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Data center developers are tweaking everything from their messaging to their designs while projects stall as backlash towards the facilities explodes across the Valley and the country.
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While demand for capacity shows no sign of waning as the rush to create capacity for artificial intelligence – data center vacancy is at 1% nationally for the third year in a row – getting local communities on board is now the biggest obstacle for the industry, according to a new report from JLL.
More than 66 gigawatts of data center capacity are under construction in North America today, with about 2 gigawatts underway in Arizona, according to JLL’s report.
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In Phoenix and neighboring cities, the entitlement process for new data centers is “infinitely harder” today than it was a year ago, according to Adam Baugh, partner at Withey Morris Baugh PLC, who counts data center developers among his clients.
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