May 19, 2026 – Good news: the Barnes County Commission just voted for a 6-month moratorium on data centers. This gives the county time to set up guidelines before big tech companies try to move in. Read the News Dakota article Barnes County Commission places moratorium on data centers.
May 14, 2026 – This proposed mega data center in Utah would need more power than the entire state uses right now and it could literally change the local climate. Read The Salt Lake Tribune article ‘So much worse that I even thought’: Utah’s ‘hyperscale’ data center could create massive heat island near Great Salt Lake.
May 14, 2026 – Summit is now considering a reroute to a storage site in Wyoming, leaving the future of the North Dakota portion of the project completely unclear. Read the North Dakota Monitor article Summit carbon pipeline rerouted to storage site in Wyoming; North Dakota future unclear.
May 12, 2026 – “Data centers take over the landscape, bring air and noise pollution, and guzzle as much as 2 million gallons of water a day.” Read the Sierra article Data centers have a PFAS problem.
May 12, 2026 – A Georgia community is raising serious questions after a massive data center reportedly used nearly 30 million gallons of water during drought conditions while residents dealt with low water pressure. Dakota communities deserve transparency before projects move forward, not after problems show up. Read the New York Post article Georgians outraged after data center drains 30M gallons of water amid drought conditions
May 11, 2026 – Data centers are moving fast in North Dakota and communities are being asked to make huge decisions with very little information. Read the North Dakota Monitor story Data center dilemma: Who should decide where they go in North Dakota?
May 8, 2026 – North Dakotans deserve to know what these data center deals are really costing us. New research shows North Dakota is keeping the cost of data center tax breaks hidden from the public. Read the Public News Service article New research finds ND keeps data center tax breaks hidden.
April 30, 2026 – There’s a mix of good and bad coming out of the Farm Bill fight right now. Read the USA Today article House passes farm bill without controversial pesticides provision.