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Litigation over tracked projects: suits filed, appeals, rulings and settlements. 157 dated changes at 74 tracked projects in 29 states, newest first, each with the source it came from. Latest entry: Oct 30, 2026.
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| Date | What changed | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Michigan Attorney General petitions the Commission for rehearing of the contract approval, arguing the 20-year cost accounting could leave other customers subsidizing the data center in some years Michigan Public | Project Cannoli Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI · Approved |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Commissioners vote 3-1 against a settlement offered by Sailfish Investors that would have shrunk the Hood County footprint from about 2,523 to about 1,375 acres, then unanimously deny the developer's appeal of the county's on-site permit decision Texas Public Radio | Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX · Approved |
| Oct 13, 2026 | Mason County Fiscal Court unanimously approves an industrial revenue bond, a development agreement and road improvements, and the county judge-executive names Meta as the company behind the project WKYT | Meta Maysville campus Maysville, Mason County, KY · Approved |
| Oct 6, 2026 | Judge J. Derham Cole Jr. dismisses neighbors' challenge to the county's permitting of the project, finding no specific harm shown and no prior appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals WRDW | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
| Oct 2026 | Federal judge dismisses DC BLOX's suit against Metro; three claims were dismissed without prejudice, with 21 days to file an amended complaint, and the request for a preliminary injunction was denied FOX 17 Nashville | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Judge grants the developers' emergency motion to stay the zoning hearing on the residents' group appeal of the second Greenfield Road building LancasterOnline | CoreWeave Lancaster data center Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA · Under construction |
| Sep 21, 2026 | One Hundred Miles and five residents sue the Effingham IDA and Octans GA alleging open-government law violations WTOC | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Sep 21, 2026 | O’Leary and Fox News ask the U.S. District Court in Utah to dismiss the defamation suit Utah News Dispatch | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker denies most of the motion to dismiss and finds the group has standing KBIA / Columbia Missourian | AWS Project Green New Florence, Montgomery County, MO · Approved |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Supreme Court of Ohio rules the initiative cannot appear on the Nov. 3 ballot Court News Ohio | AWS Wilmington data center Wilmington, Clinton County, OH · Approved |
| Sep 17, 2026 | NM Supreme Court denies petitions and lifts stay KVIA | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Sep 16, 2026 | City reports plaintiffs in both lawsuits involving the city have filed dismissals, pending final court direction City of Farmington | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Entergy Arkansas files a notice of dismissal of its lawsuit against the two newspapers and a central Arkansas resident Arkansas Advocate | Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR · Under construction |
| Sep 11, 2026 | County defends its approval in circuit court; Judge Adam Giganti sets an Oct. 9 hearing on the county's motion to dismiss the residents' suit Illinois Times | CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center Waverly, Sangamon County, IL · Approved |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Coalition announces it is withdrawing its lawsuit, citing litigation costs Blandin on Broadband (citing Sun This Week) | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Superior Court sets aside lot merger approval and orders CEQA environmental review KPBS | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Hood County Commissioners Court postpones its discussion of the proposed data center projects, including Comanche Circle, to October 13 so a public hearing can be properly advertised NBC DFW | Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX · Approved |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Will County Judge Victoria Breslan hears arguments on the city's and developer's motions to dismiss the residents' lawsuit and says she will rule in October Shaw Local (The Herald-News) | Joliet Technology Center Joliet, Will County, IL · Approved |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Mercer County Fiscal Court gives a first reading of the commission's data center regulations Kentucky Lantern | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Public hearing held under the format set in a court-adopted consent order; SELC says residents largely opposed the project Southern Environmental Law Center | Project Delta Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC · Approved |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Attorney General Raúl Torrez files responses backing emergency petitions New Mexico Department of Justice | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Plaintiffs' attorney says the parties are awaiting a ruling from the judge on a joint motion the county and developer filed The Griffin Daily News | Wallace Jackson Data Center Campus Griffin, Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Three Effingham County residents sue in Effingham County Superior Court to throw out Ordinance 2026-352, the zoning change that paved the way for the project; the Effingham Herald reports the suit does not ask the court to stop Project Camellia Effingham Herald | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Residents sue the Perry Township trustees, Panattoni and other local bodies over the noise ordinance and tax-exemption resolution; the suit does not seek to halt development Ideastream Public Media | Perry Township Data Center Canton, Stark County, OH · Under construction |
| Sep 2026 | Trenton's city attorney notifies Butler County that the city is withdrawing the annexation petition, effective immediately WVXU | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Sep 2026 | A federal judge denies Entergy Arkansas a temporary restraining order that would have barred the Arkansas Times and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from revealing details of its agreements with Altitude Capital LLC, the Google subsidiary setting up the data center Arkansas Advocate | Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR · Under construction |
| Sep 2026 | Two neighboring residents file a land use appeal in Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas against the deemed approval of the conditional use application Williamsport Sun-Gazette | Muncy Data Center Muncy Township, Lycoming County, PA · Proposed |
| Sep 2026 | Cumberland County Judge Matthew P. Smith denies residents' request to halt work on PAX-1 while their appeal is considered CBS 21 News (WHP) | Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1) Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, PA · Approved |
| Aug 28, 2026 | County says Superior Court found moratorium findings insufficient and ordered it withdrawn County of Imperial | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Cole County judge hears arguments on motion to dismiss the Preserve Montgomery County lawsuit KBIA | AWS Project Green New Florence, Montgomery County, MO · Approved |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Intermediate Court of Appeals dismisses environmental groups' appeals for lack of jurisdiction, finding good cause for late appeals to the WV Supreme Court WDTV | Ridgeline Facility Thomas, Tucker County, WV · Approved |
| Aug 23, 2026 | NM Supreme Court stays air-permit proceeding and well drilling KVIA | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Fiscal Court votes 5-4 to deny revised data center regulations and hire a consultant; Judge-Executive calls Aug. 24 special meeting for a new first reading The Oldham Era | Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY · Cancelled |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Madison County Board of Supervisors upholds the tax assessor's valuation of five Canton data center buildings, rejecting Amazon's appeal Mississippi Free Press | Amazon Web Services Madison County Mega Site campus Canton, Madison County, MS · Operating |
| Aug 17, 2026 | City and developers' motions to dismiss set for a Sept. 8 hearing before Will County Judge Victoria Breslan Shaw Local (The Herald-News) | Joliet Technology Center Joliet, Will County, IL · Approved |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Oracle moves to voluntarily drop its Ozaukee County Circuit Court lawsuit challenging the Wisconsin PSC's credit rating requirements for data center developers Wisconsin Watch | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Judge James Kaste dismisses the petition, ruling the petitioners did not respond to a motion to dismiss in time and did not show how they would be personally harmed Cowboy State Daily | Prometheus Hyperscale Evanston Campus Evanston, Uinta County, WY · Approved |
| Aug 12, 2026 | LPSC votes 3-1 to reject an administrative law judge's recommendation to make Meta job and power-demand information available through subpoenas WWNO | Meta Hyperion Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, LA · Under construction |
| Aug 11, 2026 | DC BLOX sues Metro in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee over the moratorium Axios Nashville | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Nessel and environmental groups file initial briefs in consolidated appeal Michigan Advance | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Aug 6, 2026 | PBA Holdings sues WPB Logistics and its attorneys Stet News | Project Tango Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, FL · Denied |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Landowner PBA Holdings appeals the County Commission's July 15 denial under Florida's Land Use and Environmental Dispute Resolution Act, which leads to a hearing before a special magistrate Stet News | Project Tango Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, FL · Denied |
| Aug 2026 | Madison Township trustees vote unanimously to reject Trenton's annexation petition WYSO (WVXU story) | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Aug 2026 | Residents' group appeals planning commission's conditional preliminary approval of a second Greenfield Road data center LancasterOnline | CoreWeave Lancaster data center Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA · Under construction |
| Aug 2026 | Mercer County Fiscal Court passes a temporary pause on data center construction that does not apply in Burgin Kentucky Lantern | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| Aug 2026 | Nine Lake County residents and Preservation of Community Well-being Collective LLC file suit challenging the village's approvals Lake and McHenry County Scanner | T5 @ Chicago IV Grayslake, Lake County, IL · Approved |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Logan County officials cancel the Aug. 6 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Illinois Times | Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL · Proposed |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Citizens for Fauquier County suffers a setback in court in its challenges to the data center Fauquier Times | Amazon Web Services Warrenton Data Center Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA · Approved |
| Jul 17, 2026 | St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen W. Dunne denies plaintiffs' motion for default judgment in the residents' lawsuit Leader (Jefferson County, MO) | CRG Festus Data Center Festus, Jefferson County, MO · Approved |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Three residents petition for review of Uinta County’s permits for the data center, alleging that county commissioners and developers held meetings without advertising them and did not disclose potential family conflicts of interest Cowboy State Daily | Prometheus Hyperscale Evanston Campus Evanston, Uinta County, WY · Approved |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Joshua Kanter of Alliance for a Better Utah and Gabrielle Finlayson of Elevate Strategies, who opposed the project, sue Kevin O’Leary and Fox News for defamation in federal court in Salt Lake City Utah News Dispatch | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jul 9, 2026 | City of Taylor determines a citizen petition to restrict new data centers cannot go on the ballot because, under Texas law, zoning cannot be changed by popular vote CBS Austin | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Waverly residents sue Sangamon County in circuit court to overturn the approval Illinois Times | CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center Waverly, Sangamon County, IL · Approved |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Three Sturtevant residents sue Microsoft in federal court over noise WPR | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Jul 2, 2026 | QTS withdraws petitions and ends the project Potomac Local | Prince William Digital Gateway Gainesville, Prince William County, VA · Cancelled |
| Jul 2026 | Oracle credit rating falls to BBB-; PSC rejects We Energies request to reconsider collateral rules; Oracle challenges rules in Ozaukee County Circuit Court Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Residents submit a petition to amend Trenton's charter to prohibit construction of data centers over 25 megawatts WVXU | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | O'Leary Digital and Box Elder County ask the First District Court to dismiss the June 3 referendum lawsuit Deseret News | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Sierra Club and a Town of Alabama resident sue the IDA and town officials over the STAMP incentive zoning agreement Investigative Post | Stream Data Centers STAMP Campus Alabama, Genesee County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | South Carolina Environmental Law Center sues Spartanburg County and Valara Holdings on behalf of nearby residents over the minor land development classification FOX Carolina | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Maryland Supreme Court rules that a citizen referendum on the county's expanded data center zoning must stay off the ballot Maryland Matters | Quantum Frederick Adamstown, Frederick County, MD · Under construction |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously sends revised data center regulations to Fiscal Court The Oldham Era | Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY · Cancelled |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Judge David Hobdy dismisses the residents' rezoning lawsuit with prejudice WBRC | Project Marvel Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL · Approved |
| Jun 19, 2026 | Oracle files petition in Ozaukee County Circuit Court seeking review of the PSC's data center tariff decision Ozaukee County Circuit Court (via WPR) | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Jun 15, 2026 | WVDEP public hearing on air permit at Mason County Courthouse Charleston Gazette-Mail | Monarch Compute Campus Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV · Under construction |
| Jun 15, 2026 | Justice Department files motion to intervene and seek dismissal of the NAACP Clean Air Act lawsuit. Lawyer Monthly | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jun 11, 2026 | Chester County judge denies residents' appeals of project approvals The Philadelphia Inquirer | Sentinel / Green Fig Data Center Malvern, Chester County, PA · Paused |
| Jun 8, 2026 | Council rejects recall petitions, 4-3 Jefferson County Leader | CRG Festus Data Center Festus, Jefferson County, MO · Approved |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Board of Zoning Appeals upholds the planning director's denial WWBT 12 On Your Side | Old Bermuda Data Center Chesterfield County, VA · Denied |
| Jun 2026 | Board of Supervisors adopts 45-day data center moratorium; developer sues IID for water access County of Imperial | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Jun 2026 | Referendum group BEAR sues in 1st District Court over referendum rejection; separate civil-rights suit filed by residents and Alliance for a Better Utah Utah Public Radio | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| May 26, 2026 | Class action over facility noise filed in U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, against Alliance Cloud Services WWMT | Hyperscale Data Dowagiac Campus Dowagiac, Cass County, MI · Operating |
| May 22, 2026 | Fiscal Court gives second reading and final approval to rezoning 28 properties for the data center; the developer was not yet named WEKU | Meta Maysville campus Maysville, Mason County, KY · Approved |
| May 18, 2026 | Residents and Joliet Residents For Responsible Growth sue city and developers in Will County Shaw Local (The Herald-News) | Joliet Technology Center Joliet, Will County, IL · Approved |
| May 14, 2026 | Five Fort Meade residents file two lawsuits saying the city did not properly review whether the data center is compatible with the surrounding neighborhood The Citrus Tea | Fort Meade Hyperscale Data Center Fort Meade, Polk County, FL · Approved |
| May 5, 2026 | Residents file appeal and declaratory judgment petition in Coweta County Superior Court against the county and Atlas Development The Citizen | Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA · Approved |
| May 2026 | The group suing over Project Cardinal files another lawsuit targeting the Project Steel campus WSPY News | Project Steel Data Center Campus Yorkville, Kendall County, IL · Approved |
| Apr 30, 2026 | QTS files appeal petitions with the Supreme Court of Virginia Virginia Business | Prince William Digital Gateway Gainesville, Prince William County, VA · Cancelled |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Stop the Hermantown Data Center files a lawsuit in St. Louis County District Court MPR News | Google Hermantown Data Center Hermantown, St. Louis County, MN · Proposed |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Oakland County Election Commission approves recall petition language against township trustees WDIV ClickOnDetroit | Project Flex New Hudson, Oakland County, MI · Approved |
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