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Adam Waitkunas Catches Up With Bisnow on How Power, Politics, and AI Will Shape Data Center Development in 2026

Adam Waitkunas Catches Up With Bisnow on How Power, Politics, and AI Will Shape Data Center Development in 2026

in Client News, Milldam News

Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas recently spoke with Bisnow as part of its annual outlook on the forces shaping data center development in 2026. The wide-ranging piece explores how artificial intelligence, power constraints, capital discipline, and politics are reshaping where and how data centers get built. In the article, Adam highlights a critical shift underway across the industry: community opposition to data centers is no longer an isolated, local entitlement risk. Instead, it is becoming more organized, […]

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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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Bisnow Talks to Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas About The Bipartisan Opposition to Data Centers and The New Challenges for Developers

Bisnow Talks to Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas About The Bipartisan Opposition to Data Centers and The New Challenges for Developers

in Article Placement, Client News, Milldam News, Uncategorized

Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas was recently featured in Bisnow on the rise of bipartisan resistance to Data Center Development. As Adam noted, “untraditional alignments” are forming across the political spectrum, with local communities uniting around shared concerns such as water, diesel emissions, noise, and rural character. While the data center industry has long been accustomed to addressing regulatory hurdles and policy approvals, the current wave of opposition is being driven by something more difficult to navigate: […]

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Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas Talks to Bisnow About Increased Data Center Regulations

Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas Talks to Bisnow About Increased Data Center Regulations

in Article Placement, Client News, Milldam News

As state-level regulations targeting data centers accelerate across the U.S., the industry faces a new wave of political and legislative challenges. From rising energy costs in Georgia to environmental mandates in California, data centers are now firmly in the crosshairs of policymakers. Milldam’s Adam Waitkunas recently spoke with Bisnow’s Dan Rabb about the growing need for data center firms to strengthen their public affairs and government relations strategies. As more states introduce policies that could […]

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Milldam’s President Talks to Bisnow About Data Center Community Relations

Milldam’s President Talks to Bisnow About Data Center Community Relations

in Article Placement, Client News, Uncategorized

Milldam’s president, Adam Waitkunas, recently spoke to Bisnow’s Dan Rabb about the data center industry’s continued challenges with community relations. He also discussed Milldam’s new Data Center Community Relations Service, helping data center developers seamlessly navigate community engagement across North America. You can read the full article here.

Milldam’s President Talks to Bisnow About Data Center Community Relations and Community Engagement

Milldam’s President Talks to Bisnow About Data Center Community Relations and Community Engagement

in Client News, Milldam News, Press Releases

Recently, MPR’s President, Adam Waitkunas spoke with Dan Rabb from Bisnow about the growing opposition to data center developments from various communities. Adam provides some suggestions for strategies and how the industry should be implementing data center community relations and engagement, while educating the general public about data centers. You can read the full Bisnow here Data Center Community Relations Data Center Community Engagement Data Center Government Relations

Bisnow Quotes Milldam President Adam Waitkunas About The Importance of Data Center Community Relations and Engagement

Bisnow Quotes Milldam President Adam Waitkunas About The Importance of Data Center Community Relations and Engagement

in Article Placement, Client News, Milldam News

In a recent article covering the rejection of Amazon’s Northern VA data center project, Milldam’s President Adam Waitkunas is quoted discussing the current perception of data centers and emphasizing how data center projects need to have a community relations aspect to them. From the article: “Community relations is going to have to be the new normal for the data center industry because, especially with the development of the edge, it’s going to be nonstop data center growth,” Waitkunas […]

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Discussing cooling capacity. Photo cred: Data Center Journal

Data Center Community Relations Challenges

in Milldam Minute, Milldam News

See Milldam’s dedicated Data Center Community Relations Service During the past few years, data centers have increased their presence in the suburbs. In response, many local communities are speaking out and resisting this transformation. For example, two cities in Arizona and communities in Virginia, Connecticut and Oregon are complaining and want to stop future data center development. Data center owners and operators must be aware of this and have a strategy for data center community […]

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Bisnow Interviews Milldam President Adam Waitkunas About the Public Perception of Data Centers

Bisnow Interviews Milldam President Adam Waitkunas About the Public Perception of Data Centers

in Article Placement, Client News, Interviews, Milldam News

Local resistance to new data centers is on the rise — and industry insiders tell Bisnow that developers need to start paying attention. Bisnow interviewed Milldam Public Relations President Adam Waitkunas about the perception of data centers. From the article: Experts point to growing public awareness of data centers and their potential impact amid the rapid digital transformation sparked by the coronavirus. Major outlets routinely run stories about the massive amounts of water and power consumed by data centers […]

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