From my window, my traditional view of the mountains is blanketed in clouds, however thus far I’m simply seeing rain on the valley flooring. Regulate the forecast to make sure you’re ready for no matter comes our means. To assist, the Metropolis of Reno has a webpage dedicated to Snow & Ice Management and right here’s the place to select up sandbags, if wanted.
That is additionally a good time to donate to the Good Neighbors Warming Heart.
Under I’ve hyperlinks to information & information regarding a few of our native sizzling subjects, and after that, updates from final week’s Reno Metropolis Council assembly. You could find all agendas and supporting supplies for this week’s public Metropolis of Reno conferences together with the Reno Planning Fee on the Present & Upcoming Conferences webpage.
As I’ve talked about earlier than, the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Company has launched a web-based “one-stop store” devoted to vitality and information facilities. Titled Exploring TMRPA’s Function within the Vitality Sector, it options these introductory phrases:
“Information facilities are more and more being drawn to the Reno–Sparks area resulting from a mixture of geographic, infrastructure, and financial benefits. In response, TMRPA is reviewing our position within the vitality sector together with vitality technology and transmission infrastructure and associated insurance policies within the Regional Plan. We wish to keep vigilant and construct a collective understanding of the impacts and alternatives information facilities might deliver to our area.”
The positioning contains data, hyperlinks to different organizations, and many assets.
I’ve continued to hunt out articles about information facilities from Nevada and elsewhere to assist preserve us knowledgeable concerning the broader context and newest developments on this quickly evolving area. Listed here are a couple of that I discovered useful this week:
- Turning the information heart increase into long-term, native prosperity (Brookings 2/5/26). EXCERPT: “Areas ought to deal with information heart negotiations not as remoted actual property transactions however as ecosystem-shaping moments that commerce infrastructure entry for commitments to advance native innovation, expertise, and trade strengths.”
- Information heart water/energy wants, regulatory challenges pressure rural communities (Nevada Present 2/9/26). EXCERPT: “There are presently no state or county-wide rules in Nevada guiding the place information facilities can and might’t be constructed. Smith [Jeremy Smith, TMRPA Director] stated it must be on native governments to create extra focused coverage interventions to handle the impacts of knowledge facilities, together with creating zoning particularly for information facilities.”
- Colorado lawmakers brace for his or her largest battle but over AI information facilities (CPR Information 1/20/26). EXCERPT: “The struggle formally returned to the [Colorado] state capital final week when pro-business Democrats launched a invoice backed by information heart trade teams. If authorized, it could give information heart builders a 20-year exemption from paying state gross sales and use taxes — in the event that they meet a collection of financial and environmental necessities.”
- Feds are encouraging tribes to associate with information facilities (Wyoming Public Radio 2/13/26). EXCERPT: “Many tribal members are apprehensive concerning the impression information facilities have on the setting, as many depend on pure gasoline and coal. The federal authorities has lengthy sought to make the most of assets on tribal lands, usually violating treaties and tribal sovereignty. The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which has about 1,300 members dwelling on the reservation close to Reno, Nev., has instructed the Mountain West Information Bureau that it’s involved about information facilities draining valuable water provides.”
- OPINION: Information facilities deserve a fact-based dialog in Nevada (Lea Tauchen, Govt Director of NAIOP Northern Nevada, RGJ 2/9/26). EXCERPT: “Information facilities quietly assist most of the companies Nevadans depend on each day. They energy well being care techniques, emergency response networks, manufacturing, logistics, training and the digital instruments we use for work, college and staying related. Even so, it’s cheap for residents to ask how these tasks have an effect on electrical energy prices, water use, jobs and long-term group worth.”
My good good friend Mike Van Houten was just lately and most deservedly honored final week at Reno Metropolis Council with a proclamation and key to town recognizing the twentieth Anniversary of his on-line web site and information initiative, Downtown Makeover. Congratulations, Mike! Right here’s his newest publish, on permits & plans for central Reno:
You’ll want to observe Downtown Makeover on Fb and Instagram for frequent posts.
Though a lot of downtown Reno’s historic material has been misplaced via the a long time, we’re lucky to have retained many buildings of monumental historic significance.
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