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

A $24,000 donation, a leaked text, and a federal approval already in motion are fueling a Maryland gubernatorial fight over TeraWulf's Morgantown data center conversion.

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Wisconsin’s settlement would force a look at the environmental effects tied to data centers, so the story is about how a state dispute could shape future siting and review. The excerpt does not say which projects are covered, what impacts are being studied, or whether any permits or approvals change now.

Moratoriums & opposition

NiSource is set to supply power to Microsoft's La Porte campus under a long-term arrangement. The excerpt does not say what the campus will draw from the local grid, whether there are new transmission or substation costs, or how the agreement affects rates, land use, water, or tax terms.

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Oregon has paused most new permits for data centers until July, which puts a temporary brake on siting decisions in the state. The piece also says Amazon is warning that large sums of planned investment could be at risk, but it does not say which projects are covered or what specific permit rules are changing.

Water & cooling

Residents in Coweta County are organizing a petition to force a vote on a ban tied to data centers. The piece is about local opposition and land-use control, not a project approval or power deal.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about a local fight over a data center ordinance in Bridgewater and Raritan, where the mayor is responding to a lawsuit and the developer is trying to overturn the rule. It points to zoning and legal conflict around whether the project can proceed, but it does not say the filing adds any new commitments on power, water, tax, or land.

Moratoriums & opposition

New Jersey towns are using local bans to block data center development, and the piece tracks how that opposition is spreading across the state. It is about siting and community pushback, with a clear local land-use and zoning angle; it does not say anything about a specific project’s power draw, water use, tax terms, or a permit decision for one named site.

Water & cooling

Florida candidates and county officials are dealing with local opposition to data centers. The piece appears to center on siting politics and community resistance rather than a specific project commitment on power, water, or tax terms.

Moratoriums & opposition

Chester County residents are organizing to push back on, or reshape, proposed housing and data center development. The piece is about local opposition and the land-use fight around where these projects would go and what that means for the community.

Moratoriums & opposition

Amazon and AEP are announcing a proposed nuclear power partnership tied to Indiana. The filing does not say what land, water, tax, or rate commitments are on the table, or which community costs would fall on host sites.

Water & cooling

The filing points to a possible data center project in Warrick County, but the excerpt does not say which company is behind it or what commitments it would bring on land, power, water, taxes, or jobs. It is only a notice of a proposed site under a project name, so the community impact is still unspecified.

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A data center is proposed for a site off Michigan Avenue in Inkster. The filing excerpt does not say how the project would use power or water, what land controls or approvals it needs, or what the developer is asking the city to commit.

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