Zoning

Virginia Data center zoning appeal tests how risk and growth are weighed

Virginia Data center zoning appeal tests how risk and growth are weighed

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Campbell County, Virginia is holding a fact-based hearing on whether to uphold zoning administrator approval for a 57-acre heavy industrial...

Oklahoma pushback over AI data center shows zoning risk reshaping projects

Oklahoma pushback over AI data center shows zoning risk reshaping projects

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Coweta, Oklahoma’s planning commission just recommended denying rezoning for a 400 MW data center on 200+ acres of agricultural land,...

Community left guessing as data center plans lack basic details

Community left guessing as data center plans lack basic details

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Strata Expanse is planning an AI data center near Hanging Rock, Ohio, but four weeks in, they still have not...

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

New Iowa data center rules reshape Midwest siting and permitting risks

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Linn County is moving to lock in stricter rules for new data centers in unincorporated areas, right as Google and...

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Early-stage Braidwood, Illinois data center talks raise annexation and impact questions

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

Braidwood is looking at a potential data center site near I-55 and Reed Road, but the land is not yet...

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

South Dakota weighs massive AI data center on conditional tax, power deals

Melissa Palmer
January 19, 2026

South Dakota is weighing its first 500 MW‑class data center site near Sioux Falls, with zoning approved but still vulnerable...

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...

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