National trends. Opposition keeps spreading through hearings, moratoriums, outright bans (e.g. Lovejoy, GA), lawsuits over noise (Memphis, Wisconsin) and developer suits against local bans (NJ). Residents' top concerns: water, noise, electric rates and transparency. On Sept 30 the U.S. Senate defeated the Ratepayer Protection Act data center bill 57–43 (CNBC).
Caveat: Few genuinely dated-in-24h local items could be verified; only one is marked current. Others are recent background.
Commissioners declined to put a county planning-commission question to voters after Aligned Data Centers bought land in July; residents, especially farmers, were wary of being zoned. (Article published 9/30; vote reported as 'Monday'.)
Commissioners remain split but will revisit a potential moratorium.
Residents packed the municipal building Tuesday night with questions on the Appvion-site proposal.
Sept. 29 joint hearing; concerns focused on natural resources, environment and water supply.
Resident after resident opposed, citing health, environment, water and whether jobs would last.
Ban followed months of opposition to a 3.5M sq ft campus near two schools (date of vote not confirmed).
Packed Board of Supervisors meeting over a possible Mount Shasta-area data center.
Revised 12-month moratorium up for final vote; residents filed a noise lawsuit over Musk's data center.
Residents cite noise, water use and utility rates ahead of a pivotal hearing.
Concerns over noise and air pollution ahead of a state hearing.
Three cities filed suits challenging citizen petitions to restrict large data centers.
Developers challenge local prohibitions, blaming 'public hysteria'.
None qualified. No official government meeting livestream or recording was verified in this run; TV news and reporter clips were excluded.