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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #11)
Hi Reader, Last week, a group of community members from Spartanburg Co., South Carolina did something that made me chuckle. At a recent town hall meeting, they recreated the constant noise that people living near a hyperscale data center experience every single day. Sounds annoying, right? I hope their board members took note. As it happens, we just hosted a…
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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #10)
Hi Reader, It’s hot out there. According to the National Weather Service, an estimated 37.5 million Americans have lived under a heat advisory over the past month. If you were outside over the holiday weekend, you probably noticed! Most of us (especially those of us who remember the 90s 😅 ) can feel the weather getting hotter due to climate…
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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #9)
Hi Reader, Tech companies want us to believe that massive data center build out is inevitable. That there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it, so we might as well learn to live with it. Well, some of us (a majority, actually, according to this Gallup poll) don’t want to live it. We don’t want to live with…
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Weekly Data Centers Tracker Snapshot: June 5–12, 2026
FracTracker’s U.S. Data Centers Tracker documented a week of significant project developments. Updates include project approvals, suspensions, operational facilities, and a cancellation, showing how data center development continues to evolve after initial announcements. The largest project update involved Project Aquilla in Texas, a proposed 1.235 GW campus, while status changes in Illinois, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington demonstrate…
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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #8)
Hi Reader, Lately it’s felt like the data center boom is speeding up, and one of the hardest parts is telling fact from fiction. Big numbers get tossed around (jobs, tax revenue, rate impacts), but communities often don’t get the full story until decisions are already underway. The good news is that you don’t have to sort it out alone.…
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Weekly Data Centers Tracker Snapshot: May 26–June 4, 2026
FracTracker’s U.S. Data Centers Tracker documented continued expansion into emerging regional markets this week, led by a newly proposed 1.235 GW hyperscale project in Texas. Additional projects were documented in Arkansas, New York, and Tennessee, reflecting the continued geographic spread of data center development beyond traditional hubs. The tracker also recorded a project cancellation in Newton, New Jersey, following local…
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Weekly Data Center Expansion Snapshot: May 18–26, 2026
FracTracker’s U.S. Data Centers Tracker documented continued growth in large-scale AI and cloud infrastructure this week, including several multi-gigawatt campus proposals tied to dedicated and hybrid energy systems. Newly added projects totaled more than 5.4 GW of documented capacity across Alaska, Colorado, Virginia, and other emerging development regions, reflecting ongoing expansion into rural and energy-rich areas. The tracker also documented…
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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #7)
Hi Reader, I just got back from Take Back Tech 3 in Atlanta, and I’m still sitting with it. I left feeling like I’d spent a few days inside conversations that should be happening everywhere, but still aren’t: conversations about technology, power, extraction, and justice. And about who’s expected to absorb the costs of “progress” when industries move faster than…
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Weekly Data Centers Tracker Snapshot: May 11–18, 2026
FracTracker’s U.S. Data Centers Tracker documented continued expansion of large-scale and hyperscale data center infrastructure this week, with newly added projects totaling more than 1.45 GW of proposed capacity across multiple states. Growth remained concentrated in Texas, the Midwest, and emerging Appalachian energy regions, reflecting ongoing expansion pressures tied to AI infrastructure, cloud computing demand, and utility-scale energy development. Explore…
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Stop Bad Data Centers (Issue #6)
Hi Reader, Welcome to another roundup of whats happening with data center development in the U.S. A recent article about PFAS use at data centers has me feeling a little déjà vu. We’ve seen this before. Years ago, HHN leaders helped connect the dots between “forever chemicals” and fracking. We learned how fast a seemingly small technical detail can turn…
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