Data Centers: Daily Notes | October 05, 2026

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma

Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal citizens voted Saturday to impose a three-year moratorium on data center construction on tribal lands, with 261 of 351 votes cast in favor, 83 opposed and seven abstentions.

The resolution runs through October 2029. At the meeting in Concho, speakers raised concerns about water use, environmental effects, possible economic benefits and transparency. Citizen Kyle Spotted Horse cited an estimate of 300,000 gallons of water per day and the Standing Rock water protection movement, and Patrick Kincaid asked how the tribes could move forward before adjudicating their water rights. Another speaker said any project would need full transparency, no nondisclosure agreements and an impact study that covers the tribes' buffalo herd, and Spotted Horse pointed to the recall effort against the Yukon mayor over an NDA as a warning.

Gov. Reggie Wassana said no data center agreement has been signed and that a feasibility study was planned, along with community meetings. He disputed the water estimate, saying a project would use a closed-loop system needing little water beyond the initial fill. He also argued a facility could generate significant revenue for elders, per capita payments and housing, while telling citizens the decision was theirs. Of 478 eligible voters, 351 cast ballots.

Ransom Township, Pennsylvania

Ransom Township supervisors will vote Monday on an ordinance updating the township's zoning laws to set requirements for data center development, nearly a year after officials received their first proposal.

Ransom Twp. supervisors poised to vote on data center ordinance

Township supervisors will vote Monday on updating zoning laws to include requirements for data center development, nearly a year after the township received its first data center proposal.

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The ordinance would allow data centers only in the general commercial/manufacturing and heavy manufacturing districts, in the southeastern part of the township at the Taylor border and the southwestern part along the Susquehanna River, as a conditional use. Developers would have to meet specific criteria and win township approval, and the board would owe a written decision within 45 days of the final hearing. At public meetings, residents have been receptive to the law but worry about future development.

The vote comes while the township is in litigation over its rejection of a Scranton Materials LLC proposal for six data centers on its 251-acre quarry at 819 Newton Road. The board dismissed the company's curative amendment in January for lack of testimony and evidence, and the developer appealed and filed a second suit seeking a declaratory judgment, which is ongoing. Separately, Mudiita Land Venture LLC has bought 528.6 acres for a hyperscale campus.

Ypsilanti, Mchigan

Ypsilanti will host two public community meetings in October on a proposed ordinance changing the city's zoning rules for data centers, starting tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1 S. Huron St.

PUBLIC NOTICE: Data Center Ordinance Meetings

The City of Ypsilanti will be hosting two public community meetings in the month of October regarding the latest data center ordinance. The proposed ordinance would establish a set of regulations for

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The second meeting is Thursday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. on Zoom, with the link and passcode posted on the city's website. Attendees can learn about the ordinance, ask questions and comment at both sessions.

City Planner Josh Burns presented the proposal to City Council on Sept. 15, explaining that, among other changes, it would sort data centers into three categories and set energy and water consumption requirements for non-accessory centers. Residents who need accommodations to attend the in-person meeting should contact City Clerk Tracey Boudreau by 5 p.m. today.

Kalamazoo, Michiganmm

Kalamazoo city commissioners are scheduled to hold a final public hearing and vote this evening on a one-year moratorium covering data centers and large battery energy storage systems, giving the city time to redraft its zoning codes.

Assistant City Planner Bobby Durkee said the one-year clock starts with tonight's approval and that the goal is to develop zoning standards and appropriate land uses through a transparent public process, since a use cannot be banned outright. Per the planning commission's recommendation, staff will set up a working group to assist with research. Durkee said he is looking at public and private utilities, residents, neighborhoods and the industry itself, and several commissioners asked him not to weight it toward industry and utility experts. Commissioner Chris Praedel said it is critically important that everyday people who care about the issue sit on the group.

Opinion among commissioners and residents has been nearly unanimous that the city needs to prepare before anyone proposes a facility. The zoning work is guided by state law and technical requirements and must be detailed and specific to avoid legal challenges or loopholes.

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Mahomet, Illinois

Mahomet resident John Bambenek has started a petition to put a referendum on the April ballot asking voters whether a data center should be built in the community, after learning that village officials have been in talks with Clean Cloud Energy about a potential project.

Bambenek said the referendum is meant to address what he called secret conversations with profound impacts, arguing an election is the simplest remedy and that a data center's effects would be felt countywide. He hosted a community meeting Saturday at the Mahomet Public Library that drew more than 200 people. Resident Jan Allen, whose family has lived in Mahomet for generations, said protecting the integrity of the Mahomet Aquifer is the top priority and described her reaction to the news as anger, a feeling she said her family and many others at the meeting share.

The next village meeting is scheduled for Oct. 13 at 6 p.m., and Bambenek plans a rally near Village Hall at 5 p.m. that evening. He said forums and debate would let supporters make their case to voters, and that a vote is the best measure of public approval.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County's Planning Commission will take up the proposed data center zoning ordinance amendment again at its Thursday meeting at 2 p.m. in the county courthouse in Wilkes-Barre, after the county law office asked for more time to review it.

Data Centers | Luzerne County, PA

This page is to provide more information regarding the proposed data center amendment to the Luzerne County zoning ordinance

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The commission voted in May to recommend the amendment to County Council following four revisions and several public comment sessions. Because the law office's review produced additional recommended changes, the commission must vote on those changes before the amendment can advance to council, and the administration said it will explain all of the suggested changes at the meeting.

If council approves the amendment, it would apply in the 19 municipalities that use county zoning, including the boroughs of Avoca, Courtdale, Dupont, Duryea, Hughestown, Jeddo, Laflin, New Columbus, Pringle, Warrior Run, West Wyoming and Yatesville, and the townships of Conyngham, Fairmount, Hunlock, Huntington, Lake, Ross and Union. It lists an exhaustive set of conditions and would require special exception approval from the county Zoning Hearing Board for every data center request. At council, it would need an introduction vote, then a public hearing and majority approval at a later meeting.

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne City Council advanced the Orchard Hills data center project on second reading Monday, approving annexation and two zoning changes for a 162-acre site in south Cheyenne next to the existing Meta campus, despite resident objections and an earlier Planning Commission denial.

The council annexed the land, zoned it agricultural, then rezoned it from agricultural to light industrial, and voted to overrule the Planning Commission's unanimous denial of a related future land-use map. A separate resolution changing the future land-use designation from mixed-use residential to mixed-use employment was postponed until Oct. 12 so it lines up with the annexation process. Councilmembers Mark Moody and Larry Wolfe voted against all Orchard Hills items.

The items return to the Public Services Committee for third reading before the full council's final vote Oct. 12.

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