Newsletter

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 13, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 16 stories across legal challenges & litigation, money & incentives, community & opposition and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: The 'Decommissioning Bond' Mandate: Why Counties Are Now Requiring Exit Financing Before Groundbreaking.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 12, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across community & opposition, regulation & moratoriums and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Sacramento utility leaders decry data centers, call for stronger protections - Abridged – PBS KVIE.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 11, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across legal challenges & litigation, environmental impact, siting & approvals and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: The 'Talen Precedent' and the End of the Behind-the-Meter Shortcut.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 10, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, power & grid and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Voters Reject Data Centers in 40 of 41 Local Ballot Measures on Nov. 3.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 9, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across money & incentives, community & opposition and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Google Announces Its First Wyoming Data Center with $17B Investment and Power Partnerships - ConstructConnect News.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 8, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across power & grid and community & opposition from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Ameren plans investments beyond $38 billion for data center demand - ET Datacenters.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 7, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 9 stories across community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation, money & incentives and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: 13 townships in Jackson County have hit the brakes on AI data centers - MLive.com.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 6, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across money & incentives, power & grid and community & opposition from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Could Democrats' election wins reshape Texas data center tax policy? - KEYE.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 5, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across power & grid, community & opposition, regulation & moratoriums and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: 13 GW At Immediate Risk As Texas Data Center Developers Face New Power Struggle - Bisnow.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 4, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across community & opposition, power & grid and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Clarksville water plant overhaul moves ahead; Microsoft underwrites cost - SoVaNOW.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 3, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, jobs & economic impact and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Revenue-Sharing Proposals Test Whether Counties Can Capture Data Center Upside Without New Taxes.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 2, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 13 stories across power & grid, environmental impact, community & opposition and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: DEP Ready to OK Gas Fuel Cells for 2 GW Shippingport Data Center - Marcellus Drilling News.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — November 1, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 5 stories across community & opposition, environmental impact and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Hagerstown weighs annexation of 171 acres as most speakers oppose data center use - LocalNews1.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 31, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 9 stories across community & opposition, power & grid, orbit & space data centers and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Olyphant considers agreement to settle data center lawsuit for $101 million - Scranton Times-Tribune.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 30, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 26 stories across community & opposition, power & grid, money & incentives and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Pennsylvania Candidates Push Self-Supply Rules for Data Center Power and Water Ahead of Local Ordinances.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 29, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across environmental impact, community & opposition, money & incentives and legal challenges & litigation from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: AI has come for Arizona’s water - The Verge.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 28, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 11 stories across community & opposition, jobs & economic impact, siting & approvals and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Amid pushback, $10B+ data center project near Lansing promises to ‘flip the script’ - MLive.com.

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

Today's briefing brings you 18 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, power & grid and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes' Three-Year Data Center Ban Lands Amid a Statewide Run of Oklahoma Pauses.

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

Today's briefing brings you 13 stories across community & opposition, environmental impact, money & incentives and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Over 100 New Jersey Towns Have Banned Data Centers, Affecting 2.3 Million Residents - 92.7 WOBM.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 25, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across community & opposition and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Rural Nevadans hate data centers. So why are their local governments doubling down on them? - The Nevada Independent.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 24, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 13 stories across power & grid, community & opposition and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: ComEd customers could pay billions for data center hookups, warns utility watchdog group - Shaw Local.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 23, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 20 stories across community & opposition, siting & approvals, regulation & moratoriums and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Temporary restraining order denied in Springfield data center lawsuit - Springfield News-Leader.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 22, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 20 stories across environmental impact, legal challenges & litigation, community & opposition and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Dixon, California, Freezes New Data Center Approvals for 45 Days Over Power, Water and Wastewater Load.

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

Today's briefing brings you 15 stories across community & opposition, regulation & moratoriums, power & grid and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Taunton bans data centers amid public backlash. What about exception? - Taunton Daily Gazette.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 20, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 17 stories across power & grid, community & opposition, money & incentives and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Pittsylvania County's Stack data center project to include 21 buildings, use up to 3,000 megawatts of power and 7 million gallons a day of water - Cardinal News.

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

Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across environmental impact, money & incentives, community & opposition and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Maryland Candidates Trade Accusations Over TeraWulf Data Center Donations and Moratorium Timing.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 18, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, legal challenges & litigation and jobs & economic impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Oregon Freezes Data Center Permits as Debate Over Power, Water and Economic Growth Moves Toward 2027 - Grants Pass Tribune.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 16, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, legal challenges & litigation and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Georgia's Governor's Race Splits Over Who Pays for the Next Data Center.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 15, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 18 stories across power & grid, community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: How data centers are rewriting homeowners’ property tax and power bills in 2026 - The Quad-City Times.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 14, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 14 stories across money & incentives, community & opposition and legal challenges & litigation from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Northern Kentucky county inks deal with Meta for data center on 2,000 acres - Lexington Herald Leader.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 13, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 23 stories across power & grid, community & opposition, money & incentives and legal challenges & litigation from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Mayes County Approves Lambda Data Center With No Tax Abatement and a Utility-Funded Power Study.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 12, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 14 stories across community & opposition, environmental impact and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Indiantown’s data center war escalates as developer takes village to court - WPEC.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 11, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across community & opposition, power & grid and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Mandan calls Dec. 15 special election on large-scale AI data center ban - The Bismarck Tribune.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 10, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across orbit & space data centers, money & incentives, legal challenges & litigation and community & opposition from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: As companies pour billions into Earth-based AI infrastructure, Google taking the data center race off-planet - Fortune.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 9, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 8 stories across regulation & moratoriums, environmental impact, money & incentives and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Allen Township data center rules could exempt proposed 240-acre campus - wtol.com.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 8, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 11 stories across community & opposition, environmental impact, money & incentives and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Oracle's Force Majeure on Project Jupiter Exposes the Permitting Chain New Mexico Counties Are Now Rewriting.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 7, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 11 stories across community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation, regulation & moratoriums and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Amazon’s Walla Walla data center plan sparks tension between protesters, local officials - Washington State Standard.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 6, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 14 stories across community & opposition, money & incentives, siting & approvals and legal challenges & litigation from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Landry's '40 Times More Than Golf Courses' Water Claim Collides With Parish-Level Numbers.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 5, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 9 stories across community & opposition, jobs & economic impact and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects as they try to improve their reputations - Planetizen.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 4, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across community & opposition and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes pass data center ban - News 9.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 3, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 7 stories across community & opposition and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Grayslake getting the word out on data center project and what the property tax proceeds can mean - Daily Herald.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 2, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across regulation & moratoriums, community & opposition and environmental impact from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Power play: Texas counties seek right to regulate burgeoning data centers - Austin Free Press.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — October 1, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 10 stories across power & grid, community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation and orbit & space data centers from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: ComEd's Deposit and Credit Rules for Data Centers Are Becoming the Template Other Midwest Utilities Are Testing.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 30, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation and regulation & moratoriums from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: 'Another piece of the puzzle': What Gov. Moore's data center order means for Montgomery County - Montgomery Community Media.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 29, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 17 stories across community & opposition, power & grid, regulation & moratoriums and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Oregon's POWER Act Pushes Data Center Rates Up 29% as Kotek Backs Statewide Moratorium.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 28, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 12 stories across money & incentives, community & opposition, legal challenges & litigation and power & grid from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Lambda to build AI data center in Mayes County with $500M tax impact - newson6.com.

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

Today's briefing brings you 6 stories across money & incentives, community & opposition and siting & approvals from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: MARA Posts $100M Deposit, Reworks Texas Deal Amid Data Center Audit - TheEnergyMag.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — 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.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 25, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 13 stories across environmental impact, legal challenges & litigation, regulation & moratoriums and money & incentives from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Georgia Counties Confront Water Gaps and Dry Wells as Data Center Permitting Spreads.

Data Center Infrastructure News & Events Briefing — September 24, 2026

Today's briefing brings you 18 stories across money & incentives, community & opposition, regulation & moratoriums and orbit & space data centers from the county boards, utilities and regulators deciding where the servers land. Leading today: Ferguson revives data center at former Emerson site with up to $1.5B in incentives - The Business Journals.