Communities Over Massive Data Centers - Defeating Data Centers Daily
Listings of opposition cases, Data Center Watch tracks grassroots opposition to data center development across the United States.
https://www.datacenterwatch.org/
Amid Rising Local Pushback, U.S. Data Center Cancellations Surged in 2025
A Heatmap Pro review of public records shows that 25 data centers were scrubbed last year after local pushback — four times as many as 2024.
Robinson Meyer- January 12, 2026 https://heatmap.news/politics/data-center-cancellations-2025#
Communities are rising up against data centers — and winning / Local fights against new data
centers are gaining bipartisan support across the US.
https://www.theverge.com/science/841169/ai-data-center-opposition Use: https://archive.ph/WX7fU
The Verge by Justine Calma Dec 19, 2025
Jerome Township, Ohio: Nine-Month Moratorium
Jerome Township, just outside
Columbus, has enacted a nine-month moratorium on new data center
construction, underscoring Ohio’s emergence as a data center hotbed —
and the tensions that come with it. Township trustees emphasized the
move was not anti-data center, but intended to give the community time
to evaluate how rapid growth is affecting residents.
Indianapolis, Indiana, residents push back against data center by unknown company
https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indianapolis-residents-push-back-against-data-center-by-unknown-company?
Indiana
Hancock County commissioners nix data center proposal in Buck Creek Township, July 17, 2025
https://indianaeconomicdigest.net/MobileContent/Most-Recent/Marion/Article/Hancock-County-commissioners-nix-data-center-proposal-in-Buck-Creek-Township/31/202/119480
Indiana
Shelbyville plan commission says 'no' to 429-acre data center project
Shelbyville residents, officials and their possible new neighbor burned the midnight oil Wednesday night to discuss a newly-proposed 429-acre data center. https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/shelbyville-plan-commission-says-no-429-acre-data-center-project-local-news-construction/531-17a451a1-64e7-4023-b5bf-fdeee3f26f4f
Pennsylvania
As Springdale council prepares to vote, residents worry how data center could impact life in town.
More than 75 people packed into the main dining room of the From Italy restaurant in mid-November to
hear a presentation from environmental group Protect PT on data centers. Members of the group filled a
white board with questions from the audience on topics ranging from water use and noise to other
potential uses for the site. https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2025-12-15/springdale-data-center
Ohio
Another municipality near Rickenbacker pauses data center development – the fourth in Central
Ohio Ashville’s moratorium follows similar moves made by Jerome Township and Washington Township
in northwestern part of the region, and South Bloomfield, which is directly west of Ashville.
https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/12/23/ashville-data-center-ban-central-ohio.html
https://archive.ph/2UxUA#selection-855.0-855.98
Tucson, Arizona
In August, the city council in Tucson, Arizona, voted to shelve
an unnamed party’s 290-acre data center
proposal following objections
from residents. In September, Google scrapped plans for a 470-acre site
to
be located in Indiana after protestors mounted signs that read “NO GOOGLE DATA CENTER,” and
voiced concerns about strains on the power grid and loss of farmland.
Caledonia, Wisconsin
Microsoft pulled plans for a data center in Caledonia, Wisconsin, due to the community’s
vocal opposition
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/microsoft-ai-data-center-rejection-vs-support.html
St. Charles, Missouri, places a 1-year pause on data center projects
A Friday vote by the St. Charles City Council to place a one-year moratorium in response to
community pushback on a proposed data center on the city’s west side -- received widespread
pushback from over 5,500 residents The moratorium applies to all potential data center projects and
expansions being considered in the city.Project Cumulus was pulled from the agenda by the developer
before the
city council had a chance to vote on it this past Tuesday. The developer
said it plans to retool
the proposal to address community concerns.
https://www.firstalert4.com/2025/08/23/st-charles-places-1-year-pause-data-center-projects/
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick rejects data center plan following public backlash
https://jerseyvindicator.org/2026/02/21/new-brunswick-rejects-data-center-plan-following-public-backlash/
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CZ8rKUuPU/ Kratovil's post
Reel about the @climaterevolutionnj group: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVRa0ARgdf0/
Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas / New gas plants could
be built to power the company’s largest data center yet.
https://www.theverge.com/news/668934/meta-ai-data-center-gas-energy-climate-sustainability
Use: https://archive.ph/wip/Y7AXa
The Verge by Justine Calma May 17, 2025
Monterey Park, California
Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/california-monterey-park-stop-datacenter-construction
The Guardian, Claire Wangk Sat 7 Feb 2026
Mingo County, West Virginia
Mingo County residents file federal lawsuit against company building power plants, data center in WV
By: Caity Coyne - December 5, 2025
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/12/05/mingo-county-residents-file-federal-lawsuit-against-company-building-power-plants-data-center-in-wv/
West Virginia Watch, Caity Coyne
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