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2026-10-08 · Sasovo, Ryazan Region, Russia · Damages
Drone attack sets fire to Yandex data center in Russia's Ryazan regionConfirmedOn October 8, 2026 Yandex, Russia's leading AI and technology company and developer of YandexGPT, said a drone attack caused a fire at its data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, forcing it to fully suspend the center's operations. Yandex Cloud reported a power supply disruption in one availability zone. Yandex said no one was injured and that the scale of damage was still being assessed. Regional authorities and Ukraine's military had not confirmed the cause.
Drones hit Yandex data center in first major attack on Russian data hubFire at Yandex data centre in Sasovo, company links it to drone attack
2026-09-29 · Seoul, South Korea · Damages
Transformer fire in UPS room at STT GDC Seoul 1 data center forces evacuation of 105 peopleConfirmedOn September 29, 2026 a fire broke out in the UPS room of a data center in Gasan-dong, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul. Eighty firefighters and 14 engines responded and the fire was out by 3:13 pm; 105 people were evacuated and no casualties were reported. STT GDC confirmed the fire was at its new 30MW Seoul 1 facility, saying an electrical component failed while new equipment was being tested, with no impact on customer systems.
Fire in UPS room at Seoul data centre during electrical testingNumber of data center fires and power failures has doubled since 2024
2026-09-09 · Imperial County, CA · Permits & regulation
Judge overturns Imperial County data-center approval and orders environmental reviewConfirmedA superior court judge halted development of the nearly one-million-square-foot AI data-center project and required environmental analysis under CEQA.
2026-08-14 · Leavenworth County, KS · Community & health
Leavenworth County opposition mobilizes as data-center moratorium expiresConfirmedKCUR documented a large opposition turnout and the expiration of a county data-center moratorium, with no project permit yet requested.
2026-06-22 · Piedmont, OK · Community & health
Piedmont delays Cloverleaf campus discussion after opposition turnoutConfirmedA crowded council meeting ended with the proposed Cloverleaf data-campus discussion rescheduled to late July.
2026-06-11 · Shawnee County, KS · Land use & zoning
Shawnee County adopts data-center zoning changes amid calls for a moratoriumConfirmedCommissioners approved zoning changes intended to give the county more control over future data centers while opponents urged a pause.
2026-06-05 · New Delhi, India · Damages
Fire causes "extensive damage" at STT GDC / Tata Communications data center in New DelhiConfirmedOn June 5, 2026 an early-morning fire struck an STT Global Data Centres India facility in New Delhi co-owned by ST Telemedia and Tata Communications. A Tata unit letter seen by Reuters said the fire caused "extensive damage" to parts of the facility, making data recovery challenging; client Matrix Cellular said it was struggling to recover two decades of data. Television images showed burnt server racks and collapsed ceiling panels. Sources do not establish an AI-specific use.
Tata unit says extensive damage from fire at Delhi data centre hampers recovery
2026-04-20 · Monterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, United States · Development and Zoning
Monterey Park adopts citywide prohibition on data centersConfirmedMonterey Park, California adopted a 45-day data-center moratorium on January 21, 2026, then on March 4, 2026 the city council unanimously extended the moratorium through January 21, 2027 and referred a permanent prohibition to the June 2, 2026 ballot. The city's official records identify Urgency Ordinance 2276, dated April 20, 2026, as adopting a citywide prohibition on data centers. AI connection: General data center — the municipal actions concern data centers generally and the cited records do not establish an AI-specific scope.
Monterey Park City Council Places Data Center Prohibition on June 2 Ballot, Extends Moratorium on Development, Will Consider Ordinance Prohibiting Data Centers CitywideData Center Information
2026-04-20 · Ellendale, Dickey County, North Dakota, United States · Damages
Heavy construction traffic for Applied Digital's AI data center damages Dickey County roadsConfirmedIn April 2026 Dickey County, North Dakota authorities said trucks and equipment tied to construction of Applied Digital's Polaris Forge AI data center near Ellendale caused severe damage to gravel county roads, some of which need to be rebuilt; several county roads and highways were closed for repairs. Applied Digital's CEO said the company is working with county officials to repair the roads and that paving of 87th Ave. and 95th St. will be jointly funded with the North Dakota Department of Transportation.
Update: Applied Digital CEO responds to road damage concerns in Dickey County
2026-03-01 · United Arab Emirates and Bahrain · Damages
Drone strikes damage AWS data centers in UAE and BahrainConfirmedOn March 1, 2026, Amazon Web Services said two of its facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck by drones, while a nearby drone strike caused physical impacts to its infrastructure in Bahrain; AWS confirmed the drone connection on March 2. Reported effects included structural damage, disrupted electricity supplies, service outages and, in some cases, additional water damage from fire suppression; the cited reporting does not identify the affected cities. AI connection: General data center — the sources establish damage to AWS cloud infrastructure, not that the affected facilities were specifically AI data centers or that AI workloads were affected.
Amazon says drones damaged three facilities in UAE and BahrainAmazon cloud unit's data centers in UAE, Bahrain damaged in drone strikes
2026-02-18 · San Marcos, Hays County, TX · Water use
San Marcos rejects proposed Mayberry AI data centerConfirmedCouncil voted 5–2 against the proposed approximately 200-acre AI data center following opposition focused on water demand.
2026-01-28 · Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States · Damages
Truck convoys for Vantage data center in Port Washington damage local roadsConfirmedIn January 2026 the Ozaukee Press reported that some roads near Vantage Data Centers' Lighthouse Campus construction site in Port Washington, Wisconsin were already showing damage from dozens of heavy trucks a day hauling soil and stone, and that Ozaukee County had no agreement with Vantage to repair county roads (the city of Port Washington does). The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office increased patrols on the truck route after speeding and noise complaints, and CBS 58 reported road damage along the route.
County to seek road repair deal with VantagePatrols increase along data center construction route amid noise complaints, road damage
2026-01-19 · Coweta, OK · Land use & zoning
Coweta planners oppose Project Atlas rezoningConfirmedThe planning commission voted against rezoning for the proposed Project Atlas campus after a contentious hearing.
FOX23 — planning commission hearingData Center Dynamics — confirms January 19 vote and developer
2026-01-15 · Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Permits & regulation
EPA turbine clarification prompts Memphis advocates’ demand for permit enforcementConfirmedA federal turbine-rule clarification became a new milestone in the Memphis permitting dispute.
SELC: rule clarification and letterCNBC: implications for xAI expansion
2025-12-15 · Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Permits & regulation
Memphis air board dismisses xAI turbine-permit appealConfirmedThe air board voted 6–1 to dismiss the appeal on mootness grounds.
2025-12-12 · Ireland · Power & grid
Ireland adopts new generation requirements for data-center connectionsConfirmedA new connection policy requires new data centers to provide renewable and dispatchable generation.
2025-12-11 · Chandler, AZ · Land use & zoning
Chandler unanimously rejects Active Infrastructure AI data centerConfirmedCouncil rejected rezoning and a development agreement for a proposed $2 billion AI data center after substantial resident opposition.
2025-11-19 · Howell Township, Livingston County, MI · Land use & zoning
Livingston County planners oppose rezoning for Howell Township AI data centerConfirmedCounty planners unanimously opposed recommending rezoning more than 1,000 acres of farmland for a proposed AI data center, leaving the township decision unresolved.
2025-11-03 · Lordstown, Trumbull County, OH · Land use & zoning
Lordstown council votes to ban future data centers amid AI project oppositionConfirmedCouncil voted 6–0 to ban future data centers, putting a proposed $3.6 billion AI development in doubt while its developer challenged the procedure.
The Business Journal — Lordstown Council Votes to Ban Data Centers (November 4, 2025)
2025-10-27 · Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States · Damages
QTS agrees to pay for wear on rural Linn County roads used by Cedar Rapids data center constructionConfirmedOn October 27, 2025 the Linn County, Iowa Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a road use agreement under which data center developer QTS will fund improvements to rural county roads that have sustained wear and tear from heavy construction trucks serving its $750 million Cedar Rapids campus, including just over $117,000 in backpayment. The site is inside Cedar Rapids city limits, but crews use nearby county roads to deliver materials. Sources do not establish an AI-specific use.
QTS to pay for improvements to rural roads near Cedar Rapids data center development
2025-09-26 · Daejeon, South Korea · Damages
Battery fire at South Korea national data center halts government servicesConfirmedOn September 26, 2025, a lithium-battery fire was reported at about 8:20 p.m. at the National Information Resources Service facility in Daejeon, leaving one person with first-degree burns. The Interior Ministry initially reported 70 online government services suspended, including mobile identification and the complaints-and-petitions platform; Reuters later reported server damage and the precautionary shutdown of hundreds of other servers. A battery explosion during maintenance was a suspected initiating event, not a conclusively established cause. AI connection: General data center — the facility runs government administrative systems and the cited sources do not establish an AI connection.
(LEAD) Fire at state data infrastructure center halts online gov't services, leaves 1 injuredSouth Korea scrambles to restore services after major state data centre fire
2025-09-18 · Twiggs County, GA · Land use & zoning
Twiggs County approves Eagle Rock AI data-center rezoning despite oppositionConfirmedCommissioners rezoned 291 acres for a proposed $5 billion AI data center after hundreds of residents attended in opposition.
2025-09-09 · United States (national policy) · Permits & regulation
EPA proposes faster permitting measures for AI data-center infrastructureConfirmedEPA proposed measures allowing some AI infrastructure construction to begin before air permits were obtained.
Reuters — Trump EPA seeks to speed up permitting for AI infrastructure (September 9, 2025)
2025-08-20 · Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States · Damages
Fire at Chirisa data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia, linked to CoreWeave AI cloud projectConfirmedOn August 20, 2025 a fire broke out in a room at the Chirisa Technology Parks data center at 1401 Meadowville Technology Park, Chesterfield County, Virginia. Chesterfield County Fire and EMS said it was contained to the room and no one was injured. DCD reported the facility is believed to be part of a joint venture providing data center capacity for AI cloud company CoreWeave; that AI connection was not confirmed by the company.
2025-08-18 · Oak Ridge, TN · Power & grid
TVA and Kairos announce Hermes 2 power agreement for Google-linked demandConfirmedA site-specific agreement targeted up to 50 MW from Hermes 2 for the TVA grid, with Google receiving clean-energy attributes.
Google announcementKairos: PPA, output and deployment relationshipReuters; corrected August 19
2025-08-18 · St. Charles, St. Charles County, MO · Land use & zoning
Developer withdraws St. Charles AI data center permit applicationConfirmedCRG Cumulus withdrew its permit application for a proposed AI data center in St. Charles, Missouri, following public opposition over energy use, water quality and transparency.
St. Louis Public Radio — Public opposition sinks St. Charles data center plans (August 18, 2025)
2025-08-13 · Mooresville, Iredell County, NC · Community & health
Tract withdraws Mooresville data center rezoning requestConfirmedTract withdrew a rezoning request for a proposed North Carolina data center campus after months of community opposition, including concerns about water and electricity demand.
2025-08-08 · Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States · Damages
Demolition fire at planned Lancaster data center site sends smoke plume over Route 30ConfirmedOn August 8, 2025 a roof fire broke out during torch-cutting demolition at 216 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the site of a planned multi-billion-dollar Chirisa Technology Parks data center. A column of black smoke was visible for miles. The contractor said the fire was promptly extinguished, no one was hurt, and no project impacts were expected; officials said it was accidental and not suspicious. The amount of damage was not reported.
Fire breaks out at construction site for billion dollar data center in Lancaster cityPlume of black smoke billows from Lancaster County building fire
2025-08-06 · Tucson, Pima County, AZ · Water use
Tucson council ends city participation in Project Blue data center proposalConfirmedTucson City Council unanimously stopped city work on the proposed Project Blue data center amid concerns about water, electricity and transparency. The vote ended city cooperation, not every possible development path.
KOLD — Tucson City Council votes to end Project Blue (August 6, 2025)AZPM — Bye, Bye, Project Blue (August 6, 2025)
2025-08-05 · Bolingbroke (unincorporated community), Monroe County, GA · Land use & zoning
Monroe County rejects Bolingbroke Technology Campus rezoningConfirmedCommissioners unanimously denied rezoning for a proposed approximately 900-acre, $5.8 billion data-center development following organized resident opposition.
Georgia Public Broadcasting, August 6, 202513WMAZ, August 6, 2025
2025-07-29 · Elsham Wolds, North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom · Water use
Anglian Water objects to Elsham AI data-center plans over water and flood riskConfirmedThe water utility opposed plans for an AI data center of up to 435 acres, questioning water sourcing and flood risk while the developer proposed closed-loop cooling.
BBC News — Anglian Water objects to Elsham Wolds data centre plan (July 29, 2025)
2025-07-24 · California · Power & grid
California approves interim faster grid-connection rule for large loadsConfirmedCPUC partially approved interim Electric Rule 30 for transmission-level applicants willing to fund required infrastructure upfront.
2025-07-16 · Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Emissions & air quality
NAACP and community group appeal xAI’s Memphis turbine air permitConfirmedThe NAACP and Young, Gifted & Green appealed an air permit for 15 methane-fired turbines at xAI’s South Memphis data center, challenging the handling of additional turbines and air-quality requirements.
Southern Environmental Law Center — Groups appeal permit for xAI’s South Memphis data center (July 16, 2025)CNBC — xAI permits challenged by NAACP and environmental groups (July 16, 2025)
2025-07-09 · OH · Power & grid
Ohio regulator orders dedicated AEP data-center tariffs to protect other ratepayersConfirmedPUCO adopted a settlement directing new data-center tariffs and requiring AEP Ohio to lift its connection moratorium as soon as possible.
PUCO official order announcement, July 9, 2025AEP Ohio, Data Center Tariff
2025-07-07 · Ramses, Cairo, Egypt · Damages
Telecom Egypt Ramses Exchange fire kills four workersConfirmedOn July 7, 2025, a fire broke out in an equipment room at the Telecom Egypt Ramses Exchange in central Cairo, and authorities disconnected power to the entire exchange, disrupting telecommunications and internet services. Egypt's Health Ministry reported four workers killed and at least 22 injured, according to Reuters. Egypt's telecom regulator identifies the site as a telecommunications exchange, while Reuters described it as a key data center. AI connection: General data center — neither source establishes AI-related operations.
Disruption of Some Telecom Services Due to Fire at Ramses ExchangeBlaze at Cairo telecommunications building kills 4, disrupts internet, phone
2025-07-02 · Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Permits & regulation
Shelby County approves permit for 15 xAI gas turbinesConfirmedThe county approved an operating permit for 15 stationary turbines at xAI’s Memphis facility.
2025-06-28 · Fayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States · Public Safety
Worker dies after electrical incident at QTS Georgia construction siteConfirmedOn June 28, 2025, a worker suffered an electrical incident while working at the QTS data-center construction site in Fayetteville, Georgia, and died in hospital on July 2, 2025. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution identified him as Anthony J. Riera Azuaje, 25, reporting that his parents filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against electrical contractor Allison-Smith Company; the lawsuit's claims of negligent electrical installation are allegations, not established findings, and QTS was not named as a defendant. AI connection: General data center — the sources identify the QTS construction project but do not establish that the facility or work involved AI infrastructure.
Shoddy construction at Georgia data center killed worker, suit saysComplaint for Damages, Riera Graterol et al. v. Allison-Smith Company LLC
2025-06-18 · Fauquier County, VA · Land use & zoning
Fauquier planners recommend denial of Gigaland campus near RemingtonConfirmedA 4–1 planning vote recommended denial of a proposed 2.2-million-square-foot data-center campus.
2025-06-17 · Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Emissions & air quality
NAACP serves xAI with notice of intent to sue over turbine emissionsConfirmedNAACP initiated the pre-suit notice process over alleged Clean Air Act violations at xAI’s Memphis data center.
SELC: dated notice announcementReuters: NAACP threatens suit
2025-06-09 · PA · Land use & zoning
AWS announces at least $20 billion Pennsylvania campus investmentConfirmedAmazon named Salem and Falls townships as initial locations in a statewide AI and cloud infrastructure investment plan.
Amazon announcementPennsylvania governor: townships and countiesReuters
2025-06-05 · Oregon · Power & grid
Oregon House passes POWER Act to separate large-load electricity costsConfirmedThe House passed legislation intended to keep data-center grid-expansion costs from shifting to other electricity customers.
2025-06-03 · Clinton, IL · Power & grid
Meta signs 20-year agreement supporting Clinton nuclear plantConfirmedA nuclear power agreement backed continued operation and a proposed output increase at the existing Clinton plant.
Constellation announcementReutersMeta announcement; later updated page
2025-05-22 · Hillsboro, Oregon, United States · Damages
Hours-long fire inside power cabinet at Digital Realty data center used by X in Hillsboro, OregonConfirmedOn May 22, 2025 a fire burned for hours at a Digital Realty data center in Hillsboro, Oregon. A fire department report obtained by WIRED found it began in a Schneider Electric uninterruptible power supply (UPS) cabinet, likely from an electrical or mechanical issue; lithium-ion batteries were ruled out. People familiar with the matter told WIRED that Elon Musk's X has servers at the site. WIRED notes AI power demand could raise data center fire risk, but sources do not establish that this facility runs AI workloads.
X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say
2025-04-24 · New Carlisle, Indiana, United States · Damages
Two workers airlifted after fire at AWS data center construction site in New Carlisle, IndianaConfirmedOn April 24, 2025 a fire filled building 104 with smoke at Amazon Web Services' $11 billion data center construction site on Edison Road in New Carlisle, Indiana. Two workers were injured and airlifted to hospital. AWS said a small fire at a non-operational facility was quickly contained. Sources describe the campus as a cloud data center; they do not establish an AI-specific use.
Two people hospitalized after fire at AWS data center construction site in New Carlisle, Indiana
2025-04-15 · Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan · Power & grid
SoftBank breaks ground on planned 50 MW AI data center in HokkaidoConfirmedSoftBank began construction of an AI-ready data center, with a 50 MW first phase planned for 2026 and longer-term expansion to 300 MW.
w.media — SoftBank breaks ground for AI data center in Hokkaido (April 30, 2025)
2025-04-11 · Luzerne County, PA · Power & grid
FERC declines rehearing of Amazon Susquehanna power-expansion decisionConfirmedFERC declined to reconsider its rejection of an expanded co-location power agreement for Amazon's data center at Talen's Susquehanna nuclear plant.
Reuters — US regulators deny rehearing on co-located Amazon data center energy pact (April 11, 2025)
2025-01-21 · Abilene, TX · Land use & zoning
Stargate launch identifies Texas buildout; reporting locates first campus in AbileneConfirmedStargate’s national AI infrastructure launch included a Texas campus already under development, subsequently identified as Abilene.
OpenAI launch announcementBloomberg: Abilene site, January 23Reuters: Oracle and Crusoe, January 23
2025-01-07 · Pittsylvania County, VA · Land use & zoning
Pittsylvania planners unanimously recommend denying Balico campus rezoningConfirmedPlanners recommended denial of a revised data-center and onsite-power proposal amid heavy resident opposition.
Cardinal News — revised application and unanimous recommendation
2024-12-04 · Richland Parish, LA · Land use & zoning
Meta announces $10 billion AI campus in Richland ParishConfirmedMeta announced a four-million-square-foot AI data center campus on the former Franklin Farm site.
Meta announcementLouisiana governor: site and infrastructure detailsReuters
2024-11-04 · Pittsylvania County, VA · Land use & zoning
Balico withdraws massive Pittsylvania power-plant and data-center rezoning applicationConfirmedBalico withdrew its application for an approximately 2,233-acre campus with 84 data-center buildings and a 3,500 MW gas plant following community meetings.
Cardinal News, November 4, 2024Virginia Business, November 7, 2024
2024-11-01 · Luzerne County, PA · Power & grid
FERC rejects expanded power arrangement for Amazon’s Susquehanna data centerConfirmedFERC rejected an amended interconnection agreement that would have increased the co-located data center load at Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear plant from 300 to 480 megawatts; the existing 300-megawatt agreement remained in place.
Reuters — US regulators reject amended interconnect agreement for Amazon data center (November 2, 2024)Talen Energy — Statement on FERC order rejecting Susquehanna ISA
2024-10-21 · Peculiar, Cass County, MO · Land use & zoning
Peculiar reverses data-center zoning provision after neighborhood oppositionConfirmedAldermen removed a data-center definition from the light-industrial zoning ordinance, blocking a proposed approximately 500-acre development.
2024-10-16 · Richland, WA · Power & grid
Amazon funds feasibility work for Washington advanced nuclear projectConfirmedAmazon and Energy Northwest announced support for an SMR project near Columbia Generating Station.
2024-10-14 · United States (deployment sites not specified) · Power & grid
Google signs US advanced-nuclear development agreement with KairosConfirmedA multi-plant agreement targeted up to 500 MW of advanced nuclear capacity for grids serving Google data centers.
2024-09-20 · PA · Power & grid
Microsoft agreement backs proposed Three Mile Island Unit 1 restartConfirmedA 20-year power purchase agreement supported plans to restart the retired reactor as the Crane Clean Energy Center.
Constellation announcement, September 20, 2024Reuters: deal and outstanding permitsReuters: NRC had no application on announcement date
2024-09-17 · Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile · Water use
Google announces reworking of Chile data-center plans after water concernsConfirmedGoogle said it would rework the proposed Santiago data center following environmental objections.
Reuters: dated company announcementAP: water concerns and revised plans
2024-09-10 · Loyang, Singapore · Damages
Lithium-ion battery fire at Digital Realty data center in Singapore disrupts Alibaba CloudConfirmedA fire broke out on September 10, 2024 in battery rooms at Digital Realty's SIN11 data center at 3 Loyang Way, Singapore. The Singapore Civil Defence Force said lithium-ion batteries were involved and the likely cause was electrical. The fire damaged two battery rooms, two power supply rooms and a storage room; the Building and Construction Authority found structural damage but said integrity was not affected and issued closure orders for some areas. Firefighting water caused leaks that forced an emergency power shutdown for part of Alibaba Cloud's Singapore zone. About 20 people evacuated and no injuries were reported. Sources do not describe this as an AI-specific facility.
Fire at Loyang data centre, SCDF operations still ongoing after a dayLoyang data centre fire: Building integrity unaffectedLithium-ion fire causes emergency power shutdown at Digital Realty data center in Singapore
2024-08-29 · Parque de las Ciencias, Canelones, Uruguay · Water use
Google breaks ground on Uruguay data center planned with air coolingConfirmedThe groundbreaking advanced a project redesigned to use air rather than water for cooling.
Uruguay industry ministry: ceremony and cooling designDCD: reformulation and water concerns
2024-05-08 · Mount Pleasant, WI · Land use & zoning
Microsoft announces $3.3 billion Mount Pleasant cloud and AI buildoutConfirmedMicrosoft announced a multiyear cloud and AI infrastructure investment centered on a Mount Pleasant campus.
2024-04-25 · New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN · Land use & zoning
AWS announces $11 billion AI-capable data center campus in IndianaConfirmedIndiana announced AWS plans for an $11 billion data center campus in St. Joseph County to support cloud computing and generative AI, with investment plans dependent on long-term energy service agreements.
Indiana Economic Development Corporation — AWS plans $11 billion Northern Indiana campus (April 25, 2024)Amazon — AWS plans $11 billion Indiana investment (April 25, 2024)
2024-04-16 · GA · Power & grid
Georgia approves generation expansion to meet data center and industrial demandConfirmedRegulators approved an electricity resource plan update adding fossil-fueled resources and battery storage amid large-load growth.
Georgia Power announcementAJC: vote, resources and consumer concernsAP
2024-02-27 · Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile · Permits & regulation
Chilean environmental court partially annuls Google data-center approvalConfirmedThe court required renewed assessment of climate-change effects on the project’s water impacts.
Second Environmental Tribunal: ruling announcementReuters: partial permit reversal
2024-01-25 · Madison County, MS · Land use & zoning
AWS announces two Mississippi data center complexesConfirmedAWS announced a planned $10 billion investment across two Madison County industrial parks.
2023-12-13 · Prince William County, VA · Land use & zoning
Prince William approves Digital Gateway rezonings despite extensive oppositionConfirmedSupervisors approved three rezonings for the massive Digital Gateway data-center corridor after a hearing lasting more than 27 hours.
WTOP / InsideNoVa, December 13, 2023Data Center Dynamics, December 13, 2023
2023-04-26 · Clichy (Paris), France · Damages
Water leak triggers battery-room fire at Global Switch Paris data center, knocking Google Cloud region offlineConfirmedOn April 26, 2023 a cooling-system water pump failure at Global Switch's Paris-area data center (Clichy) let water into a battery room, which then caught fire. Firefighters contained the fire to the technical room and no one was injured. Google said "water intrusion" caused a multi-cluster failure and shut down its europe-west9 (Paris) region, and French government and municipal websites hosted at the site were also disrupted. Sources do not describe this as an AI-specific facility.
Water leak at Paris Global Switch data center causes fire, leads to outages at GoogleMultiple Google Cloud services in the europe-west9 region are impacted
2022-10-15 · Pangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea · Damages
Pangyo data center fire disrupts Kakao and Naver servicesConfirmedOn October 15, 2022, a fire broke out at about 3:33 p.m. at the SK C&C data center in Pangyo, which housed infrastructure used by Kakao and Naver. Power was cut for safety, disrupting KakaoTalk messaging and logins, Kakao Pay, Kakao Games, Daum and Melon, along with some Naver shopping services; no casualties were reported. AI connection: General data center — reporting ties the outage to messaging, payments, gaming and internet services, not AI workloads.
Fire knocks out services at South Korea tech giants Kakao, Naver(LEAD) Kakao, Naver suffer service disruption due to fire at data center
2022-08-08 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States · Damages
Arc-flash explosion at Google's Council Bluffs data center burns three electriciansConfirmedOn August 8, 2022 three electricians working on an electrical cabinet at Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa were burned by an arc flash, according to the Council Bluffs fire chief. All three were taken to the Nebraska Medical Center in critical condition. Google confirmed the electrical incident and said a Google Search and Maps outage the same day was unrelated. Sources do not describe this as an AI-specific facility.
Google data center has electrical explosion, causing injuriesThree people critically injured after electrical event at Google Data Center in Council Bluffs
2021-03-10 · Strasbourg, Grand Est, France · Damages
OVHcloud data center fire destroys Strasbourg facilityConfirmedOn March 10, 2021, a fire at the OVHcloud campus in Strasbourg destroyed one data center and damaged part of a second, knocking millions of websites offline. France's industrial-risk investigation agency (BEA-RI) recorded no deaths or injuries and found the fire originated in rooms housing batteries and uninterruptible power supplies; the precise ignition cause remained undetermined when its report was issued in May 2022. AI connection: General data center — the cited sources describe cloud hosting infrastructure and do not establish an AI-related workload.
Millions of websites offline after fire at French cloud services firmRapport d'enquête sur l'incendie au sein du centre de stockage de données OVH situé à Strasbourg (67) le 10 mars 2021
2019-07-12 · Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands · Development and Zoning
Netherlands restricts new data centers after Amsterdam moratoriumConfirmedOn July 11, 2019, the municipal councils of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer adopted preparatory planning decisions pausing new data-center development for one year while policy was prepared, withholding building-permit decisions and restricting changes of use. A national decree adopted December 20, 2023 and effective January 1, 2024 went further, prohibiting planning permission for new hyperscale data centers — facilities over 10 hectares of built floor area with an electrical connection of 70 MW or more — across most of the Netherlands, except designated locations in Het Hogeland and Hollands Kroon. AI connection: General data center — the measures regulate data centers by land use, scale and electricity capacity, and the cited documents do not establish an AI-specific connection.
Voorbereidingsbesluit DatacentersBesluit van 20 december 2023, houdende wijziging van Besluit kwaliteit leefomgeving in verband met een instructieregel voor hyperscale datacentra