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What Is “Foreign Inauthentic Activity”?Read the postSeptember 14, 2026 · Architect Digital · ExplainerA plain-English explainer on fake accounts, engagement farms and state influence operations in the data-center debate, with a reading list of the platform disclosures, independent research and reporting.The New Carlisle Data Center Fight: Amazon, Water, and a Rural Indiana CountyRead the postSeptember 11, 2026 · Architect Digital · New Carlisle, INAt a St. Joseph County Drainage Board meeting this spring, the room filled with farmers who wanted to know one thing: what happens to their water.Coweta County's Data Center Fight: What Project Sail Means for Rural GeorgiaRead the postSeptember 10, 2026 · Architect Digital · Coweta County, GAIn May 2026, a group of Coweta County residents, farmers, and landowners walked into the county's Superior Court and asked a judge to undo a decision their commissioners had already made.Prince William Data Center Fight: How the Digital Gateway Became the Largest Project to Collapse in CourtRead the postSeptember 9, 2026 · Architect Digital · Prince William, VAIn December 2023, the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors sat through more than a full day of public comment before voting, just after dawn, to approve what backers called the largest data center corridor in the world.Fort Worth's Data Center Fight: What the City's 90-Day Moratorium Would DoRead the postSeptember 8, 2026 · Architect Digital · Fort Worth, TXOn August 11, 2026, after a long public hearing that ran into the night, the Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to begin the process of enacting a 90-day moratorium on new data centers, a temporary pause on building them.Data Center Tax Breaks, Explained: What Towns Give Up and What They GetRead the postSeptember 7, 2026 · Architect Digital · Tax BreaksWhen a company proposes a large data center in a small county, one of the first documents that changes hands is not a blueprint.What Hyperscale Means, and Why These Data Center Campuses Keep Getting BiggerRead the postSeptember 6, 2026 · Architect Digital · HyperscaleOn the evening of December 18, 2025, the auditorium of the Colleton County civic center in South Carolina was full.Tonganoxie's Data Center Fight: What Project Bluestem Means for a Small Kansas TownRead the postSeptember 5, 2026 · Architect Digital · Tonganoxie, KSOn the night of August 5, 2026, the Leavenworth County Commission voted 3 to 2 to let a 90-day pause on data center applications expire, clearing a path for a project called Bluestem on farmland just south of Tonganoxie, Kansas.Nottingham, New Hampshire Votes to Pause Data Centers: What the Moratorium MeansRead the postSeptember 4, 2026 · Architect Digital · Nottingham, NHOn the evening of Tuesday, September 9, 2026, residents of Nottingham, New Hampshire walked into a special town meeting and did something that leaves little room for interpretation.Why Data Centers Use So Much Water and Electricity, ExplainedRead the postSeptember 3, 2026 · Architect Digital · Water & ElectricityA plain-English guide to the two resources at the center of nearly every data center fight: the power that runs the servers, and the water that keeps them cool. September 2026.Eloy and the La Osa Data Center: Why Pinal County Rejected One of Arizona's Largest Proposed CampusesRead the postSeptember 2, 2026 · Architect Digital · Eloy, AZOn the morning of August 26, so many people came to the Pinal County government complex in Florence, Arizona that one room could not hold them.What a Data Center Is, and Why Towns Across America Are Fighting ThemRead the postSeptember 1, 2026 · Architect DigitalA plain-English guide to data centers, the power and water they use, and the local fights they are setting off. September 2026.
