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Local pushback blocks 429-acre AI data center rezoning in Shelbyville, Indiana

Local pushback blocks 429-acre AI data center rezoning in Shelbyville, Indiana

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Shelbyville’s plan commission just rejected rezoning for a 429-acre industrial data center campus, signaling how local resistance can slow AI...

Permian gas powers dedicated data center as Chevron sells electrons in Texas

Permian gas powers dedicated data center as Chevron sells electrons in Texas

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Chevron plans a 2.5 GW behind-the-meter natural-gas power plant in the Permian, expandable to 5 GW, dedicated to a single...

Rezoning clears path for hyperscale data center despite community opposition in South Dakota

Rezoning clears path for hyperscale data center despite community opposition in South Dakota

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Sioux Falls just cleared rezoning for its first hyperscale data center, a greenfield 164-acre site tied directly to Xcel’s Split...

Rezoned Marana, Arizona land clears path for massive AI data center

Rezoned Marana, Arizona land clears path for massive AI data center

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Marana, Arizona, just rezoned about 600 acres for a large data center project from Beale Infrastructure’s Fremont Peak Properties, clearing...

stargate Michigan reshapes utility investment, regulation, and long-term power deals

stargate Michigan reshapes utility investment, regulation, and long-term power deals

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Stargate’s Michigan site shows how AI’s GPU hunger is now reshaping utility capex, with a single 1.4 GW campus adding...

Massive AI data campus trades huge footprint and power for few jobs in Alabama

Massive AI data campus trades huge footprint and power for few jobs in Alabama

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Stream Data Centers is pitching a 2 million square foot, likely AI-heavy campus at WNY STAMP (Western New York Science...

AWS data center plan stalls in Wilmington, Ohio over unanswered questions on impacts

AWS data center plan stalls in Wilmington, Ohio over unanswered questions on impacts

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Amazon’s Wilmington, Ohio data center plan is stalled because the company couldn’t answer basic facility questions on cooling, generators, noise,...

Wisconsin Data center expansion costs shift off utility bills under proposal

Wisconsin Data center expansion costs shift off utility bills under proposal

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

Wisconsin Republicans are pushing a bill to keep residential and small business utility customers from footing the power bill for...

Data center referendum denied in DeForest, Wisconsin

Data center referendum denied in DeForest, Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 7, 2026

DeForest’s village board just rejected a petition that would have forced a public referendum on the QTS AI data center...

New zoning rules in Menomonie, Wisconsin tighten data center power, water, and noise limits

New zoning rules in Menomonie, Wisconsin tighten data center power, water, and noise limits

Melissa Palmer
January 6, 2026

Menomonie, Wisconsin just moved data centers out of the generic “warehouse” bucket and into their own zoning class, which is...

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