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In neighborhoods around Southaven and south Memphis, residents have spent the summer filing noise complaints against gas turbines that hum at the edge of what is now the second-largest AI campus on Earth.
Direct Message: New York didn't ban data centers.
On Wednesday night, Aug. 12, the same council voted 5-2 to approve a data center.
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Two governments inside Volusia County are taking different paths toward regulating data centers.
The decision about whether to renew, reshape, or kill the exemption lands on whoever wins in November.
The rule applies to applications the city receives after that meeting.
The county’s official staff report and attached agreement estimate the county rebates at $19,323,400 over 35 years.
KERA reported that the vote was the first move toward a moratorium, not the final adoption of one.
Aurora's City Council voted 6-5 on Monday night to reject a moratorium on new data center construction, with the mayor casting the tiebreaking vote.
What Plain City is really doing is exposing a coordination failure.
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The exemption would rise to $150,000 of assessed value in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028.
Governor Mike DeWine paused new exemption approvals in May 2026 and confirmed on August 6 that the freeze will hold through the end of his term.
Aqua 1 Foundation registered its website on May 28, 2025.
Eleven titles earlier, Section 208 authorizes $200 million a year for five years for the law's flagship Innovation Fund.
