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Zoning In

Zoning In

in Client News, Milldam Minute, Milldam Monthly, Milldam News

This week’s Zoning In highlights how quickly pushback—and now litigation—is reshaping the data center landscape. National advocacy groups are assembling new legal tools to challenge AI facilities, as Amazon exits Tucson’s Project Blue, Michigan logs 5,000 public comments on a 1.4-GW power deal, and West Shreveport’s MPC rejects a 2.8-million-sq-ft campus. From Brandon, MS, to Hanover, VA, to Meta’s El Paso AI build, communities are demanding hard numbers on water, power, noise, and grid costs—and […]

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Zoning In

Zoning In

in Client News, Milldam Minute, Milldam News

This week’s Zoning In highlights a surge in oversight efforts — from Michigan environmental groups filing a case against a 1.4-GW proposal to Georgia adopting statewide review rules and Prince George’s County unveiling one of the most aggressive regulatory frameworks to date. Meanwhile, pushback remains strong in places like Wisconsin, Kansas City, and Essex, where residents are raising concerns around water use, rising utility rates, diesel emissions, and transparency. We also tracked several major flashpoints, […]

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Hurricane Electric Expands Network in New Zealand With New Point of Presence at Data Vault in Auckland

Hurricane Electric Expands Network in New Zealand With New Point of Presence at Data Vault in Auckland

in Client News, Press Releases

Deployment will provide improved connectivity options to businesses across Auckland and throughout New Zealand AUCKLAND, New Zealand–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Data Vault Auckland, located at 162 Grafton Road, Auckland 1010, New Zealand. Data Vault Auckland provides a highly secure, carrier-neutral environment with access to multiple telecommunications providers and major Internet exchanges. The facility is strategically located in the […]

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Zoning In

Zoning In

in Client News, Milldam Minute, Milldam News

This week delivered one of the sharpest warnings yet that the U.S. data center surge is meeting organized, highly effective community resistance. From Virginia to Georgia, officials are tightening zoning regulations, demanding water and power disclosures, and pausing approvals as residents push back against diesel generators, rising utility costs, and closed-door negotiations. In a major shift, the Virginia Court of Appeals halted all construction on the PW Digital Gateway pending a citizen-led legal challenge. And […]

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Hurricane Electric Expands Global Network With New Point of Presence at FiberState SLC1 in Salt Lake City

Hurricane Electric Expands Global Network With New Point of Presence at FiberState SLC1 in Salt Lake City

in Client News

Deployment will provide improved connectivity options to businesses throughout the Intermountain West SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that it has established a new Point of Presence (PoP) at FiberState SLC1, a premier carrier-neutral data center located at 106 E 13200 S, Draper, UT. FiberState provides a highly interconnected and scalable environment with direct access to multiple carriers and cloud providers. The facility is strategically positioned to serve customers […]

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Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas Participates in EUCI’s Data Center & Utility Conference

Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas Participates in EUCI’s Data Center & Utility Conference

in Client News, Milldam News

Earlier this week, Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas presented in Denver at EUCI’s Data Center Project Development Due Diligence for Utilities & Developers, where he spoke about the increasingly critical role of community relations in data center development. Adam’s session focused on how thoughtful, proactive engagement can reduce risk, build trust, and create smoother pathways for both developers and utilities—especially as projects face heightened scrutiny at the local level. Adam also joined the event’s concluding panel with […]

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Zoning In

Zoning In

in Client News, Milldam Minute, Milldam Monthly

Communities across the country intensified their pushback against large data center projects this week, led by a viral TikTok in Kenosha that quickly grew into a 20,000-signature petition opposing Microsoft’s plans. From Illinois to North Carolina, residents raised fresh concerns about water use, noise, land conversion, and a lack of transparency, often learning about massive developments only after key decisions had already been made. Several reports highlighted how nondisclosure agreements and limited public disclosure continue […]

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Zoning In

Zoning In

in Client News, Milldam Minute, Milldam Monthly

This week’s Zoning In tracks a surge of community protests, legal reversals, and ballot-box consequences. In Virginia, residents again rallied against new facilities and Dominion’s six-mile transmission line just as the Digital Gateway project won a temporary reprieve in court — and data centers became a defining issue in statewide elections. Across Springdale, PA and Ypsilanti, MI, environmental justice and transparency debates are reshaping how local leaders weigh promises of investment against noise, water, and […]

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Adam Waitkunas Catches Up With Bisnow About What Virginia’s Election Means For The Data Center Industry

Adam Waitkunas Catches Up With Bisnow About What Virginia’s Election Means For The Data Center Industry

in Client News, Milldam News

In a post-election analysis, Bisnow spotlighted how data centers became an unexpected flashpoint in Virginia’s 2025 statewide races—culminating in Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger’s win and renewed scrutiny on energy costs, siting, and who pays for grid upgrades. Adam Waitkunas told Bisnow the industry should view Virginia as a warning shot, noting that the record levels of data center–centric advertising during the campaign underscore just how politicized the sector has become. Check out the full article at […]

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Reflections on One Year of Zoning In

Reflections on One Year of Zoning In

in Milldam Minute

12 Months That Made One Thing Clear: Data Center Community Engagement Is No Longer Optional –Adam Waitkunas What’s Changed—and What Developers Must Do Next Twelve months ago, we launched Zoning In to track the fast-evolving intersection of data centers, land use, and community relations. In that time, the landscape has only grown hotter: opposition is more organized, hearing rooms are packed, and narratives are shifting to include transparency, ownership structures, private equity, and even debates […]

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