data centers

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.

Knox County commissioners vote today on a 10-megawatt zoning threshold; Lisle moves to effectively prohibit data centers after a developer withdrawal; and a $2 billion campus in Conway could scale to $10 billion.

This week on Data Centers: Florida signs SB 484 into law. Seattle weighs a one-year pause. Over 10 communities approved or advanced moratoriums. Two major projects withdrew after organized opposition.

Minneapolis lines up a moratorium vote, Calipatria weighs an unusually long five-year pause, and Urbana moves to undo the zoning that let data centers in.

Hill County becomes the first Texas county to pause data center construction, while Harford and Seattle weigh their own bans and a Lebanon County developer walks away from a $1.7 billion project.

Charlotte advances a 150-day moratorium; Red Oak approves 830 acres for Compass despite packed opposition; and Jay County sets some of the strictest setback requirements in the country.

Florida signs its first data center regulation into law; Andover Township reverses course after a viral police confrontation; and a North Carolina developer sues over a moratorium it says violated its vested rights.

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.