UTILITIES·
Hillsborough Co., FL·Tampa Bay 28
TECO proposes sweeping safeguards as Florida prepares for data center growth
Read at Tampa Bay 28 →Top Stories
MORATORIUM·Action News Jax
The Latest
- Oct 1VOTE·Dallas Co., ALThe Lowndes County Commission is considering a $2 billion tax incentive package for a data center developer backed by Nvidia on land near a historic 1965 voting rights march campsite. The incentive amounts to over $213,000 per county resident in an area where 25% live in poverty.Yellowhammer News · Dallas Co., AL
- Oct 1NEWS·GeorgiaMayville Engineering Co., a Milwaukee-based contract manufacturer, acquired a 138,000-square-foot finishing facility in Thomson, Georgia, with plans to invest $25 million to $30 million including the purchase price and facility improvements to serve the data center market.BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News · Georgia
- Oct 1LAWSUIT·GeorgiaResidents nationwide are reporting environmental damage from AI data centers, including depleted water resources, sediment contamination, and noise pollution. Four families in Georgia sued Meta over well contamination following construction at its Stanton Springs facility, while an Amazon data center in Virginia is alleged to have caused brown tap water and structural damage to a nearby home.Anadolu Ajansı · Georgia
- Oct 1MORATORIUM·LouisianaDemocratic U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Davis is calling for a moratorium on new data center construction in Louisiana until policymakers better understand their water consumption and environmental impacts, citing concerns about aquifer depletion. Meta says its expanded Richland Parish facility will use non-potable water and a closed-loop cooling system requiring minimal water, though Louisiana's Department of Conservation and Energy says state law does not require companies to disclose water-use projections.The Center Square · Louisiana
- Oct 1NEWS·LouisianaHeadline onlyState Affairs Pro · Louisiana
- Oct 1NEWS·DeSoto Co., MSHeadline onlylocalmemphis.com · DeSoto Co., MS
- Oct 1VOTETwo U.S. senators introduced separate bills aimed at increasing transparency around data centers' economic and environmental impacts. Republican John Curtis's measure would establish a federal program to inform residents near potential data center developments of their impacts, while Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester's bill would require a federal accounting of large data centers' environmental consequences.WBMA · also at WSMH
- Oct 1NEWSUnauthorized users accessed personal information of approximately 2.8 million living and 294,000 deceased military-connected individuals through a Defense Manpower Data Center breach lasting from October 2025 to July 2026. Exposed data included Social Security numbers, names, birth dates, military occupations, and contact information; the vulnerability was patched after discovery in July.AL.com
- Oct 1NEWSData centers are being rapidly constructed across the U.S. to support digital services and artificial intelligence, despite community opposition over environmental concerns and potential local impacts.WBMA · also at WBMA
- Oct 1HEARINGPublic opposition to data center construction is rising ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, with an August survey showing 61% of U.S. adults oppose building data centers in their area. Concerns about water supplies, electricity costs and community impact are driving the issue into campaign advertising and state-level policy responses, with twenty states enacting moratoriums or bans.
- Oct 1
- Oct 1