[Industry Event] Advancing Data Center Construction East 2026

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• Oct 22
  NEWS·Madison Co., AL

  Meta offers a look inside its Huntsville data center

  Headline onlyAxios · Madison Co., AL
• Oct 22
  UTILITIES·Madison Co., AL

  Meta gives tour of Huntsville data center amid questions over energy, water use

  Meta opened its Huntsville data center for tours, where company officials stated the facility matches its electricity use with renewable energy and receives power through the Tennessee Valley Authority. The company declined to disclose specific electricity and water usage figures for the facility.

  WAFF · Madison Co., AL · also at WAFF
• Oct 22
  NEWS·Madison Co., AL

  Meta gives inside look at Huntsville data center amid resource concerns

  Headline onlyWHNT.com · Madison Co., AL · also at Yahoo
• Oct 22
  MORATORIUM·Florida

  Erika Donalds: Byron Donalds Would Continue DeSantis Agenda

  Erika Donalds campaigned in Palm Beach Shores, stating that her husband Byron Donalds would continue DeSantis policies if elected governor. She outlined conditions for supporting artificial-intelligence data centers, including protections against rising electricity rates and environmental damage, while emphasizing local control over siting decisions.

  Hoodline · Florida
• Oct 22
  NEWS·Georgia

  USDA's record loan fuels data center power push in rural Georgia

  Headline onlyFarm Progress · Georgia
• Oct 22
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  SpaceX offers employees 20% pay bump to build Memphis data centers

  SpaceX is offering employees a 20% pay increase for six-week assignments at its Memphis-area data centers, with additional bonuses tied to program success. The company is expanding its Colossus 1 and 2 data centers in Tennessee and Mississippi to meet customer demand for computing capacity.

  Quartz · Shelby Co., TN
• Oct 22
  MORATORIUM·Shelby Co., TN

  The AM/DM podcast: What really happened during the City Council’s data center vote

  The Memphis City Council approved developing land-use standards for data centers and enacted a 135-day moratorium on new facilities, but voted down a proposal for an indefinite moratorium during a lengthy meeting this week.

  Daily Memphian · Shelby Co., TN · also at Daily Memphian
• Oct 22
  LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TN

  Memphis Council didn’t know what it voted on. Data center pause passed anyway

  Headline onlyThe Commercial Appeal · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo
• Oct 22
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Whitehaven community demands guardrails on data center construction traffic

  Headline onlylocalmemphis.com · Shelby Co., TN
• Oct 22
  MORATORIUM·Shelby Co., TN

  Shelby Co Commission debates data center rules day after Memphis City Council passes moratorium

  The Shelby County Commission considered two data center ordinances Wednesday: one proposing conservation requirements for existing facilities and another proposing a temporary moratorium not exceeding 12 months, a day after Memphis City Council passed a 135-day moratorium.

  Action News 5 · Shelby Co., TN · also at Action News 5
• Oct 22
  NEWS

  League of Women Voters of Macon hosts Data Center Forum ahead of Election Day

  Headline only13WMAZ
• Oct 22
  NEWS

  Nvidia CEO encourages Europe's lagging AI sector and offers tools to accelerate data center buildout

  Decatur Daily · also at rocketcitynow.com