1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (863+ words) This story was originally published by NC Newsline. A new poll from Elon University shows a majority of North Carolinians are now opposed to data centers in their communities. The increasing resistance comes as data center developers push to add…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (1296+ words) • An overflow crowd went to Monday’s City Council meeting for a public hearing on the city’s proposed data center rules. • Several data center critics were told to leave for disrupting the meeting. • Councilmember Deno Hondros said the council should visit…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (966+ words) • Members of the Fayetteville City Council visited big data centers in Virginia in late July. • The city’s regulations would allow data centers in industrial areas, and ban them from residential areas. • Cumberland County commissioners are holding community meetings to get…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (556+ words) This story was originally published by NC Newsline. A pro-data center lobbying group has poured $367,272 into an advertising campaign in North Carolina touting the economic and business benefits of data centers. The industry is facing an uphill publicity battle in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (385+ words) About 20 people rallied in front of Fayetteville City Hall on Wednesday, demanding the N.C. General Assembly ban data centers and urging people to sign a petition calling for the ban. “For months now, we have made it clear to our local…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1191+ words) • The tour visited Advanced Internet Technologies in Fayetteville, and two facilities in Research Triangle Park. • Councilmembers are researching data centers as they consider whether to temporarily halt their construction and what sort of regulations to impose on them. Six members…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (723+ words) • The moratorium applies to unincorporated areas of Cumberland County. • It expires December 15. • Despite this moratorium, one or more data centers are looking inside the Fayetteville city limit—out of reach of the county’s ban. A moratorium on data center projects…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (320+ words) Cumberland County leaders will again on Thursday consider imposing a moratorium on the construction of data centers. They meet at 3 p.m. in the County Courthouse. This comes as the City of Fayetteville moves closer to enacting regulations that would set the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1013+ words) • Since September, three new data centers have been publicly discussed for Cumberland County. • The latest proposed project would be built in an industrial park and power artificial intelligence services. • The Fayetteville Public Works Commission said the proposed moratorium on data…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (654+ words) • The data center moratorium lists a start date of Monday, but that is subject to change. • A legal ad says it would be a minimum of 60 days, but otherwise, no length or end date is listed in the proposal. The…...