Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 14, 2026
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Today's briefing brings you 4 stories across siting & approvals, money & incentives and community & opposition from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Tiny Texas county greenlights 4,200-acre data center on LDS church ranchland - Yahoo.
siting
A Texas county has approved a proposed 4,200-acre data center project on ranchland owned by the LDS church. The filing only shows siting and county approval; it does not say what power, water, tax, or land terms the project has secured.
Water & cooling
money
Michigan lawmakers are weighing whether to repeal tax breaks for data centers. The piece is about the state tax treatment of projects already being encouraged to build in Michigan, and it focuses on what the public subsidy does and whether it should continue.
Tax abatements & incentives
community
A township in Michigan is facing concern over a proposed 2 million-square-foot development that is being linked to data center use. The filing in the headline does not say what land, power, water, tax, or approval terms the project would actually require.
Siting, rezonings & approvals
Springfield Township officials are again opposing a potential data center proposal in the township. The filing says opposition has been reaffirmed, but it does not describe a specific site plan, developer commitment, or any package of power, water, tax, or land terms.
Moratoriums & opposition