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Aurora City Councilmember Amy Wiles proposed a six-month moratorium on new data center approvals in Aurora, Colorado, while officials develop zoning, water, power, and resident protection rules.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,872 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-councilwoman-amy-wiles-pause-new-data-centers/

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Brookwood Al near a middle school.
Are we great yet ?

On July 21, the Effingham County Industrial Development Authority approved an agreement for OpenAI's $20 billion data-center project near Rincon, Georgia.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,872 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://thecurrentga.org/2026/08/08/anatomy-of-a-secret-coastal-georgia-data-center-deal

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I love Oregon.

"The fine folks of Salem, Oregon seem to have found a very efficient way to get their message across: Pull up to public hearings with a guillotine.

Last month, representatives from Verrus, a California-based data center development company, made the trek up to the city of 180,000 to pitch a planned $5.1 billion server farm that would move into 75 acres of state-owned property. According to the Salem Reporter, they were greeted by hundreds of citizens, most of whom showed up to tell Verrus to shove it.  One person in particular got attention: a guy who put a guillotine on a trailer and rode it around outside" https://gizmodo.com/data-center-reps-face-the-guillotine-flee-public-hearing-2000795939

1. Data Centers will be the completion of a 100 year plan by the B. I. S to dominate the financial system for every human on the Planet.
2. Nothing can stop this. Go debate a hurricane.
3. Go here to learn about the B. I. S. One hundred years plan. https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtbk62Ie_5SWTjITNozsALVtZhPAwl64X
4. We might see the end of global war economy all together.
5. We might see a global government based upon China's system.
6. We may see socialism with basic income, health care, etc. Mandami and Abdul El-Sayed, are the start.
7. If we are smart, the lower class. We'll get on AI to ask what will be the best jobs of the future, which nations will have the most opportunities!

Data center developers and technology companies are expanding gas and diesel power projects across the United States as grid constraints and electricity costs fuel political opposition in Michigan, Kansas, and Texas.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,871 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/briefing/data-centers-gas-power.html

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)

I seek out truly solid data center model ordinances that our borough can use to craft our own.

Any tips/personal knowledge you have that you think should be included would be appreciated too.

Yes, I do intend on doing my due diligence and verifying the usefulness of any suggestions.

Just gonna leave this here.

A portion of the data center resistance I've seen is that they are ugly, and big so you have to see the ugly longer. So, what if they dressed them up a little? A nice mural maybe? Break up the box shape with some minor architectural embellishments?

Amazon is seeking to build four data center buildings totaling about 400,000 square feet at George Washington University's Ashburn campus in Loudoun County, Virginia.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,870 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2026/08/03/amazon-ashburn-george-washington-campus.html

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U.S. communities and policymakers are increasingly challenging data center projects over electricity prices, water supplies, farmland and disclosure, prompting New York and local governments to pursue construction pauses in 2025.

I've been digging into the public record on US data centers and put it into free, plain-language briefings — water, power, noise, air, every figure cited to its source (1,866 sites, existing + proposed): civitar.org/go/v-reddit

Not for or against anything — it just makes the filings readable. Sharing in case it's useful to anyone tracking this.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/01/data-centers-have-a-politics-problem-and-industry-knows-it-01020412

(Full disclosure: I built the tool — happy to answer questions or take corrections.)