Missoula County commissioners approved temporary zoning that pauses new data-center development and expansions while officials study electricity, water, land-use and public-safety concerns. The action is local, but its regulatory and utility questions extend across Montana.
Durham County commissioners are reviewing draft data-center moratorium language Monday, August 3, with a tentative public hearing set for August 24.
Little Rock directors are scheduled to consider an 18-month hyperscale data-center moratorium and a separate Jan. 1, 2027, application cutoff, while the Google-linked project’s status remains unresolved.
Oracle is challenging Wisconsin’s financial-support rules for very large electricity users in Ozaukee County court, where collateral costs and ratepayer risk could shape future data-center projects.
The city wants Texas regulators to create a non-ERCOT process so residential and small-business customers are not assigned infrastructure costs tied to large data centers.
Carrier raised its 2026 outlook after global commercial HVAC and data-center orders surged, but lower margins show the costs and execution risks behind the growth.
Hummelstown officials say they will support South Hanover Township in opposing HCI DP Land Acquisition LLC’s zoning requests for a proposed data-center campus on a former quarry site bordering the borough.
A July 16 EPA memo says fully islanded power plants serving private data centers generally may fall outside the Acid Rain Program, but other permits remain.
A registered 991,000-square-foot data-center project on FM 2897 S has prompted planning for Vernon water service, a supply-line easement and possible land-use and tax changes. The public records reviewed show proposals and registrations, not a completed or operating facility.
St. Charles County’s six-month pause on certain large-scale data centers is in effect, but the latest reviewed council agenda did not list a hearing or implementation item.
An unsolicited text claimed to endorse Talethia Edwards and PJ Perez in Tallahassee’s City Commission Seat 3 race. Both candidates denied the endorsement, while the sender’s identity remains unresolved.
Columbia County announced July 23 that Google LLC will be the sole end-user and operator of a proposed data center in Appling. Evans residents may be affected through county taxes, schools, utilities and land-use decisions, but key financial, employment and infrastructure details remain undisclosed.
Kentucky regulators are reviewing a proposed 482-megawatt Hancock County data-center power agreement after the parties asked for a decision on the written record.
An active Arkansas Public Service Commission case is examining rate design, affordability and cost allocation as utilities plan for large industrial and technology-related electricity demand.
Oregon’s new PGE data-center tariff would apply if Salem’s pending Oakline at Mill Creek project qualifies, but its electricity costs and local infrastructure impacts remain unknown.
North Dakota legislative leaders announced an interim committee to examine whether state laws and policies are prepared for artificial intelligence and data-center development.
Gov. Jim Pillen’s executive order bars new data-center projects from receiving ImagiNE Nebraska Act tax credits and directs a state task force to examine water, land and electricity concerns.
Salem City Council is scheduled to consider a possible moratorium on data-center development at a special public meeting Aug. 3, following debate about water, electricity and infrastructure demands tied to a proposed southeast Salem project.
Chesapeake City Council approved a temporary hold of up to eight months on reviews of discretionary data-center land-use applications while the city develops standards for the industry.
Jersey City announced July 17, 2026, that it introduced proposed legislation that would prohibit data centers in the city. The available city notice does not show that the measure has been adopted or provide its text or a vote schedule.
Jackson City Council debated a regulatory framework for data centers on July 6, 2026, and introduced a temporary moratorium for consideration. Available reporting does not establish final passage of the proposal.
Verrus’ proposed Oakline at Mill Creek data center remains unapproved as Salem reviews site, utility, transportation and environmental issues ahead of an Aug. 3 discussion of a possible data-center moratorium.
