Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 16, 2026
Nashville's mayor orders a citywide review as Google bets another $1.5 billion on Alabama and moratoriums spread from Indiana to Tennessee and Maine, while a $10 billion Texas project splits two small towns.
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Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 15, 2026
From California to New Jersey, communities are slamming the brakes: Monterey Park becomes the first U.S. city to ban data centers by popular vote, while Montgomery County, Red Bank and Pasco County all move to pause new projects.
Data Centers: Weekly Briefing // Jun 8 - 12, 2026
This week on Data Centers: New York passes the nation's first statewide data center moratorium, nine local moratoriums clear votes from Seattle to Nassau County, Harford County MD bans data centers outright, and El Paso keeps Meta's 25-year tax break after seven hours of public comment.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 11, 2026
Texas' governor calls for sweeping statewide data center regulation, Spokane moves toward a one-year freeze, and a 900-acre campus application lands in Goochland County, Virginia.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 10, 2026
Seattle becomes one of the largest U.S. cities to freeze data center construction, Arizona's budget deal pauses tax exemptions for three years, and Harford County, MD enacts an outright ban across every zoning district.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 9, 2026
Charlotte joins the wave of moratoriums as a major metro hits pause, a Minnesota court tosses a hyperscale review, and Microsoft faces a six-hour grilling in Lowell Township.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 8, 2026
Today in Data Centers. New York clears the nation's first statewide moratorium, Illinois and Pennsylvania move to rein in incentives and hyperscale growth, and local fights flare from El Paso to Nashville.
Data Centers: Weekly Briefing // Jun 1 - 4, 2026
This week on Data Centers: California and North Carolina advanced major data center bills, New York is poised to enact the first statewide moratorium, and Monterey Park voters backed California's first city-level ban. Oracle and OpenAI broke ground on a $16B Michigan campus.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 4, 2026
North Carolina ties data center rules to a nuclear mandate, three towns slam the brakes with moratoriums, and a gigawatt-scale campus lands in rural Virginia.
Data Centers: Daily Notes | June 3, 2026
New York moves toward a nation-first statewide moratorium, Virginia Beach unanimously bars future data centers, and Monterey Park voters appear set to enact California's first city-level ban.