Dane Artisola

This week on Data Centers: Seattle announces an emergency moratorium after five proposed data centers would demand 369 megawatts from the city grid. Durham passes a 60-day moratorium. Smithfield, RI bans data centers in every zoning district.

Montgomery County councilmember introduces six-month data center permit freeze; Maricopa County approves $10 billion Project Baccara over public opposition; Colleton County advances moratorium after winter firestorm.

New Hampshire House committee advances bill to strip towns of data center-specific regulation; SpaceX named in $119 billion Grimes County public notice; Bulloch County extends moratorium and begins drafting an outright ban.

Durham passes 60-day data center ban with sights on a longer moratorium; Meta assembles $13 billion in financing for its El Paso campus; Van Wert holds public hearing on a $10 billion Thor Equities data center that's quadrupled in scope.

Seattle councilmembers introduce emergency moratorium after five proposed mega data centers surface; Social Circle, GA clears the way for 450-acre data center complex; moratoriums pile up in Ohio, Minnesota, and Michigan.

Maine's governor vetoes the nation's first statewide data center moratorium. Virginia's legislature rejects the governor's ratepayer amendments and sends a Dominion-backed bill to her desk. Oklahoma unanimously passes HB 2992. READ MORE.

Oklahoma Senate unanimously passes bill shielding consumers from data center energy costs; Alaska weighs incentives vs. bans with weeks left in session; DTE promises rate freeze if $16B OpenAI campus comes online.

Virginia legislature rejects governor's amendments to Dominion-backed data center cost-shift bills; Digital Gateway developer ends appeal, putting the world's largest proposed data center corridor in deeper peril; Manitowoc County and Weaverville both ban data centers.

Denver Council moves toward moratorium; Killeen and Rochelle both reject data center proposals; Ohio petition drive aims for constitutional 25 MW cap.

Maine governor vetoes first-in-nation data center moratorium over one town's $550M project; Louisiana board approves PILOT terms for $7.2 billion Applied Digital facility; Spartanburg data center's ninefold power increase draws scrutiny.