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Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 26, 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 11 stories across community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation, siting & approvals and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: East Whiteland officials approve a lengthy data center ordinance, after residents decried the one being built there - Inquirer.com.

Illustrated summary of the top stories in the Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 26, 2026 briefing

community

East Whiteland officials approve a lengthy data center ordinance, after residents decried the one being built there

East Whiteland officials adopted a new data center ordinance after residents pushed back against the project already under construction there. The filing is about local land-use control and community opposition; it does not say what the project will draw in power or water, or what tax terms, if any, are attached.

Moratoriums & opposition

Memphians sue SpaceXAI, subsidiary over noise tied to Southaven data center

Residents are suing over noise tied to a proposed Southaven data center, which puts the local project’s community impacts and legal fight in view. The excerpt does not say what the filing seeks beyond the noise complaint or what project commitments, if any, were made on power, water, tax, or land.

Moratoriums & opposition

Supreme Court puts Butte’s data center initiative back on the ballot

The piece is about a local ballot fight over Butte’s proposed data center initiative and the state court action that put it back before voters. It concerns community opposition and the legal process around whether the initiative stays on the ballot.

Moratoriums & opposition

Trump's Mar-a-Lago neighbors vote for ban that defies the White House

Palm Beach County neighbors near Mar-a-Lago voted for a local ban that would block or limit a data center project the White House opposes. The filing does not say whether the proposal is for a specific site, how much land or power it would use, or what the developer has committed on water, taxes, or other local terms.

Moratoriums & opposition

Data center comments dominate Plymouth Township zoning meeting

The piece is about local opposition and zoning discussion around a proposed data center in Plymouth Township. It centers on community reaction at a township meeting and does not say the project was approved or built.

Moratoriums & opposition

Cincinnati congressman proposes to ban local officials from signing data center nondisclosures - The Business Journals

The piece says a Cincinnati member of Congress wants to bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements tied to data center deals. That points to the secrecy around siting and incentives, but the excerpt does not say which project is affected or whether any agreement has already been signed.

Tax abatements & incentives

legal

Developer asks judge to toss Pahrump data center ban amid water fight

A developer is asking a judge to overturn Pahrump's ban on a data center, and the dispute centers on water. The filing does not say the ban is already gone; it says the developer is trying to get it tossed in court.

Water & cooling

siting

Stealthy firm flags RTP land for data center campus with room for expansion - The Business Journals

A firm has identified land in Research Triangle Park for a proposed data center campus and says the site could be expanded later. The filing or report, as given here, does not say whether the project has approvals, financing, power, water, or local incentive terms.

Moratoriums & opposition

Developer applies for 200,000-square-foot data center in Jessup - Scranton Times-Tribune

A developer has filed for a proposed 200,000-square-foot data center in Jessup. The filing points to a siting proposal in a local market and, with the source label, suggests water and cooling are part of the project’s public discussion; it does not say whether the site has approvals, what utilities would serve it, or what local costs or incentives would attach.

Water & cooling

money

Zoning board clears the way for $1.4B sale of land for data centers in Pa.

A zoning board action cleared a land sale tied to proposed data center development in Pennsylvania. The filing does not say whether the projects have final financing, power, water, or tax terms, only that the land transaction moved forward.

Moratoriums & opposition

power

Hoeven: Senate to consider legislation addressing data center energy costs

The story says the Senate will consider legislation aimed at data center power costs. It is about state-level policy that could affect who pays for electricity used by data centers, not a specific project approval.

State policy & legislation