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Apex, North Carolina Data center plan strains our town’s power, water, and planning priorities

Apex, North Carolina Data center plan strains our town’s power, water, and planning priorities

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Apex is facing a 190-acre data center proposal that would host four AI and cloud computing buildings, pushing hyperscale-style infrastructure...

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Melissa Palmer
January 13, 2026

Wisconsin’s data center buildout is reversing decades of declining electricity demand, with utilities projecting peak load to rise from 14.6...

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Wisconsin Republican legislators are signaling they want to grow data centers while preempting local backlash around land, water, and power....

Oklahoma bill shifts grid upgrade costs from residents to data centers

Oklahoma bill shifts grid upgrade costs from residents to data centers

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Oklahoma’s HB 2992 is a placeholder bill aimed at forcing large data centers, including AI builds, to pay directly for...

Historic land faces data center rezoning in North Carolina

Historic land faces data center rezoning in North Carolina

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

A rezoning vote in Stokes County, NC will decide whether historic Saura and plantation land becomes a large, privately developed...

Nebius Balancing massive AI data center plans with Independence, Missouri community concerns

Nebius Balancing massive AI data center plans with Independence, Missouri community concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Nebius, a Dutch AI company, wants to build a 2.5 million square foot data center on 400 acres in Independence,...

Arkansas data center campus targets hyperscale AI growth

Arkansas data center campus targets hyperscale AI growth

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

AVAIO Digital is planning a 760-acre data center campus near Little Rock with a first-phase spend of $6 billion and...

Data center expansion raises concerns about power, pollution, neighborhood impact in Indiana

Data center expansion raises concerns about power, pollution, neighborhood impact in Indiana

Melissa Palmer
January 9, 2026

Indianapolis residents are pushing councilors to scrutinize hyperscale data center growth, not just potholes and public safety. Locals are worried...

Early Dowagiac, Indiana data center plans raise power and water concerns

Early Dowagiac, Indiana data center plans raise power and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Hyperscale Data Inc is floating a huge expansion in Dowagiac, jumping from a 30 MW data center footprint to 340...

Permian gas powers dedicated data center as Chevron sells electrons in Texas

Permian gas powers dedicated data center as Chevron sells electrons in Texas

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Chevron plans a 2.5 GW behind-the-meter natural-gas power plant in the Permian, expandable to 5 GW, dedicated to a single...

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