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- Oct 28MORATORIUM·Leon Co., FLLake County commissioners extended the county's data center moratorium through June 2027, temporarily pausing development while officials develop local regulations. The extension carries the moratorium beyond the next legislative session in Tallahassee and reflects majority commission support for the temporary pause rather than a permanent ban.WFTV · Leon Co., FL
- Oct 28MORATORIUM·FloridaMartin County commissioners voted 4-0 to approve a temporary moratorium on large-scale AI data centers, citing resident concerns about a proposed facility's proximity to homes and schools and the need for further study of environmental effects. The one-year ban will not apply to a pending request submitted before an earlier vote.1290 WJNO · Florida · also at WIOD
- Oct 28MORATORIUM·Effingham Co., GASoutheast Georgia cities and counties are implementing data center moratoriums and developing stricter ordinances to manage growth anticipated after OpenAI's announced 1,400-acre Effingham County campus, citing concerns about water infrastructure and power grid vulnerability in a region previously considered unsuitable for such facilities.Bryan County News · Effingham Co., GA
- Oct 28NEWS·GeorgiaHeadline only13WMAZ · Georgia
- Oct 28NEWS·GeorgiaHeadline only13WMAZ · Georgia
- Oct 28NEWS·GeorgiaOracle announced it will provide access to Google's custom TPUs, becoming the first hyperscaler to offer the chips outside Google Cloud Platform. The company is also partnering with specialized chip makers like Cerebras and SambaNova, and storage providers like Vast Data and WEKA, to offer customers greater flexibility as AI compute demand exceeds current supply.DCD · Georgia
- Oct 28MORATORIUM·LouisianaPresident Trump claimed residents near a Louisiana data center received $10,000 checks, but a New Orleans TV station found no evidence of such payments. Louisiana's economic development agency and local residents were unaware of any checks, though the state did provide $50,000 teacher bonuses funded by construction-related sales tax revenue.The Daily Beast · Louisiana
- Oct 28UTILITIES·Caddo Parish, LATwo Shreveport officials—City Council member James Green and Caddo Parish Commissioner John Atkins—are competing in a Nov. 3 election for the Louisiana Public Service Commission's 5th District seat, which oversees utility regulation across 24 parishes and serves as home to major data center developments including Meta's $50 billion facility and Amazon's $16 billion investment.
- Oct 28NEWS·Hinds Co., MSHeadline onlyMississippi Today · Hinds Co., MS
- Oct 28LAWSUIT·DeSoto Co., MSxAI subsidiary MZX is offering to purchase homes in Southaven, Mississippi, requiring owners to waive potential legal claims related to lawsuits over the company's data center and power plant facility before the sale can close.UA.NEWS · DeSoto Co., MS
- Oct 28NEWS·Hamilton Co., TNThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga held a panel with data center experts to discuss development and impacts on communities. Panelists explained how data centers operate and their energy consumption, with TVA official Jared Mitchum noting that most TVA-served data centers are crypto mining facilities, while Jackson County official Nathan Lee highlighted positive economic effects from Google's data center in his county.Local 3 News · Hamilton Co., TN
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