Data Center

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Kaukauna, Wisconsin is moving to explicitly regulate future data centers before any hyperscaler or colo shows up. The proposed rules...

Virginia Data center zoning appeal tests how risk and growth are weighed

Virginia Data center zoning appeal tests how risk and growth are weighed

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Campbell County, Virginia is holding a fact-based hearing on whether to uphold zoning administrator approval for a 57-acre heavy industrial...

Oklahoma pushback over AI data center shows zoning risk reshaping projects

Oklahoma pushback over AI data center shows zoning risk reshaping projects

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Coweta, Oklahoma’s planning commission just recommended denying rezoning for a 400 MW data center on 200+ acres of agricultural land,...

Community left guessing as data center plans lack basic details

Community left guessing as data center plans lack basic details

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Strata Expanse is planning an AI data center near Hanging Rock, Ohio, but four weeks in, they still have not...

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Proposed Illinois neighborhood data center raises grid, diesel pollution, cost concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Naperville is weighing a 36 MW, 211,000-square-foot Karis Critical data center that would sit close to residential neighborhoods and sensitive...

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Linn County is moving to lock in stricter rules for new data centers in unincorporated areas, right as Google and...

Data center tax breaks face rollback as Arizona rethinks AI growth

Data center tax breaks face rollback as Arizona rethinks AI growth

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January 19, 2026

Arizona’s governor wants to end state and local sales tax exemptions for data center equipment, arguing the incentives have done...

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Braidwood is looking at a potential data center site near I-55 and Reed Road, but the land is not yet...

Coweta, Oklahoma data center deal trades grid load for payments, jobs, training

Coweta, Oklahoma data center deal trades grid load for payments, jobs, training

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Coweta is weighing a 400 MW data center that would be a major load on the local grid but is...

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

South Dakota is weighing its first 500 MW‑class data center site near Sioux Falls, with zoning approved but still vulnerable...

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