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Microsoft enlarges its Cheyenne footprint by another 420 acres, California's Senate moves to make data centers cover their own grid costs, and four more communities slam the brakes with moratoriums or outright rejections.

This week on Data Centers: Eight new moratoriums passed in a single week across many states. Hanover County, VA rejects 900-megawatt Tract campus. Upper Macungie, PA denies 2.6m-square-foot project. Ohio pauses $1.6b data center tax exemption. Pennsylvania rolls out voluntary GRID standard.

Major rejections in Hanover County and Upper Macungie; Govs. DeWine and Shapiro roll out statewide moves on tax breaks and project standards.

Bloomington, IL enacts a six-month data center moratorium, Charlotte weighs a 150-day pause, and more than 1,000 residents petition against a $1.5 billion project in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Pennsylvania regulators move to keep data center costs off ratepayers, Indiana utilities lean into gas and coal, and fights over moratoriums and mega-projects spread from Montana to New York.

Moratoriums sweep new communities in Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas, and Connecticut, hundreds rally against Utah's 40,000-acre Stratos Project, and data center construction floods a West Virginia neighborhood.

This week on Data Centers: At least six moratoriums approved and St. Charles, MO moving to ban data centers outright, as the state-vs-local fight sharpens. Water and secrecy drove the backlash, while Ohio's tax break hit $1.6 billion and Conway, AR landed a $2 billion campus.

North Carolina advances statewide data center regulations, Ohio's tax break balloons to $1.6 billion, and Seattle proposes a one-year moratorium on new data centers.

St. Charles bans data centers; Harford County fast-tracks emergency ban; Jackson tables moratorium after zoning debate; Lufkin protesters blocked from speaking at council meeting.

Denver votes unanimously for a moratorium, with calls for a permanent ban; Pocatello denies a data center permit over missing details; West Virginia strips local authority; and St. Louis delays a vote on a three-tier zoning framework.