Louisville's data center pause followed a warehouse conversion proposal. An Indiana county's covers battery storage too. The definitions decide who is affected.
The US installed a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in Q2 while oil returned to $97, rate hike odds neared 60 percent, and a new order targeted foreign grid equipment.
Federal forecasters cut Texas load growth from 14 percent to 6 percent, a 200 megawatt Ohio campus was rejected, and used EV prices rose against the depreciation curve.
Texas, Fort Worth, and Pennsylvania tightened data center rules within days of each other, while a federal permitting order pushes the opposite way.
Richfield, Ohio is the first US location for Yuasa International's Ecomo device, donated as four units. The Mayor projects about $5,283 a year in savings, with a six-month review underway.
Indianapolis advanced strict data center zoning as a third of Indiana counties restrict facilities and Missouri, Arkansas, and Massachusetts weigh moratoriums. Entitlement risk goes jurisdiction by jurisdiction.