Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 27, 2026

Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal citizens voted 261-83 to ban data center construction for three years, turning down a deal Governor Wassana said could have brought $200 million a year.

From Our Desk

Local officials approved a moratorium tied to a proposed data center, which keeps the project from moving forward for now. The piece says concerns about the project's impact remain, but it does not spell out any power, water, tax, or land commitment from the developer.

Moratoriums & opposition

Janesville voters are being asked to weigh in on what happens to a vacant former GM plant. The story is about local land-use and community control over a large industrial site, not a power, water, or tax commitment that has already been made.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece is about opposition and debate over a proposed data center complex in Newport Township. The filing excerpt does not say whether the project needs land approvals, zoning changes, power, water, tax incentives, or other host-community commitments.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece ties a local recall election to a fight over a proposed data center in Piqua. It concerns community opposition and the local approval fight, not the operator’s finances or any technical buildout details.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece appears to cover answers from Beacon to questions from Darby about the Dove Creek data center, with the excerpt pointing to water and cooling issues. It does not say the project has been approved, what it will use for power, or what specific commitments it makes on land, tax, or utility supply.

Water & cooling

The piece is about New Kent officials weighing draft guidelines for data centers, which puts the focus on local siting rules and the county’s control over how projects would be reviewed. The excerpt does not say whether any project was approved, what specific standards are proposed, or whether the guidelines affect taxes, water, or power.

Tax abatements & incentives

Committee reports in Alliance appear to weigh whether the city can support a data center, with the focus on local benefits and needed infrastructure or public costs. The filing does not say the project is approved, and it does not spell out a final tax deal or land commitment in the excerpt provided.

Tax abatements & incentives

A super PAC is intervening in local Kansas politics around measures aimed at blocking data centers. The piece centers on community opposition and the political response, not on a specific project commitment or incentive package.

Tax abatements & incentives

Residents in Upper Hanover Township are responding to the withdrawal of a proposed data center plan, and local officials are questioning the developer’s motives. The filing does not say what land, power, water, tax, or other commitments the project would have required, only that the proposal was pulled back.

Moratoriums & opposition

Greensboro is asking residents for feedback on data centers through a survey. The piece is about local community response to a possible data center issue, and it does not say what project, if any, is proposed or what commitments it would bring on land, power, water, or taxes.

Moratoriums & opposition

Loudoun County is updating its data center rules to match changes in state code. The piece is about local regulation affecting where and how data centers can be developed in the county, not about a specific project filing or utility commitment.

Water & cooling

New Mexico State University students and organizers are pressing for a statewide ban on data centers. The piece is about organized opposition and proposed state-level regulation in New Mexico, not a specific project filing or approval.

Moratoriums & opposition

The piece says Minnesota data centers have received more than $1 billion in tax breaks. It centers on the public cost of hosting those projects and what state or local tax policy has been given to them, rather than on siting, power, or water.

Tax abatements & incentives

The story is about Virginia lawmakers and how they plan to handle data center growth. It concerns state-level rules and incentives that could affect where projects are built and what they cost local governments and taxpayers.

Tax abatements & incentives

The piece is about Meta’s proposed data center and what it would require from the host community, with emphasis on power, water, and limited public disclosure. It fits the publication because it treats the project as a local siting and utility burden story rather than a company profile.

Water & cooling

The piece says the Berry Hill Megasite is planned for 21 data center buildings over 15 years. It signals a long-build siting project, but the excerpt does not say what power, water, tax, or land commitments are already in place.

Water & cooling

The story is about cargo theft on highways that affects shipments headed to data centers, not a data center project itself. It touches the supply chain around buildouts, but it does not say anything about a specific site, power, water, tax, land, or approvals.

Water & cooling