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Raleigh will vote October 6 on a six-month data center moratorium, becoming the last major Wake County city to hit pause after Cary locked in 18 months and Durham County took nine

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The Direct Message Tension: Raleigh already has zoning and special-use permit rules for data centers...

Pennsylvania is on track to forgo close to billion by 2031 on a sales tax break Amazon is already claiming, and both chambers passed repeal language in June that never reached the governor’s desk

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Pennsylvania is on track to forgo close to $2 billion by 2031 on a sales tax break Amazon is already claiming, and both chambers passed repeal language in June that never reached the governor’s desk

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The Direct Message Tension: Pennsylvania’s projected cost for a data-center sales tax exemption is rising...

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A palaeontologist browsing an amber market in Myanmar spotted a lump the seller thought contained a plant — instead it held the feathered tail of a tiny dinosaur, preserved for 99 million years

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A trader at a market in northern Myanmar held up a lump of amber about...

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Weld County, Colorado just approved what would be the state’s largest AI data center on the old Kodak site in a 5-0 vote, but the company still has no settled deal for water or power delivery

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 16, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Commissioners approved what could become Colorado’s largest data center under a...

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Woodford County, Kentucky just became the first county in the state to permanently ban data centers, alongside landfills and large battery storage systems, in one unanimous vote, with no specific developer proposal even on the table

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The Direct Message Tension: Woodford County has some of Kentucky’s most valuable Thoroughbred farmland at...

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Lake County, Illinois just froze data center applications across every unincorporated township until May 2027, and the board did it before a single developer had filed a proposal in the county

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 15, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Lake County has not received a single data center application, yet...

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Chatham County, Georgia just moved to freeze new large-scale data centers for 155 days in unincorporated areas, after Savannah approved its own 155-day pause two weeks earlier

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 15, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Local governments are being asked to evaluate a class of large...

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Savannah, Georgia just froze new data-center development at 10 megawatts or more for 155 days after OpenAI proposed a 3.2-gigawatt project next door, roughly 320 times the moratorium’s threshold

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 15, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Savannah had no defined zoning classification for data centers when OpenAI...

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Oregon’s governor just froze all data center deals on state-owned land through July 2027 and endorsed a full statewide ban, admitting her office lacks the authority to enact one without the Legislature

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 14, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Kotek’s signed order only covers state-owned land, but her verbal endorsement...

Ohio’s data center tax break cost the state .57 billion in 2025, more than eleven times the original 5.8 million forecast, and the Governor has now paused new deals through the end of his term

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Ohio’s data center tax break cost the state $1.57 billion in 2025, more than eleven times the original $135.8 million forecast, and the Governor has now paused new deals through the end of his term

RSSFeeds Administrator Sep 11, 2026

The Direct Message Tension: Ohio’s data center tax breaks were pitched as low-cost economic development,...

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Raleigh will vote October 6 on a six-month data center moratorium, becoming the last major Wake County city to hit pause after Cary locked in 18 months and Durham County took nine

Pennsylvania is on track to forgo close to $2 billion by 2031 on a sales tax break Amazon is already claiming, and both chambers passed repeal language in June that never reached the governor’s desk

A palaeontologist browsing an amber market in Myanmar spotted a lump the seller thought contained a plant — instead it held the feathered tail of a tiny dinosaur, preserved for 99 million years

Weld County, Colorado just approved what would be the state’s largest AI data center on the old Kodak site in a 5-0 vote, but the company still has no settled deal for water or power delivery

Woodford County, Kentucky just became the first county in the state to permanently ban data centers, alongside landfills and large battery storage systems, in one unanimous vote, with no specific developer proposal even on the table

Lake County, Illinois just froze data center applications across every unincorporated township until May 2027, and the board did it before a single developer had filed a proposal in the county

Chatham County, Georgia just moved to freeze new large-scale data centers for 155 days in unincorporated areas, after Savannah approved its own 155-day pause two weeks earlier

Savannah, Georgia just froze new data-center development at 10 megawatts or more for 155 days after OpenAI proposed a 3.2-gigawatt project next door, roughly 320 times the moratorium’s threshold

Oregon’s governor just froze all data center deals on state-owned land through July 2027 and endorsed a full statewide ban, admitting her office lacks the authority to enact one without the Legislature

Ohio’s data center tax break cost the state $1.57 billion in 2025, more than eleven times the original $135.8 million forecast, and the Governor has now paused new deals through the end of his term

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