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Data CenterConstellation WireGeorgia
Revised data center math slashes promised Georgia jobs and local payoff
Georgia’s own auditors just cut their estimate of data center economic impact to less than one-third of what they originally...
Constellation WireData CenterNorth Carolia
Historic land faces data center rezoning in North Carolina
A rezoning vote in Stokes County, NC will decide whether historic Saura and plantation land becomes a large, privately developed...
Data CenterConstellation WireTexas
Local resistance leaves Texas hosting data center without tax benefits
Brenham, Texas just rejected a tax abatement and reinvestment zone for a new Viridien data center after heavy community pushback....
ArizonaConstellation WireData Center
Tax breaks end as Arizona data centers face higher costs, limits
Arizona is moving to end sales tax breaks for new data centers as Gov. Hobbs says the incentives have done...
Constellation WireData CenterWisconsin
Data center referendum denied in DeForest, Wisconsin
DeForest’s village board just rejected a petition that would have forced a public referendum on the QTS AI data center...
Constellation WireData CenterWisconsin
Microsoft data center becomes Wisconsin County’s top long-term taxpayer anchor
Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, WI data center campus is now assessed at about $1.224 billion, making it the largest taxpayer in...
GeorgiaConstellation WireData Center
Tax breaks explain only small share of Georgia data center boom
Only about 30% of Georgia’s data center buildout is tied directly to the 2018 sales and use tax exemption, down...
Data CenterConstellation WireMississippi
Terrible Mississippi Data center deal shows how deep tax breaks can backfire locally
The Compass Datacenters hyperscale campus in Meridian, Mississippi, got tagged as 2025’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” because...
Data CenterConstellation Wire
Transparency on AI data center costs now shapes infrastructure choices
The piece argues that large, often AI-focused data centers are being built with too little transparency about who pays the...
Constellation WireData CenterOhio
Ohio leverage over AI data centers pauses edgeConneX build strategy
Ashville just put a 180-day pause on new data centers, but existing zoning and a 2022 “Will Serve” letter still...
