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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...

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Local pushback blocks planned backup AI data center site in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Yorkville’s village leadership has effectively shut the door on a proposed backup data center that would have supported Microsoft’s growing...

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

DeSantis is pitching a “Citizen Bill of Rights for AI” that directly targets hyperscale AI data center expansion in Florida....

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Town hall heightens concerns over data centers’ health and security impacts

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Loudoun County residents used a town hall with Rep. Suhas Subramanyam to hammer the local data center buildout on health,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

AI infrastructure hinges on land, power, and hyperscale-ready data centers

AI infrastructure hinges on land, power, and hyperscale-ready data centers

Melissa Palmer
November 20, 2025

Brookfield is raising a $10 billion AI infrastructure fund, targeting roughly $100 billion of build-and-buy capacity for data centers, power,...