September 24, 2026 webinar will examine the role of market intelligence and community engagement in siting and permitting
MAMARONECK, N.Y., Sept. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), the leading strategic communications, community engagement advisory, and public relations firm focused on digital infrastructure and AI development, and Flypower, a provider of social and political intelligence for infrastructure siting and permitting, will host a live webinar examining how developers, investors and site selection teams can assess the risks facing data center projects before development plans become public. “Assessing Social and Political Risk Before a Data Center Development Goes Public: Know Before You Go” will take place Thursday, September 24, at 1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT. Registration is now open.
As data center development expands into new markets, project teams are encountering community, regulatory, political, and reputational risks that traditional siting and energy data may not capture. Left unexamined, these factors can delay or derail projects that otherwise appear viable based on land, power, connectivity, and permitting requirements.
The webinar will examine how early market intelligence can help development teams distinguish between a technically viable site and one where a project can realistically earn community support and secure approval. The discussion will pair Flypower’s market risk analysis with iMPR’s Community Groundswell program, connecting early assessment with strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and community outreach.
“A site can meet every technical requirement, from land and power to connectivity and zoning, and still face significant delays or failure if local concerns and political dynamics are treated as an afterthought,” said Ilissa Miller, founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations. “Understanding the community before a project is announced allows developers to make better informed siting decisions, identify potential challenges, and approach stakeholders with a strategy grounded in the realities of that specific market.”
“Social and political risk isn’t unpredictable, it’s just unmeasured. The signals that determine whether a community will accept a data center are already public: county meeting minutes, voting records, local news, and the record of every project that community has approved or fought before. We read that layer and give developers a verdict before capital is committed. Pairing that analysis with iMPR’s engagement work means a team can enter a market already understanding what it cares about,” said Navdeep Martin, CEO and co-founder of Flypower.
Attendees will gain insight into the political, regulatory and community dynamics that can affect data center development. The speakers will discuss how project teams can apply a risk framework to site selection, permitting, messaging, and stakeholder strategy while developing an engagement plan that reflects the specific needs and concerns of each market.
The discussion will also address how to identify potential opposition, misinformation and community concerns before they become project-defining issues. The objective is not to eliminate disagreement, but to understand the environment early enough to support better decisions, more effective listening, and a development strategy informed by local conditions.
The webinar is free, and advance registration is required. Reserve your spot here. To learn more about iMiller Public Relations, visit: www.imillerpr.com. For information about Flypower, go to: https://flypower.io/.
About iMiller Public Relations
iMiller Public Relations (iMPR) is a leading international public relations consultancy specializing in the global digital infrastructure industry. Our award-winning firm offers a comprehensive suite of services, including strategic communications, messaging strategy, media/analyst relations, content marketing, trade show marketing, product marketing, and social media program management along with bespoke marketing services. With a proven track record, we collaborate with clients to elevate their brands through customized message amplification, lead-generation activities, and influential marketing initiatives. Our tailored campaigns have consistently delivered game-changing results for telecom and technology companies, collectively representing more than $100 billion in annual revenue. To discover how iMPR can transform your brand message visibility and drive engagement to gain more market wins, visit our website at www.imillerpr.com.
About Flypower
Infrastructure projects don’t usually die on engineering. They die at a podium — in a county board room, at a public hearing, in an ordinance rewrite that happened while the developer was studying soil reports. The data that predicts those outcomes isn’t in a GIS layer. It lives in meeting minutes, voting records, local news, social media, and the memory of every project a community has approved or fought before.
That’s the layer we built Flypower to read. We’re AI experts with more than ten years building software for political campaigns, national security, and brand management — fields where understanding people, coalitions, and public sentiment is the whole job. We took that toolkit to the infrastructure problem, starting with the hardest data there is: unstructured, human, and local.
Today, major renewable energy developers and data center operators use Flypower reports as a standard part of their site selection process — a clear verdict on whether a community will let them build, before capital is committed.
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