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Read Real Estate Firm Explores Potential Data Center Project in Amherst, Ohio
Cervenka Development Partners is exploring a potential data center project in Amherst, Ohio. The company has applied for a zoning variance to allow data center use on industrial land parcels along ...

Real Estate Firm Explores Potential Data Center Project in Amherst, Ohio

July 22, 2026 Ohio

Cervenka Development Partners is exploring a potential data center project in Amherst, Ohio. The company has applied for a zoning variance to allow data center use on industrial land parcels along Nordson Drive. The request will be reviewed by the City of Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals on July...

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Read Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky
A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maveric...

Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky

July 20, 2026 Kentucky

A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maverick Holdings to potentially acquire a 100-acre site at Gateway Business Park in Letcher County. The...

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Read 20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas
A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid.
The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen...

20MW Data Center Project Proposed in Parsons, Kansas

July 09, 2026 Kansas

A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park for the proposed facility. The agreement allows HyperDataGrid to complete due...

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Read 46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, Iowa
An unnamed company is planning a data center campus on a 46-acre site off Highway 61, south of Maquoketa in eastern Iowa, according to local media reports from WQAD News 8 and KWQC 6.

Maquoketa,...

46-Acre Data Center Campus Planned in Maquoketa, Iowa

July 07, 2026 Iowa

An unnamed company is planning a data center campus on a 46-acre site off Highway 61, south of Maquoketa in eastern Iowa, according to local media reports from WQAD News 8 and KWQC 6. Maquoketa, in eastern Iowa's Jackson County, is being considered for a small- to mid-sized data center campus on...

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Read Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, Missouri
An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approv...

Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, Missouri

June 30, 2026 Missouri

An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approval for a 130-acre development across sites at 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road. The City of St. Joseph...

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Read 900-Acre Data Center Proposed for Salix, Iowa
A 900-acre data center campus could be developed in Salix, Iowa, as MidAmerican evaluates a recently annexed site for the project. In a June 8 letter to the Salix City Council, the energy company s...

900-Acre Data Center Proposed for Salix, Iowa

June 29, 2026 Iowa

A 900-acre data center campus could be developed in Salix, Iowa, as MidAmerican evaluates a recently annexed site for the project. In a June 8 letter to the Salix City Council, the energy company said the 900-acre parcel, bounded by Old Highway 75, 260th Street, and Charles Avenue, is being...

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Read Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development
A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approach...

Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development

June 26, 2026 Chicago

A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approached owner Paul Duggan this year about acquiring the 16-acre Robbins Resource Recovery Center site at...

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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned for Kansas
A proposed gigawatt-scale data center campus in Kansas could cover up to 1,000 acres in Emporia’s Industrial Park IV. The Flint Hills Digital Campus plans to use a combination of dedicated grid inf...

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned for Kansas

June 22, 2026 Kansas

A proposed gigawatt-scale data center campus in Kansas could cover up to 1,000 acres in Emporia’s Industrial Park IV. The Flint Hills Digital Campus plans to use a combination of dedicated grid infrastructure and on-site power generation, though further details have yet to be released. A proposed...

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Read Iowa Data Center with 1.6MW Capacity Hits Market for $4M
A 1.6MW data center in Ames, Iowa, has been put on the market for $4 million. The 15,510 sq ft (1,440 sqm) facility sits on a 63,655 sq ft (5,915 sqm) site at 1205 Buckeye Avenue and includes two d...

Iowa Data Center with 1.6MW Capacity Hits Market for $4M

June 15, 2026 Iowa

A 1.6MW data center in Ames, Iowa, has been put on the market for $4 million. The 15,510 sq ft (1,440 sqm) facility sits on a 63,655 sq ft (5,915 sqm) site at 1205 Buckeye Avenue and includes two data halls and two diesel generators. Built in 1990, the data center is owned by Employers Mutual...

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Read 340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis
340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis

340,000-Square-Foot Data Center and Office Property Listed for Sale in Downtown St. Louis

June 02, 2026 Missouri

A 340,000-square-foot (31,587 sqm) property combining data center and office space has been listed for sale in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. Situated at 1831 Chestnut Condominium, the six-story building occupies a 4.24-acre site and includes approximately 53,000 square feet (4,923 sqm) dedicated...

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Read $1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected
$1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected

$1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected

May 18, 2026 Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio, has turned down Lakeland Equity Group’s $1.6 billion plan to develop a data center campus. Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced on May 14 that the city had denied the permit for the proposed facility, which was planned for a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St. Lakeland described the...

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Read Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois
Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois

Developer Pulls Proposed Data Center Project in Pekin, Illinois

May 13, 2026 Illinois

Developer Western Hospitality Partners (WHP) has officially withdrawn its proposal to develop a data center in Pekin, Illinois, roughly two months after Mayor Mary Burress announced publicly that the city would not proceed with the project. “This letter shall serve as purchaser’s notice to...

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Read A Utility in Ypsilanti has Placed a One-year Freeze on Providing Electricity to New Data Centers
A Utility in Ypsilanti has Placed a One-year Freeze on Providing Electricity to New Data Centers

A Utility in Ypsilanti has Placed a One-year Freeze on Providing Electricity to New Data Centers

May 11, 2026 Michigan

The primary utility serving Ypsilanti has approved a one-year moratorium on providing water and sewage services to new data center developments. The decision was backed by both the Ypsilanti City Council and the Charter Township Board of Trustees, which voted in favor on March 3 and April 15,...

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Read Developers Submit Plans for $1.6 Billion Data Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Developers Submit Plans for $1.6 Billion Data Center in Cleveland, Ohio

Developers Submit Plans for $1.6 Billion Data Center in Cleveland, Ohio

May 08, 2026 Ohio

Private credit firm Lakeland Equity Group has filed plans for a $1.6 billion data center project in Cleveland, Ohio. The proposal outlines a 150MW campus on a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St, currently owned by trucking company Morabito Enterprises. The development could include three two-story...

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Read Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier
Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier

Columbus Data Center Acquired by Occupier

April 30, 2026 Ohio

Real estate firm Five 9s Digital has sold a data center in Columbus, Ohio, with colocation provider Expedient understood to be the buyer. “Five 9s Digital announced the successful sale of a 6MW single-tenant data center in Columbus, Ohio, to its long-term tenant,” the company said this week....

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Read Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal
Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal

Nobles County Rejects $4bn Data Center Proposal

April 24, 2026 Minnesota

A $4 billion data center project has been rejected by local officials in Nobles County, Minnesota. Renewable energy developer Geronimo Power had been considering a 959-acre site between 200th Street and 190th Street for the development of eight data center buildings totaling 2.5 million sq ft...

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Read $500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis
$500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis

$500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis

April 02, 2026 Indianapolis

A $500 million data center has been approved in Martindale Brightwood, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved Metrobloks’ request to rezone a 14-acre site at 2505 North Sherman Drive for the project.The site, vacant since 1983 and...

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Read RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center
RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center

RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center

March 25, 2026 Minnesota

Singapore-based real estate firm RealVantage is entering digital infrastructure, investing $7 million in a 21MW data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The data center was acquired earlier this year by US firm Cloud Capital and Bahrain’s Arcapita, who plan to expand the site to 31MW. “The...

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Read Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy
Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy

Ohio Republican Urges Data Center to Forgo Tax Subsidy

March 19, 2026 Ohio

Ohio state senator Bernie Moreno has urged the backers of a $136m data center to forgo tax subsidies tied to its planned expansion. In a public letter on Monday, he argued that the economic benefits of expanding the Ark Data Centers campus do not justify the subsidies.The expansion would create...

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Read New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio
New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio

New Data Center Build Confirmed in Adams County, Ohio

March 12, 2026 Ohio

A new data center has been confirmed for Adams County, Ohio, at the former Dayton Power & Light landfill site. According to a regulatory filing from AES Ohio, the proposed operator has requested an initial electricity load of 100MW in 2028, rising to 1.3GW by 2032.Since the filing, the US...

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