Community Opposition

Wisconsin residents challenge 24-hour Port Washington data center construction

Wisconsin residents challenge 24-hour Port Washington data center construction

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

Port Washington approved 24/7 construction for a Vantage Data Centers campus to make up for schedule delays and start collecting...

Maryland voters may decide limits on Frederick County data centers

Maryland voters may decide limits on Frederick County data centers

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

Frederick County’s fight is about how big a single data center cluster should be, with a referendum group trying to...

Sedgwick County town hall spotlights data center pause and concerns

Sedgwick County town hall spotlights data center pause and concerns

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

Sedgwick County put a 90-day pause on new data center applications to write zoning rules, signaling early-stage friction around large-scale...

Maryland debate over Calvert County NDAs tied to data center plans

Maryland debate over Calvert County NDAs tied to data center plans

Melissa Palmer
March 12, 2026

Maryland delegate Fisher is pushing a bill to bar Calvert County from using NDAs with private entities, triggered in part...

Pennsylvania residents challenge Archbald data center over environmental, economic impacts

Pennsylvania residents challenge Archbald data center over environmental, economic impacts

Melissa Palmer
March 11, 2026

Developers are pushing a massive Wildcat Ridge data center campus in Archbald: 14 buildings at 200k+ square feet each, 560...

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Amazon’s Warrenton, Virginia data center project has been effectively frozen for about three years due to a lawsuit challenging the...

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Residents in East Whiteland Township are pushing back hard on a 1.7M sq ft data center expansion at a former...

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

The Army Corps quietly issued a federal permit for a massive data center at the former Stuart coal plant site,...

Florida data center secrecy raises concerns over power, water, transparency

Florida data center secrecy raises concerns over power, water, transparency

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

Project Tango shows how opaque hyperscale data center siting has become, with a 2016-sized build quietly morphing into a 1.8...

Minnesota residents organize opposition to proposed Google data center in Hermantown

Minnesota residents organize opposition to proposed Google data center in Hermantown

Melissa Palmer
March 9, 2026

Google has been confirmed as the company behind a proposed Hermantown, Minnesota data center, and local pushback is now organized...

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