Dane Artisola

Maine is poised to become the first state to freeze large data center construction. Multiple cities advance moratoriums and introduce new regulations. Data Center projects across US were denied and withdrawn. Mason County mobile home residents given three months to vacate for a project. READ MORE.

Maine poised to become the first state to freeze large data center construction. Huron County expands moratorium from six months to three years. Charlotte residents petition against facility near nature preserve.

Denver advances yearlong moratorium on data center construction during Stage 1 drought; Phillipsburg moves to ban data centers town-wide; three Pennsylvania townships pass or propose new data center ordinances on the same day.

Festus approves a $6 billion data center 6-2 as hundreds pack the high school gym; Beale Infrastructure pulls out of two Oklahoma projects on the same day; Trenton's planning commission clears Project Mila in a 10-minute meeting.

Archbald denies Provident's 18-building campus; Taylor unanimously approves a $2.5 billion KDC project next to Samsung; Meta funds 10 gas plants in Louisiana for 7.5 gigawatts of new capacity.

Pennsylvania passes the state's first data center regulatory framework. Three moratoriums pass in a single night in Baltimore, Boone, and Washington County. Tulsa freezes hyperscale permits through year-end. A judge clears Independence's Nebius after ruling against referendum. READ MORE.

Yorkville approves its third data center on a 550-acre campus; a Jackson County judge clears the path for Independence's $150 billion Nebius project; Tulsa unanimously passes a moratorium through year-end.

Pennsylvania passes first-ever statewide data center regulations; Aurora IL approves the strictest local ordinance in Illinois after its six-month moratorium expires. READ MORE.

Three moratoriums pass in a single night as Baltimore, Boone, and Washington County all freeze data center development; a Jackson County judge weighs Independence residents' referendum fight over the $100 billion Nebius project. READ MORE.

Maine lawmakers prepare to vote on a statewide data center moratorium; East Whiteland's planning commission sends a 60% expansion to supervisors after hundreds pack a fiery meeting.