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Projected investment, capacity and jobs are not counted as realized benefits.", "participants": "Meta.", "sourceIds": [ "meta-construction-update" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-08-04", "title": "Construction listed in operator update", "detail": "Meta’s updated infrastructure overview identifies Richland Parish among its AI campuses under construction.", "sourceIds": [ "meta-construction-update" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-08-04" }, { "id": "digital-gateway", "name": "Digital Gateway", "city": "Prince William County", "state": "Virginia", "developer": "Compass Datacenters and QTS", "status": "court-restricted", "outcome": "Rezoning approvals void; the county reports the original zoning restored.", "scope": "The comprehensive-plan amendment remains in place. A fresh rezoning would require the ordinary application and public-hearing process.", "participants": "Nearby resident plaintiffs; Piedmont Environmental Council; county and developers.", "sourceIds": [ "digital-gateway-appeal", "pec-digital-gateway-response", "digital-gateway-county-july-order" ], "events": [ { "date": "2023-12", "title": "County adopts rezonings", "detail": "Three approvals allowed the proposed development to advance into a legal challenge.", "sourceIds": [ "digital-gateway-appeal" ] }, { "date": "2026-03-31", "title": "Appeals court invalidates approvals", "detail": "Defective public notice invalidated the rezonings; the order kept land disturbance and construction prohibited pending further appeal.", "sourceIds": [ "digital-gateway-appeal" ] }, { "date": "2026-07-29", "title": "Later order changes the effective zoning", "detail": "The county’s August 5 update says the original zoning was restored following the July 29 order; the comprehensive-plan amendment remains.", "sourceIds": [ "digital-gateway-county-july-order" ] } ], "storyIds": [ "digital-gateway-court-ruling" ], "checked": "2026-09-09", "asOf": "2026-07-29" }, { "id": "microsoft-mount-pleasant", "name": "Microsoft’s first Mount Pleasant facility", "city": "Mount Pleasant", "state": "Wisconsin", "developer": "Microsoft", "status": "completed", "outcome": "Microsoft announced construction of the first facility was complete.", "scope": "This milestone covers the first facility, not all planned campus phases or a measured amount of useful computing output.", "participants": "Microsoft; Mount Pleasant project authorities.", "sourceIds": [ "microsoft-mount-pleasant-complete" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-06-23", "title": "First facility construction completed", "detail": "Microsoft announced the construction milestone and described equipment startup.", "sourceIds": [ "microsoft-mount-pleasant-complete" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-06-23" }, { "id": "monterey-saturn", "name": "1977 Saturn Street", "city": "Monterey Park", "state": "California", "developer": "HMC StratCap", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "Application withdrawn; citywide prohibition followed.", "scope": "The named application ended. The city’s later ban also affects future independent data-center proposals.", "participants": "City of Monterey Park; Yes on Measure NDC campaign committee.", "sourceIds": [ "monterey-withdrawal", "monterey-ordinance-2278", "monterey-ban-confirmation", "monterey-ndc-filings", "monterey-june-election" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-03-31", "title": "Applicant withdraws", "detail": "HMC StratCap’s letter cites the moratorium and planned prohibition as unsuitable conditions for development.", "sourceIds": [ "monterey-withdrawal" ] }, { "date": "2026-05-06", "title": "City adopts prohibition", "detail": "Ordinance 2278 removes independent data-center uses; the city’s later ballot information confirms the voter-adopted ban.", "sourceIds": [ "monterey-ordinance-2278", "monterey-ban-confirmation" ] }, { "date": "2026-06-02", "title": "Measure NDC goes to voters; prohibition adopted", "detail": "The city placed Measure NDC on the June 2 ballot and subsequently confirmed the voter-adopted citywide prohibition. The Saturn Street application had already been withdrawn.", "sourceIds": [ "monterey-june-election", "monterey-ban-confirmation" ] } ], "storyIds": [ "monterey-park-data-center-ban" ], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-06-02" }, { "id": "socorro-green-data", "name": "New Mexico Tech / Green Data proposal", "city": "Socorro", "state": "New Mexico", "developer": "Green Data; New Mexico Tech site partner", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "University declined to proceed or extend the agreement.", "scope": "The university cited several issues, including contiguous land, renewable integration and community concerns; it remained open to future proposals.", "participants": "New Mexico Tech; Green Data; university and community participants.", "sourceIds": [ "nmt-socorro-withdrawal" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-06-02", "title": "University ends this proposal", "detail": "Source New Mexico reported the president’s campus-wide email saying the institution would not proceed with the project for now.", "sourceIds": [ "nmt-socorro-withdrawal" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-06-02" }, { "id": "project-blue", "name": "Project Blue", "city": "Pima County, outside Tucson", "state": "Arizona", "developer": "Beale Infrastructure", "status": "site-work", "outcome": "Site preparation documented after Tucson rejected its city route.", "scope": "Tucson’s vote did not cancel the county project. Site preparation is not an operational data center.", "participants": "Tucson City Council; Pima County; Beale Infrastructure; Ames Construction.", "sourceIds": [ "tucson-blue-vote", "pima-blue-site-work", "pima-blue-response" ], "events": [ { "date": "2025-08-06", "title": "Tucson ends city work", "detail": "Council voted to stop work on the proposed city annexation and service route.", "sourceIds": [ "tucson-blue-vote" ] }, { "date": "2026-05-13", "title": "County documents an active worksite", "detail": "A county announcement describes site preparation and a dust-permit notice following May inspections.", "sourceIds": [ "pima-blue-site-work" ] }, { "date": "2026-05-15", "title": "Contractor responds", "detail": "Ames submitted a response describing corrective measures; this is not a finding that the notice was closed.", "sourceIds": [ "pima-blue-response" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-05-15" }, { "id": "san-marcos-francis-harris", "name": "Francis Harris Lane proposal", "city": "San Marcos", "state": "Texas", "developer": "Applicant identified in the council record", "status": "denied", "outcome": "Required land-use plan amendment denied 5–2.", "scope": "The associated zoning item was not heard. This was a site-specific decision, not a citywide ban.", "participants": "San Marcos City Council; Save Our Springs; Data Center Action Coalition.", "sourceIds": [ "san-marcos-february-decision", "sos-february-organizing", "kut-san-marcos-hearing" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-02-11", "title": "Organizing before the hearing", "detail": "Save Our Springs promoted a town hall, petition and contacts with decision-makers.", "sourceIds": [ "sos-february-organizing" ] }, { "date": "2026-02-18", "title": "Plan change fails", "detail": "The February 17 meeting concluded in the early hours of February 18 with the prerequisite amendment denied.", "sourceIds": [ "san-marcos-february-decision", "kut-san-marcos-hearing" ] } ], "storyIds": [ "san-marcos-data-center-denial" ], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-02-18" }, { "id": "project-spring", "name": "Project Spring", "city": "Sand Springs", "state": "Oklahoma", "developer": "White Rose Partners; Google identified as prospective operator", "status": "approved", "outcome": "Council approved rezoning and the development plan.", "scope": "A land-use approval is not a completed facility or the final outcome of any later litigation.", "participants": "Sand Springs City Council; White Rose Partners; Google; hearing participants.", "sourceIds": [ "sand-springs-approval" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-02-03", "title": "Land-use approvals pass", "detail": "Council minutes record approval of Ordinance 1442 and the comprehensive-plan change by 6–1 votes.", "sourceIds": [ "sand-springs-approval" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-02-03" }, { "id": "qts-deforest", "name": "QTS DeForest / Vienna proposal", "city": "DeForest / Town of Vienna", "state": "Wisconsin", "developer": "QTS", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "QTS announced it was withdrawing the proposal.", "scope": "The withdrawal announcement is separate from the subsequent annexation proceeding. This record does not claim a February vote from a January source.", "participants": "QTS; Village of DeForest; Alliant Energy and local building trades named in the company statement.", "sourceIds": [ "qts-deforest-withdrawal" ], "events": [ { "date": "2026-01", "title": "Withdrawal announced", "detail": "WTMJ published QTS’s statement withdrawing its DeForest proposal after staff recommended rejecting the annexation.", "sourceIds": [ "qts-deforest-withdrawal" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2026-01" }, { "id": "chandler-price-road", "name": "Price Road Innovation Campus", "city": "Chandler", "state": "Arizona", "developer": "BA Price Owner LLC / Beale Infrastructure", "status": "denied", "outcome": "Council rejected the proposed data-center rezoning.", "scope": "The 3380 South Price Road application is distinct from other Chandler data centers.", "participants": "Chandler City Council; applicant; Arizona Youth Climate Coalition opposing; Arizona Technology Council and labor representatives supporting.", "sourceIds": [ "chandler-price-decision" ], "events": [ { "date": "2025-12-11", "title": "Council rejects application", "detail": "Council’s 7–0 vote denied items 37 and 38, including the proposed primary data-center use and development agreement.", "sourceIds": [ "chandler-price-decision" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2025-12-11" }, { "id": "google-franklin-township", "name": "Google Franklin Township proposal", "city": "Indianapolis", "state": "Indiana", "developer": "Google", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "Google withdrew the rezoning petition.", "scope": "This was the roughly 468-acre Franklin Township site, not all Google investment in Indiana.", "participants": "Google; Indianapolis City-County Council; neighborhood opponents.", "sourceIds": [ "indy-google-withdrawal" ], "events": [ { "date": "2025-09-22", "title": "Withdrawal announced at council", "detail": "Mirror Indy documented the withdrawal at the meeting after public and council opposition.", "sourceIds": [ "indy-google-withdrawal" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2025-09-22" }, { "id": "balico-pittsylvania", "name": "Balico data-center and power proposal", "city": "Pittsylvania County", "state": "Virginia", "developer": "Balico", "status": "denied", "outcome": "Rezoning application denied 6–1.", "scope": "The proposal combined data-center development with gas generation. The vote concerned that application, not a statewide prohibition.", "participants": "Pittsylvania Board of Supervisors; residents; Southern Environmental Law Center.", "sourceIds": [ "selc-balico-denial" ], "events": [ { "date": "2025-04-15", "title": "Board denies rezoning", "detail": "SELC, a participant in opposition, reports that the board denied the application after declining to let it be withdrawn.", "sourceIds": [ "selc-balico-denial" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2025-04-15" }, { "id": "harper-road-peculiar", "name": "Harper Road Technology Park", "city": "Peculiar", "state": "Missouri", "developer": "Diode Ventures", "status": "zoning-restricted", "outcome": "City removed data centers from light-industrial permitted uses.", "scope": "The October 2024 change removed the zoning route for this proposal. The linked report is a dated decision record, not live code monitoring.", "participants": "Peculiar Board of Aldermen; planning commission; residents; Diode Ventures.", "sourceIds": [ "peculiar-zoning-decision", "dcw-initial-projects" ], "events": [ { "date": "2024-10-21", "title": "Permitted use removed", "detail": "The North Cass Herald reported a unanimous board vote following a public hearing.", "sourceIds": [ "peculiar-zoning-decision" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2024-10-21" }, { "id": "catlett-station", "name": "Catlett Station / The Catlett Project", "city": "Catlett, Fauquier County", "state": "Virginia", "developer": "Headwaters Site Development", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "Rezoning and special-exception applications withdrawn.", "scope": "The county amended the hearing agenda. That does not establish the permanent future of the land.", "participants": "Fauquier Planning Commission; Headwaters; local residents.", "sourceIds": [ "catlett-withdrawal", "dcw-initial-projects" ], "events": [ { "date": "2024-07-18", "title": "County confirms withdrawal", "detail": "The amended public-hearing notice states that both applications were withdrawn.", "sourceIds": [ "catlett-withdrawal" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2024-07-18" }, { "id": "provident-chesterton", "name": "Provident Chesterton proposal", "city": "Chesterton", "state": "Indiana", "developer": "Provident Realty Advisors", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "Developer withdrew the campus and annexation applications.", "scope": "The record concerns the proposed former Brassie Golf Course-area campus, not other projects in the region.", "participants": "Provident; Chesterton Town Council; residents at public forums.", "sourceIds": [ "chesterton-withdrawal" ], "events": [ { "date": "2024-06-10", "title": "Withdrawal reported to the town", "detail": "Data Center Dynamics reported that officials were notified on June 10 after council objections to the proposal’s scale and location.", "sourceIds": [ "chesterton-withdrawal" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2024-06-10" }, { "id": "tract-goodyear", "name": "Tract’s withdrawn Goodyear proposal", "city": "Goodyear", "state": "Arizona", "developer": "Tract", "status": "withdrawn", "outcome": "Earlier rezoning proposal withdrawn, according to Data Center Watch.", "scope": "Do not confuse this site with Tract’s later Buckeye development. The report describes a different proposal proceeding elsewhere.", "participants": "Tract; local authorities and residents described in the research report.", "sourceIds": [ "dcw-initial-projects" ], "events": [ { "date": "2024-05", "title": "Earlier proposal withdrawn", "detail": "Data Center Watch records a withdrawal amid objections concerning height, noise and resource demands.", "sourceIds": [ "dcw-initial-projects" ] } ], "storyIds": [], "checked": "2026-09-07", "asOf": "2024-05" } ], "sources": [ { "id": "chandler-price-decision", "title": "Chandler council minutes: Price Road Innovation Campus", "publisher": "City of Chandler", "url": "https://public.destinyhosted.com/chanddocs/2026/CC/20260105_2026/9189_20251211_regular-meeting_FINAL.pdf", "type": "Council minutes", "date": "2025-12-11", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Items 37–38, PLH24-0046; participant statements on pages 35–36; denial motion and vote on pages 37–38", "note": "An application decision, not a prohibition on every data-center use in Chandler. Appended public comments are statements by their authors." }, { "id": "qts-deforest-withdrawal", "title": "QTS announces withdrawal of the DeForest proposal", "publisher": "WTMJ, reporting QTS’s statement", "url": "https://wtmj.com/news/2026/01/28/update-qts-withdraws-data-center-project-in-village-of-deforest/", "type": "Reported company statement", "date": "January 2026", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Updated story and QTS statement; distinguishes withdrawal from the forthcoming annexation vote", "note": "Reports a company withdrawal. The January report does not establish the outcome of the later February 3 meeting." }, { "id": "tucson-blue-vote", "title": "Tucson ends work on Project Blue’s city route", "publisher": "AZPM", "url": "https://news.azpm.org/p/azgovtnews/2025/8/6/225888-bye-bye-project-blue/", "type": "Meeting reporting", "date": "2025-08-06", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Council vote ending city work on the proposed annexation and service route", "note": "This city decision did not end the separate project in unincorporated Pima County." }, { "id": "pima-blue-site-work", "title": "County documents Project Blue site preparation", "publisher": "Pima County", "url": "https://www.pima.gov/2720/Newsroom?contentId=2836297c-15c5-460e-ac53-40e042696e17&mode=dialog", "type": "County enforcement announcement", "date": "2026-05-13", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "“County cites Project Blue contractor for air quality violation”; May 8 and 11 inspections", "note": "Documents active site preparation, not an operating data center. A notice of violation is not a final adjudication." }, { "id": "pima-blue-response", "title": "Project Blue contractor responds to the dust notice", "publisher": "Ames Construction, published by Pima County", "url": "https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/6063ed1f-cc11-4876-bbc8-d64025507660", "type": "Contractor response", "date": "2026-05-15", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Response to NOV PC2605-064 and mitigation measures", "note": "The contractor’s response, not proof of agency acceptance or closure of the notice." }, { "id": "selc-balico-denial", "title": "Pittsylvania board denies the Balico rezoning application", "publisher": "Southern Environmental Law Center", "url": "https://www.selc.org/press-release/pittsylvania-board-of-supervisors-denies-balico-rezoning-application/", "type": "Participant account of council decision", "date": "2025-04-15", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Board’s 6–1 rezoning denial and participants’ response", "note": "SELC participated in opposition. Its report establishes its account of the decision, not a quantified share of influence." }, { "id": "sand-springs-approval", "title": "Project Spring: February 3 council minutes", "publisher": "City of Sand Springs", "url": "https://www.sandspringsok.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_02032026-2295", "type": "Council minutes", "date": "2026-02-03", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Items 3–4, Ordinance 1442 / SSZ-517 / PUD-039; final votes on pages 5–6", "note": "Land-use approvals do not establish completed construction, operation or the outcome of subsequent litigation." }, { "id": "mpsc-saline-rehearing", "title": "MPSC rejects rehearing of Saline data-center contracts", "publisher": "Michigan Public Service Commission", "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/commission/news-releases/2026/03/27/mpsc-goes-big-on-batteries", "type": "Regulatory decision announcement", "date": "2026-03-27", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "DTE / Green Chile Ventures contracts and rehearing discussion", "note": "Electricity-contract approval is distinct from zoning, construction completion and the disposition of appeals." }, { "id": "ag-saline-appeal", "title": "Attorney General briefs the Saline electricity-contract appeal", "publisher": "Michigan Attorney General", "url": "https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIAG/bulletins/4240a06", "type": "Litigant announcement and linked brief", "date": "2026-08-07", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Brief filed August 6 challenging conditional approval of DTE contracts", "note": "The Attorney General’s legal arguments are allegations for the court to decide; the filing is not an order stopping work." }, { "id": "nmt-socorro-withdrawal", "title": "New Mexico Tech drops the Green Data proposal for now", "publisher": "Source New Mexico", "url": "https://sourcenm.com/2026/06/02/new-mexico-tech-nixes-data-center-proposal-for-now/", "type": "Reporting on university announcement", "date": "2026-06-02", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Campus-wide email from university president Michael Jackson and reasons given", "note": "Reports an agreement not being extended; the university remained open to future discussions. Multiple reasons were given." }, { "id": "indy-google-withdrawal", "title": "Google withdraws its Franklin Township rezoning proposal", "publisher": "Mirror Indy", "url": "https://mirrorindy.org/google-withdraws-southside-data-center-proposal-franklin-township/", "type": "Meeting reporting", "date": "2025-09-22; updated 2025-09-23", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Withdrawal announcement at the September 22 City-County Council meeting", "note": "This concerns the Franklin Township petition, not all Google construction in Indiana." }, { "id": "peculiar-zoning-decision", "title": "Peculiar removes data centers from light-industrial permitted uses", "publisher": "North Cass Herald", "url": "https://www.northcassherald.com/post/peculiar-unanimously-kills-data-center", "type": "Meeting reporting", "date": "2024-10-25", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "October 21 Board of Aldermen decision following the public hearing", "note": "A reported zoning amendment affecting the proposed site. This source is not a continuously updated city code register." }, { "id": "chesterton-withdrawal", "title": "Provident withdraws the Chesterton application", "publisher": "Data Center Dynamics", "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/application-for-13bn-data-center-in-chesterton-indiana-withdrawn/", "type": "Industry reporting", "date": "2024-06-14", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Withdrawal notified June 10; separate annexation application and council objections", "note": "Reports the withdrawal with attribution to local reporting; does not rule out a future new application." }, { "id": "catlett-withdrawal", "title": "Catlett Project withdrawn from the Planning Commission agenda", "publisher": "Fauquier County", "url": "https://www.fauquiercounty.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/49378/3640?locale=en&npage=339&sortd=desc&sortn=EDate&toggle=all", "type": "Amended hearing notice", "date": "2024-07-18", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Notice that rezoning and special-exception applications were withdrawn", "note": "Establishes the application withdrawal, not the permanent disposition of the property." }, { "id": "dcw-initial-projects", "title": "Data Center Watch: initial project case records", "publisher": "Data Center Watch", "url": "https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report", "type": "Cross-project research", "date": "Research through March 2025", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Named-project entries for Tract in Goodyear and Catlett Station; distinguish later Buckeye project", "note": "Selected contested-project research. The older case record is not a live census or a current national cancellation rate." }, { "id": "microsoft-mount-pleasant-complete", "title": "Microsoft completes its first Mount Pleasant facility", "publisher": "Microsoft", "url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2026/06/23/microsoft-completes-construction-on-first-datacenter-facility-in-mount-pleasant-wisconsin/", "type": "Operator announcement", "date": "2026-06-23", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Completion of the first datacenter facility and equipment startup", "note": "Operator-reported milestone for the first facility, not completion of all planned campus phases." }, { "id": "meta-construction-update", "title": "Meta identifies four AI data centers under construction", "publisher": "Meta", "url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/04/infrastructure-explained-meta-data-centers/", "type": "Operator update", "date": "2026-04-28; updated 2026-08-04", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "“Meta’s Data Centers”: Richland Parish, Lebanon, El Paso and Tulsa", "note": "Company-reported construction status. Planned capacity and employment are not realized output or verified benefits." }, { "id": "meta-lebanon-groundbreaking", "title": "Meta breaks ground in Lebanon, Indiana", "publisher": "Meta", "url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/02/metas-new-data-center-lebanon-indiana-marks-milestone-ai-investment/", "type": "Operator announcement", "date": "2026-02-11", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Groundbreaking announcement; campus and planned capacity", "note": "Groundbreaking is not operation; forecasts are commitments rather than measured results." }, { "id": "minnesota-pine-island-review", "title": "Minnesota PUC review of Xcel and Echo Zone’s agreement", "publisher": "Minnesota Public Utilities Commission", "url": "https://mn.gov/puc/activities/v-l-e-c/data-centers/", "type": "Regulator status page", "date": "Checked 2026-09-09", "accessed": "2026-09-09", "locator": "Docket 26-170: agreement filed April 14; public comment through September 8, 2026", "note": "Regulator page still lists the agreement for review and the September 8 comment date. That date is not a decision. Separate transmission docket 26-135 has its own notice." }, { "id": "monterey-withdrawal", "title": "1977 Saturn Street: applicant's withdrawal letter", "publisher": "HMC StratCap / DigiCo, filed with Monterey Park", "url": "https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/18798/26_03_31_SIGNED_LAX---Letter-to-City-of-Monterey-Park", "type": "Applicant correspondence", "date": "2026-03-31", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Single-page letter, paragraphs 2–4", "note": "The applicant states its own reason for withdrawal. This establishes the application outcome, not every motive behind the city's restrictions." }, { "id": "monterey-ordinance-2278", "title": "Monterey Park Ordinance 2278: data-center prohibition", "publisher": "City of Monterey Park", "url": "https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/19133/Ord-2278-Data-Center-Prohibition---Regular", "type": "Adopted ordinance", "date": "2026-05-06", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Sections 5–11; adoption and vote on PDF pages 9–10", "note": "The text distinguishes prohibited data-center uses from permitted subordinate accessory server rooms. It is an enacted zoning record, not the later ballot tally." }, { "id": "monterey-ban-confirmation", "title": "City confirmation of the voter-adopted data-center ban", "publisher": "City of Monterey Park", "url": "https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/1757/HOM-Ballot-Measure", "type": "Current municipal explanation", "date": "2026 housing-ballot information", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Key Facts: Data Center Ban Affirmed; FAQ 3", "note": "Used only to confirm the existing ban, not to support or oppose the separate November housing measure. The page is not a certified election-results table." }, { "id": "monterey-ndc-filings", "title": "Yes on Measure NDC: campaign filing register", "publisher": "Monterey Park City Clerk", "url": "https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/1724/Yes-on-Measure-NDC", "type": "Campaign disclosure register", "date": "March–June 2026 filings", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Statement of organization, contribution reports and Form 460 entries", "note": "Establishes a disclosed ballot-measure committee and available filings. No aggregate spending or donor-direction claim is inferred from the register." }, { "id": "san-marcos-february-decision", "title": "San Marcos council: plan amendment denied, zoning item not heard", "publisher": "City of San Marcos", "url": "https://www.sanmarcostx.gov/4713/February-17-2026-City-Council-Recap", "type": "Official council recap", "date": "2026-02-17 meeting", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Items 8 and 9: Preferred Scenario Map amendment and ZC-25-13", "note": "The denial is of a required plan amendment for one tract. The accompanying zoning item was not heard; this was not a citywide data-center ban." }, { "id": "sos-february-organizing", "title": "Save Our Springs: organizing before the San Marcos data-center hearing", "publisher": "Save Our Springs Alliance", "url": "https://www.sosalliance.org/news/get-involved-data-centers-threats-recent-updates-and-upcoming-events", "type": "First-party organizing bulletin", "date": "2026-02-11", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Data-center town hall; Other Ways to Join the Fight; What Happens Next", "note": "Documents the organization's stated activities and concerns. Its environmental claims and predicted future meeting schedule are not independently established by this bulletin." }, { "id": "kut-san-marcos-hearing", "title": "San Marcos hearing and land-use vote", "publisher": "KUT 90.5 / Leigh Walden", "url": "https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2026-02-18/san-marcos-city-council-blocks-proposed-data-center", "type": "Reported hearing coverage", "date": "2026-02-18", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Opening account of the vote, turnout and public comments", "note": "On-the-scene reporting supplies hearing context; the official city recap establishes the exact action taken." }, { "id": "digital-gateway-appeal", "title": "Virginia Court of Appeals: Digital Gateway rezoning and notice decision", "publisher": "Court of Appeals of Virginia", "url": "https://www.vacourts.gov/static/opinions/opncavwp/1584254.pdf", "type": "Court opinion", "date": "2026-03-31", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "PDF pages 1–4: parties; pages 26–34: notice; pages 51–53: disposition and partial stay", "note": "A dated appeals-court decision, not a statement that all litigation has ended. Page 53 allows further appeal while keeping land disturbance and construction prohibited under the order." }, { "id": "pec-digital-gateway-response", "title": "PEC describes its opposition and court filing in Digital Gateway", "publisher": "Piedmont Environmental Council / Julie Bolthouse", "url": "https://www.pecva.org/region/regional-state-national-region/prince-william/massive-digital-gateway-data-center-project-has-been-halted/", "type": "Participant account", "date": "2026-04-07", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Opening timeline; Why PEC Fought This Project", "note": "PEC opposed the project. Used for its stated participation and concerns; the court opinion, not the advocacy account, establishes the legal result." }, { "id": "monterey-june-election", "title": "Monterey Park: June 2, 2026 special municipal election", "publisher": "City of Monterey Park", "url": "https://montereypark.ca.gov/1720/2026-Special-Election-Information", "type": "Official ballot information", "date": "2026-06-02 election", "accessed": "2026-09-07", "locator": "Election date and Measure NDC, Proposition to Prohibit Data Centers in Monterey Park.", "note": "Establishes the ballot date and subject. Read alongside the city’s later confirmation of the adopted prohibition; this page alone is not a certified vote tally." }, { "id": "digital-gateway-county-july-order", "title": "PW Digital Gateway: status following the July 29 order", "publisher": "Prince William County Planning Office", "url": "https://www.pwcva.gov/pwdigitalgateway", "type": "Local government status page", "date": "2026-08-05", "accessed": "2026-09-09", "locator": "Update: August 5, 2026; current zoning and Next Steps.", "note": "County implementation account; does not establish that every future appeal or application has ended." }, { "id": "minnesota-skyway-hearing-notice", "title": "EQB Monitor: North Rochester to Skyway transmission hearings", "publisher": "Minnesota Environmental Quality Board / Minnesota Public Utilities Commission", "url": "https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNEQB/bulletins/428102b", "type": "Government hearing notice", "date": "2026-09-08", "accessed": "2026-09-09", "locator": "North Rochester to Skyway High Voltage Transmission Line; docket 26-135, hearing dates and comment deadline.", "note": "A notice of scheduled hearings and draft-permit availability, not a completed hearing or permit decision. Separate from electric-service docket 26-170; check the official notice for changes." } ] }