data centers

This week on Data Centers: New York's first-in-the-nation statewide moratorium lands on Gov. Hochul's desk. Monterey Park becomes the first U.S. city to ban data centers. Local moratoriums clear votes from Maryland to California. Google adds $1.5B in Alabama and pledges to cover own power.

Pennsylvania moves toward a 180-day local pause, Escambia County's attorney calls for an outright ban, and Coweta County and Luther freeze new projects.

New York's first-in-the-nation moratorium lands on Hochul's desk as Holyoke bans data centers outright and communities from California to Nebraska hit pause.

Nashville's mayor orders a citywide review as Google bets another $1.5 billion on Alabama and moratoriums spread from Indiana to Tennessee and Maine, while a $10 billion Texas project splits two small towns.

From California to New Jersey, communities are slamming the brakes: Monterey Park becomes the first U.S. city to ban data centers by popular vote, while Montgomery County, Red Bank and Pasco County all move to pause new projects.

This week on Data Centers: New York passes the nation's first statewide data center moratorium, nine local moratoriums clear votes from Seattle to Nassau County, Harford County MD bans data centers outright, and El Paso keeps Meta's 25-year tax break after seven hours of public comment.

Texas' governor calls for sweeping statewide data center regulation, Spokane moves toward a one-year freeze, and a 900-acre campus application lands in Goochland County, Virginia.

Seattle becomes one of the largest U.S. cities to freeze data center construction, Arizona's budget deal pauses tax exemptions for three years, and Harford County, MD enacts an outright ban across every zoning district.

Charlotte joins the wave of moratoriums as a major metro hits pause, a Minnesota court tosses a hyperscale review, and Microsoft faces a six-hour grilling in Lowell Township.

Today in Data Centers. New York clears the nation's first statewide moratorium, Illinois and Pennsylvania move to rein in incentives and hyperscale growth, and local fights flare from El Paso to Nashville.