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Local pause on data centers reshapes how Michigan PLans infrastructure

Local pause on data centers reshapes how Michigan PLans infrastructure

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, just put a one-year pause on all new data center applications, with the option to shorten...

Pennsylvania township tightens rules on future AI-ready data center sites

Pennsylvania township tightens rules on future AI-ready data center sites

Melissa Palmer
January 22, 2026

Lower Saucon Township is moving to regulate future data centers with a new zoning ordinance aimed at controlling where they...

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Massive Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus reshapes where AI data centers cluster

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Microsoft wants approval for 15 massive data centers on the former Foxconn site in Mount Pleasant, on top of two...

Data center committee shapes Oregon’s AI growth, grid and water protections

Data center committee shapes Oregon’s AI growth, grid and water protections

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Oregon is standing up a Data Center Advisory Committee to rein in where and how new GPU-heavy data and AI...

Moratorium on Michigan data centers reshapes AI buildout assumptions

Moratorium on Michigan data centers reshapes AI buildout assumptions

Melissa Palmer
January 21, 2026

Michigan’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard wants a one-year moratorium on new data centers and an end to existing tax...

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Wisconsin Community rules may limit data center scale, resources, and approvals

Melissa Palmer
January 20, 2026

Kaukauna, Wisconsin is moving to explicitly regulate future data centers before any hyperscaler or colo shows up. The proposed rules...

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...

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