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California data center ally runs for Imperial Valley utility board seat

California data center ally runs for Imperial Valley utility board seat

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

A proposed $10 billion data center project in Imperial Valley is now directly entangled in governance, with an IVCM representative,...

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...

Pennsylvania township confronts large AI data center plan, residents worried

Pennsylvania township confronts large AI data center plan, residents worried

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Upper Burrell is facing a 3 GW TECfusions data center build on a former Alcoa R&D campus, and residents are...

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Microsoft is proposing a data center in Lowell Township, and the community meetings show strong local skepticism despite the company’s...

Kentucky approves massive hyperscale data center campus in Jefferson County

Kentucky approves massive hyperscale data center campus in Jefferson County

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Jefferson County just approved its first hyperscale data center campus in southwest Louisville, locking in a big new AI and...

Ohio data center commission to examine AI, energy and land impacts

Ohio data center commission to examine AI, energy and land impacts

Melissa Palmer
March 5, 2026

Ohio is moving to create a 13-member Data Center Study Commission that will look hard at economic, environmental, utility, and...

Ohio village restricts large data centers to protect local character

Ohio village restricts large data centers to protect local character

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

West Jefferson, a small village in Central Ohio, passed a resolution to oppose large-scale data centers, explicitly tying the move...

Microsoft data center plans reshape farmland and neighborhoods in Michigan

Microsoft data center plans reshape farmland and neighborhoods in Michigan

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

Microsoft is pushing a new data center in Gaines Township, converting farmland and buying out existing residential properties while rezoning...

Alabama AI data center project proceeds despite Birmingham’s new moratorium

Alabama AI data center project proceeds despite Birmingham’s new moratorium

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

Birmingham passed a six-month moratorium on new data centers over 20 MW, but it doesn’t touch two in-flight projects: Nebius’s...

Google plans AI-focused, clean-energy data center in Hermantown, Minnesota

Google plans AI-focused, clean-energy data center in Hermantown, Minnesota

Melissa Palmer
March 3, 2026

Google is behind a new Hermantown, Minnesota data center that will run under a special Electric Service Agreement so other...

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