Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 21, 2026

Taunton has adopted a one-year ban on data centers, and the story centers on the public pushback that led to it. The excerpt also raises the question of whether an exception could still be made for a project tied to an industrial park, but it does not say any exception has been approved.

Moratoriums & opposition

Parkland’s local government is lining up against a proposed data center sited across from a high school. The filing points to community opposition and a zoning or siting dispute, but it does not say the project has been approved or built, and it does not mention any power, water, tax, or land commitment terms.

Moratoriums & opposition

Lawmakers are pushing back on a utility claim tied to a data center proposal. The piece appears to focus on how the project would affect power planning and what the utility has said, rather than on construction itself.

Water & cooling

Residents are moving from opposition to legal action over a proposed 1.5 million-square-foot data center in East Whiteland. The filing appears to concern local approval and the project’s siting, but the excerpt does not say what commitments the developer has made on power, water, taxes, or land beyond the project size and location.

Moratoriums & opposition

Umatilla is weighing an emergency response to a projected loss of revenue tied to Oregon’s pause on a data center permit. The piece is about how a local government is reacting to a project-level permitting change and the money it expects to lose, not about the operator’s business plans.

Water & cooling

Ormond Beach has turned a data center ban into formal local policy. The piece concerns land use rules and local regulation, not a project buildout or utility commitment.

Water & cooling

Milwaukee has moved to pause data center projects, joining other Wisconsin cities that have put temporary holds on this kind of development. The filing says nothing about a specific site, power deal, water use, tax package, or developer proposal.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about a Little Rock ordinance that would have paused data center projects and failed again, so the immediate issue is local opposition and city-level regulation, not a specific build. It does not say which project or projects are affected, nor does it identify any power, water, tax, or land commitment tied to a particular site.

Moratoriums & opposition

Natrona County and Prometheus Hyperscale are discussing a new AI complex and whether it can avoid state-level review. The filing points to a siting and regulatory issue in Wyoming, but the excerpt does not say what power, water, tax, or land commitments the project has made.

Water & cooling

Louisville council is taking another look at proposed rules for data centers. The piece is about local regulation and how the city may shape future data center siting and operations.

Water & cooling

North Dakota lawmakers are starting to draft rules for how data centers will be handled in the state. The piece is about proposed legislation and the policy questions around incentives and oversight, not a specific build.

Tax abatements & incentives

Amazon is funding a study of a small modular reactor plant intended to support data centers in Indiana. The filing says this is a proposed energy supply study, but it does not say the project is approved, built, or tied to a specific site commitment on land, water, taxes, or transmission costs.

Water & cooling

Soluna and Applied Digital are proposing a 50-megawatt AI data center in Texas. The filing as given does not say what land, power, water, tax, or local approvals are attached to the project, only that the plan exists.

Tax abatements & incentives

Virginia’s new tax on data center electricity use is taking effect gradually, which makes this a state tax policy story tied to the operating cost of hosting data centers. The piece appears to focus on how the tax applies and how quickly it phases in, not on a specific project buildout or site commitment.

Tax abatements & incentives

The piece is a local inventory of data centers under construction in Reno and points readers to where they are being built. It is about project siting in a specific market, with the filing excerpt not saying anything about power, water, tax terms, or community approvals.

Projects & construction