Indianapolis council committee advances data-center moratorium: what’s next
Indianapolis’ data-center moratorium cleared a key City-County Council committee on July 13. The full council votes Aug. 10, then MDC zoning steps follow.
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Columbus City Council July 22 hearing on data centers, lead service lines: how to comment
Columbus residents can email testimony to Councilmember Christopher L. Wyche’s office by noon July 21 for a July 22 hearing on data centers and lead service lines.
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Spokane data center moratorium: what the new 1-year building-permit freeze means—and the July 22 public hearing
In late June 2026, Spokane City Council approved an emergency 1-year moratorium on new data-center building permits—public hearing July 22.
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Fort Worth council seeks pause on new data centers after zoning vote
Fort Worth TX – After a 7–4 vote recommending denial of new data-center rules, five council members seek a temporary pause; Aug. 11 is next.
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Nashville data center moratorium & zoning rules: ticketed hearing Tuesday
Metro Council used ticketed signups for July 7 data-center public hearings. Here’s what BL2026-1448 and BL2026-1391 do—and how to speak.
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Louisville data center rules: July 10 comment deadline + July 9 Camp Ground town hall
A July 9 town hall in Louisville heard concerns over a west-end Camp Ground Road data center. WAVE/WDRB reported Friday, July 10, but other outlets cited Thursday/July 9.
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Shelby County data center ordinance heads to July 28 Plan Commission
A draft Data Center Overlay District would require large setbacks, noise limits, and utility sign-offs—starting with a July 28 Plan Commission public hearing in unincorporated Shelby County.
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Fort Worth data center rules: June 30 open house, July 8 zoning vote
Fort Worth held a June 30 open house on proposed data-center zoning, noise and water rules. The next step is the Zoning Commission July 8.
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St. Louis data-center zoning: Board Bill 49’s tiered buffers, baseline-noise limits, and “Public Impact Agreement” explained (committee vote set for July 7)
St. Louis’ Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee is scheduled to hear Board Bill 49 on July 7. The committee-amended text would create a new zoning chapter for data centers—splitting them into micro, standard, and major categories and adding distance buffers, baseline-noise rules, and extra disclosures, including a “Public Impact Agreement” requirement for major projects.
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El Paso widens its Meta data center fight into ratepayer and CBA talks
El Paso is challenging a $551.8 million McCloud power plant tied to a planned Meta data center and voted to start negotiating a community benefits agreement.
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St. Louis weighs data-center incentive ban, monitoring and zoning rules
St. Louis MO – Three city bills are moving through committee, including a ban on data-center incentives, monitoring rules and zoning limits for where big facilities can be built.
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Nashville Council set for July 7 hearing on data-center rules and moratorium
Metro Council will hear two data-center bills Tuesday, while the mayor’s separate condemnation move near the Nashville Zoo adds another layer to the dispute.
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Minneapolis council approves 5-month data center pause, adds carve-out
Minneapolis approved a five-month pause on new data center projects, but downtown facilities under 350,000 square feet are exempt while staff study rules.
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Durham County eases future moratoriums after data-center vote
Durham city kept its data-center moratorium alive, and Durham County voted 4-0 to make future development moratoriums easier to adopt later.
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FERC orders grid operators to revisit large-load rules as data-center demand grows
United States Infrastructure and Power Grid – FERC gave six grid operators 60 days to justify or change large-load rules as data-center demand keeps rising.
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Heat wave triggers federal emergency action on the PJM grid
United States Infrastructure and Power Grid – DOE issued two time-limited emergency orders as PJM braced for extreme heat and projected peak demand.
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Birmingham Nebius lawsuit asks judge to halt Oxmoor data center work
Birmingham residents filed a June 29 suit over Nebius’ Oxmoor Valley project, and a July 1 hearing could decide whether work pauses for now.
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O’Connell administration reportedly seeks eminent domain to stop Nashville Zoo-adjacent data center
Nashville TN – Axios reports Mayor Freddie O’Connell wants condemnation power against a Zoo-adjacent DC Blox site, as a data-center moratorium heads to a July 7 hearing.
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Nashville moves to regulate large data centers before more projects advance
Nashville’s Mayor Freddie O’Connell signed EO 59 to support a temporary data-center moratorium while Metro Planning drafts new power, water, and noise rules.
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Lexington’s data center fight sharpens as city pauses approvals, writes rules
Lexington KY – The Urban County Council voted June 9 to pause certain data-center permit and plan reviews through Oct. 31, 2026, while it starts ZOTA zoning text.
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Charlotte City Council approves 150-day data center moratorium: permit and timeline impacts
Charlotte NC – After a June 8 vote, Charlotte put a 150-day pause on new data-center applications (June 8–Nov. 5) while staff draft rules.
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FERC orders grid operators to speed data-center power hookups—without cost shifting
United States Infrastructure and Power Grid – On June 18, 2026, FERC issued show-cause orders asking regional grid operators to justify or revise interconnection tariffs for very large loads.