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 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

How AI Data Centers Are Sending Your Power Bill Soaring

Bloomberg's analysis of 25,000 wholesale electricity pricing nodes reveals that power costs have surged up to 267% in areas near AI data centers, with more than 70% of price-increase nodes […]

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Energy, Environmental Justice, Government & Policy, Utilities & Power
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May 1, 2026

Data centers consume massive amounts of water… tell the public exactly how much.

One billion gallons of water cooled a single Google data center in Iowa in 2024 — enough to supply all Iowa residences for five days. Researchers at UW-Milwaukee's Center for […]

Big Tech, Energy, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 26, 2026

The City of Madison, WI Moratorium on Data Centers

A temporary moratorium is established on zoning certificates for data centers and telecommunications centers over 10,000 square feet in Madison, allowing time to assess their environmental and infrastructure impacts. This […]

Government & Policy
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April 26, 2026

Powering Accountability: Safeguarding Wisconsin in the Data Center Boom

Wisconsin Conservation Voters outlines the growing impacts of data centers on Wisconsin families, including rising energy costs, massive water consumption, and public health risks from increased fossil fuel use. The […]

Campaign Strategy, Community Organizing, Energy, Government & Policy, Public Engagement, Public Health, Utilities & Power, Water Quality & Quantity
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April 26, 2026

Microsoft to stop using NDAs with local governments for data center development

Microsoft drops its practice of requiring nondisclosure agreements with local governments during data center development, citing public trust concerns. Five Wisconsin communities signed NDAs tied to data center projects. A […]

Big Tech, Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Procedural, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Public Engagement, Victories
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April 26, 2026

Mapped: U.S. States Moving to Restrict Data Centers

Despite hundreds of announced projects, 11 U.S. states propose temporary bans or conditional restrictions on new data center construction. Maps each state's restriction type and duration alongside project counts — […]

Energy, Government & Policy, Legal & Zoning, Technology Policy, Utilities & Power
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April 24, 2026

Microsoft to stop using NDAs with local governments for data center development – WPR

The Wisconsin Public Radio article reports that Microsoft will stop requiring non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with local governments during data center development deals. The decision comes amid growing criticism that NDAs […]

Big Tech, Government & Policy, Legal & Procedural, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Technology Policy, Victories
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April 24, 2026

Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand

Surging data center power demand collides with rollbacks of renewable energy incentives and years-long gas turbine backlogs. In South Texas, a lignite coal plant transitions to a 400-megawatt solar farm […]

Big Tech, Economic Analysis, Energy, Government & Policy, Utilities & Power
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April 24, 2026

Wisconsin city passes nation’s first anti-data center referendum

Voters in Port Washington, Wisconsin approve the nation's first anti-data center referendum by a 2-to-1 margin, requiring voter approval before city leaders award tax incentives to developers. The vote targets […]

Big Tech, Community Organizing, Government & Policy, Legal & Procedural, Noise, Public Engagement, Public Health, Site Location, Taxes, Utilities & Power, Victories, Water Quality & Quantity

State: Wisconsin

The City of Madison, WI Moratorium on Data Centers

Electric grid faces political roadblocks as it struggles with data center demand

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