Data-center buildout in Massachusetts, as reported

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Date	Source	Story	Location	Slug
Aug 26	The Reminder	Northampton City Council ponders joint committee to study data center zoning↗ The Reminder Siting	City of Northampton, MA	us/ma/city/northampton
Aug 25	Boston Herald ($)	Data center expands footprint despite opposition↗ Boston Herald ($) Siting+, Approved or advancing	City of Lowell, MA	us/ma/city/lowell
Aug 25	Lowell Sun ($)	Markley Lowell expands footprint despite opposition↗ Lowell Sun ($) Siting+, Approved or advancing	City of Lowell, MA	us/ma/city/lowell
Aug 24	Taunton Daily Gazette ($)	Raynham 'being proactive' by drafting bylaw to restrict data centers↗ Taunton Daily Gazette ($) Water−, Denied or halted	Town of Raynham, MA	us/ma/town/raynham
Aug 21	The Sun Chronicle	Attleboro City Council approves two-year ban on data centers↗ The Sun Chroniclealso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: MassLive.com · Yahoo Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of Attleboro, MA City of Leominster, MA	us/ma/city/attleboro us/ma/city/leominster
Aug 14	BusinessWest	Westfield Leaders See Momentum on Many Fronts↗ BusinessWest Subsidies	City of Westfield, MA Town of East Longmeadow, MA	us/ma/city/westfield us/ma/town/east-longmeadow
Aug 13	Ballotpedia News	Massachusetts initiative would require local voter approval and other conditions for data center permits, the second statewide proposal following Ohio↗ Ballotpedia Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: The Cool Down · Ballotpedia News · The Cool Down Subsidies−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	Massachusetts Ohio City of Lowell, MA	us/ma us/oh us/ma/city/lowell
Aug 12	Boston Herald ($)	Markley Group makes record requests↗ Boston Herald ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Lowell Sun Power and grid−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Lowell, MA	us/ma/city/lowell
Aug 12	Boston Herald ($)	Gaskin: Data centers should help fund energy justice↗ Boston Herald ($) More coverage: WGBH Water−, Denied or haltedPower and grid−, Denied or halted	Massachusetts City of Boston, MA City of Lowell, MA	us/ma us/ma/city/boston us/ma/city/lowell
Aug 8	Boston Herald ($)	Big tech, residents clash over data centers↗ Boston Herald ($)also carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Lowell Sun SitingSubsidies	City of Lowell, MA Massachusetts City of Westfield, MA	us/ma/city/lowell us/ma us/ma/city/westfield
Aug 6	masslive.com ($)	Central Mass. town committee to meet on data center moratorium↗ masslive.com ($)also carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts · Lowell Sun · MassLive.com · +4 more Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or haltedPower and grid−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	Town of Southbridge, MA City of Fitchburg, MA City of Leominster, MA	us/ma/town/southbridge us/ma/city/fitchburg us/ma/city/leominster
Aug 6	MassLive.com ($)	Agawam councilors back 9-month freeze on data centers↗ MassLive.com ($) More coverage: The Reminder Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Agawam, MA City of Holyoke, MA City of Westfield, MA	us/ma/city/agawam us/ma/city/holyoke us/ma/city/westfield
Jul 30	MassLive ($)	Third Central Mass. community considers data center moratorium↗ MassLive ($) More coverage: WZZM13.com Siting−, Denied or halted	Town of Southbridge, MA City of Fitchburg, MA City of Leominster, MA	us/ma/town/southbridge us/ma/city/fitchburg us/ma/city/leominster
Jul 30	Yahoo	Massachusetts Senate Democrats warn on AI's costs but let data center moratorium fizzle↗ Yahoo Siting−, Denied or halted	Massachusetts	us/ma
Jul 29	WGBH	In one Mass. city, the fight over a data center has hit a crisis point↗ WGBH More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or halted	City of Lowell, MA City of Fitchburg, MA	us/ma/city/lowell us/ma/city/fitchburg
Jul 29	WBUR	Residents want a judge to pause Lowell data center expansion↗ WBUR More coverage: NewsBreak: Local News & Alerts Siting−, Denied or haltedPower and grid−, Denied or halted	City of Lowell, MA	us/ma/city/lowell

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