Zoning

Ohio data center commission to examine AI, energy and land impacts

Ohio data center commission to examine AI, energy and land impacts

Melissa Palmer
March 5, 2026

Ohio is moving to create a 13-member Data Center Study Commission that will look hard at economic, environmental, utility, and...

Microsoft data center plans reshape farmland and neighborhoods in Michigan

Microsoft data center plans reshape farmland and neighborhoods in Michigan

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

Microsoft is pushing a new data center in Gaines Township, converting farmland and buying out existing residential properties while rezoning...

Georgia county extends moratorium while tightening rules for data centers

Georgia county extends moratorium while tightening rules for data centers

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

Athens-Clarke County extended its moratorium on new data centers to June 5 to buy time to write tougher zoning and...

Alabama AI data center project proceeds despite Birmingham’s new moratorium

Alabama AI data center project proceeds despite Birmingham’s new moratorium

Melissa Palmer
March 4, 2026

Birmingham passed a six-month moratorium on new data centers over 20 MW, but it doesn’t touch two in-flight projects: Nebius’s...

Pennsylvania House panel advances bills regulating AI data center growth

Pennsylvania House panel advances bills regulating AI data center growth

Melissa Palmer
March 3, 2026

Pennsylvania lawmakers are moving two bills that directly target how fast AI data centers can scale in the state. House...

Michigan county weighs yearlong moratorium on data centers, crypto mining

Michigan county weighs yearlong moratorium on data centers, crypto mining

Melissa Palmer
March 3, 2026

Delta County in Michigan is moving toward a 12‑month pause on new data centers and crypto mining while it figures...

Alabama residents challenge Birmingham AI data center zoning and impacts

Alabama residents challenge Birmingham AI data center zoning and impacts

Melissa Palmer
February 27, 2026

Nebius wants to turn a former Regions operations site in Birmingham into a 300 MW “AI factory,” which is effectively...

Missouri data center proposal delayed amid funding, zoning and resident concerns

Missouri data center proposal delayed amid funding, zoning and resident concerns

Melissa Palmer
February 26, 2026

A 500-acre “massive data center” project in Pacific, Missouri just hit pause because the developer, Beltline Energy, isn’t ready and...

Maryland confirms data center executive to Frederick city planning commission

Maryland confirms data center executive to Frederick city planning commission

Melissa Palmer
February 25, 2026

Frederick’s City Council just confirmed John Temple, an engineering director at Hanwha Data Centers, as a full member of the...

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Pennsylvania township debates rezoning farmland for proposed data center project

Melissa Palmer
February 23, 2026

Lower Mount Bethel Township is wrestling with a proposed data center that would require rezoning agricultural land, with no formal...

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