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Data CenterConstellation WireWisconsin
Wisconsin residents push stricter rules for Menomonie data center development
Local opposition in Menomonie is hardening against a proposed data center, with residents organizing a signature drive to shape stricter...
Data CenterConstellation WireMissouri
Missouri residents organize to oppose proposed AI data center project
Independence, Missouri is considering major tax breaks to land a “massive” AI data center, but residents are mobilizing quickly to...
Data CenterConstellation WireIndiana
Indiana data center rezoning advances over residents’ environmental justice concerns
Metrobloks’ 14-acre urban data center in Indianapolis’ Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood just cleared a key rezoning hurdle despite unified resident opposition. The...
Data CenterAlabamaConstellation Wire
Alabama city revises Project Marvel data center plan amid opposition
Bessemer’s revised Project Marvel plan expands the data center campus footprint and reshuffles buildings to create larger buffers between hyperscale-style...
Data CenterAlabamaConstellation WireNebius
Oxmoor residents oppose proposed AI data center amid moratorium debate
Nebius, a Netherlands-based data center operator, wants to build an “AI factory” on 80 acres in Birmingham’s Oxmoor community. Residents...
Constellation WireData CenterIndiana
Neighbors demand pause on Indianapolis data center until risks clarified
Metrobloks wants to turn a long-vacant former drive-in site in Indianapolis into a data center, pitching it as new tax...
Constellation WireData CenterUnited States
Community benefit agreements shape where and how AI data centers are built
Data centers are now central to AI workloads, but local pushback on power use, water, noise, and tax deals is...
Data CenterConstellation WirePennsylvania
Pennsylvania farmer Turned Down Lucrative Data Center Deal to Permanently Preserve Farmland
Data center developers offered a Pennsylvania farmer over $15 million, or about $60,000 per acre, to convert two contiguous farms...
Constellation WireData CenterPennsylvania
Massive AI data center reshapes Allegheny County, Pennsylvania despite objections
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania just approved a 565,000-square-foot hyperscale data center on a former coal plant site that could draw as...
Constellation WireData CenterPennsylvania
Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania
Project Hummingbird proposes a hyperscale AI data center on 1,400 acres of a former coal mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania,...
