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• Aug 4
  NEWS·Madison Co., AL

  Alabama river group calls for statewide regulations on water-guzzling data centers

  An Alabama Rivers Alliance representative called for statewide data center regulations at a Huntsville library meeting, citing concerns that massive water usage for server cooling could harm the environment and wildlife. Several local towns have paused data center construction to study environmental impacts.

  WAFF · Madison Co., AL · also at WAFF, WAFF
• Aug 4
  NEWS·Alabama

  Local residents weigh in on data centers in North Alabama

  Headline onlyrocketcitynow.com · Alabama
• Aug 4
  NEWS·Alabama

  Community groups host forum on data centers as Alabama cities enact regulations

  Headline onlyrocketcitynow.com · Alabama
• Aug 4
  NEWS·Madison Co., AL

  Huntsville residents concerned, speak out about data centers

  Headline onlyrocketcitynow.com · Madison Co., AL
• Aug 4
  NEWS·Florida

  Data centers are prohibited in these Florida cities, counties

  Headline onlyTreasure Coast News · Florida
• Aug 4
  MORATORIUM·Volusia Co., FL

  Edgewater voters could decide whether to ban certain data centers in November

  Edgewater city commissioners unanimously voted to place a measure on the November ballot allowing voters to decide whether to ban certain data centers, including hyper scale, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency mining facilities. Commissioners also unanimously approved changing a proposed data center moratorium from temporary to permanent.

  WKMG · Volusia Co., FL · also at WKMG
• Aug 4
  VOTE·Richland Parish, LA

  A Louisiana energy regulator got a DOE gig. He plans to keep both jobs.

  Eric Skrmetta, who chairs Louisiana's Public Service Commission, also serves as principal deputy under secretary at the Department of Energy and plans to hold both positions until December. The PSC will soon vote on whether a utility can build natural gas plants for Meta's data center, prompting concerns from advocacy groups about potential conflicts of interest.

  E&E News by POLITICO · Richland Parish, LA
• Aug 4
  VOTE·Richland Parish, LA

  Meta data center pollution permit doesn’t account for all its emissions, Sierra Club says

  The Sierra Club contends Louisiana's environmental agency improperly issued a minor source permit for Meta's Richland Parish data center in June, arguing the facility's emissions exceed thresholds requiring a more stringent major source permit instead.

  Louisiana Illuminator · Richland Parish, LA · also at KTBS 3
• Aug 4
  LAWSUIT·Mississippi

  Governor candidate and Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson warns of data center 'bubble,' other potential AI problems

  Republican Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson, a gubernatorial candidate, expressed concern that Mississippi's proliferation of data centers poses economic risks similar to the dot-com bubble, citing debt-funded expansion. He also cited concerns about artificial intelligence's impact on humanity, the environment, and utility costs.

  Mississippi Today · Mississippi
• Aug 4
  VOTE·Lauderdale Co., MS

  Corderill to invest $100M in Mississippi data center equipment

  Technology company Corderill LLC will invest at least $100 million in data center equipment as a tenant at Compass Datacenters' Meridian campus, creating at least 20 direct jobs, according to the Mississippi Development Authority.

  aol.com · Lauderdale Co., MS
• Aug 4
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Contractor says Musk companies owe him $600M for Memphis-area data center work

  The CEO of an Ohio-based construction company claims Elon Musk's firms owe him over $600 million for work on Memphis-area data centers and has filed liens against two companies managing Musk's supercomputer operations in the region.

  Action News 5 · Shelby Co., TN
• Aug 4
  MORATORIUM

  Salem City Council votes in favor on moratorium on AI data centers

  Headline onlystatesmanjournal.com