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Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Rising data center demand reshapes Wisconsin’s power and water choices

Melissa Palmer
January 13, 2026

Wisconsin’s data center buildout is reversing decades of declining electricity demand, with utilities projecting peak load to rise from 14.6...

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Balancing Wisconsin data center growth with local energy and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Wisconsin Republican legislators are signaling they want to grow data centers while preempting local backlash around land, water, and power....

Early Dowagiac, Indiana data center plans raise power and water concerns

Early Dowagiac, Indiana data center plans raise power and water concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 8, 2026

Hyperscale Data Inc is floating a huge expansion in Dowagiac, jumping from a 30 MW data center footprint to 340...

Texas communities demand data centers reveal true grid and water costs

Texas communities demand data centers reveal true grid and water costs

Melissa Palmer
January 2, 2026

Texas communities are pushing hard for more transparency from data center projects, especially around water, power, and local impacts. The...

Big Tech lobbying leaves California data center rules mostly study and delay

Big Tech lobbying leaves California data center rules mostly study and delay

Melissa Palmer
December 30, 2025

California’s attempt to make AI data centers pay more of their true power costs collapsed into a weak law that...

Local controls tighten on water‑intensive AI data centers in West Virginia

Local controls tighten on water‑intensive AI data centers in West Virginia

Melissa Palmer
December 29, 2025

West Virginia is reworking its microgrids and data center law after realizing the fast‑track incentives overrode local zoning, noise, and...

AI data centers reshape Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania while utilities, rules lag behind

AI data centers reshape Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania while utilities, rules lag behind

Melissa Palmer
December 29, 2025

Lehigh Valley is moving from scattered small data centers to true hyperscale, with two proposals totaling over 7.7 million square...

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...

Transparency on AI data center costs now shapes infrastructure choices

Transparency on AI data center costs now shapes infrastructure choices

Melissa Palmer
December 26, 2025

The piece argues that large, often AI-focused data centers are being built with too little transparency about who pays the...

Central Pennsylvania backs major AI data center hub near Carlisle

Central Pennsylvania backs major AI data center hub near Carlisle

Melissa Palmer
December 23, 2025

Middlesex Township’s planners gave an initial green light to subdivide a 693-acre tract for “Pennsylvania Digital 1,” a three-campus data...

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