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Where American data centers get built, and what hosting one costs the place that takes it.

Illustrated summary of the top stories in the Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 13, 2026 briefing

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Water & cooling · 11:12 AM

Fracking flourishes amid data center surge in Western Pa.

The piece appears to connect rising data center demand in western Pennsylvania with continued fracking activity tied to that power and infrastructure buildout. It points to the local resource and land-use effects around new compute growth, while the excerpt does not spell out a specific project, utility deal, or permitting action.

Friday, September 18, 2026

Water & cooling · 2:27 PM

Experts say data centers not to blame for Colorado River cuts

The piece addresses a water-use claim around data centers in the Colorado River system. It says experts do not think data centers are the cause of the river cuts, which makes this a water-and-community story about blame and local impacts rather than a project filing or site-specific commitment.
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Water & cooling · 2:27 PM

Haaland’s eight-point plan takes aim at New Mexico’s data center boom - New Mexico Political Report

This is about New Mexico officials and advocates pushing back on the state’s data center buildout, with the excerpt pointing to water and cooling as the main issue. It appears to cover how the boom would affect local resources and what policy response is being proposed, but the excerpt does not say which projects are involved or what specific rules the plan would change.

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Tax abatements & incentives · 2:27 PM

Hawley moves to strip some federal tax breaks from data centers

The piece is about a senator trying to remove some federal tax advantages for data centers. That fits the money beat because it concerns tax treatment of a project class, but the excerpt does not say which projects, where the policy would apply, or whether any site-specific deal is affected.
Water & cooling · 2:27 PM

Ventura County Fairgrounds Board of Directors quells fears of waterfront data center - Santa Barbara News-Press

The piece is about a proposed waterfront data center near the Ventura County Fairgrounds and the public concern it raised. From the headline and excerpt, the board’s action appears to be aimed at easing those concerns, but the filing does not say whether the project needs land approvals, power commitments, water supply, tax terms, or other project obligations.
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Water & cooling · 2:27 PM

Oracle’s Project Jupiter to Share Public Environmental Data

Oracle’s Project Jupiter is described as sharing public environmental data, so the piece is about project-level environmental disclosure tied to a data center. The excerpt does not say where the site is, what utilities it will use, or whether any permit, water, or power commitment changed.

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Moratoriums & opposition · 2:26 PM

Calexico Enacts Permanent Data Center Ban

Calexico has made its ban on data centers permanent, which is a siting and community decision for the city. The excerpt does not say whether any specific project was proposed there, what prompted the ban, or whether the city linked it to power, water, land-use, or tax terms.
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Water & cooling · 2:26 PM

DEP Issues Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Restart Of Constellation Energy Three Mile Island Data Center Nuclear Power Plant In Dauphin County - PA Environment Digest Blog

Pennsylvania regulators issued a water-quality certification tied to the proposed restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant for data center power use. The filing points to a water and power decision in Dauphin County, but it does not say what water commitments, cooling changes, or broader project terms were approved.

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