Monday, April 27, 2026

JERSEY TARGETS SECRET DATA CENTER DEALS
NJ.com
Trenton wants more sunlight before hyperscale agreements stick towns with infrastructure costs.

GEORGIA DATA CENTERS HIT THE BALLOT
Politico
AI load is becoming an affordability issue in one of the country's most important battleground states.

ARCHBALD WEIGHS HYPERSCALE SPRAWL
The Washington Post
A borough of 7,000 is staring at a project measured less in megawatts than in small-town disruption.

DATA CENTER INDUSTRY DROPS THE LOW PROFILE
Technical.ly
Executives now admit power constraints and angry communities can stop projects cold.

WISCONSIN PUTS AI LOAD ON A TARIFF
Wisconsin Public Radio
Regulators approved We Energies' plan only after adding sharper guardrails against cost-shifting.

META CHASES SPACE SOLAR
Reuters
The power hunt is getting weird because conventional procurement is not keeping up with AI demand.

TEXAS REJECTS AI LOAD FORECAST
FOX 26 Houston
ERCOT's data-center-driven demand curve was so steep regulators told it to try again.

FUSION GETS AN AI DATA CENTER TEST
The Seattle Times
Helion and Microsoft are testing whether speculative power can serve very real data center load.

REPUBLICANS WARM TO SOLAR
Utah News Dispatch
Rising demand is making some GOP lawmakers more practical about generation that can be built quickly.

MICROREACTORS GET FEDERAL PUSH
Forbes
New guidance and a test bed aim to move small reactors from pitch decks toward deployment.

TOWNS CHASE DATA CENTERS ANYWAY
Arkansas Advocate
The incentive race keeps rolling even where residents warn that power, water, and land costs are being undercounted.

VIRGINIA TAX FIGHT HOLDS BUDGET
Inside Climate News
The data center capital of the world is fighting over a $1.9 billion equipment-tax exemption.

MAINE KILLS STATEWIDE DATA CENTER PAUSE
WMTW
Gov. Janet Mills blocked the moratorium after lawmakers left out an exemption for a Jay mill redevelopment.

WEST VIRGINIA PITCHES DATA CENTER HAVEN
Cardinal News
As Virginia debates clawbacks, West Virginia is selling itself as the friendlier landing zone.

DATA CENTER REAL ESTATE STILL RUNS HOT
Commercial Observer
Capital is still chasing the sector even as power constraints make the right sites harder to find.