The story has broadened from isolated local moratorium fights into a clearer regional pattern in Georgia, South Carolina, and Michigan, with officials now more explicitly framing the pauses as a response to weak or missing statewide siting standards. The current version also clarifies that some existing or expanded projects are being carved out of the moratoriums.

The story has broadened from general local resistance in Georgia and South Carolina to specific, named policy actions and project fights, including an exclusion for QTS in Augusta and a Michigan referendum challenge to a rezoning. The current version also adds sharper project-scale stakes, especially Spartanburg's review of a much larger expansion with added natural-gas generation.