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• Sep 17
  NEWS·Florida

  New details on who will pay for Florida Data Centers

  Headline onlywtsp.com · Florida
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Fulton Co., GA

  Microsoft files to develop two-building campus outside Atlanta, Georgia

  Microsoft filed a Developments of Regional Impact application to build a data center campus on 88 acres in Union City, southwest of Atlanta. The project includes two three-story buildings totaling 910,000 square feet with a planned launch in 2032.

  DCD · Fulton Co., GA
• Sep 17
  UTILITIES·Georgia

  CleanSpark Plans $2.2 Billion Debt Sale for Georgia Data Center

  CleanSpark plans to raise $2.227 billion through a secured debt offering to fund construction of its Sandersville, Georgia, AI data center. The senior secured notes, due in 2031, will cover remaining construction costs and fund debt-service reserves for the project backed by a 20-year lease with an unnamed technology company.

  TheEnergyMag · Georgia
• Sep 17
  MORATORIUM·Georgia

  First National Community Bank Headlines: Rome city commissioners debate data center moratorium

  The Rome News-Tribune · Georgia
• Sep 17
  MORATORIUM·Georgia

  Rome commissioners defer data center moratorium

  Rome city commissioners took no action Monday on a proposed moratorium on new data center projects while the city reviews regulations governing the facilities' development and location.

  The Rome News-Tribune · Georgia
• Sep 17
  MORATORIUM·Georgia

  Rome city commissioners debate data center moratorium

  The Rome News-Tribune · Georgia
• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Rapides Parish, LA

  LPSC clears expedited path for Cleco power plan tied to data center

  Louisiana utility regulators have approved an expedited review of Cleco Power's plan to supply electricity to Applied Digital's $3.6 billion data center in Rapides Parish, bypassing the administrative law judge recommendation stage while still requiring an evidentiary hearing before commissioners decide the application's merits.

  The Center Square · Rapides Parish, LA
• Sep 17
  LAWSUIT·Shelby Co., TN

  Entergy Arkansas drops lawsuit over newspaper's publication of data center agreement details

  Entergy Arkansas withdrew its lawsuit against the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Times and a resident over their publication of details about the utility's data center agreement with a Google subsidiary, after a federal judge denied its request for a temporary restraining order.

  KTLO · Shelby Co., TN · also at Yahoo
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Elon Musk Sleeps at Construction Site: Going All Out for Advanced AI Infrastructure Development

  36 Kr · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 17
  NEWS·Shelby Co., TN

  Memphis residents weigh in on the impact of SpaceXAI and data center construction

  Headline onlylocalmemphis.com · Shelby Co., TN
• Sep 17
  VOTE

  In Silicon Valley, AI data center boom meets local resistance

  San Jose residents and environmental groups are organizing against proposed data center projects the city has courted to become an AI infrastructure hub, raising concerns about electricity, water and pollution impacts. Mayor Matt Mahan says the answer is responsible development rather than halting projects, while California lawmakers have approved bills to increase transparency around data center energy and water use.

  Miami Herald
• Sep 17
  MORATORIUM

  Peosta Considers Extending Data Center Moratorium

  Headline onlyKWWL · also at KWWL