
Daily Digest — April 17, 2026
## Hutto Residents File Formal Protests to Force Supermajority Vote on Zydeco Data Center

## Hutto Residents File Formal Protests to Force Supermajority Vote on Zydeco Data Center

## EIA Developing Mandatory Nationwide Survey of Data Center Energy Use

## Maine Legislature Passes First-in-Nation Statewide Data Center Moratorium

## Festus Developer Vows to Defend $6 Billion Data Center Amid Lawsuit and Council Shakeup

## Granbury Residents Sue City Over Data Center Annexation, Allege Open Meetings Violations

## Texas House Committee Launches Multi-Hearing Scrutiny of Data Center Boom

## Port Washington, Wisconsin Voters Approve Referendum Requiring Public Consent for Large Tax Incentives

## Shelbyville City Council Approves $2 Billion Prologis Data Center Project

## Indianapolis Councilor's Home Targeted in Shooting With Anti-Data Center Message

## Ohio Data Center Ban Amendment Clears Ballot Board, Faces 90-Day Signature Drive

## Indianapolis Approves Metrobloks Data Center Despite Community Opposition

## Hermantown Opens Public Comment on Downsized Google Data Center Environmental Review

## Festus, Missouri Approves $6 Billion Data Center Despite Strong Public Opposition
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## Michigan MPSC Approves 1,332 MW of Energy Storage; Denies Rehearing on Saline Data Center

## Apex, NC, Schedules Public Hearing on Data Center Moratorium

## Archbald Borough Council Unanimously Denies 18-Building Data Center Campus

## Google to Break Ground on Botetourt County Data Center Campus

## Independence, Missouri Court Upholds AI Data Center Tax Incentives, Blocks Referendum

## Aurora, Illinois Approves Strict Data Center Regulations as Moratorium Expires