Monthly Archives: May 2026

Residents for Responsible Development have gathered more than 25,000 Ohio signatures in 5 weeks. They have until July 1st to meet the required 413,488 valid signatures from at least 44 of Ohio’s 88 counties. The language of the 2026 constitutional ballot proposition to ban data center developments applies to data centers with over 25MW peak […]

Erin Brockovich is crowdfunding a map of AI and data centers. Her crowdsourced information includes 3,034 community reports of AI and data centers. @gizmodo

We’ve talked about Gulf Coast states creating grant programs for roof repairs to reduce disaster damage risks. The Colorado Legislature added a fee to home insurance carriers to fund a grant program for roofing repairs. SB 26-155 which allows a board at the State Insurance regulator to set a fee on carriers, and dedicates 90% of the fee […]

SB 484, signed by Florida’s Governor last week, allows data center NDAs to protect their intentions for a single year. Florida Phoenix | Florida has a new law regulating AI data centers

What is Right to Race legislstion? Bills that protect small race tracks. Wisconsin and Georgia legislatures along with 9 others states are consider bills. Kansas, North Carolina, and Iowa have passed Right to Race bills protecting the right to race at racetracks that pre-date nearby housing developments. The association involved in Right to Race legislation: […]

Michigan amended its farmland preservation program to protect farmland from data center developments. @localizefood

Tech Crunch and the Wall Street Journal are reporting that a venture capital and hedge fund is launching a product called Next Frontier. Next Frontier will buy land close to large power sources with the goal of turning those parcels into data centers.