Dane Artisola

San Marcos became the first Texas city to ban data centers, Virginia and Delaware passed ratepayer protections, and Massachusetts and New Jersey moved to strip tax breaks. Ten local moratoriums cleared across eight states, and Nashville's mayor filed to seize a data center site by eminent domain.

New Jersey and Delaware lawmakers move to strip data center tax breaks and shield ratepayers, East Fishkill freezes big projects until 2029, and a Fort Worth-area proposal eyes 5 million gallons a day from the region's main drinking water source.

San Marcos becomes the first Texas city to ban data centers, Gov. Spanberger signs a Virginia energy package aimed at data center costs, and a former House Majority Leader is dragged out of an Amazon hearing in Pennsylvania.

Moratoriums land in Clay and York County, Nashville's mayor reaches for eminent domain, and a Texas land fight puts a $80M price tag on 800 rural acres.

Massachusetts keeps its data center tax breaks frozen, Minneapolis pauses new builds over 350,000 square feet, and DeSoto County, Florida moves toward a one-year freeze.

This week on Data Centers: Pennsylvania's House passed a moratorium bill. Utah Senate President Adams lost his primary over a data center. 9 local moratoriums approved across 7 states. Citrus County, FL recommended denying a 1,356-acre park. And LaPorte broke ground on a $1B Microsoft campus.

Pennsylvania's House clears a sweeping data center package, a powerful Utah primary upset ripples outward, and local fights flare from Virginia to California.

A Utah Senate president loses his seat over a data center vote, and a wave of fresh moratoriums lands from Oklahoma to Alabama to North Carolina.

Spokane closes a moratorium loophole, Oregon advocates sue over decades-long tax breaks, and an Oklahoma commission stalls a 2,000-acre hyperscale project.

Microsoft breaks ground on a $1B-plus LaPorte campus while Citrus County rejects a 1,356-acre industrial park and pauses spread from Illinois to Montana.