Secrecy
Data CenterConstellation WireVirginia
Virginia data center NDAs conceal massive water and power demands
Google’s planned Virginia data center highlights how NDAs are now routinely used to hide core infrastructure details like water and...
Data CenterConstellation WireMissouri
Missouri data center proposal delayed amid funding, zoning and resident concerns
A 500-acre “massive data center” project in Pacific, Missouri just hit pause because the developer, Beltline Energy, isn’t ready and...
Data CenterColoradoConstellation Wire
Colorado neighbors challenge AI data center over water, pollution impacts
CoreSite is pushing a 60 MW, three-building AI-capable data center in north Denver that would ultimately use up to 805,000...
Data CenterConstellation WireMissouri
Missouri residents organize to oppose proposed AI data center project
Independence, Missouri is considering major tax breaks to land a “massive” AI data center, but residents are mobilizing quickly to...
Data CenterConstellation WireMichigan
Local residents question University of Michigan data center’s impacts and limited community voice
University of Michigan is pushing a “high-performance computing” data center with Los Alamos that could draw up to 110 MW...
Constellation WireData CenterSouth Carolina
South Carolina opposition questions opaque $3 billion AI data center plans
A $3 billion AI data center project in Spartanburg County is facing backlash over perceived secrecy, even as the vendor,...
Constellation WireData CenterKentucky
Kentucky zoning fight threatens $5 billion off‑grid AI campus
TenKey LandCo is suing Simpson County to overturn a new ordinance that pushes data centers into heavy industrial zones and...
Constellation WireData CenterMichiganMicrosoft
Lowell, Michigan Residents challenge Microsoft’s AI data center plan
Residents in Lowell, Michigan are pushing back hard on a proposed Microsoft data center that would likely support AI workloads,...
Constellation WireAlabamaData Center
Toxic legacy site becomes risky hyperscale data center gamble for Alabama
Childersburg just rezoned a contaminated former Manhattan Project munitions site to allow a 500 MW, $6 billion hyperscale data center,...
Data CenterConstellation WireWisconsin
Secrecy around massive Wisconsin data centers reshapes communities before input
Meta, OpenAI/Oracle/Vantage, Microsoft and QTS are driving a $57 billion wave of hyperscale data center builds across Wisconsin, with single...