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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...

Former Maine Air Force base becomes liquid‑cooled AI data center hub

Former Maine Air Force base becomes liquid‑cooled AI data center hub

Melissa Palmer
November 26, 2025

What Happened: Maine’s first AI‑focused data center is being built at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, using...

Amazon’s $15B Indiana build shows where AWS AI capacity goes

Amazon’s $15B Indiana build shows where AWS AI capacity goes

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Amazon plans to invest $15 billion in new AWS data centers in Indiana, tied to about 1,100 jobs and local...

How Michigan’s Data Center Battle Went Off the Rails: A Deep Dive into the Howell Township Crisis

How Michigan’s Data Center Battle Went Off the Rails: A Deep Dive into the Howell Township Crisis

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Michigan is in the middle of a data center land rush. Meta, Google, Amazon, and other hyperscalers have been carving...

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Georgia just made large AI-oriented data centers a formal “technological facilities” category, forcing public review and disclosure of massive power...

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Livingston County just blocked rezoning 1,000+ acres of Michigan farmland for a Meta-backed AI data center, putting a hard brake...

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

A township is trying to thread the needle on a billion‑dollar Meta data center that would turn 1,000+ acres of...

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