Zoning

Maryland voters may decide limits on Frederick County data centers

Maryland voters may decide limits on Frederick County data centers

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

Frederick County’s fight is about how big a single data center cluster should be, with a referendum group trying to...

Sedgwick County town hall spotlights data center pause and concerns

Sedgwick County town hall spotlights data center pause and concerns

Melissa Palmer
March 13, 2026

Sedgwick County put a 90-day pause on new data center applications to write zoning rules, signaling early-stage friction around large-scale...

Maryland debate over Calvert County NDAs tied to data center plans

Maryland debate over Calvert County NDAs tied to data center plans

Melissa Palmer
March 12, 2026

Maryland delegate Fisher is pushing a bill to bar Calvert County from using NDAs with private entities, triggered in part...

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Virginia lawsuit over permits stalls Amazon data center project

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Amazon’s Warrenton, Virginia data center project has been effectively frozen for about three years due to a lawsuit challenging the...

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Pennsylvania township residents challenge massive AI data center power demands

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

Residents in East Whiteland Township are pushing back hard on a 1.7M sq ft data center expansion at a former...

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Ohio data center wins federal permit amid Adams County zoning fight

Melissa Palmer
March 10, 2026

The Army Corps quietly issued a federal permit for a massive data center at the former Stuart coal plant site,...

North Carolina developer withdraws Apex data center plan amid opposition

North Carolina developer withdraws Apex data center plan amid opposition

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Developers pulled the plug on the New Hill Digital Campus near Apex after months of public pushback and zoning uncertainty....

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Michigan residents question Microsoft’s proposed Lowell Township AI data center

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Microsoft is proposing a data center in Lowell Township, and the community meetings show strong local skepticism despite the company’s...

Illinois suburb wrestles with data center boom and neighborhood impacts

Illinois suburb wrestles with data center boom and neighborhood impacts

Melissa Palmer
March 6, 2026

Aurora residents are living next to a fast-growing cluster of data centers that bring constant noise, diesel generators, and visible...

Pennsylvania township approves $15B data center campus, limits expansion

Pennsylvania township approves $15B data center campus, limits expansion

Melissa Palmer
March 5, 2026

A $15 billion, 700-acre data center campus in Middlesex Township, PA just cleared a key hurdle with approval of an...

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