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Georgia Counties Confront Water Gaps and Dry Wells as Data Center Permitting Spreads

Water disputes in Fayette and Newton counties are shaping how Georgia officials, including an Effingham delegation, scrutinize a $20 billion data center project.

Sep 24, 2026
Georgia Counties Confront Water Gaps and Dry Wells as Data Center Permitting Spreads

Water disputes in Fayette and Newton counties are shaping how Georgia officials, including an Effingham delegation, scrutinize a $20 billion data center project.

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Sep 24, 2026
Spanberger wants state to study brownfields as potential data center sites. Here are some that might qualify.

The piece is about a proposed state study of brownfields as possible data center locations in Virginia, and it points to specific sites that could qualify. It concerns siting policy and land reuse, not a committed project or a power, water, or tax package for one named facility.

Sep 24, 2026
State fines DataOne $1M for pollution, permit violations involving Vineland data center

New Jersey fined DataOne over pollution and permit violations tied to a Vineland data center. The filing points to environmental and regulatory problems at a specific site, but does not say how the violations affect the project's power, water, land, or tax terms beyond the enforcement action.

Sep 23, 2026
Data center power plant receives key permitting approval

The piece says a data center power plant has cleared a key permitting step, which points to the project’s air permitting and environmental review. It does not say the plant is built or operating, and it does not give the broader terms of any power, water, tax, or land deal.

Sep 22, 2026
OpenAI’s massive Georgia data center project faces legal challenges - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Georgia data center project tied to OpenAI is facing legal action from an environmental group seeking to stop it. The filing appears to concern local siting and opposition, but the excerpt does not say what commitments the project makes on power, water, tax, or land.

Sep 21, 2026
NM Supreme Court rebuff won't stop Project Jupiter data center battle

The piece is about Project Jupiter in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and the fight over its data center footprint, with water and air scrutiny still in play after a state court setback. It says the legal loss did not end the broader local battle over whether and how the project can move ahead.

Sep 21, 2026
Secaucus Data Center Spill Still Unpunished More Than a Week Later

The piece is about a reported spill tied to a Secaucus data center and the fact that it was still unresolved more than a week later. It points to a water and cooling issue at a specific site, and to possible enforcement or oversight questions that the filing does not resolve.

Sep 21, 2026
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Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainable

The piece says Pennsylvania’s abandoned mines and waste-heat reuse could be part of how new data centers in the state reduce their cooling footprint. It points to siting and water-side implications for a local buildout, but the excerpt does not say which projects are involved or what commitments any developer has already made.

Sep 20, 2026
SpaceX Submits FCC Re-Entry Debris and Collision Risk Analysis for Starmind Orbital Data Center Constellation

SpaceX has filed an FCC analysis on the debris and collision risks for a proposed orbital data center constellation. The filing is about regulation and environment in orbit, not a ground site, and it does not say anything about land, power, water, tax terms, or local approvals.

Sep 19, 2026
Massachusetts Will Require New Data Centers to Use Clean Energy

Massachusetts would require new data centers to use clean energy, which makes this a state-level rule on how new projects are powered. The headline does not say how the requirement will be enforced, what counts as clean energy, or whether existing facilities are covered.

Sep 19, 2026
Broadview area data center sees first phase of construction with roads, well work

The piece says the Broadview-area project has entered an initial construction phase and that the work now includes roads and well development. That puts the story on land preparation and water use for a proposed data center site in Montana, while it does not say anything about power supply, tax terms, or public approvals.

Sep 19, 2026
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.

Sep 19, 2026

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