Name: Data Center Power & Utility Interconnection (Gateway 2)
Start: 2026-05-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-20T13:00:00-04:00

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May 6, 2026

Water supply may hinder microchip manufacturing

Indiana's effort to attract microchip manufacturing to a 10,000-acre site faces a critical barrier: insufficient water supply. Chip fabrication requires 8–10 gallons per chip, with facilities consuming millions of gallons […]

Government & Policy, Water Quality & Quantity
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May 6, 2026

Cloudy With a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets

This report by Good Jobs First reveals that at least 10 U.S. states lose over $100 million per year in tax revenue to data center sales and use tax exemptions, […]

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Government & Policy, Taxes
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May 6, 2026

Bans and Moratoriums — North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit

This policy toolkit page catalogs local, state and federal strategies for banning or pausing data center construction. Covers municipal ordinances, time-bound moratoriums and anti-preemption provisions, with documented examples from Georgia, […]

Campaign Strategy, Government & Policy, Legal & Zoning, Ordinance, Technology Policy
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May 4, 2026

Policies for Data Centers, 2026

This Sierra Club policy brief outlines four categories of state-level guardrails to mitigate data center impacts: ratepayer protections through large load tariffs and cross-subsidy prevention, clean energy accountability via RPS […]

Economic Analysis, Energy, Government & Policy, Public Engagement, Taxes, Utilities & Power
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May 2, 2026

Will data center job creation live up to hype? I have some concerns.

This analysis from Good Jobs First scrutinizes data center job creation claims, finding that nearly half of state data center subsidies require no job creation, and those that do typically […]

Economic Analysis, Government & Policy, Jobs, Taxes
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May 1, 2026

Google backs down from proposed data center after months of community pushback

Google has decided to withdraw its proposal for a data center in Franklin Township after significant community opposition. The decision came just before a scheduled City-County Council vote, surprising many […]

Big Tech, Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Zoning, Public Engagement
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April 30, 2026

Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning

Communities across the US are pushing back against data center development with bipartisan support, successfully blocking or delaying tens of billions of dollars in proposed projects. The article documents rising […]

Community Organizing, Financial Analysis, Government & Policy, Victories
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April 30, 2026

Data center backlash sparks wave of Change.org petitions in 2025 – Fast Company

In 2025, there was a significant backlash against data centers across the U.S., leading to a surge in petitions on Change.org, with at least 113 petitions gathering around 50,000 signatures. […]

Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Procedural, Public Engagement, Victories
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April 29, 2026

Stop Dirty Data Centers | NAACP

The NAACP campaigns against data center harms in Black communities across Alabama, Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi and Tennessee. Provides community benefit agreement templates, frontline organizing guides and 2026 policy recommendations. Covers […]

Campaign Strategy, Community Benefits Agreement, Community Organizing, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Jobs, Public Engagement, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 24, 2026

NAACP Resolution: Data Centers Impact on Energy Demand

NAACP resolution addresses data center energy burdens across six states, xAI's 35 unpermitted gas turbines in Memphis, and AI queries consuming four to five times more energy than standard searches. […]

Big Tech, Community Benefits Agreement, Community Organizing, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Technology Policy, Water Quality & Quantity

State: Indiana

Water supply may hinder microchip manufacturing

Cloudy With a Loss of Spending Control: How Data Centers Are Endangering State Budgets

Bans and Moratoriums — North Star Data Center Policy Toolkit

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