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Transparency on AI data center costs now shapes infrastructure choices

Transparency on AI data center costs now shapes infrastructure choices

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

The piece argues that large, often AI-focused data centers are being built with too little transparency about who pays the...

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Google is moving ahead with “Project Peanut,” a massive multi-site data center campus in Chesterfield County, as part of a...

Political backlash to AI data centers reshapes risk calculations

Political backlash to AI data centers reshapes risk calculations

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Data centers have become a frontline political issue in the US, with 142 activist groups across 24 states pushing back...

Massive rural data center strains grid, tests Leon County oversight

Massive rural data center strains grid, tests Leon County oversight

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Belltown Power plans a massive 1,500 MW data center in rural Leon County, Texas, a clear signal of hyperscale-style power...

Local Michigan zoning rules reshape where future AI data centers locate

Local Michigan zoning rules reshape where future AI data centers locate

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Henrietta Township in Michigan is pre-writing a data center ordinance before any AI or cloud developers show up, signaling that...

Frederick County opens rural land to tightly capped data center growth

Frederick County opens rural land to tightly capped data center growth

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Frederick County, Maryland just approved a plan to double the land available for data centers while capping total data center...

Georgia’s open stance on AI data centers reshapes investment and growth

Georgia’s open stance on AI data centers reshapes investment and growth

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Georgia is emerging as an AI infrastructure hotspot even as its broader economy slows. The state is leaning into data...

Central Pennsylvania backs major AI data center hub near Carlisle

Central Pennsylvania backs major AI data center hub near Carlisle

Melissa Palmer
December 23, 2025

Middlesex Township’s planners gave an initial green light to subdivide a 693-acre tract for “Pennsylvania Digital 1,” a three-campus data...

Ohio leverage over AI data centers pauses edgeConneX build strategy

Melissa Palmer
December 23, 2025

Ashville just put a 180-day pause on new data centers, but existing zoning and a 2022 “Will Serve” letter still...

Data center growth lowers mississippi power bills when deals are structured right

Data center growth lowers mississippi power bills when deals are structured right

Melissa Palmer
December 23, 2025

Mississippi’s AWS data center buildout shows that hyperscale growth can lower, not raise, power bills when utilities structure agreements correctly....

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