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- Oct 15LAWSUIT·Lowndes Co., ALThe Lowndes County Commission approved a $1.15 billion, 20-year tax break for a planned data center Tuesday morning, moving up the vote from its scheduled October 20 date. Residents and environmental advocates criticized the decision, citing lack of transparency and concerns about infrastructure strain and population loss.Alabama Reflector · Lowndes Co., AL
- Oct 15NEWS·AlabamaThe U.S. Department of Defense is seeking a Design-Build Contractor to construct a 700,000-square-foot command and control facility for U.S. Space Command at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, with an estimated cost of approximately $4 billion and a delivery deadline of December 2031.Data Center Dynamics · Alabama
- Oct 15NEWS·Fulton Co., GAGeorgia school districts will forgo approximately $300 million in sales tax revenue this year due to tax breaks given to data center companies like OpenAI and Microsoft, according to an analysis by Good Jobs First. Losses vary significantly by district, ranging from $3.6 million in Newton County to $35.5 million in Gwinnett County.The 74 · Fulton Co., GA
- Oct 15MORATORIUM·Orleans Parish, LANew Orleans city planners urged the City Council to extend a data center construction ban for six additional months and recommended a 1,000-foot buffer between any future data centers and residential areas. The Planning Commission rejected staff recommendations for an outright ban but voted 5-2 to oppose zoning changes that would permit data centers, citing concerns about water and electricity infrastructure strain.NOLA.com · Orleans Parish, LA
- Oct 15MORATORIUM·Shelby Co., TNHeadline onlyET Datacenters · Shelby Co., TN
- Oct 15MORATORIUM·Shelby Co., TNMillington has approved a six-month moratorium on data center and related computing facility development applications, effective immediately through April 12. Shelby County and Memphis are separately considering their own data center moratoriums.Action News 5 · Shelby Co., TN
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- Oct 14UTILITIES·GeorgiaOpenAI appointed Uday Ruddarraju, formerly of Elon Musk's xAI, to oversee its compute and infrastructure operations. Sachin Katti, who previously led infrastructure including a $30 billion Georgia data center project, is departing the role but remaining as an adviser.The Next Web · Georgia
- Oct 14VOTE·LouisianaLivingston Parish President Randy Delatte met with NextEra Energy representatives exploring a battery storage facility in the parish. The proposed 500-megawatt project has sparked speculation about a potential data center, though no project has been finalized and the company is exploring multiple statewide sites.WAFB · Louisiana
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