What specific data center projects got blocked or delayed?
Google withdrew its $1 billion Franklin Township data center outside Indianapolis in September, pulling the proposal minutes before a city-county council vote. In Tucson, Arizona, the city council voted unanimously to oppose Amazon's $3.6 billion 'Project Blue' campus over water-use and cost concerns.
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$130 Billion in AI Data Centers Have Been Blocked or Delayed in 2026A Data Center Watch tracker found $130 billion in AI data center projects blocked or delayed in Q1 2026 — the largest quarter of opposition on record.
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