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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...

frederick County maryland weighs expanding rural data center zones amid resident backlash

frederick County maryland weighs expanding rural data center zones amid resident backlash

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Frederick County is wrestling with whether to greatly expand where data centers can be built, moving beyond a former aluminum...

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

michigan Rezoning for data center delayed as community demands clearer utility impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Lowell Township just hit pause on a rezoning request tied to a proposed data center after intense local opposition. The...

Water, tourism, and trust collide in arizona data center plan

Water, tourism, and trust collide in arizona data center plan

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

A UK developer wants to put a $10 billion, 500-acre data center on city land next to Page and visible...

Louisville demolition signals next major Midwest AI data center hub

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Louisville is quietly prepping a large greenfield site for demolition, a classic early signal a hyperscale or large colocation data...

Rising local pushback shows hyperscale AI campuses face growing community limits in indiana

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Indiana’s early enthusiasm for an $11 billion Amazon hyperscale campus has flipped as residents now push back hard on new...

Massive Georgia Power gas build tests AI data center assumptions

Massive Georgia Power gas build tests AI data center assumptions

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Georgia Power just secured a tentative deal to massively expand generation capacity, mostly gas, driven largely by projected AI and...

Dell and Equinix Pitch Cloud Adjacent colocation

Dell and Equinix Pitch Cloud Adjacent colocation

Melissa Palmer
December 17, 2025

Dell and Equinix are pitching cloud adjacent colocation as the new default for placing high-value, latency-sensitive data close to hyperscaler...

AI data centers reshape Michigan as tax breaks spark contested buildout

AI data centers reshape Michigan as tax breaks spark contested buildout

Melissa Palmer
December 16, 2025

Michigan is emerging as a Midwest AI data center hotspot, with at least 16 sites in play across 10 counties,...

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