Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 19, 2026

Xcel has put forward a large-load tariff proposal that would change how data center power use is billed, with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission taking comment. The piece is about utility rates and regulation, not a specific data center project or siting decision.

Grid, interconnection & tariffs

Sacramento officials and local activists are debating whether data centers should be built in the city and what those facilities would mean for water use and other community impacts. The piece appears to cover the local political argument rather than a specific approved project.

Water & cooling

A petition in Mandan is pushing for a citywide vote on whether to ban large-scale AI data centers. The filing is about local opposition and possible land-use restrictions, not about a specific project commitment to power, water, taxes, or land.

Moratoriums & opposition

A developer is suing Upper Merion Township after the township rejected proposed data center projects in King of Prussia. The filing points to a land-use and local approval fight; it does not say the township committed power, water, tax terms, or other project support.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about legal challenges tied to a proposed data center in Birmingham. It concerns the local siting fight and the community pushback around the project, and the excerpt does not say how the lawsuits may resolve or what project commitments are being contested.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about a local data center dispute centered on public opposition and the city’s handling of comment on the project. It says the city released critical emails, social media posts, and voicemails after a brief pause on public comment, but it does not describe the project’s power, water, tax, or land commitments.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about criticism of proposed Virginia rules for data centers and whether they would change how projects are reviewed and held accountable. It centers on regulation and community oversight, not on a specific build, power deal, water agreement, or tax package.

Tax abatements & incentives

Residents in Adelanto and the High Desert are opposing proposed data center amendments. The filing points to local community resistance around how the project would move forward, but it does not say whether any amendment was adopted or spell out the project's power, water, tax, or land commitments.

Moratoriums & opposition

Central Illinois counties are moving ahead with rules for data centers. The filing points to local regulation and siting decisions, but it does not say what specific project, land commitment, power setup, or water deal is affected.

Water & cooling

The piece is about a proposed data center project near Saline and the local approvals and incentives tied to it. The excerpt points to tax abatements and other public support, but it does not say what land, power, water, or community commitments the project makes.

Tax abatements & incentives

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.

Tax abatements & incentives

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.

Water & cooling

The piece points to a possible federal push to use public land for data centers and, by implication, the land and permitting questions that would follow. The excerpt does not say which sites are involved, what agencies would control the land, or whether any project has been approved.

State policy & legislation

The piece is a timeline of Project Jupiter in New Mexico, so it appears to track how the project developed over time and what the local hosts were asked to provide. From the source label and headline alone, the clearest covered issue is water and cooling, but the excerpt does not say what commitments were actually made or whether power, land, or public subsidies were also part of it.

Water & cooling