Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 24, 2026

The story says Ferguson is moving ahead with a data center at the former Emerson site and that the project could receive substantial tax incentives. It centers on a local project, the land reuse, and the public cost through abatements, but the excerpt does not say what infrastructure commitments or local approvals are already in hand.

Tax abatements & incentives

A proposed $2.9 billion data center in Canton would add a large new load and raise questions about land use, power supply, and water demand for cooling. The excerpt does not say who will build it, where it would go, or what public incentives, utility agreements, or approvals are attached.

Water & cooling

A Newark office landlord has energized a 14-megawatt substation and is now marketing the property to data center and finance tenants. The filing does not say whether any data center conversion is approved, whether the building can actually host that load, or what power, water, tax, or land terms would be involved.

Power supply & generation

This is about a proposed orbital compute node, not a ground-based data center project that commits land, power, water, taxes, or local approvals. The excerpt says the node is backed by SenseTime and Zhipu AI, but it does not explain any site, financing terms, utility plan, or hosting obligations.

Orbital data centers

Spanish Fork changed its zoning to allow a data center in Spanish Fork Canyon, which clears a local land-use step for a proposed project near the existing wind turbines. The filing does not say that the center is approved to build, only that the city opened the door for the request to move forward.

Water & cooling

Marion County is weighing a data center proposal and the dispute is about how large the project should be and how much power it would draw. The piece centers on local siting and load concerns, with Virginia used as the comparison point.

Water & cooling

Ohio residents are pushing back against data center development, and pro-AI groups are trying to soften that opposition. The piece is about local community resistance and the public campaign around future data center siting in Ohio, not about a specific new project filing or utility commitment.

Water & cooling

Chicago’s mayor is trying to stop data center expansion in the city, framing the issue as a local siting and community fight. The excerpt does not say which project is affected, what formal action the city is taking, or whether any zoning, land-use, power, or water commitments are already on the table.

Moratoriums & opposition

The forum is about how data centers in Nebraska affect electricity use and water demand. It points to a community discussion of project impacts rather than a specific build decision or financing deal.

Water & cooling

This piece appears to be about a proposed OpenAI data center near Belmont Glen in Effingham County, Georgia, and the local concerns that come with a new facility next door. The excerpt points to water and cooling as the immediate issue, with the broader project likely affecting nearby residents through land use and community impacts, though the filing details are not provided here.

Water & cooling

The piece is about a defamation dispute tied to opposition to a proposed large data center in Utah. It centers on the public fight around the project, not on the facility’s power, water, tax, or land terms.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece reports local and state-level opposition to a proposed data center in South Whitehall, including concern about its proximity to a high school. It is about siting and community pushback, not a built facility or a confirmed commitment of power, water, or tax relief.

Moratoriums & opposition

A local group is organizing a rally against tax breaks and other public incentives for big technology projects. The item points to community pushback over how much the host government is willing to grant, but it does not identify a specific project, host site, or incentive package in the excerpt provided.

Tax abatements & incentives

The piece is about proposed AI data center projects in the Inland Northwest and the local effort to deal with them. The excerpt points to water and cooling as part of the issue, but it does not specify a particular project, approval, or utility agreement.

Water & cooling

Maryland is reviewing data center proposals through a new state task force. The piece appears to concern how the state will handle siting and public review of future projects, not a specific build commitment yet.

Tax abatements & incentives

The piece is about the idea of putting data centers in orbit, framed as a feasibility question rather than a specific project filing. It does not describe a named site, host community, or commitments on land, power, water, or tax.

Orbital data centers

The piece says EdgeCortix may work with SpaceX on chips for a space-based data center. It is about a proposed orbital computing project and the hardware behind it, not a named site or host community.

Orbital data centers

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.

Tax abatements & incentives