The REPI Resilience Project Funding Guide serves as a one-stop shop for military installations and county partners to learn about more than 25 federal and non-federal resilience and conservation programs that can support existing or new REPI installation resilience projects. Every program includes a summary of funding opportunities, eligibility requirements and application information for developing nature-based solutions near installations and ranges that preserve military missions, enhance habitats, increase climate resilience and ensure military readiness.

NACo Associate Legislative Director Emma Conover shows Wake County, N.C. Commissioner Shinica Thomas and her husband, Raymond, the inside of a server rack at a Digital Realty data center in Loudoun County, Va., in October 2025. Photo by Charlie Ban
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The "Backslash Backlash:" Counties pivot in the data center buildout

Data center development across the country has put a new focus on county policies, how they regulate land use and more for local residents and how they could shape the path for economic growth built around artificial intelligence and information technology.

The Crusoe data center campus broke ground in June 2025 and inlcudes six buildings. Photo courtesy of Crusoe
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Chips, Compute and Counties 

NACo CEO Matt Chase: "The fundamentals remain the same [when it comes to data centers]: demand a seat at the table, study the supply chain, understand the financing capital stacks, ask hard questions and fight for a deal that leaves your community better off — not used and abused."

An associate with Digital Realty shows county officials the cooling system in one of its Loudoun County, Va. data centers in October 2024. Photo by Charlie Ban
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Water matters for data centers

Data centers often cluster in a few places, need treated water and use the most when demand is already high in hot weather. This growing demand is driving data center development nationwide, accelerating local proposals and the importance for county officials to understand impacts to energy, land and water resources.