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On October 20, 2026, a power event at Google Cloud's London data center facility disrupted services across the UK and Europe for several hours…
Read full recordSasovo, Ryazan Region, Russia
On 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…
Read full recordSeoul, South Korea
On 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…
Read full recordImperial County, CA
A superior court judge halted development of the nearly one-million-square-foot AI data-center project and required environmental analysis under CEQA.
Read full recordUnited States
The extortion group ShinyHunters listed US data center operator CyrusOne on its leak site in August 2026, claiming it stole 12.9 million Salesforce…
Read full recordLeavenworth County, KS
KCUR documented a large opposition turnout and the expiration of a county data-center moratorium, with no project permit yet requested.
Read full recordStorey County, Nevada, United States
An ongoing legal battle between the developer of the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center and the park's water provider raises contested questions about…
Read full recordArlington County, Virginia, United States
In July 2026, a former AWS water sustainability program manager, Nathan Barasa Wangusi, sued Amazon in the Arlington County Circuit Court, alleging…
Read full recordSouthaven, Mississippi, United States
In July 2026, Reuters reported that xAI had installed far more gas turbines without federal permits at its Colossus 2 data center project in…
Read full recordPiedmont, OK
A crowded council meeting ended with the proposed Cloverleaf data-campus discussion rescheduled to late July.
Read full recordShawnee County, KS
Commissioners approved zoning changes intended to give the county more control over future data centers while opponents urged a pause.
Read full recordNew Delhi, India
On 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…
Read full recordMonterey Park, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Monterey Park, California adopted a 45-day data-center moratorium on January 21, 2026, then on March 4, 2026 the city council unanimously extended…
Read full recordEllendale, Dickey County, North Dakota, United States
In April 2026 Dickey County, North Dakota authorities said trucks and equipment tied to construction of Applied Digital's Polaris Forge AI data…
Read full recordUnited Arab Emirates and Bahrain
On 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…
Read full recordSan Marcos, Hays County, TX
Council voted 5–2 against the proposed approximately 200-acre AI data center following opposition focused on water demand.
Read full recordMontgomery County, Missouri, United States
In February 2026, the resident group Preserve Montgomery County LLC filed suit in the Cole County Circuit Court seeking to void Montgomery County's…
Read full recordPort Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
In January 2026 the Ozaukee Press reported that some roads near Vantage Data Centers' Lighthouse Campus construction site in Port Washington…
Read full recordCoweta, OK
The planning commission voted against rezoning for the proposed Project Atlas campus after a contentious hearing.
Read full recordMemphis, Shelby County, TN
A federal turbine-rule clarification became a new milestone in the Memphis permitting dispute.
Read full recordMemphis, Shelby County, TN
The air board voted 6–1 to dismiss the appeal on mootness grounds.
Read full recordIreland
A new connection policy requires new data centers to provide renewable and dispatchable generation.
Read full recordChandler, AZ
Council rejected rezoning and a development agreement for a proposed $2 billion AI data center after substantial resident opposition.
Read full recordHowell Township, Livingston County, MI
County planners unanimously opposed recommending rezoning more than 1,000 acres of farmland for a proposed AI data center, leaving the township…
Read full recordLordstown, Trumbull County, OH
Council voted 6–0 to ban future data centers, putting a proposed $3.6 billion AI development in doubt while its developer challenged the procedure.
Read full recordCedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, United States
On October 27, 2025 the Linn County, Iowa Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a road use agreement under which data center developer QTS will…
Read full recordDaejeon, South Korea
On September 26, 2025, a lithium-battery fire was reported at about 8:20 p.m. at the National Information Resources Service facility in Daejeon…
Read full recordTwiggs County, GA
Commissioners rezoned 291 acres for a proposed $5 billion AI data center after hundreds of residents attended in opposition.
Read full recordUnited States (national policy)
EPA proposed measures allowing some AI infrastructure construction to begin before air permits were obtained.
Read full recordChesterfield County, Virginia, United States
On August 20, 2025 a fire broke out in a room at the Chirisa Technology Parks data center at 1401 Meadowville Technology Park, Chesterfield County…
Read full recordStillwater, Oklahoma, United States
On August 19, 2025 the Park View Estates homeowners association in Stillwater, Oklahoma sued Google subsidiary Kipper LLC and three construction…
Read full recordOak Ridge, TN
A site-specific agreement targeted up to 50 MW from Hermes 2 for the TVA grid, with Google receiving clean-energy attributes.
Read full recordSt. Charles, St. Charles County, MO
CRG Cumulus withdrew its permit application for a proposed AI data center in St. Charles, Missouri, following public opposition over energy use…
Read full recordMooresville, Iredell County, NC
Tract withdrew a rezoning request for a proposed North Carolina data center campus after months of community opposition, including concerns about…
Read full recordLancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
On August 8, 2025 a roof fire broke out during torch-cutting demolition at 216 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the site of a planned…
Read full recordTucson, Pima County, AZ
Tucson City Council unanimously stopped city work on the proposed Project Blue data center amid concerns about water, electricity and transparency…
Read full recordBolingbroke (unincorporated community), Monroe County, GA
Commissioners unanimously denied rezoning for a proposed approximately 900-acre, $5.8 billion data-center development following organized resident…
Read full recordElsham Wolds, North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
The water utility opposed plans for an AI data center of up to 435 acres, questioning water sourcing and flood risk while the developer proposed…
Read full recordCalifornia
CPUC partially approved interim Electric Rule 30 for transmission-level applicants willing to fund required infrastructure upfront.
Read full recordMemphis, Shelby County, TN
The NAACP and Young, Gifted & Green appealed an air permit for 15 methane-fired turbines at xAI’s South Memphis data center, challenging the handling…
Read full recordPryor, Oklahoma, United States
According to an investigative report by EastOklahoma.com, a security guard employed by contractor GardaWorld filed a workers' compensation case…
Read full recordMansfield, Newton County, Georgia, United States
Beverly and Jeff Morris, whose home in Mansfield, Georgia is about 1,000 feet from Meta's $750 million data center, told the BBC and The New York…
Read full recordOH
PUCO adopted a settlement directing new data-center tariffs and requiring AEP Ohio to lift its connection moratorium as soon as possible.
Read full recordRamses, Cairo, Egypt
On 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…
Read full recordMemphis, Shelby County, TN
The county approved an operating permit for 15 stationary turbines at xAI’s Memphis facility.
Read full recordFayetteville, Fayette County, Georgia, United States
On June 28, 2025, a worker suffered an electrical incident while working at the QTS data-center construction site in Fayetteville, Georgia, and died…
Read full recordFauquier County, VA
A 4–1 planning vote recommended denial of a proposed 2.2-million-square-foot data-center campus.
Read full recordMemphis, Shelby County, TN
NAACP initiated the pre-suit notice process over alleged Clean Air Act violations at xAI’s Memphis data center.
Read full recordPA
Amazon named Salem and Falls townships as initial locations in a statewide AI and cloud infrastructure investment plan.
Read full recordOregon
The House passed legislation intended to keep data-center grid-expansion costs from shifting to other electricity customers.
Read full recordClinton, IL
A nuclear power agreement backed continued operation and a proposed output increase at the existing Clinton plant.
Read full recordHillsboro, Oregon, United States
On 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…
Read full recordNew Carlisle, Indiana, United States
On 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…
Read full recordTomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan
SoftBank began construction of an AI-ready data center, with a 50 MW first phase planned for 2026 and longer-term expansion to 300 MW.
Read full recordLuzerne County, PA
FERC declined to reconsider its rejection of an expanded co-location power agreement for Amazon's data center at Talen's Susquehanna nuclear plant.
Read full recordAbilene, TX
Stargate’s national AI infrastructure launch included a Texas campus already under development, subsequently identified as Abilene.
Read full recordPittsylvania County, VA
Planners recommended denial of a revised data-center and onsite-power proposal amid heavy resident opposition.
Read full recordRichland Parish, LA
Meta announced a four-million-square-foot AI data center campus on the former Franklin Farm site.
Read full recordPittsylvania County, VA
Balico withdrew its application for an approximately 2,233-acre campus with 84 data-center buildings and a 3,500 MW gas plant following community…
Read full recordLuzerne County, PA
FERC rejected an amended interconnection agreement that would have increased the co-located data center load at Talen’s Susquehanna nuclear plant…
Read full recordPeculiar, Cass County, MO
Aldermen removed a data-center definition from the light-industrial zoning ordinance, blocking a proposed approximately 500-acre development.
Read full recordRichland, WA
Amazon and Energy Northwest announced support for an SMR project near Columbia Generating Station.
Read full recordUnited States (deployment sites not specified)
A multi-plant agreement targeted up to 500 MW of advanced nuclear capacity for grids serving Google data centers.
Read full recordPA
A 20-year power purchase agreement supported plans to restart the retired reactor as the Crane Clean Energy Center.
Read full recordCerrillos, Santiago, Chile
Google said it would rework the proposed Santiago data center following environmental objections.
Read full recordLoyang, Singapore
A 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…
Read full recordParque de las Ciencias, Canelones, Uruguay
The groundbreaking advanced a project redesigned to use air rather than water for cooling.
Read full recordMount Pleasant, WI
Microsoft announced a multiyear cloud and AI infrastructure investment centered on a Mount Pleasant campus.
Read full recordNew Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN
Indiana announced AWS plans for an $11 billion data center campus in St. Joseph County to support cloud computing and generative AI, with investment…
Read full recordGA
Regulators approved an electricity resource plan update adding fossil-fueled resources and battery storage amid large-load growth.
Read full recordCerrillos, Santiago, Chile
The court required renewed assessment of climate-change effects on the project’s water impacts.
Read full recordMadison County, MS
AWS announced a planned $10 billion investment across two Madison County industrial parks.
Read full recordPrince William County, VA
Supervisors approved three rezonings for the massive Digital Gateway data-center corridor after a hearing lasting more than 27 hours.
Read full recordClichy (Paris), France
On 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…
Read full recordPangyo, Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
On 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…
Read full recordCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, United States
On 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…
Read full recordStrasbourg, Grand Est, France
On 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…
Read full recordAmsterdam and Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands
On July 11, 2019, the municipal councils of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer adopted preparatory planning decisions pausing new data-center development…
Read full recordGlomfjord, Norway
Bloomberg reported in October 2026, citing people close to the project and public records, that Nscale's flagship AI data center in Glomfjord, Norway…
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The data center industry’s shift to on-site power generation to overcome grid constraints is creating new environmental compliance challenges…
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4 days ago · Generators at the data center campus fire up at all hours, making it hard to sleep or enjoy their homes and yards, they say. May be an…
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# Bitcoin data center fire seriously injures two people in Treutlen County, EMA director says They say the fire was "quickly" extinguished. Article…
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5 days ago · Across California, at least 26 resolutions, moratoriums, or bans on data center development have been passed or proposed since June…
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