SITUATION EXPLAINED: More than 500 data center bans are now active, and almost all of them are from the last 4 months. • In July alone, more than 150 towns and counties passed temporary or permanent bans, many in emergency meetings • The Information's tracker counted 300 in late June, six weeks ago • Every state has at least one except Mississippi, Vermont, and West Virginia • New York went first at the state level, Hochul's Executive Order 62 freezes permits for any data center 50MW or larger…