Zoning

Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Balancing local jobs with environmental risks of proposed data center in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Project Hummingbird proposes a hyperscale AI data center on 1,400 acres of a former coal mine in Greene County, Pennsylvania,...

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Consent deal advances data center despite Saline Township, Michigan’s earlier rejection

Melissa Palmer
January 16, 2026

Residents packed Saline Township Hall to protest a Related digital data center, despite the township already voting against the rezoning....

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Sedgwick County, Kansas permit pause shows localities trying to get ahead

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Sedgwick County just froze all new data center permits for 90 days, signaling local pushback right as Kansas ramps up...

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Columbia County, Georgia Zoning decision will test how far we’ll bend for data centers

Melissa Palmer
January 15, 2026

Columbia County is weighing three zoning variances for new data centers, with growth-minded officials on one side and rural residents...

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

AI data center plans reshape Wyoming’s energy system and climate risks

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Wyoming just approved Crusoe’s Project Jade, a 1.8 GW AI data center campus that could scale to 10 GW, making...

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Easton, Pennsylvania Data center rules now shapes AI-heavy development

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

Easton is scrambling to catch zoning up to hyperscale data center proposals that bring big power, water, and environmental impacts....

Local zoning fight stalls massive AI‑era data center project in LORDSTOWN, OHIO

Local zoning fight stalls massive AI‑era data center project in LORDSTOWN, OHIO

Melissa Palmer
January 14, 2026

A $3.6 billion, 133‑acre data center project in Lordstown is now a full-blown legal fight over whether the village is...

Historic land faces data center rezoning in North Carolina

Historic land faces data center rezoning in North Carolina

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

A rezoning vote in Stokes County, NC will decide whether historic Saura and plantation land becomes a large, privately developed...

Nebius Balancing massive AI data center plans with Independence, Missouri community concerns

Nebius Balancing massive AI data center plans with Independence, Missouri community concerns

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

Nebius, a Dutch AI company, wants to build a 2.5 million square foot data center on 400 acres in Independence,...

Arkansas data center campus targets hyperscale AI growth

Arkansas data center campus targets hyperscale AI growth

Melissa Palmer
January 12, 2026

AVAIO Digital is planning a 760-acre data center campus near Little Rock with a first-phase spend of $6 billion and...

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