Water

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...

Arizona data centers use little water but strain power grid

Arizona data centers use little water but strain power grid

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

Data center water “use” numbers are largely misunderstood, because about 80% of the water attributed to them is withdrawn by...

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Denver, Colorado weighs data center pause amid grid and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 24, 2026

Denver is planning a temporary moratorium on new data centers so it can write tighter rules around land use, power,...

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

South Dakota Senate approves data center regulations, omits tax incentive ban

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

South Dakota just advanced a “Data Center Bill of Rights for Citizens” that focuses squarely on water use, power costs,...

Florida residents protest massive Fort Meade data center development plan

Melissa Palmer
February 20, 2026

Fort Meade is weighing a massive 1,000+ acre data center campus with eight buildings at 4.4 million square feet each,...

San Marcos, Texas council rejects 200-acre AI data center proposal

San Marcos, Texas council rejects 200-acre AI data center proposal

Melissa Palmer
February 19, 2026

San Marcos city council rejected a proposed 200-acre data center in a 5-2 vote after heavy public opposition. The core...

Planned rural data center in New York raises noise, water, and cultural concerns

Planned rural data center in New York raises noise, water, and cultural concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 3, 2026

Stream Data Centers plans a multi-billion-dollar “state-of-the-art” campus at the STAMP site in rural Genesee County, targeting a 2030 completion...

North Carolina backlash over data centers signals shifting ground for AI infrastructure

North Carolina backlash over data centers signals shifting ground for AI infrastructure

Melissa Palmer
January 28, 2026

A small North Carolina town is considering a moratorium on data centers, server farms, and crypto mining, which signals growing...

Residents’ concerns over rumored AI data center reshape Wisconsin community

Residents’ concerns over rumored AI data center reshape Wisconsin community

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Residents in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin are mobilizing early against rumored AI data center plans, with concerns centering on land use,...

Balancing data center growth with Atlanta’s tightening water constraints

Balancing data center growth with Atlanta’s tightening water constraints

Melissa Palmer
January 27, 2026

Metro Atlanta, Georgia’s data center boom is now a hard constraint problem around finite water, with facilities drawing up to...

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