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More than $267B in data center projects have already been canceled in 2026. With $941B+ in pending contested projects on the line, developers and investors can’t afford to go uninformed. Heatmap Pro gives teams exclusive intelligence on permitting risk, market dynamics, and the factors shaping development outcomes. Book a demo today.

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With electricity demand booming, tax incentives changing, and a major bipartisan permitting deal newly on the table, what will it take to get energy projects built and financed? Join Heatmap News in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, October 14, as we convene energy executives, financiers, and policymakers for an evening discussing the future of project finance. This event is hosted in partnership with Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum. Register ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gQdRPBbh

More than $260B in data center projects have already been canceled in 2026. With $962B+ in pending contested projects on the line, developers and investors can’t afford to go uninformed. Heatmap Pro gives teams exclusive intelligence on permitting risk, market dynamics, and the factors shaping development outcomes. Book a demo today.

At least $260 billion of data center investments were canceled this year after sustained local opposition, according to new Heatmap Pro data, with more at risk. The pace and size of those cancellations are picking up. About $130 billion in data center investment, or about half of the total, was canceled in the three months ending September 30. In dollar terms, the size of canceled projects in Q3 exceeded the size of *all* data center projects canceled last year. Roughly $1 trillion in data center investment now faces some kind of sustained or meaningful local opposition. About half of all projects that have met local backlash this year were ultimately canceled, our data suggests. And these figures are likely an undercount. Only about 60% of data center projects disclose the size of their planned investment. Read the full reporting from Robinson Meyer using exclusive Heatmap Pro data on the growing cost of local opposition to the data center boom: https://lnkd.in/gXYUzdb6

A major bipartisan permitting deal just landed in the Senate, and it could fundamentally change what gets built in America. The proposal would make it easier to build long-distance transmission, streamline interconnection, limit years-long permitting litigation, and give developers more certainty once projects are approved. It would also allow utilities to charge data centers and other major energy users for more of the grid infrastructure needed to serve them. The politics are complicated. But the underlying message is remarkably bipartisan: It has to be easier to build things in America. Heatmap’s team breaks down what could be one of the biggest shifts in federal energy and environmental law in decades. Subscribe today to read the explainer: https://lnkd.in/emK9Q5j3/?utm_campaign=Boost_Post_WebsiteVisits_Oct1,2026&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=paid&utm_id=1217380476&hsa_acc=518917052&hsa_cam=1217380476&hsa_grp=907746066&hsa_ad=1630945946&hsa_net=linkedin&hsa_ver=3