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Baltimore Gas and Electric is asking Maryland regulators for a $156 million rate hike and a guaranteed 10.4…
The request, filed with the Public Service Commission in July, will not get a final decision until early 2027.
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East Lansing, Michigan just extended its data center moratorium with no project on the…
East Lansing is not currently reviewing any data center proposals.
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Memphis will vote August 18 on a temporary freeze of all new data center permits, a…
The turbines are unpermitted.
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New York just became the first state in the country to freeze large AI data center…
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Marietta, Georgia just approved a second data center in a 5-2 vote despite a six-month…
On Wednesday night, Aug. 12, the same council voted 5-2 to approve a data center.
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Researchers who tracked 23 million tweets about 2.8 million research papers found women…
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Volusia County, Florida just directed staff to draft a six-month moratorium on AI data…
Two governments inside Volusia County are taking different paths toward regulating data centers.
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Ohio’s data center sales tax exemption cost the state nearly $1.6 billion last…
The decision about whether to renew, reshape, or kill the exemption lands on whoever wins in November.
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Fort Worth now requires proof of state grid approval before data centers can file
The rule applies to applications the city receives after that meeting.
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Douglas County, Colorado just approved a $19 million tax rebate for a Parker data…
The county’s official staff report and attached agreement estimate the county rebates at $19,323,400 over 35 years.
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Fort Worth’s city council just voted unanimously to begin the data center…
KERA reported that the vote was the first move toward a moratorium, not the final adoption of one.
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Aurora, Colorado just rejected a six-month data center moratorium on a 6-5 tiebreaker…
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.
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Plain City, Ohio just paused all new data center development for a full year, joining a…
What Plain City is really doing is exposing a coordination failure.
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California’s single deletion request now reaches more than 600 registered data…
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Florida’s Amendment 3 would strip $8.78 billion a year from cities and counties…
The exemption would rise to $150,000 of assessed value in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028.
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Ohio’s data center tax break requires only $1.5 million in annual payroll to…
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.