Dane Artisola

This week on Data Centers: At least six moratoriums approved and St. Charles, MO moving to ban data centers outright, as the state-vs-local fight sharpens. Water and secrecy drove the backlash, while Ohio's tax break hit $1.6 billion and Conway, AR landed a $2 billion campus.

North Carolina advances statewide data center regulations, Ohio's tax break balloons to $1.6 billion, and Seattle proposes a one-year moratorium on new data centers.

St. Charles bans data centers; Harford County fast-tracks emergency ban; Jackson tables moratorium after zoning debate; Lufkin protesters blocked from speaking at council meeting.

Denver votes unanimously for a moratorium, with calls for a permanent ban; Pocatello denies a data center permit over missing details; West Virginia strips local authority; and St. Louis delays a vote on a three-tier zoning framework.

Knox County commissioners vote today on a 10-megawatt zoning threshold; Lisle moves to effectively prohibit data centers after a developer withdrawal; and a $2 billion campus in Conway could scale to $10 billion.

This week on Data Centers: Florida signs SB 484 into law. Seattle weighs a one-year pause. Over 10 communities approved or advanced moratoriums. Two major projects withdrew after organized opposition.

Minneapolis lines up a moratorium vote, Calipatria weighs an unusually long five-year pause, and Urbana moves to undo the zoning that let data centers in.

Hill County becomes the first Texas county to pause data center construction, while Harford and Seattle weigh their own bans and a Lebanon County developer walks away from a $1.7 billion project.

Charlotte advances a 150-day moratorium; Red Oak approves 830 acres for Compass despite packed opposition; and Jay County sets some of the strictest setback requirements in the country.

Florida signs its first data center regulation into law; Andover Township reverses course after a viral police confrontation; and a North Carolina developer sues over a moratorium it says violated its vested rights.