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Data center energy news: power, grid and utilities
The energy side of the data center boom, as it happens: every dated change we record that involves electricity, from utility supply deals, grid interconnection and transmission to substations, on-site gas or nuclear generation and backup engines. 170 dated changes at 88 tracked projects in 32 states, newest first, each with the source it came from. Latest entry: Nov 3, 2026.
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Latest data center energy news
| Date | What changed | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | Trenton voters pass Issue 17, barring data centers over 25 MW in city limits, with about 80% (unofficial results, not yet certified); WVXU says it blocks plans for Trenton to annex land for a 1,000 MW Amazon data center WVXU | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Trenton voters pass Issue 17, a charter amendment barring data centers over 25 MW, with about 80% of the vote (unofficial Butler County Board of Elections results, not yet certified). WVXU says it puts the 250 MW Prologis facility into question; Prologis told WCPO the result does not affect its project, and whether the project has vested rights is unsettled. Work so far is site work WVXU | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Nov 1, 2026 | Epoch AI estimates all 8 buildings (7-8 estimated) operational, for 824 MW of IT power (Epoch AI estimate) Epoch AI | Stargate Abilene Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operating |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Effingham County commissioners vote unanimously to contract Charles Abbott Associates for Phase 1 plan review, inspection and permitting services; the chairman recuses because he works for Georgia Power Savannah Business Journal | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Oct 19, 2026 | Residents and invited experts hold a public forum on the proposal's effect on electric bills and the grid; no government vote is scheduled in the coverage WRGB CBS6 Albany | Kenwood Commons Albany, Albany County, NY · Proposed |
| Oct 15, 2026 | AWS holds a community meeting at Edgewood Middle School in Trenton; residents ask about water, workforce, power and backup generators FOX19 | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Southern Environmental Law Center criticizes the vote for lacking public notice and comment and raises water, power and wastewater questions Southern Environmental Law Center | Project Red Clay Hayneville, Lowndes County, AL · Approved |
| Oct 1, 2026 | Michigan Public Service Commission unanimously gives conditional approval to DTE Electric's 20-year special contracts to serve the Google campus, with protections including a minimum monthly billing demand and a termination payment Michigan Public | Project Cannoli Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI · Approved |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Oracle sends developer Blue Owl Capital a force-majeure notice after a natural-gas pipeline meant to supply the project's power is delayed to February 2027 following New Mexico State Land Office permit denials; both companies say it does not change their commitment to the project SiliconANGLE | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Colleton County Economic Alliance holds an information session on a 1,000 MW campus; developers say construction could start around 2028 or 2029 pending an energy study with Santee Cooper Live 5 News (WCSC) | Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC · Proposed |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Fermi and TensorWave amend their 222 MW lease to move the closing date from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31, 2026, while a lease guaranty is negotiated Fermi America (ACCESS Newswire) | Fermi America Project Matador Amarillo, Carson County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Three Siemens gas turbines arrive on site ABC 7 Amarillo | Fermi America Project Matador Amarillo, Carson County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approves the two gas plants, subject to environmental permits and Storey County approvals Nevada Current | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
| Sep 17, 2026 | Legislators on the joint energy committee question Entergy Arkansas about the data center's effect on ratepayers and table remaining questions to next month's meeting Action News 5 | Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR · Under construction |
| Sep 15, 2026 | The Imperial Irrigation District board approves a Large Load Tariff, new pricing rules making data centers the first to have their power cut during surges in demand KPBS | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Sep 14, 2026 | ATC refiles its application for the grid upgrades serving the campus, dropping a Trenton-Saukville line segment and restarting the PSC's six-month review Wisconsin Watch | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Sep 10, 2026 | On Oracle's Q1 FY2027 earnings call, its CEO said 6 of the 8 Abilene buildings, 618 MW or 75% of total capacity, had been delivered to the customer, and that Oracle delivered about 131,000 GPUs there in the quarter The Motley Fool | Stargate Abilene Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operating |
| Sep 8, 2026 | IREN says the 2 GW Sweetwater Hub was conditionally included in ERCOT's Batch Zero process as base load, with 300 MW under construction at Sweetwater 1 for Q4 2027 delivery IREN (GlobeNewswire) | IREN Sweetwater data center campus Sweetwater, Fisher County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Appalachian Power files application with the State Corporation Commission for grid upgrades to serve the campus Cardinal News | Google Botetourt County Data Center Campus Botetourt County, VA · Approved |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Chamber panel addresses resident concerns over housing, power, water and noise KACU | Stargate Abilene Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operating |
| Sep 2026 | Google seeks a third air permit modification, for 228 more emergency diesel generators on top of 174 existing WBOI | Google Fort Wayne data center Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN · Operating |
| Sep 2026 | Released documents show Entergy Arkansas and Google plan to cover two-thirds of the project's cost through a monthly ratepayer increase of nearly $6 over 20 years Action News 5 | Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR · Under construction |
| Sep 2026 | Uinta County commissioners approve a conditional use permit for the project's independent power production facility Wyoming News (via NewsBreak) | Prometheus Hyperscale Evanston Campus Evanston, Uinta County, WY · Approved |
| Sep 2026 | State grants permission to add more natural gas turbines FOX Carolina | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
| Aug 28, 2026 | NC DEQ announces final air quality permits for Amazon's 588 emergency engines and Duke Energy's 57 bridge power engines NC Department of Environmental Quality | Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet, Richmond County, NC · Under construction |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Palm Beach County commissioners vote 7-0 on first reading for a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers (an anticipated monthly peak load of 50 megawatts or more), with a final vote set for Sept. 24 NewsRadio WIOD | Project Tango Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, FL · Denied |
| Aug 27, 2026 | SC Public Service Commission rules the utility siting law does not apply to the facility SC Daily Gazette | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
| 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 12, 2026 | City issues two stop-construction orders over LNG tank and Bloom Energy fuel cell work done without permits WHYY | Nebius Vineland Data Center Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ · Under construction |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Sailfish commits project to Governor Abbott's audit process and SB 6 interconnection requirements Sailfish Investors (via National Law Review) | Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX · Approved |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Linn County drops proposal to allow large data centers co-located with nuclear plants in the EU-2 zoning district KCRG | Google Palo data center campus Palo, Linn County, IA · Proposed |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Utility information form filed estimating 894 MW electric load Spotsylvania County | Crossroads Technology Campus Spotsylvania County, VA · Proposed |
| Aug 7, 2026 | PSC requires ATC to restart its application for the $1.3B+ transmission line and five substations serving the campus Wisconsin Watch | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Calvert County government issues a news release saying Amazon Web Services is abandoning its plans for data centers on the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant campus Maryland Matters | Calvert Technology Center Lusby, Calvert County, MD · Cancelled |
| Aug 2026 | State regulators reviewing draft air permits for backup diesel generators after public hearings Inside Climate News | Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet, Richmond County, NC · Under construction |
| Aug 2026 | NCCS representatives tell the Massena Planning Board that planned on-site emergency generators have been cut from 314 to 68 to address noise concerns NNY360 (Watertown Daily Times) | North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion Massena, St. Lawrence County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Chevron's second-quarter earnings release lists the signed agreement for about 2.67 GW of behind-the-meter power in West Texas Chevron / SEC | Project Kilby Pecos, Reeves County, TX · Proposed |
| Jul 30, 2026 | NC DEQ holds joint public hearing on the Amazon and Duke Energy air quality permits in Rockingham NC Department of Environmental Quality | Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet, Richmond County, NC · Under construction |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Mississippi DEQ sets retirement schedule for 69 temporary turbines at the Southaven plant (Aug. 18, 2026 to July 14, 2027), allowing 13 to run past the original deadline Mississippi Today | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jul 29, 2026 | DOE announces Brookfield and NextEra as partners for a 1.8 GW AI campus with new generation and storage at the Paducah Site U.S. Department of Energy | Paducah Site AI campus Paducah, McCracken County, KY · Proposed |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Oracle says Bloom fuel cells will power campus; ~700 New Mexicans working onsite Oracle | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Applied Digital says proceeds of a senior secured notes offering will fund construction of a fourth building (150 MW) at Polaris Forge 1 Applied Digital | Polaris Forge 1 Ellendale, Dickey County, ND · Operating |
| Jul 24, 2026 | PUCT approves net metering application in Docket No. 59220 for the co-located Armstrong County data center load, with ERCOT curtailment obligations White & Case LLP | Goodnight Campus Claude, Armstrong County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Microsoft signs 15-year electric service contract with We Energies Wisconsin Watch | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Eco-Yotta Oneonta Data Center Oneonta, Otsego County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Lake Hawkeye Lansing, Tompkins County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion Massena, St. Lawrence County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Ranalli Lysander Data Center Lysander, Onondaga County, NY · Rumored |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Remington Site Data Center Ilion, Herkimer County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Treetop East Fishkill Data Center East Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY · Rumored |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 8, 2026 | State Office of Administrative Hearings begins testimony on El Paso Electric's proposed McCloud Generation Facility CBS4 / KFOX14 | Meta El Paso Data Center El Paso, El Paso County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 2, 2026 | California Public Utilities Commission unanimously authorizes Liberty Utilities to seek bids for a new Lake Tahoe power supplier CapRadio | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Bloomberg reports that National Grid will invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent LLC, and that Joulent is developing a gas-fired power plant with Chevron for Microsoft in Texas. Morgan Lewis (National Grid's law firm) and w.media identify the plant as Project Kilby Bloomberg (Eamon Farhat and Naureen S. Malik) | Project Kilby Pecos, Reeves County, TX · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Palo passes a data center ordinance; Linn County, which recently began an 18-month data center moratorium, considers allowing data centers as accessories to nuclear plants Iowa Public Radio | Google Palo data center campus Palo, Linn County, IA · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | CB-3 delivered, bringing AI capacity online to 102 MW TeraWulf | Lake Mariner Somerset, Niagara County, NY · Operating |
| 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 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | CRG unveils refined design: four single-story buildings, ~600 MW, closed-loop cooling The Missouri Times (CRG release) | CRG Festus Data Center Festus, Jefferson County, MO · Approved |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Applied Digital says it delivered Phase 1 of Building 2 (75 MW), bringing live capacity at the campus to 175 MW Applied Digital | Polaris Forge 1 Ellendale, Dickey County, ND · Operating |
| Jun 26, 2026 | OPSB authorizes the 250 MW Socrates the Younger plant (Case 26-0169-EL-BLN) to serve adjacent Meta data center Ohio Power Siting Board | Meta Prometheus New Albany, Franklin and Licking counties, OH · Operating |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Hyperscale Data announces a 20 MW AI compute agreement with an unnamed California neocloud provider WWMT | Hyperscale Data Dowagiac Campus Dowagiac, Cass County, MI · Operating |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Chevron and Microsoft announce a 20-year agreement under which Chevron plans to build about 2.67 GW of gas-fired generation at the Project Kilby site in Reeves County E&E News by POLITICO | Project Kilby Pecos, Reeves County, TX · Proposed |
| Jun 18, 2026 | NRG requests withdrawal of its air permit application for the 2 GW Tolar Power Center planned to supply Comanche Circle KERA News | Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX · Approved |
| Jun 12, 2026 | DNR issues air construction and operation permits for 45 diesel emergency generators Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Jun 10, 2026 | TCEQ posts a public meeting notice for Energy Forge One LLC's air permit applications for the Kilby Power Plant Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | Project Kilby Pecos, Reeves County, TX · Proposed |
| Jun 10, 2026 | County adopts a 180-day pause on new data centers and the power plants built to serve them; Stratos is exempt because it falls under MIDA Utah Public Radio | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Permit documents show two buildings (10 MW and 40 MW) plus generator yards and substation WSMV | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Southaven residents file a federal class action against xAI and MZX Tech over turbine noise. Mississippi Today | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jun 2026 | Stream Data Centers says on its website that Project Liberty will not move forward, citing utility timing constraints WMBF News | Project Liberty Marion, Marion County, SC · Cancelled |
| Jun 2026 | The developer says it has temporarily delayed SEQRA and site plan review with the Town of Tonawanda Planning Board while it awaits information from NYISO and National Grid WKBW 7 News Buffalo | Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus Tonawanda, Erie County, NY · Proposed |
| May 27, 2026 | An AI-generated flyer circulating on Long Island sparks confusion and concern about a possible Brookhaven data center proposal News 12 Long Island | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| May 26, 2026 | News12 reports an AI-generated flyer sparking concern over a possible Brookhaven data center proposal. News 12 Long Island | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| May 23, 2026 | Buildings 3-4 become operational, bringing IT power to 412 MW at 4 buildings (Epoch AI estimate from satellite analysis) Epoch AI | Stargate Abilene Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operating |
| May 19, 2026 | Prime Storage files the rezoning application for a data center at 1155 Powers Ferry Place Atlanta Press Collective | Powers Ferry Place Data Center Marietta, Cobb County, GA · Approved |
| May 15, 2026 | NV Energy states data centers did not influence the Liberty decision and it will serve Liberty until Greenlink West is in place KTVN 2News | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
| May 13, 2026 | Planning Commission approves site plan for substation/switching station Planet Detroit | Project Cannoli Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI · Approved |
| May 12, 2026 | Fortune publishes report linking NV Energy's Tahoe supply exit to data center demand Fortune | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
| May 7, 2026 | Wisconsin Public Service Commission approves a modified version of Alliant Energy's one-off power supply contract with the Meta subsidiary Wisconsin Watch | Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Beaver Dam, Dodge County, WI · Under construction |
| May 6, 2026 | Anthropic announces an agreement with SpaceX to use all of the compute capacity at Colossus 1, which it says adds more than 300 MW and over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs; FOX13 Memphis reports the same agreement Anthropic | xAI Colossus Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Operating |
| May 2026 | NV Energy enters large load electric service agreement with Fleet subsidiary SV RNO Property Owner 1, LLC This Is Reno / Nevada Current | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
Showing the 80 most recent of 170 changes. Older entries stay on each project page.
Where it is happening
| State | Changes |
|---|---|
| Texas | 35 |
| New York | 17 |
| Tennessee | 12 |
| Ohio | 9 |
| Michigan | 7 |
| Nevada | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 |
| North Dakota | 6 |
| Missouri | 6 |
| South Carolina | 5 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Louisiana | 5 |
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