WISCONSIN DRAWS A LINE ON SERVER COSTS
Cap Times
Regulators signaled that ordinary utility customers should not automatically subsidize data center power use.

VIRGINIA PUTS STRINGS ON TAX BREAKS
Virginia Mercury
Budget talks are turning the industry's giant sales-tax exemption into a fight over jobs, power, water, and local impacts.

NEVADA PROJECT WANTS ITS OWN GAS PLANT
The Nevada Independent
A Reno-area developer says the grid cannot serve it fast enough, so it wants a temporary power plant.

MICHIGAN MORATORIUMS KEEP STACKING UP
MLive
About 1,500 square miles are now off-limits or paused as Michigan communities try to slow the boom.

MICHIGAN RECALL HITS SERVER POLITICS
ClickOnDetroit
Lyon Township opposition has moved from public comment into an attempt to remove local officials.

GRID PLANNERS CAN'T PRICE GHOST LOADS
KLCC / Oregon Public Broadcasting
Utilities say uncertain data center demand is distorting long-range planning before the biggest loads materialize.

THE PIPELINE HITS PHYSICAL REALITY
Latitude Media
Transmission, interconnection, and construction limits are starting to cut demand forecasts back down to size.

VINEYARD WIND CONTRACTS SWITCH ON
The New Bedford Light
Massachusetts says the offshore wind contracts could save ratepayers $1.4 billion over 20 years.

IDAHO STARTS COUNTING THE WATER
BoiseDev
Kuna's coming projects show how quickly a server build turns into a debate over aquifers, rights, and land use.

FLORIDA MOVES TOWARD A SERVER PAUSE
Jax Daily Record
Nassau County is treating groundwater and utility capacity as reasons to slow approvals before the next wave arrives.

HALF THE BOOM COMES FROM NEWCOMERS
Latitude Media
A large share of planned U.S. capacity is coming from developers with little operating history and very large promises.

MAINE KILLS THE PAUSE, NOT PRESSURE
Data Center Knowledge
The moratorium is dead for now, but the cost and siting fight is not.

OKLAHOMA WRITES GUARDRAILS
KOCO
State lawmakers are trying to set data center rules as local backlash spreads across Oklahoma.

NORTH CAROLINA TOWN BLOCKS DATA CENTERS
WYFF
Weaverville voted to ban data centers and crypto mines as noxious uses before proposals land.

MISSOURI RECALL EFFORT JOINS THE BACKLASH
KMBC
Independence certified recall language against a council member tied to the city's AI data center fight.