data centers

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.

This week on Data Centers: California and North Carolina advanced major data center bills, New York is poised to enact the first statewide moratorium, and Monterey Park voters backed California's first city-level ban. Oracle and OpenAI broke ground on a $16B Michigan campus.

North Carolina ties data center rules to a nuclear mandate, three towns slam the brakes with moratoriums, and a gigawatt-scale campus lands in rural Virginia.

New York moves toward a nation-first statewide moratorium, Virginia Beach unanimously bars future data centers, and Monterey Park voters appear set to enact California's first city-level ban.

Reno extends its data center pause to 2027, Vermont Democrats fall short of overriding Gov. Scott's veto, and Oracle, OpenAI, and Related Media break ground on a $16 billion Saline Township campus.