Secrecy

Virginia data center NDAs conceal massive water and power demands

Virginia data center NDAs conceal massive water and power demands

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

Google’s planned Virginia data center highlights how NDAs are now routinely used to hide core infrastructure details like water and...

Missouri data center proposal delayed amid funding, zoning and resident concerns

Missouri data center proposal delayed amid funding, zoning and resident concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

A 500-acre “massive data center” project in Pacific, Missouri just hit pause because the developer, Beltline Energy, isn’t ready and...

Colorado neighbors challenge AI data center over water, pollution impacts

Colorado neighbors challenge AI data center over water, pollution impacts

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

CoreSite is pushing a 60 MW, three-building AI-capable data center in north Denver that would ultimately use up to 805,000...

Missouri residents organize to oppose proposed AI data center project

Missouri residents organize to oppose proposed AI data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 16, 2026

Independence, Missouri is considering major tax breaks to land a “massive” AI data center, but residents are mobilizing quickly to...

Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice

Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice

Melissa Palmer
January 30, 2026

University of Michigan is pushing a “high-performance computing” data center with Los Alamos that could draw up to 110 MW...

South Carolina opposition questions opaque $3 billion AI data center plans

South Carolina opposition questions opaque $3 billion AI data center plans

Melissa Palmer
January 28, 2026

A $3 billion AI data center project in Spartanburg County is facing backlash over perceived secrecy, even as the vendor,...

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...

Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan

Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Residents in Lowell, Michigan are pushing back hard on a proposed Microsoft data center that would likely support AI workloads,...

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,...

Secrecy around massive Wisconsin data centers reshapes communities before input

Secrecy around massive Wisconsin data centers reshapes communities before input

Melissa Palmer
January 26, 2026

Meta, OpenAI/Oracle/Vantage, Microsoft and QTS are driving a $57 billion wave of hyperscale data center builds across Wisconsin, with single...

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