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WYTHE COUNTY, Va. – Nearly 100 Wythe County residents packed Fort Chiswell High School Monday night for the first in a series of public input meetings focused on zoning and a major AI computing campus ...

Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Residents near a proposed Microsoft data center site say St. Joseph County leaders made decisions without listening ...

WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity grew steadily in February, but a gauge of prices at the factory gate raced to a near 3-1/2-year high amid tariffs, highlighting upside risks ...

NEW KENT — Giant data centers are becoming increasingly controversial in Virginia communities amid concerns over their demands for power, water and environmental considerations. However, New Kent ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A bill moving through the Indiana Statehouse is attempting to ease growing tensions between fast-growing tech development and local communities pushing back against it. House Bill 1333 ...

The proposal in front of the Southfield City Council centered on a data center project from Metrobloks, planned for Inkster Road near 11 Mile Road and Interstate 696 on a vacant parcel of roughly a ...

JANESVILLE, Wis. (WKOW) -- Thousands of people in Janesville want to have more say in what happens at the old General Motors/JATCO site. They're filing a petition that could lead to a referendum on ...

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Southfield City Council members will hear public input Monday about a proposed data center that a developer wants to build on Inkster Road. There have been concerns about impacts on the environment ...

FIFE LAKE — The idea of putting a data center in Kalkaska County drew a standing-room only crowd, along with some hecklers, Monday evening at the Garfield Township Hall/Library on West Sharon Road.