Community concerns.

Land use and zoning

KIOW reported a county supervisor's account that a landowner was withdrawing from a proposed MCNI data-center land deal. Its earlier report described public opposition and an appealable agricultural-to-industrial rezoning denial. These are the outlet's accounts, not independently inspected land, zoning or appeal records, formal project withdrawal or a final environmental determination.

Record status: Unknown. The later formal application or appeal disposition is unknown in this bounded review. A reported landowner decision about a business deal is distinct from a verified project withdrawal, final agency appeal outcome or resolution of every land-use objection.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

October 17, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The newer report does not establish an exact executed withdrawal, filing or agency event day. The earlier relative Wednesday vote description is not converted to an unverified exact date. The original current report JSON-LD records October 17, 2026 publication and a later same-day modification. The earlier report is dated September 10, 2026. Neither substitutes for an unverified formal filing day.

Raised or recorded by KIOW.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Air and generators · Health

Southern Environmental Law Center reported filing a request for a contested-case hearing on Valara's air permit, alleging errors in emissions calculations and public participation. It requested remand and restrictions on turbine construction. These are counsel's account, allegations and requested relief, not court findings or an independently inspected injunction.

Record status: Unknown. The current court disposition is unknown in this bounded review. Counsel reported filing a request; the requested remand and construction restriction are not an order, verified injunction or final merits outcome.

Event date

October 16, 2026

Source publication date

October 16, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The counsel release expressly states that it filed the request that day, October 16, 2026. This is the filing counsel's stated date; no independent court stamp or docket acceptance was inspected. The original counsel release is explicitly dated October 16, 2026. Publication of the actual filed request packet and an original signed permit was not established.

Raised or recorded by Southern Environmental Law Center.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Water use · Land use and zoning

Oklahoma Public Media Exchange reported Osage tribal officials' questions about water and consultation for Google's proposed Project Spring in Sand Springs. An October follow-up reported that a separate tribal-approval bill did not become law. These are outlet accounts; that legislative outcome does not establish project approval or resolution of the water questions.

Record status: Unknown. The present mineral-lease and project disposition and outcome of the documented water questions are unknown in this bounded review. OPMX reported that a separate approval-authority bill did not become law. That report is not a verified project approval, denial, final lease decision or resolution of every concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

October 16, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The reports describe several interviews, council discussions and legislative actions without one independently inspected exact concern-event day for this item. Event date remains unknown; neither an interview nor a source-check day is substituted. The original OPMX follow-up was published October 16, 2026; its earlier water and consultation report was published June 25. The project page displays a January 14 update, but its exact first publication date is unknown.

Raised or recorded by Oklahoma Public Media Exchange.

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Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Health

Communities for a Better Environment and Center for Biological Diversity filed comments disputing separate review of adjacent generator facilities and requesting analysis of cumulative air emissions, energy demand and public health for Goodman Energy Park. The groups' arguments and predictions are not agency findings, verified health effects or an Atlas decision to merge facilities.

Record status: Unknown. The individual comment outcome has not been established by this bounded original-source review. A project-page process label is not its disposition.

Event date

September 4, 2026

Source publication date

September 4, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The retained original filing or effective order provides this exact event date. The retained original CEC docket wrapper gives the publication date, distinct from the source-check date.

Raised or recorded by Communities for a Better Environment and Center for Biological Diversity.

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Power and electric rates · Water use · Water quality and discharge · Noise

Scioto Post reported continued council discussion of power use, water consumption, wastewater and noise concerns about a possible data center at the former Chillicothe paper mill. The article also reported a council member describing utility staff projections; those positions are not measured impacts or an independently inspected engineering study.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of these reported concerns is not established by this bounded review.

Event date

October 12, 2026

Source publication date

October 13, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original article identifies the October 12, 2026 council session in its embedded-video captions; October 13 is publication. Videos and audio were not reviewed. Scioto Post displays October 13, 2026. The separate identity/context article from The Post displays August 31. Publication days are distinct from the October 12 meeting.

Raised or recorded by Scioto Post.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Noise

City of Aurora acknowledged noise complaints concerning CyrusOne in an update about scheduled electrical maintenance and daytime generator use. The city described ongoing work toward a solution. This public update does not publish individual complaint files or a count, and it does not establish an adjudicated noise violation.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of the city-recorded noise concerns is unknown. The company reports mitigation progress, but no independently verified complaint resolution or measured compliance outcome was established in this bounded review.

Event date

April 23, 2026

Source publication date

April 23, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The event date records the dated city update, not the unknown first complaint or a complaint filing day. The city page displays April 23, 2026. The later company statement is separately dated October 9.

Raised or recorded by City of Aurora.

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Air and generators

Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued a construction air permit for emergency diesel generators, fire-pump engines and associated fuel storage at Warrenton Data Center, effective October 8, 2026, subject to nitrogen-oxide, testing, emergency-use and recordkeeping conditions. The authorization is not a violation finding or evidence of actual startup, measured emissions or delivered computing capacity.

Record status: Unknown. Permit authorization is recorded. The current outcome of the ongoing permit conditions and current compliance is not established by this bounded review; unknown does not withdraw the effective permit or decide underlying public concerns.

Event date

October 8, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

October 8, 2026 is the effective date printed on the signed permit face. It is not inferred to be the first public posting,actual startup or a later compliance determination. The first online publication day is unknown. Permit-face effectiveness,application dates, PDF timestamps and URL folders do not supply that publication day.

Raised or recorded by Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Noise · Heat · Water quality and discharge · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Other

National Fisherman reported fishing, conservation and borough concerns about salmon migration, marine habitat, vessel navigation, heat, noise and public participation in the DeepGreen Cook Inlet proposal. It also reported the company's position that studies would address those questions. The underlying intervention filings and original company interview were not independently reviewed; these are reported concerns and positions, not findings of actual harm.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported progress, future commitments, permit notices or historical project statements do not establish actual impacts, current compliance or resolution of all concerns.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

October 7, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original source reports historical concerns or a developing procedure without one independently verified exact concern-event day; weekday or year-only references are not converted to guessed dates. The displayed original publication day is recorded separately from the event and source check.

Raised or recorded by National Fisherman.

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Power and electric rates

Michigan Environmental Council, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club raised questions about projected ratepayer benefits and proposed stronger cost protections for Google's Van Buren Township project, as summarized in the commission's October 1 order. That order also records DTE Electric's arguments for its contractual protections and conditionally approves the contracts. It does not establish actual future bill impacts.

Record status: Unknown. The commission issued a conditional contract decision, but the later disposition of these documented cost concerns is unknown. Acceptance, revised contracts, subsequent compliance and actual costs were not verified. The order expressly excludes customers who do not pay power-supply costs, including choice customers, from its prohibition on shifting such costs to other customers.

Event date

October 1, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

October 1, 2026 is when the order records the parties' positions. The individual underlying brief and testimony filing days have not been established in this bounded review. The original order and proof of service are dated October 1, 2026. A first public posting date is not independently established and stays unknown.

Raised or recorded by Michigan Environmental Council, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Noise · Water use · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning

WLRN Public Media reported residents' concerns about water, noise, electric costs and land-use compatibility at Project Tango. Its July report describes denial of an expansion, and its October follow-up explains that earlier approvals and a possible future application remain distinct. This records the outlet's account, not verified technical effects, an independently inspected county order or the resolution of every concern.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of the documented environmental concerns is unknown in this bounded review. The outlet-reported expansion denial is distinct from earlier approvals and possible future applications, and does not establish measured harm, safety, present compliance or resolution of each concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 16, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The initial report describes the county hearing and vote in relative terms. This item does not substitute its publication day for an independently checked exact meeting or filing day. The original report displays July 16, 2026 publication; the distinct follow-up displays October 1, 2026. These outlet dates do not establish an original county-order or company-statement publication day.

Raised or recorded by WLRN Public Media.

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Air and generators · Power and electric rates

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection published a public-comment process for Monarch's proposed off-grid power facility under application R14-0042. The notice schedules October 20 and October 29, 2026 meetings, with written comments due October 30. This is a preliminary air-permit review, not an issued permit, completed hearing or measured-air finding.

Record status: Pending. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection published a preliminary review and future comment opportunities for R14-0042. Pending applies only to that named air application; no signed final permit, current generation, project operation or resolution of earlier enforcement was verified.

Event date

April 17, 2026

Source publication date

September 29, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original notice expressly identifies April 17, 2026 as the air application date. October 20 and October 29 are scheduled future meetings; they have not been treated as completed events. The original agency notice displays September 29, 2026 publication. That is separate from the earlier application date, future comment deadlines and any later final permit decision.

Raised or recorded by West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Water quality and discharge · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection published a joint comment opportunity for Monarch State Waters applications SWP-26-0002 and SWP-26-0003, concerning proposed wetland impacts for two named campus projects. The notice schedules an October 26, 2026 meeting and comment deadline. This counts one paired public-notice process, not two verified buildings or a finding of actual environmental damage.

Record status: Pending. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection published a comment opportunity for the paired State Waters applications through October 26, 2026. Pending applies to that process only; mitigation-credit plans do not establish final issuance, completed restoration, actual wetland effects or resolution of separate stormwater enforcement.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

September 29, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

Exact filing dates for the two State Waters applications were not established in the read notice. October 26, 2026 is a scheduled future workshop, meeting and comment deadline, not an event already held. The original combined agency notice was published September 29, 2026. It distinguishes the State Waters process from separate air meetings and the October 30 air deadline; the publication date is not an application or issuance date.

Raised or recorded by West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Noise · Water use · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Health

Residents raised concerns about electricity costs, water, noise, pollution, health and wildlife at the July 27, 2026 Hawesville public-comment meeting, as recorded by the Kentucky Public Service Commission. Its later approval addresses the electric-service agreement and requires further filings. That tariff approval does not itself establish measured environmental conditions or resolve every concern.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of the documented environmental and nuisance concerns is unknown in this bounded review. The PSC approved the electric-service agreement within its stated rates-and-terms scope. Later company modeling and a demolition monitoring plan are not independent measured compliance, agency adoption of technical conclusions or evidence that every public concern was resolved.

Event date

July 27, 2026

Source publication date

August 21, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original final order expressly records that the public comment meeting occurred July 27, 2026. This is separate from the August 21 order, earlier scheduled meeting locations and later company filing/preparation dates. The actual public docket posts the final order August 21, 2026; the original signed entry page independently gives that day. Later company noise publication August 27 and demolition-air-plan publication September 28 are separately bound to the post-case table.

Raised or recorded by Residents.

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Air and generators

Indiana Department of Environmental Management published a draft air-permit notice for Amazon Data Services in Wheatfield. Its later notices schedule a November 10, 2026 hearing following a hearing request and comments, and extend comments through November 16. This documents a pending permit procedure, not an issued permit, completed hearing or finding of measured impacts.

Record status: Pending. Indiana Department of Environmental Management published an extended comment period and scheduled a hearing for the named draft air permit. Pending applies only to that process. Comments are extended through November 16, 2026, with a hearing scheduled for November 10. No final decision, completed hearing, current operation or resolution of every concern was verified.

Event date

September 24, 2026

Source publication date

September 24, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original extension notice expressly identifies September 24, 2026 as the initial notice posting. November 10 is a scheduled future hearing, not an event already held. The initial notice was published September 24, 2026, as confirmed by the original extension and current agency row. Exact first posting days for the hearing and extension documents remain unknown; filenames are not publication dates.

Raised or recorded by Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Water use · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Noise · Light

Center for Biological Diversity filed comments requesting environmental analysis and mitigation for NorthTown, raising generator air emissions, energy demand, water, biological resources, noise and lighting. These are the group's concerns and requests in the exemption proceeding, not agency findings or verified measurements.

Record status: Unknown. The individual comment outcome has not been established by this bounded original-source review. A project-page process label is not its disposition.

Event date

August 20, 2026

Source publication date

August 20, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The retained original filing or effective order provides this exact event date. The retained original CEC docket wrapper gives the publication date, distinct from the source-check date.

Raised or recorded by Center for Biological Diversity.

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Water use

Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of Center for Biological Diversity's emergency mandamus petition involving the State Engineer and lifted its August stay. KANW links the case to non-potable groundwater for Project Jupiter construction. This court outcome does not establish measured water impacts, operational cooling demand or resolution of every water concern.

Record status: Resolved. Supreme Court of New Mexico recorded denial of the named S-1-SC-41580 mandamus request and lifted its prior stay on September 17, 2026. Resolved applies only to that court procedure. No explanatory environmental merits findings, current permits, operational compliance or outcome of the distinct county cases were independently established.

Event date

September 17, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

September 17, 2026

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original September 17, 2026 court filing stamp and signed order establish the decision day for S-1-SC-41580. The prior stay was dated August 23; no petition filing date is invented. The original court PDF first-publication day is unknown. Its signature and court filing dates are decision dates. KANW separately published its report September 23, 2026.

Raised or recorded by Supreme Court of New Mexico.

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Air and generators · Noise · Water use · Power and electric rates

NJ Spotlight News reported a state air-permitting penalty alleging unpermitted generators at DataOne's Vineland development, alongside residents' concerns about noise, water, electricity and air quality. The article includes DataOne's different account of temporary generation and planned fuel cells. The original agency record and later outcome were not independently read in this review, so this remains a news report.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the reported penalty, permit applications and underlying community concerns is unknown in this bounded review. An outlet-reported company intention to apply, temporary generation or future fuel cells is not actual permit issuance, payment, agency withdrawal, current compliance or resolution of every concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

September 23, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The article gives July 29 for a reported inspection, but an independently inspected exact order/penalty issuance date is not established. The item event date stays unknown; a relative Tuesday announcement, reported inspection and article publication remain distinct. The original report displays September 23, 2026 publication. The independently read company project page is undated; neither its capture nor the source-check day becomes a publication or agency action date.

Raised or recorded by NJ Spotlight News.

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Noise · Water use · Air and generators · Health · Land use and zoning · Other

New Hampshire Public Radio reported residents' environmental, health and public-information concerns about a possible data center at the former Merrimack Station in Bow. The article also records public support and the town chair's statement that no application had been received at publication. These are reported public positions, not findings about a built facility or a current permit decision.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. Reported progress, future commitments, permit notices or historical project statements do not establish actual impacts, current compliance or resolution of all concerns.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

September 23, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original source reports historical concerns or a developing procedure without one independently verified exact concern-event day; weekday or year-only references are not converted to guessed dates. The displayed original publication day is recorded separately from the event and source check.

Raised or recorded by New Hampshire Public Radio.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Water quality and discharge · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality published a notice seeking comments on the Stamey Farm Road / Compass water-quality certification application and proposed effects on streams and wetlands. Its pages list different October 2026 comment deadlines. The announced hearing is not independently verified as held, and the application's later outcome and applicable deadline remain unconfirmed.

Record status: Unknown. The current certification disposition and actual hearing outcome are unknown in this bounded review. The reminder gives October 28 for written comments while the event page gives October 27; the applicable deadline is unconfirmed. A prospective notice is not an issued certification, observed stream/wetland impact or resolution of public concerns.

Event date

September 21, 2026

Source publication date

September 21, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

September 21, 2026 is the agency's dated reminder publication/notice event, not the later scheduled hearing. Whether the September 28 hearing actually occurred was not independently verified; future comment deadlines are not accomplished events. The original reminder displays September 21, 2026 publication. First publication of the changing event page is unknown; its August 29 start and October 27 end are scheduled range labels, not independently verified first-posting or disposition days.

Raised or recorded by North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Water use · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater

Boise State Public Radio reported Sierra Club's concerns about water, electricity, wildlife habitat and use of public land for the Rhea Data proposal near Blacks Creek Reservoir. The article also records BLM's account of plans for public input. These are reported concerns and agency statements, not an independently inspected final environmental review, actual resource impacts or a granted project approval. All later permit and public-comment outcomes are unknown in this review.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the documented concerns and original federal review is unknown in this bounded report review. Anticipated future scoping and promised public input do not establish a completed review, permit approval, resource measurement or resolution of every concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

September 21, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The article reports interviews and a newly reported proposal without one independently verified exact concern filing or hearing day. Monday/Friday references are not converted to guessed event dates; the event remains unknown. The original article displays September 21, 2026 at 3:43 p.m. MDT. Publication is separate from unverified application, interview and future scoping dates.

Raised or recorded by Boise State Public Radio.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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