Data center development is facing delays and local pushback on permits across multiple states.
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Updated Aug 27
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Data center development is facing delays and local pushback on permits across multiple states.
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Data centers are expanding in Virginia, Ohio, Arizona, Georgia, and Texas.Also in this story
- Both Georgia and Texas are attracting new data center business.
- Data centers are expanding in Arizona, Georgia, and Virginia while facing local opposition.
- Amazon is investing $6 billion in local data centers in Virginia and Texas, leading to competition between the two states.
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Related events
- New Era supports oversight of data center development in Texas.
- California is regulating data center development and imposing a moratorium on new permits, announced on September 1, 2026.
- Wisconsin, Kansas, and Ohio are currently involved in a competition to influence data center policy across their borders.
- The concentration of data centers in the state of Texas is a current development.
- Google and Anthropic are slated to be main tenants of a new data center facility in Texas, backed by a financing package led by Hubbard.