At the start of 2025, Stafford County’s economic development director, Liz Barber, predicted that data centers could go from zero to “a lot” within three years’ time. One year later, the county is ...

As data center development ramps up nationwide, community benefit agreements in cities like Cedar Rapids, Iowa, help ensure a mutually beneficial partnership between government, the private sector and ...

At least four local data center-related ballot measures are set to appear on ballots this year, with the first vote coming ...

Following a contentious, nearly six-hour-long meeting, the Yorkville City Council has OK’d further approvals for a roughly 1,000-acre data center campus that has drawn the ire of numerous area ...

How much input and control should county and municipal governments have over the development of massive new facilities?

FESTUS, Mo. – For Lori Merriman, she said the proposed data center project in Festus isn’t just another development plan — it’s something that could directly affect her family and her home. “I’ve been ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A 900,000-square-foot data center project has been approved for southwest Decatur Township. On Wednesday, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission agreed to the plans of ...

The Joliet City Council approved a 795-acre, $20B data center proposal late last week despite community concerns, as a state commission gave the go-ahead on new charges for large data center projects.