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News Analysis La Conner, WA Council Set to Consider Emergency Moratorium on Data Center Applications La Conner council's Aug. 25 agenda lists a data-center application moratorium alongside a $11,845 subdivision item, per the published agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Brazil’s 300MW Data Center Bet Mirrors the US Playbook A new Brazilian campus that could grow past 1GW shows the hyperscale data-center model spreading well beyond US borders. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Tuscaloosa-Area Residents Push Back on Data Center Plan Neighbors near Tuscaloosa say a proposed data center is moving forward without them. Here's why that fight looks familiar nationwide. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Lowell City Council to Take Up Data Center Motion Response Aug. 25 Lowell council agenda lists a data center motion response for its Aug. 25, 2026 meeting; full details not yet public. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis East Bridgewater Planning Board Sets Special Meeting on Data Center Bylaw East Bridgewater Planning Board to hold special Aug. 31 meeting on proposed data center by-law amendment, per official agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Dacono, CO Council to Weigh Emergency Data Center Development Rule Aug 24 Dacono City Council set to weigh emergency agenda item on data center development permits at Aug. 24, 2026 meeting. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Dacono, Colorado Council to Weigh Emergency Data Center Moratorium Aug. 24 Dacono council set to weigh emergency data center moratorium and Resolution 26-45 at Aug. 24, 2026 meeting, per official agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Osawatomie Council Set to Discuss Data Center Water Use at Aug. 27 Meeting Osawatomie council to discuss data center's water use at Aug. 27 meeting, per published agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Kings Mountain Council Set to Vote Aug. 25 on Extending Data Center Moratorium Kings Mountain council set to consider extending its data center permitting moratorium and a Rural land-use designation on Aug. 25, per the agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Carlton County, MN Board to Hold Public Hearing on Data Center Study Ordinance Aug. 24 Carlton County, MN board to hold Aug. 24 public hearing on interim ordinance to study data center development, per published agenda. August 22, 2026 Read →

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