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Ellenwood, Georgia data center plans threaten our neighborhood’s health and future

Ellenwood, Georgia data center plans threaten our neighborhood’s health and future

Melissa Palmer
December 10, 2025

DeKalb County is weighing new data center land-use rules just as a 1 million square foot facility is proposed on...

AI data center demand pushes Micron to abandon Crucial consumer products

AI data center demand pushes Micron to abandon Crucial consumer products

Melissa Palmer
December 4, 2025

This is a rough on, and a casualty of AI. Micron is killing its Crucial consumer brand to redirect DRAM...

Public concerns shape future of $500M rural data center project in illinois

Public concerns shape future of $500M rural data center project in illinois

Melissa Palmer
December 4, 2025

A proposed $500 million, 280-acre data center in southwestern Sangamon County, Illinois is drawing heavy public scrutiny around local environmental...

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 2, 2025

Massive AI compute projects aren’t coming online in anonymous server rooms anymore. They are arriving as AI campuses: hundreds of acres,...

Lordstown’s data center pause shows cautious approach to AI facilities

Lordstown’s data center pause shows cautious approach to AI facilities

Melissa Palmer
December 2, 2025

Lordstown reversed its outright AI data center ban but is moving to a 180-day permitting moratorium, signaling caution rather than...

Mounting Wisconsin opposition shapes how AI data centers are planned

Mounting Wisconsin opposition shapes how AI data centers are planned

Melissa Palmer
December 1, 2025

Local pushback in Wisconsin is zeroing in on AI data center power and water use, with a petition over 1,200...

AI data center expansion raises public health concerns in Georgia community

AI data center expansion raises public health concerns in Georgia community

Melissa Palmer
November 29, 2025

Georgia’s rapid buildout of AI-focused data centers, including multiple hyperscale projects around South Fulton and South DeKalb, is driving higher...

The Hidden Constraint in the AI Race: Communities Saying No

The Hidden Constraint in the AI Race: Communities Saying No

Melissa Palmer
November 29, 2025

Something fundamental is shifting inside the United States, and it has nothing to do with GPU supply or model sizes...

Secretive data center deals obscure AI’s local costs and tradeoffs

Secretive data center deals obscure AI’s local costs and tradeoffs

Melissa Palmer
November 26, 2025

Microsoft’s role in converting the failed Foxconn site into a data center was inexplicably redacted from Wisconsin Public Service Commission...

Nashville emerges as key AI data center hub in Tennessee

Nashville emerges as key AI data center hub in Tennessee

Melissa Palmer
November 26, 2025

What Happened: Tennessee now hosts about 60 data centers, with the greater Nashville area accounting for roughly half, including large...

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