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East Lansing's City Council voted unanimously on August 12 to extend its data center moratorium, giving a city work group more time to finalize zoning and regulatory language before any developer files. No project is cu…
The Memphis City Council will vote Aug. 18 on a temporary moratorium that would pause zoning, land use, and building permits for new data center deve…
New York's one-year moratorium on data centers of 50 megawatts or more is the first successful statewide freeze in the country, and Governor Hochul i…
Marietta's council approved rezoning for an 11-acre, 18-megawatt data center on Powers Ferry Place in a 5-2 vote, despite a six-month moratorium and…
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. The vocabulary separates before the numbers do. Scientists postin…
Volusia County has directed staff to draft a six-month pause on AI data centers while Edgewater moves a permanent ban to the November ballot, setting…
Ohio's sales tax exemption for data center equipment cost the state nearly $1.6 billion last year. Governor DeWine has frozen it through the end of h…
Fort Worth's City Council voted unanimously to begin a 90-day data center moratorium set to take effect Feb. 16, 2027, alongside an immediate rule re…
Douglas County commissioners unanimously approved a $19 million, 35-year business personal property tax rebate for a Flexential data center in Parker…
Fort Worth's City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 11 to begin a 90-day moratorium process on new data centers, but state law means the pause cannot…
Aurora's City Council voted 6-5 to reject a six-month moratorium on new data center construction, with the mayor casting the tiebreaking vote. Staff…
Plain City Village Council enacted a one-year moratorium on new data center development, joining a growing list of small Ohio jurisdictions pausing h…
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Since August 1, a data broker registered in California has been r…
Florida's Amendment 3 would exempt up to $250,000 of a primary home's value from non-school property taxes, costing local governments a projected $8…
Ohio's data center sales tax exemption requires only $1.5 million in annual payroll to qualify, and the program cost the state $1.6 billion last year…
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Aqua 1 Foundation registered its website on May 28, 2025. Four we…
