data centers

Louisiana votes; Waxhaw approves moratorium; Dallas requests a public hearing; Elko; Bellevue; Marietta; Charlestown; Amherst County; Klickitat County; Grayslake. READ MORE.

Missouri lawmakers announced plans for AI and data center legislation in 2027; New Mexico Democratic lawmakers got a first hearing on a proposed statewide data center moratorium; Moffat County commissioners weighed a possible data center moratorium. READ MORE.

Coachella is advancing a proposed citywide ban on data centers; Douglas County is considering a $19.3 million, 35-year property tax rebate for Flexential’s 22.5-megawatt data center in Parker; Indianapolis is moving toward a data center moratorium through the end of 2027. READ MORE.

Wisconsin is seeing growing opposition to two proposed natural gas plants intended to power data centers; Cherokee Nation has banned hyperscale data centers on tribally owned and trust lands; Lincoln County is considering detailed data center regulations. READ MORE.

Oklahoma is reviewing new utility tariffs for large electricity users; Bedford Township approved a comprehensive data center ordinance; Paducah could see its proposed $100 billion AI data center campus affected by federal legislation. READ MORE.

Texas ordered a pause on new data center grid connection; Virginia regulators ordered Dominion Energy to shift more transmission infrastructure costs onto data centers; Little Rock; Cheyenne; Effingham County. READ MORE.

Ohio state Rep. Jennifer Gross introduced legislation requiring local citizen votes before new data centers could be built; Lincoln County officials set a timeline for finalizing new data center regulations; Smithville enacted an 18-month moratorium on data centers. READ MORE.

New York paused approval of large new data center projects over 50 megawatts; Boulder City dispute over a proposed data center on federal land has escalated into federal court and Congress; New Albany developer Eolian broke ground on a 1-gigawatt-hour battery storage project. READ MORE.