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Bipartisan push stalls US data center projects amid utility concerns

5/26/2026

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Bipartisan opposition is prompting Maryland, Oklahoma and Virginia to pause data center construction pending utility impact assessments.
Governor Janet Mills vetoed Maine’s moratorium but kept a carve-out for a data center already under construction.
Microsoft cancelled a 244-acre data center in Caledonia, Wisconsin after 2,000 residents signed a petition.
Ypsilanti Township’s utility halted water service to data center projects for six months, a move the University of Michigan called discriminatory.

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Bipartisan opposition is prompting Maryland, Oklahoma and Virginia to pause data center construction pending utility impact assessments.
Governor Janet Mills vetoed Maine’s moratorium but kept a carve-out for a data center already under construction.
Microsoft cancelled a 244-acre data center in Caledonia, Wisconsin after 2,000 residents signed a petition.
Ypsilanti Township’s utility halted water service to data center projects for six months, a move the University of Michigan called discriminatory.