Counties can still welcome data center development, but they need to understand what the landscape is becoming. The machinery ...

Data center development across the country has put a new focus on county policies, how they regulate land use and more for ...

NACo CEO Matt Chase: "The fundamentals remain the same: demand a seat at the table, study the supply chain, understand the ...

Rather than moving them deeper into the juvenile justice system, the Youth Deflection Program “deflects” first-time offenders and youth who commit low-level, nonviolent misdemeanors toward appropriate ...

NACo tracked 97 state bills that became law between 2024-2026 governing the new class of hyperscale facilities designed for ...

County officials in states like West Virginia and Texas are limited in their ability to regulate data centers while still ...

Data centers often cluster in a few places, need treated water and use the most when demand is already high in hot weather.

While the property taxes on the land that data centers occupy can be significant, the value of the equipment inside is a ...

Beyond supporting recovery efforts, cloud adoption provided Fulton County with a stronger foundation for resilience. By ...

Elected county officials nearly the end of their terms can help their successors start off strong and avoid the loss of ...

Beaver County, Utah Commissioner Tammy Pearson wanted to show congressional staffers the scope of the interaction between ...

When Cumberland County, Ky.'s staff was spread thin, a program aimed at retiree and teen volunteers helped fill the gap and ...