Data center opposition emerging across United States, ousting industry allies from office

While Oklahoma is embracing data centers, local and state leaders throughout the United States are pausing or banning the ...

Landowners are going all out to ride the multibillion-dollar data-center wave

Big tech companies looking for another new data-center site might look no further than longtime classifieds platform ...

Experts differ on the future for Grayslake-like data centers: ‘We haven’t figured out how to use it yet’

The Grayslake project is part of this growing trend, and if fully built out, it would have over 10 million square feet of data center space, bringing thousands of jobs, and costing anywhere from ...
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$1B computer data center proposal faces pushback in southeast Washtenaw County

AUGUSTA TWP., MI — A proposal for a large computer data center campus on hundreds of acres in southeast Washtenaw County has sparked concerns from many nearby residents. New York City-based real ...

Voters’ anger at high electricity bills and data centers looms over 2026 midterms

Voter anger over rising electricity costs is shaping next year's midterm elections. Communities with fast-rising electric ...
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How Did Virginia Become the Data Center Capital of the World?

In 1998, a start-up called Equinix built a data center in Northern Virginia to serve America Online and other companies. It ...
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Meta plans $1 billion data center in Beaver Dam

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, plans to build a $1 billion data center campus in Beaver Dam. The ...

County commissioners define large data centers, curb where they can be developed

No large data centers are planned for Tippecanoe County, which is one reason commissioners tweaked the unified zoning ...