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115 The 300-Plus Bans and Moratoriums Threatening the U.S. Data Center Boom

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Shane Burke @ The Information 3 place · today 12:59 EDT

The 300-Plus Bans and Moratoriums Threatening the U.S. Data Center Boom

Since the start of the year, cities, towns, counties and states across America have slammed the brakes on allowing new data centers in their backyards.

By exhaustively combing through a combination of legal documents and local news reports, The Information has identified more than 300 temporary and permanent bans on data center development that state and local governments throughout the U.S. have passed since 2023, and over 75 more under consideration. The vast majority of those temporary or permanent bans

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