New York —
Jason Morris spent years helping housing, office and industrial developers cut through red tape and NIMBYs around Phoenix. Occasionally, the land-use attorney advised data center builders.
Data center projects were slam dunks. Cities welcomed them because they resembled office buildings and didn’t bring much traffic. The Phoenix region grew into a data center hub powering the artificial intelligence boom.
Cue the backlash, and call the lawyers.
Morris now spends about 70% of his time on data center projects. It used to be 10%.
