Community concerns.

Power and electric rates · Other

Union of Concerned Scientists requested disclosure of evidence supporting Hyperion's projected power needs and economic claims, citing potential ratepayer consequences. Its July release described a disclosure order; Louisiana Illuminator later reported Meta's appeal. These are attributed accounts, not an independently inspected current order, actual bill result or final commission decision.

Record status: Unknown. The current original commission disposition is unknown in this bounded review. The July disclosure order and later appeal are attributed source accounts; a scheduled vote is not a completed decision. No actual current disclosure compliance, final infrastructure approval or ratepayer impact was verified.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 14, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The July release refers to a Friday order without an independently inspected original order establishing its exact day. Later outlet-reported appeal filing and scheduled vote days are not guessed from publication. The original UCS release is dated July 14, 2026. Louisiana Illuminator separately published the appeal account August 11; neither is substituted for an unknown original order or filing date.

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Air and generators

Louisiana Illuminator reported Sierra Club's objections to the emissions calculations and permit classification for Hyperion, with requests for monitoring and a hearing. The report also includes Meta's differing compliance position. These are outlet-reported concerns and company statements, not independently inspected agency findings or measured operating emissions.

Record status: Unknown. The current disposition of the reported permit objections, monitoring and hearing requests is unknown in this bounded review. A reported earlier permit revision does not resolve every later objection or establish actual air measurements, current operation or all-permit compliance.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

August 4, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The report refers to comments submitted Thursday, but the original comments are blocked and the exact submission day is not independently verified. No calendar date is inferred from the August4 article. The original Louisiana Illuminator article displays August 4, 2026 publication. That is separate from the unknown original comment submission and later agency outcome dates.

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Air and generators · Water use · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning

The Spokesman-Review reported residents' concerns about backup-generator emissions, water and land affected by transmission expansion associated with Quincy-area data-center growth. The article also describes claimed community benefits and company operating practices. This is area-level reporting, not an independently inspected violation, court disposition, measured exposure or an allegation assigned to every facility.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of these area-level concerns is unknown in this bounded original-report review. Reported historic litigation, one changing air-monitor reading, company practices and agency process descriptions are not independently inspected current violations, procedural outcomes or evidence resolving all concerns.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 26, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The article combines several interviews and prior events without one independently verified exact filing or hearing day. The event date remains unknown; article publication is not substituted. The original article displays July 26, 2026 publication and July 27 update/editorial clarification. Publication is retained separately from all event and source-check dates.

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Noise · Light · Traffic and construction · Air and generators · Power and electric rates

OPB reported residents' noise, light and traffic concerns near Umatilla-area data centers and modeled possible generator emissions during a regional blackout. Its methodology describes assumptions and revised calculations; Amazon disputed the scenario's likelihood. A later governor letter requests a permitting pause for new or expanded facilities. These records do not establish measured exposure, a violation or closure of existing sites.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of the documented nuisance and regional air concerns is unknown in this bounded review. A modeled scenario, company statement or governor's new/expanded-permit pause request does not establish actual outage emissions, independent compliance, implementation for a particular permit or resolution of every existing-site concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 22, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

Interviews and nuisance episodes have no independently established exact event day. The October 9 date belongs to a separate original statewide policy letter, not a nuisance occurrence, outage or site enforcement action. The item event date remains unknown. The investigation and method display July 22, 2026 publication; the investigation was updated July 23. The separate current report is published October 13 and updated October 14. Original governor letter is dated October 9, but its first public PDF posting day is unknown.

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Water quality and discharge · Water use · Other

U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman requested information from Meta about a reported Cheyenne reclaimed-water incident, contractor discharges and public communication. The utility's separate advisory described an unnamed industrial discharge source. These are documented questions and source accounts, not Atlas findings of causation, drinking-water contamination or a final case outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The current outcome of the information request and underlying discharge dispute is unknown in this bounded review. Company challenges, requested hearing or refund and scheduled reuse-irrigation resumption do not establish a final ruling, individual permit reinstatement, measured health impact or resolution of every concern.

Event date

July 9, 2026

Source publication date

July 9, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original signed letter is dated July 9, 2026 and the official release reports the request that day. Earlier incident and permit actions have separate dates; no exact appeal filing or later disposition day is inferred. The official release is published July 9, 2026. First public posting of the signed letter is unknown. WyoFile published the later company-position report July 20; that day is not the original appeal publication or filing day.

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Noise · Light · Air and generators · Traffic and construction · Land use and zoning

Wisconsin Public Radio reported a lawsuit alleging noise at Microsoft's Fairwater facility in Mount Pleasant, alongside separate construction-dust, light and traffic concerns elsewhere on the campus. This is an outlet report of allegations and community questions, not an independently inspected court filing, measured impacts or a current compliance finding.

Record status: Unknown. The present lawsuit disposition and outcome of the documented concerns are unknown in this bounded review. Microsoft's statements about mitigation and ordinance compliance are company positions, not independently checked measurements, a final case decision or resolution of all campus construction concerns.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 2, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The report describes a Wednesday lawsuit filing but no independently inspected original complaint or exact filing date was established in this bounded review. Event date remains unknown; a day was not inferred from the publication calendar. The original WPR report was published July 2, 2026. The selected company update is explicitly dated July 20; earlier June 18 and April updates are separate statements. The exact first creation date of the changing company page is unknown.

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Water quality and discharge · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Traffic and construction

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection announced a unilateral enforcement order after stormwater inspections at Monarch Cloud Campus. The agency recorded sediment-control deficiencies, required corrective work and restricted land disturbance in a separate drainage area. These are the agency's published findings and directions; current corrective completion and the later enforcement outcome were not verified.

Record status: Unknown. The current enforcement disposition is unknown in this bounded review. The agency announced required corrective work and a restriction limited to a separate drainage area. Its release does not verify that all corrections were completed, that work resumed, that the whole campus closed or that later air and wetland applications resolved this enforcement matter.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 14, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The July 14, 2026 agency announcement says an order had been issued but does not provide its exact issuance day. July 11 is the reported rainfall event, not an assumed order date. The event date therefore remains unknown. The original agency release displays July 14, 2026 publication. Independent original reporting was published July 15. Those days are separate from the unknown exact order issuance date and any later corrective-action verification.

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 use · Heat · Noise · Light · Other

Indian Wells Valley Domestic Well Owner's Association filed an objection to the RB Inyokern exemption application, raising water-supply, waste-heat, noise, night-lighting and electromagnetic-interference concerns and requesting a comprehensive environmental review. These are the association's concerns, not verified measurements, agency findings or independently confirmed statements from the Navy.

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

July 13, 2026

Source publication date

July 13, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The agency wrapper records submission and docket filing on July 13, 2026. The attached association letter is dated July 11; that letter date is not substituted for the recorded filing day. The retained original CEC docket wrapper gives the publication date, distinct from the source-check date.

Raised or recorded by Indian Wells Valley Domestic Well Owner's Association.

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 · Air and generators · Noise · Power and electric rates · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Other

Southern Environmental Law Center questioned Project Marvel's public-records transparency and potential water, power, air, noise and wildlife impacts. The group reported obtaining a non-disclosure agreement after threatening litigation. These are the group's account and concerns, not a court ruling, an independently inspected filed lawsuit or measured harm.

Record status: Unknown. The current public-records and underlying environmental-concern outcomes are unknown in this bounded review. The group's account of receiving an agreement does not establish a court finding, complete disclosure, permit outcome or resolution of every concern.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 13, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The release does not establish an exact document-production or litigation filing day. The date remains unknown; a threat to sue is not treated as an accomplished court filing. The original group release is dated July 13, 2026. It is publication of the group's position, not a verified original agreement execution or production day.

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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Air and generators

Georgia Public Broadcasting reported that Georgia EPD warned VoltaGrid about likely air-rule violations and a construction pause at the generation project serving Serverfarm in Covington. This is the outlet's account of the warning and a historical response deadline. The original agency letter and later enforcement outcome were not independently verified in this review.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of this documented concern has not been established by the bounded source review. A related permit issuance does not by itself resolve an earlier allegation.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

July 7, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The article describes a later agency letter but does not give its exact day in the body. The event date remains unknown; a linked filename is not an independently reviewed letter date. The original article displays July 7, 2026 publication and July 8 update. Publication stays July 7, separate from the unknown agency event day and October source check.

Raised or recorded by Georgia Public Broadcasting.

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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Land use and zoning

American Battlefield Trust reported that QTS withdrew its remaining Supreme Court appeal in the Digital Gateway rezoning dispute. The earlier Court of Appeals opinion affirmed invalidation of the Compass, Digital Gateway North and Digital Gateway South rezonings for public-notice defects. This entry records the appeal and its reported withdrawal, not an environmental finding.

Record status: Withdrawn. American Battlefield Trust reported QTS's withdrawal of its remaining Supreme Court appeal on July 2, 2026. This disposition describes that appeal, not every possible future proposal or an Atlas finding about environmental effects.

Event date

July 2, 2026

Source publication date

July 2, 2026

Disposition date

July 2, 2026

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The party release reports the withdrawal on July 2, 2026; the earlier court opinion is dated March 31, 2026. The original party release is dated July 2, 2026. The linked outlet response account is dated July 3.

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Air and generators

Southern Environmental Law Center requested an investigation and enforcement action concerning alleged construction before air permits at VoltaGrid and the adjacent Serverfarm ATL2 development, on behalf of itself, Sustainable Newton and Altamaha Riverkeeper. This records the groups' allegations and request, not an agency finding, filed lawsuit or verified present compliance outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The later disposition of this documented concern has not been established by the bounded source review. A related permit issuance does not by itself resolve an earlier allegation.

Event date

June 25, 2026

Source publication date

July 1, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The published letter is dated June 25, 2026. The actual delivery or agency receipt day is not independently established. The organization release is dated July 1, 2026 and links the letter. A first public posting day for the PDF itself is unknown.

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

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy reported its challenge to Faribault's environmental review of the Archer proposal, raising questions about noise, generator emissions, electricity and water. The city records a June 8, 2026 appellate return for more information or an environmental impact statement and a later supplemental-review extension. These source accounts do not establish measured impacts or a final project approval.

Record status: Unknown. The present disposition of the full challenge and underlying concerns is unknown in this bounded review. The city records the June 8 procedural return and a July 14 extension through March 31, 2027 for supplemental review. That account does not establish a final supplemental determination, an ordered full impact statement, current project approval or resolution of every concern.

Event date

June 8, 2026

Source publication date

June 29, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original city chronology and litigant update both identify June 8, 2026 as the appellate ruling date. The exact earlier appeal-filing day was not independently established; the outcome event is separate from the later update publication. The original litigant case update displays June 29, 2026 publication. The changing city project page has no independently established first publication day; its dated actions are not page-publication dates.

Raised or recorded by Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy.

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

Georgia Environmental Protection Division issued air permit 7374-217-0079-S-01-0 for the ATL2 data center emergency generators at 10835 Hazelbrand Road. The signed permit and agency narrative document a conditional air authorization, not verified operation, all local approvals or disposition of earlier construction allegations. The narrative records Sierra Club comments about generator controls and grid planning, alongside the agency's responses.

Record status: Resolved. Georgia Environmental Protection Division issued the named air permit. Resolved applies only to this permit action; the outcome of earlier construction allegations, actual operation and present compliance are not established.

Event date

June 29, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

June 29, 2026

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The signed original permit cover and current agency registry identify June 29, 2026 as issuance. This is not an opening or all-permit completion date. The current registry labels an issuance date. A first public posting date for this permit or its evolving narrative is not established, so publication stays unknown.

Raised or recorded by Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

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 · Water quality and discharge · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Traffic and construction · Land use and zoning · Heat

Third Act Nevada reported that it joined Water Over Data Alliance in raising questions about the Keystone project's cooling design, electricity, generator air, noise, construction hours and heat. Reno later published answers to project questions. These are documented group concerns and city responses, not independently established violations or measured impacts.

Record status: Unknown. The present disposition of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. The city published answers and described planned noise controls and review procedures; those accounts do not establish that all questions were resolved, actual operating measurements or a final determination on every allegation.

Event date

June 25, 2026

Source publication date

June 26, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original group article expressly identifies June 25, 2026 as its joint action with Water Over Data Alliance. This is separate from earlier permit approval and later city FAQ updates. The original group article displays June 26, 2026 publication. The city PDF is updated July 28 with earlier dated additions, but its exact first publication date is unknown; update labels and URL timestamps are not first posting dates.

Raised or recorded by Third Act Nevada.

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 · Noise

South Carolina Department of Environmental Services announced a June 25 public hearing and availability session for Valara's compute-center proposal. SC Daily Gazette subsequently reported residents' air and generator-noise questions about the NorthMark/Valara development. These records document a comment process, not measured emissions, present compliance or a verified final permit outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The present original permit and appeal outcomes are unknown in this bounded review. Southern Environmental Law Center reported subsequent permit approval and an October 16 appeal. The original signed permit and court docket were not inspected; that party account is not a final judicial ruling or resolution of every concern.

Event date

June 25, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The agency explicitly schedules June 25, 2026 and the June 26 original report describes the hearing as having occurred. The hearing date is separate from an application, final permit or later utility proceeding. The event page has no independently established first publication day. June 25 is the hearing date; June 26 is publication of the separate outlet report, not an issued permit day.

Raised or recorded by South Carolina Department of Environmental Services.

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 · Health

Residents filed a federal complaint alleging noise, vibration and nuisance impacts from the Southaven power plant serving xAI facilities. They requested damages and injunctive relief. The complaint concerns the generating plant, separate from nearby data-center buildings; these are allegations and requests, not court findings or awarded relief.

Record status: Unknown. The current court disposition is unknown in this bounded review. The proposed class is not independently verified as certified; requested damages and injunction are not awarded relief. Company accounts of partial motions or dismissal of one party do not establish dismissal of the whole case.

Event date

June 8, 2026

Source publication date

Not established

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The original document 1 court stamp and dated signature both identify June 8, 2026. That is the complaint filing date, separate from the unknown later disposition. First public posting of the filed complaint and undated company letter is unknown. Mississippi Free Press published the later article September 25, 2026; that day is not substituted for company-letter publication.

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Air and generators · Traffic and construction · Power and electric rates

WVPE reported dust, construction-truck and backup-generator questions about Microsoft's Granger project, following earlier reporting on electricity rates and reliability. It described county officials' monitoring and dust-control accounts. These are attributed reports and plans, not independently measured conditions, a published formal complaint case or a resolved compliance finding.

Record status: Unknown. The later outcome of the documented concerns is unknown in this bounded review. County monitoring accounts and company plans do not establish measured air conditions, completed mitigation, the outcome of individual complaints or current compliance.

Event date

Not established

Source publication date

May 30, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The reports describe several panel and county meetings. A single independently checked exact concern-event day is not established for this combined report item. The company separately identifies a May 19, 2026 open house, not a formal agency hearing. The later original WVPE report was published May 30, 2026; background reporting was published February 19. The company recap was first published May 20, separate from its May 19 meeting. The exact first publication day of the linked company PDF remains unknown.

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Noise · Water use · Land use and zoning · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Health · Other

Ocean State Media reported residents' noise, water, conservation-land and quality-of-life concerns about the Hanton City proposal at Smithfield's May 5, 2026 meeting. It reported different developer and town views on how zoning would apply after the local ordinance change. The underlying application, ordinance and later court outcome were not independently reviewed; the article does not establish a denied or permanently cancelled project.

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

May 5, 2026

Source publication date

May 13, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The event is the exact dated original public record. The displayed original publication day is recorded separately from the event and source check.

Raised or recorded by Ocean State Media.

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

Johnson County Post via KCUR reported residents raised water, noise, air and property-value concerns about Beale Infrastructure's Gardner proposal. The outlet reported that the company withdrew the application after the city said it would provide no incentives. The nearby De Soto and Spring Hill projects are separate.

Record status: Withdrawn. Johnson County Post via KCUR reported withdrawal of this Gardner application. The City of Gardner separately reported the withdrawal in a statement published May 6, 2026. These sources do not establish that every concern was resolved or that future proposals are barred.

Exact disposition date is not established by either source. The city statement was published May 6, 2026 and the news report May 7; these publication dates are not substituted for the withdrawal-action day.

Event date

May 4, 2026

Source publication date

May 7, 2026

Disposition date

Not established

Concern sources checked

October 18, 2026

The article explicitly identifies the council meeting date; it is not the source-check date. The original news article displays May 7, 2026 as publication. The separate city statement displays May 6, 2026. These are publication dates, not an inferred withdrawal-action day.

Raised or recorded by Johnson County Post via KCUR.

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