impacts

Colorado neighbors challenge AI data center over water, pollution impacts

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

CoreSite is pushing a 60 MW, three-building AI-capable data center in north Denver that would ultimately use up to 805,000...

Arizona data centers use little water but strain power grid

Arizona data centers use little water but strain power grid

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

Data center water “use” numbers are largely misunderstood, because about 80% of the water attributed to them is withdrawn by...

Maryland confirms data center executive to Frederick city planning commission

Maryland confirms data center executive to Frederick city planning commission

Melissa Palmer
February 25, 2026

Frederick’s City Council just confirmed John Temple, an engineering director at Hanwha Data Centers, as a full member of the...

Kansas considers extended pause on rural AI data center projects

Kansas considers extended pause on rural AI data center projects

Melissa Palmer
February 25, 2026

Kansas lawmakers are pushing to slow or pause rural data center development, despite a recent state law that made it...

Lenders hesitate on financing Lancaster, Pennsylvania AI data center project

Lenders hesitate on financing Lancaster, Pennsylvania AI data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Lancaster’s planned CoreWeave data centers are a $10 billion build, with $4 billion from a Blue Owl joint venture and...

Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Microsoft breaks ground on new AI-focused data center in Ohio

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Microsoft just broke ground on a new data center in Heath, Ohio, aimed squarely at growing cloud and AI infrastructure...

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Denver is planning a temporary moratorium on new data centers so it can write tighter rules around land use, power,...

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Lower Mount Bethel Township is wrestling with a proposed data center that would require rezoning agricultural land, with no formal...

Virginia Senate budget proposal ends statewide data center tax exemptions

Virginia Senate budget proposal ends statewide data center tax exemptions

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Virginia’s proposed FY 2027 Senate budget would end statewide sales and use tax exemptions for data centers, pulling back a...

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

South Dakota just advanced a “Data Center Bill of Rights for Citizens” that focuses squarely on water use, power costs,...

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