Governor Hochul signed the first statewide data center moratorium, pausing permits above 50 MW and directing regulators to make data centers fund their own distributed generation and storage.
Indianapolis advanced strict data center zoning as a third of Indiana counties restrict facilities and Missouri, Arkansas, and Massachusetts weigh moratoriums. Entitlement risk goes jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
As PJM members vote on Reliability Backstop Procurement and Connect and Manage, the real question is who funds the power systems behind AI growth. An interview with NRDC and a commercial real estate read on the cost-allocation fight.
Grid reliability, utility rate hikes, data center demand, and evolving energy policy. Explore the biggest developments shaping commercial real estate, electrification, and energy resilience this week.
Power access defines winners in this week's energy market. Explore how surging utility rate hikes and local data center moratoriums are reshaping property economics, and why onsite generation is becoming a mandatory hedge in today's landscape.
Pennsylvania and Virginia are testing new ways to shift grid-upgrade costs onto large loads. Here is what that means for property owners, planners, and ratepayers.