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Major Sangamon County data center project expands Midwest AI capacity in chicago suburbs

Major Sangamon County data center project expands Midwest AI capacity in chicago suburbs

Melissa Palmer
December 9, 2025

Sangamon County is vetting a proposed CyrusOne data center campus that would add over 500 construction jobs and extended build...

Local pushback halts Howell, Michigan Township rezoning for massive AI data center

Local pushback halts Howell, Michigan Township rezoning for massive AI data center

Melissa Palmer
December 8, 2025

Developers have pulled their rezoning bid for a 1,000-acre Howell Township parcel that was being positioned for a “massive AI...

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Heat‑reusing data center proposal reshapes urban infrastructure in michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Deep Green wants to build a 24 MW data center on underused parking lots in downtown Lansing, with Lansing potentially...

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Florida’s AI bill shifts costs, control and risk onto data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

DeSantis is pitching a “Citizen Bill of Rights for AI” that directly targets hyperscale AI data center expansion in Florida....

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Early Warrick County data center talks test power and politics

Melissa Palmer
December 7, 2025

Sourcecolo is testing the waters for a potential data center in Warrick County, Indiana, but is framing the Dec. 8...

Local permitting in georgia now rivals GPUs in planning AI data centers

Local permitting in georgia now rivals GPUs in planning AI data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 3, 2025

Athens-Clarke County in Georgia just put a moratorium on new data centers through March 2026 so they can write zoning...

New zoning limits reshape georgia planning for AI data centers

New zoning limits reshape georgia planning for AI data centers

Melissa Palmer
December 3, 2025

Columbia County just set new zoning rules to rein in data center impact, but they did it while eyeing an...

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Hyperscale AI campuses are reshaping power, land, and local approval processes in saline michigan

Melissa Palmer
December 2, 2025

Massive AI compute projects aren’t coming online in anonymous server rooms anymore. They are arriving as AI campuses: hundreds of acres,...

Expect tighter Indiana data center disclosure rules shaping AI infrastructure planning

Expect tighter Indiana data center disclosure rules shaping AI infrastructure planning

Melissa Palmer
November 29, 2025

Indiana Senate leaders are signaling they may curb NDAs around new data centers, which would force more transparency on basics...

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Georgia just made large AI-oriented data centers a formal “technological facilities” category, forcing public review and disclosure of massive power...

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