Welcome to the December Edition of the Milldam Monthly. I would like to start off by wishing you a wonderful holiday season and Happy New Year.

Over the last year, we have had the opportunity to attend a number of in-person events including 7X24 Exchange International and Bisnow, and we look forward to resuming in-person events in 2022 by kicking off the year off at PTC'22 in Honolulu.

If you're looking for some light reading over the holidays, check out our top three client news items and top three Milldam blogs of 2021 (links below).

As data centers continue to increase their presence in the suburbs, we're seeing more and more resistance from local communities including two cities in Arizona, a pair of towns in Connecticut, and rural communities in Virginia and Oregon. Local governments and community groups have sought to reduce or outright block data center development.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Bisnow about data center messaging and how data center developers must add a community relations component to their planning to help tackle the escalating resistance to data center development in some areas. You can read the full article here.

Have a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!

-Adam