Data Center

Georgia Data center power deal shifts long‑term costs and risks onto customers

Georgia Data center power deal shifts long‑term costs and risks onto customers

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Georgia’s PSC just approved a $16 billion, ~10 GW grid expansion largely to serve data centers, locking in a huge...

Michigan Regulators approve conditional fast-track power deal for massive AI data center

Michigan Regulators approve conditional fast-track power deal for massive AI data center

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Michigan regulators just greenlit fast-track power contracts for an OpenAI/Oracle-linked data center that will pull 1.4 GW, forcing DTE to...

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Microsoft pause at Cherry Valley, Illinois reshapes AI tracking

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Microsoft spent $32.3 million on 340 acres in Boone County for a new data center site but has effectively hit...

Local zoning shift lets hyperscale data centers into Port Wentworth, Georgia

Local zoning shift lets hyperscale data centers into Port Wentworth, Georgia

Melissa Palmer
December 22, 2025

Major AI players (Google, Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon) are actively scouting Port Wentworth for new data centers, signaling real GPU...

Saline, Michigan zoning gaps leave little choice on OpenAI data center

Saline, Michigan zoning gaps leave little choice on OpenAI data center

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

OpenAI and Oracle are moving ahead with a 2.2M-square-foot hyperscale data center in rural Saline Township after officials settled a...

Investor pressure boosts long-term Frederick, Maryland data center growth, not exit

Investor pressure boosts long-term Frederick, Maryland data center growth, not exit

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Rowan Digital Infrastructure is publicly reaffirming a long-term commitment to Frederick County after a report suggested it might sell the...

New Shreveport, Louisiana data center promises tax gains and entry-level tech jobs

New Shreveport, Louisiana data center promises tax gains and entry-level tech jobs

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Shreveport just approved a new data center with no local capital outlay, betting on it as a tax and jobs...

Decatur, Indiana data center plan raises unanswered questions about power, water, taxes

Decatur, Indiana data center plan raises unanswered questions about power, water, taxes

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Residents in Decatur Township are pushing back hard against Sabey Data Centers’ plan for a two-building facility, with zero speakers...

Joliet, Indiana pushback over AI data center reshapes infrastructure planning

Joliet, Indiana pushback over AI data center reshapes infrastructure planning

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Local resistance is stalling what could be one of the largest data centers in Illinois, a 795-acre Hillwood / Powerhouse...

New Marana, Arizona data center name adds questions about scale, oversight

New Marana, Arizona data center name adds questions about scale, oversight

Melissa Palmer
December 20, 2025

Marana’s proposed facility now has the formal name “Luckett Road North and South Data Centers,” but it’s still unclear if...

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