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Great Lakes Data Center Hotlist! · Oct 23, 2026
11 signals changed this week
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Van Buren Township approves Google Project Cannoli final site plan
Van Buren Township
Van Buren Township · Wayne County
Van Buren Township's Planning Commission voted 5-1 on October 14 to approve the final site plan and switching-station plan for the proposed Google Project Cannoli campus. The local site-plan approval is a material entitlement milestone; it does not itself establish that all remaining permits are complete or that the campus is operating.
10/14
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Regulatory
Ohio Supreme Court upholds Lordstown's refusal to process proposed data-center site plan during moratorium
Lordstown
Lordstown · Trumbull County
In a unanimous October 20 decision, the Ohio Supreme Court held that Lordstown was not required to complete site-plan review for Bristolville 25 Developer's proposed four-building data-center complex because the developer had not completed the preliminary steps required for a zoning permit before the village moratorium took effect.
10/20
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AWS presents proposed 18-building Trenton-area campus as local ballot and zoning questions remain
Trenton
Trenton · Butler County
AWS held an October 15 open house on a proposed 18-building computing campus on roughly 600 acres in Madison and St. Clair townships near Trenton. The site remains proposed: AWS has not bought the land, Trenton withdrew its annexation petition, and the company said next steps depend in part on the November 3 vote.
10/15
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Power signal
IURC approves NIPSCO–GenCo affiliate capacity-transfer framework tied to data-center load
Northern Indiana power market
Northern Indiana power market · Statewide
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved Cause 46436 on October 14, a capacity-transfer and affiliate-transfer framework between NIPSCO and NIPSCO Generation. Contemporary reporting identifies the arrangement as part of NIPSCO's data-center power strategy; the approval is regulatory approval of the framework, not construction approval for a specific data-center campus.
10/14
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Regulatory
Bloomington continues hearing on proposed data-center zoning rules
Bloomington
Bloomington · McLean County
At an October 16 special Planning Commission hearing, Bloomington took public testimony on draft data-center rules and continued the hearing to November 16 rather than adopting a recommendation. The draft remains proposed; the Commission is expected to deliberate before any City Council final action.
10/16
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Permitting
Wisconsin settlement requires statewide strategic analysis of data-center impacts
Port Washington
Port Washington · Ozaukee County
A settlement announced October 19 requires the Wisconsin DNR to conduct a statewide strategic analysis of anticipated AI-data-center and supporting-infrastructure impacts. The agreement resolves litigation over DNR permits for the proposed Lighthouse campus in Port Washington; those existing permits remain valid and the settlement does not create a permitting pause.
10/19
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Regulatory
Madison committee reviews a proposed framework that would exclude hyperscale data centers
Madison
Madison · Dane County
Madison staff presented a proposed data-center zoning framework to the Sustainable Madison Committee on October 19. The framework would define size tiers, restrict large facilities to industrial areas, and not allow hyperscale facilities over 100,000 square feet; it is staff guidance under review, not enacted zoning.
10/19
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Google drops tax-abatement request for proposed Hermantown campus
Hermantown
Hermantown · St. Louis County
At the October 19 Hermantown City Council meeting, Google said it would no longer seek abatement for its proposed data-center project and outlined a decommissioning agreement. The campus remains proposed and still requires its special-use-permit and related local decisions.
10/19
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Power signal
Governor Shapiro files to intervene in PPL case over data-center cost allocation
Pennsylvania power market
Pennsylvania power market · Statewide
Governor Josh Shapiro filed an October 15 petition to intervene in a Pennsylvania PUC proceeding challenging PPL Electric Utilities' rate structure, seeking protections against data-center-related cost shifting and reliability risk. The filing is an intervention request, not a final PUC decision or a new rate rule.
10/15
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Permitting
Forward Township receives amended Misty Hollow Energy & Data Campus plans
Forward Township
Forward Township · Butler County
Forward Township received the developer's resubmission for the proposed Misty Hollow Energy & Data Campus on October 15, including revised preliminary land-development and stormwater materials. The plans remain under review; the resubmission is neither a township approval nor construction authorization.
10/15
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Regulatory
Newport Planning Board holds October listening session on future data-center rules
Newport
Newport · Herkimer County
The Town of Newport's Planning Board held the October 15 installment of its scheduled public listening sessions on what role, if any, data centers and commercial crypto mining should have locally. The town's moratorium remains in place; no final zoning rule was adopted through the listening session.
10/15
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