Data Centers: Daily Notes | July 14, 2026

Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County commissioners are set to take a final vote Wednesday on Project Tango, a proposed AI data center in Loxahatchee, after the county's Zoning Board unanimously recommended denying a revised plan that would expand the project from about 1 million to 1.5 million square feet.

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PBA Holdings project manager Ernie Cox said the updated design moves the data center buildings and cooling equipment roughly half a mile from Saddle View Elementary School and the Arden community, and that concrete-insulated buildings are meant to keep noise levels no higher than they are today. Cox said the project's closed-loop cooling system would use about 5,000 gallons of water daily, a small fraction of the 500,000 gallons the Arden community uses each day.

Commissioners declined to say whether the Zoning Board's recommendation would sway their vote, citing the proceeding's quasi-judicial nature. The vote is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert Weisman Governmental Center in West Palm Beach, with county officials expecting large crowds and an overflow area set up at the Vista Center. If approved, developers plan to break ground in early 2027, with completion expected in 2033.

Haring Township, Michigan

Haring Township's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on data center construction Monday, before a nearly standing-room-only crowd that largely favored an outright ban.

Zoning Administrator Mike Green read aloud a memo from township attorneys at Mika Meyers PLC explaining that Michigan law prohibits "exclusionary zoning" that would block data centers entirely, since they're considered a valid land use, but that the township can impose stringent standards, such as decommissioning plans and traffic studies, to make construction more difficult.

Township Supervisor Bob Scarbrough compared data centers to solar farms, questioning why a profitable industry would need taxpayer-backed incentives. Trustee Marlene Whetstone asked the township planning commission to work with legal counsel on a permanent data center policy to take effect once the moratorium expires.

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta City Council postponed a rezoning decision Wednesday on a proposed data center development at Powers Ferry Place, after packed public comment and demonstrators filled City Hall in opposition to the project.

After fierce backlash, Georgia freezes new data center projects through the end of the year

Officials in Marietta, Georgia, hit pause on a controversial rezoning proposal tied to a planned data center development that many residents said could reshape their neighborhood.

The Cool DownLeigh Cook

The developers had sought to rezone nearly 11 acres for what they described as a "transmission-of-information facility," a characterization developer Chuck Clay defended by insisting the project isn't a traditional data center. Residents raised concerns about noise, water pollution and other environmental and public health impacts of operating large-scale digital infrastructure near homes. Council cheers followed the vote to set the rezoning request aside, with no timeline given for when it might return or whether developers will revise the proposal.

Council also approved a temporary moratorium on all new data center projects through Dec. 31, giving the city time to study the industry's effects on land use, utility demand and neighborhood quality of life.

Leon County, Texas

Leon County commissioners rejected an initial tax abatement application from Crusoe Technologies for a proposed $34 billion data center Monday, citing an incomplete submission, as more than 200 residents packed the county's Annex 2 building to oppose the project.

Leon County commissioners reject initial tax break application for Crusoe Technologies data center

Leon County commissioners reject initial tax break application for Crusoe Technologies data center and citizens speak out

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The data center is planned to be operational by 2028. Resident Kat Wall argued it was unfair for a heavily funded company to seek a special tax deal unavailable to ordinary citizens, while residents James McCoslin and Donna Hull both said the community broadly opposes the project, the associated reinvestment zone on farmland, and any tax abatement for it. Crusoe Technologies is expected to submit a new, complete application and reapply.

A local group plans to hold a separate public hearing July 27 in Marquez, with commissioners and Crusoe representatives invited to attend.

Tazewell County, Illinois

Tazewell County's Land Use Committee will hear a presentation Tuesday from Logan County Zoning Officer Allan M. Green on that county's data center ordinance, as Tazewell works to draft its own regulations.

Committee Chair Russ Crawford said he invited Green to give board members guidance as they write the language for Tazewell's proposed ordinance, calling it an effort to help smooth out the drafting process. Amendments expected to be offered at the meeting include renewable energy provisions covering battery storage units, solar farms and wind farms. Logan County itself does not have a formal data center ordinance in place, with new applications there still pending.

The committee hearing is open to the public and set for 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, at the Tazewell County Justice Center community room in Pekin.

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Valparaiso, Indiana

Valparaiso City Council unanimously advanced a data center moratorium ordinance Monday to the Plan Commission, taking a first step toward pausing new data center projects while the city updates its Unified Development Ordinance.

The moratorium originally would have run until the city revised its zoning code or until July 31, 2028, whichever came first, but Council President Ellen Kapitan removed that 2028 deadline and asked the Plan Commission to weigh in on both the moratorium and a possible end date. Draft language would give the council authority to extend or end the pause at its discretion. The Plan Commission is expected to hold a public hearing on the matter Aug. 4.

Mayor Jon Costas said no data center has actually been proposed for Valparaiso, and that the pause is a chance to think broadly about how such projects would fit with the city's new Comprehensive Plan.

Indianapolis, Indiana

An Indianapolis City-County Council committee gave a do-pass recommendation Monday to a moratorium on new data center approvals, replacing the regulations originally proposed under Proposal 238 with a pause running through no later than Dec. 31, 2027.

Councilor Maggie Lewis, who sponsored the amendment, said the city needs more time to study the industry and gather resident input, and the measure directs staff to develop new regulations covering data center size, building height, noise, environmental impact, generator testing and electronic waste. Lewis clarified the pause would apply only to new developments, not projects already in the city's pipeline. Some councilors raised concerns after the amendment removed the city's proposed definition of a data center, and planning staff recommended restoring it to keep the moratorium enforceable.

Stokes County, North Carolina

Stokes County commissioners voted down a proposed six-month moratorium on new data center proposals, as the board continues weighing Project Delta, a large-scale data center planned near Walnut Cove.

The moratorium vote comes months after commissioners voided their own January rezoning approval for Project Delta in April, after a lawsuit alleged the public hearing notice failed to meet state requirements. North Carolina law requires rezoning notices to be published between 10 and 25 days before a hearing, but the notice for the January vote went out 31 days early; county legal counsel advised that the timing error voided the approval from the start regardless of intent.

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Developer DFC Stokes, LLC has said it will resubmit a rezoning application mirroring the original proposal, meaning the project must restart the process through public information meetings, planning board review and a new commissioner vote. Project Delta, proposed on land owned by developer David Couch, could break ground within 18 months of approval and eventually create between 250 and 500 permanent jobs.

St. Charles County, Missouri

St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new data centers Monday, following overwhelming public opposition during the meeting.

St. Charles County approves halt on new data centers

The St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a six-month moratorium on new data centers Monday night after hearing overwhelming public opposition during the meeting.

FOX 2Kamryn Mendoza

Residents urged the county to slow down before allowing any projects to move forward, with one speaker telling the council, "The digital world is here to stay, but it cannot come at the expense of the physical one." Another commenter pointed to language already in place in St. Charles City as a possible model for stronger restrictions. County Executive Steve Ehlmann said he doesn't yet know enough about data centers to support or ban them outright, and that more research is needed before a long-term decision is made.

During the moratorium, county leaders plan to bring in outside experts to study how data centers could affect residents, infrastructure and the broader community before deciding how to proceed.

St. Joseph, Missouri

St. Joseph City Council agreed Monday to stop accepting new data center applications and to seek outside expertise to update the city's zoning code, following a work session held after months of resident concerns raised at council meetings.

Council member Gary Wilkinson said the public will remain part of the process going forward, noting that the withdrawal of a rezoning application for a proposed data center at 6321 Pickett Road has given the council more time to study the issue before taking a position. Mayor Larry Miller suggested council members visit another community with an operating data center to hear directly from residents there before making any decisions. Several members said they favor a condition-based approach going forward, with Schultz describing a process built around requests for proposals that would let the city evaluate applications fairly once its zoning is updated.

The council agreed no new applications will be accepted until that zoning update is complete.

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