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North Carolina backlash over data centers signals shifting ground for AI infrastructure

North Carolina backlash over data centers signals shifting ground for AI infrastructure

Melissa Palmer
January 28, 2026

A small North Carolina town is considering a moratorium on data centers, server farms, and crypto mining, which signals growing...

Kentucky zoning fight threatens $5 billion off‑grid AI campus

Kentucky zoning fight threatens $5 billion off‑grid AI campus

Melissa Palmer
January 28, 2026

TenKey LandCo is suing Simpson County to overturn a new ordinance that pushes data centers into heavy industrial zones and...

Six‑month data center pause reshapes Birmingham, Alabama AI builds

Six‑month data center pause reshapes Birmingham, Alabama AI builds

Melissa Palmer
January 28, 2026

Birmingham’s planning committee is asking for a six‑month moratorium on new data centers so the city can better understand their...

Mounting Phoenix, Arizona hurdles reshape evaluation of AI data center sites

Mounting Phoenix, Arizona hurdles reshape evaluation of AI data center sites

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Local pushback is hardening against large AI data centers in the Phoenix metro, with Chandler already killing a $2.5 billion,...

Toxic legacy site becomes risky hyperscale data center gamble for Alabama

Toxic legacy site becomes risky hyperscale data center gamble for Alabama

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Childersburg just rezoned a contaminated former Manhattan Project munitions site to allow a 500 MW, $6 billion hyperscale data center,...

Balancing AI data center growth, labor concerns, and grid impacts in Wisconsin

Balancing AI data center growth, labor concerns, and grid impacts in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 840 tightens rules on new data centers by forcing closed-loop cooling, mandatory water reporting to the DNR,...

Weighing AI data center tradeoffs before Pekin, Illinois town hall discussion

Weighing AI data center tradeoffs before Pekin, Illinois town hall discussion

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Pekin, Illinois is weighing a data center on a 1,000‑acre site intended to become a technology park, but local opposition...

Georgia moves to curb AI data centers over rising power costs

Georgia moves to curb AI data centers over rising power costs

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Georgia is moving to become the first state with a statewide moratorium on new data centers, with similar bills emerging...

Michigan Residents challenge Lyon Township data center plan over power, water

Michigan Residents challenge Lyon Township data center plan over power, water

Melissa Palmer
January 23, 2026

A proposed Verrus “Project Flex” data center campus in Lyon Township, Michigan has conditional planning approval but is facing organized...

Nebius data center backs dedicated power plant, shielding local electricity rates in Missouri

Nebius data center backs dedicated power plant, shielding local electricity rates in Missouri

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Nebius is building a more than 2 million-square-foot data center in Independence, Missouri, with phase one targeted to open in...

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