Secrecy

Quiet land grab signals secretive AI data center push in Wisconsin

Quiet land grab signals secretive AI data center push in Wisconsin

Melissa Palmer
January 9, 2026

Developers using a Delaware LLC tied to Cloverleaf Infrastructure are quietly offering up to $120,000 per acre for rural land...

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Microsoft backs $1B Lowell data center facing local resistance and delays

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

In a story we have been following closely, it has finally been announced that Microsoft is the company behind a...

Rezoning clears path for hyperscale data center despite community opposition in South Dakota

Rezoning clears path for hyperscale data center despite community opposition in South Dakota

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Sioux Falls just cleared rezoning for its first hyperscale data center, a greenfield 164-acre site tied directly to Xcel’s Split...

Local resistance to mystery data center reshapes Michigan AI capacity assumptions

Local resistance to mystery data center reshapes Michigan AI capacity assumptions

Melissa Palmer
January 5, 2026

A 235-acre data center project near Grand Rapids is stalled after residents shut down the first planning commission meeting over...

Michigan opposition stalls billion‑dollar AI data center I’m watching closely

Michigan opposition stalls billion‑dollar AI data center I’m watching closely

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

A $1 billion, 237-acre data center project in Lowell Township is on indefinite hold after public backlash and a packed...

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Quiet early talks over Jones County data center reshape planning decisions

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Local officials were talking with a prospective data center developer in Jones County months before any formal application surfaced. That...

Vast Augusta, Georgia data center reshapes power use, water demand, neighborhood buffer

Vast Augusta, Georgia data center reshapes power use, water demand, neighborhood buffer

Melissa Palmer
December 29, 2025

A $2 billion data center campus in Augusta is back on the radar, now expanded to six two-story buildings totaling...

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

AI buildout in Chesterfield raises concerns over data center risks

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

Google is moving ahead with “Project Peanut,” a massive multi-site data center campus in Chesterfield County, as part of a...

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Secrecy Around Minnesota AI Data Centers Fuels Backlash and Distrust

Melissa Palmer
December 18, 2025

Minnesota is seeing a wave of large data center proposals tied to cloud and AI growth, and many are being...

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...

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