Cliff · Data center policy snapshot · May 9
Seattle · May 1
Mayor Wilson plans 365-day moratorium on facilities ≥10 MWBox Elder County · May 4
9 GW Stratos campus approved unanimously — 40k acres, off-grid gasMaricopa County · May 6
Project Baccara approved 4-1 — $36B / 700 MW gas DC near Luke AFBSedgwick County · May 6
90-day moratorium extended to Sep 11Hermantown · May 4
Council tables vote on Google $2B project + $80M / 28-yr abatementOneida County · May 8
Zoning advances proactive 1-yr moratorium — no proposal pendingBulloch County · May 6
Moratorium extended through DecemberDurham · May 4
60-day moratorium passed — 24-month follow-on intendedNorthampton County · May 4
32-month moratorium passed unanimouslyVirginia DEQ · May 7
APG-576 locks Tier 4 BACT as presumptive for emergency + non-emergency gen-setsJurisdiction
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Four ongoing local-level developments tracked into May 9-10. (1) Box Elder UT referendum filing: data-center opponents in Box Elder County applied this week (reported by CNN May 9 syndication, KSL May 7 reporting) for a November 2026 ballot referendum to...
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All four hyperscalers reported Q1 2026 earnings April 29 and collectively raised 2026 capex guidance to $725B vs $410B actually-spent in 2025 — a 77% YoY increase. Microsoft set 2026 capex at $190B (well above the $152B analyst consensus); CFO Amy Hood...
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Box Elder County commissioners voted unanimously to approve two resolutions in support of a 40,000-acre data center campus on an unincorporated site in northern Utah. The project, dubbed Stratos and developed by O'Leary Digital, would span 40,000 acres of...
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WRAL and Data Center Knowledge confirm North Carolina lawmakers have moved HB 1004, the Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act, into the 2025-2026 General Assembly. Filed April 27, 2026. Threshold: facilities with peak electricity demand of ≥40 MW...
Fleet Data Centers filed applications with Nevada state energy regulators April 20 to construct more than 350 MW of behind-the-meter natural gas and diesel power for two data center campuses at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in Storey County, NV. South...
Joule Capital Partners, Caterpillar, and Wheeler Machinery (the Cat dealer for Utah/Idaho/Nevada/Wyoming/Montana) announced an agreement to power Joule's 'super-compute-ready' campus in Millard County, UT — 4,000 acres, gigawatt-scale operational launch in...
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft all reported Q1 essentially simultaneously this past week. Final guidance: Amazon ~$200B (vs $125B in 2025), Google $175–185B (vs $91B), Meta $115–135B (vs $72B), Microsoft $110–120B (vs $90B). Total Big Four 2026 capex...