Meta and more: Regional Growth Partnership seeks to land data centers to meet AI boom

Development officials are eying northwest Ohio as the ideal site for hyperscale data centers as they seek to meet the needs ...

Big data centers are raising alarm. Now residents are spotting the small ones, too.

A proposal to build a new data center in Inver Grove Heights, between South St. Paul’s airport and nearby residential areas, has neighbors nervous. The center would take up part of a 14-acre lot ...
The Mercury

Model data center zoning ordinances coming to the fore

With new data center proposals popping up like spring bulbs, both residents and municipal officials alike can feel ...
Wisconsin Watch

Local data center critics praise Microsoft’s pledge to stop using NDAs, but remain skeptical

Companies typically don’t make announcements about building community trust unless those communities are already pushing back pretty hard,’ one environmental group says.
Construction Dive

New York City’s data center opportunity may lie on the ‘edge’: panel

Demand for data center construction is colliding with the city’s aging power grid, according to a New York Build 2026 panel session.
redandblack.com

Plans for new data center in Athens raise concern in community

Plans to build a new data center in Athens Clarke-County (ACC) have caused growing concern in the community. The Athens Mayor ...

Coherent climbs after reinforcing critical position in AI data center build-out at OFC: Stifel

Coherent (COHR) shares had climbed 6% during early market action on Wednesday after detailing its critical position as a ...
Bisnow

Joliet OKs $20B Data Center As Illinois Eyes Higher Developer Costs

The massive data center in suburban Joliet will be built in multiple phases over a duration of years and could create ...