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The decisions that let a project proceed or stop it: council and commission votes, rezonings, special exceptions, permits, conditions and pauses. 572 dated changes at 167 tracked projects in 36 states, newest first, each with the source it came from. Latest entry: Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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 |
| 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 27, 2026 | At a special meeting the City Commission approves all three rezoning requests and the plan amendment, 6-1; emergency clauses did not pass. Two areas move from agricultural to heavy industrial and a third partly to industrial, covering two of the four potential campuses City of Enid | Project Thunderbird Enid, Garfield County, OK · Proposed |
| 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 20, 2026 | Common Council rejects the conditional use permit after the planning committee recommended denial for missing information WLUK Fox 11 (WSAW report) | PNK Group Wisconsin Rapids Data Center Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, WI · Denied |
| 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 19, 2026 | Enid's Metropolitan Area Planning Commission recommends approval of the related comprehensive plan amendment by a 6-3 vote City of Enid | Project Thunderbird Enid, Garfield County, OK · Proposed |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Local TV reports residents' opposition after the approval; the commission chairman calls the deal a win for the county WAKA 8 | Project Red Clay Hayneville, Lowndes County, AL · Approved |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Village Plan Commission unanimously backs Microsoft's amended site plan, which drops two of nine planned data center buildings while raising total floor area above 5.8 million sq ft; Village Board vote expected later in October Wisconsin Public Radio | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Van Buren Township Planning Commission votes 5-1 to approve the final site plan; the report says Google is the final owner and operator and Panattoni is managing construction Michigan Public | Project Cannoli Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI · Approved |
| 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 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 7, 2026 | Tooele County Planning Commission votes unanimously to table the draft data center ordinance (Chapter 34); next meeting set for Oct. 28 KSL.com | Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County, UT · Paused |
| Oct 6, 2026 | The City Commission's Oct. 6 hearing on the three rezoning requests is moved to a special meeting at a larger venue, so more of the public can attend City of Enid | Project Thunderbird Enid, Garfield County, OK · Proposed |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Oct 2026 | Lowndes County Commission votes 3-2 to approve tax abatements for the project in a short meeting; the item was not on the posted agenda GovTech (reprinting al.com) | Project Red Clay Hayneville, Lowndes County, AL · Approved |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Lovejoy council passes an ordinance banning data center construction in the city Atlanta News First | Stillwater Technology Park Lovejoy, Clayton County, GA · Cancelled |
| Sep 25, 2026 | A city spokeswoman said the proposal had not yet been scheduled before the Planning Commission or City Council. 102.7 Coyote Country (Beasley Media) | Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus North Las Vegas, Clark County, NV · Proposed |
| 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 22, 2026 | Mayor Kenneth Gulley, who backed Project Marvel, loses the mayoral runoff to former council member Louise Alexander, 54.53% to 45.47%, after an election season the Birmingham Free Press describes as dominated by the project Birmingham Free Press | Project Marvel Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL · Approved |
| Sep 22, 2026 | St. Joseph County Council advances, on a 6-3 vote, a resolution that would bar new hyperscale data centers from the county ABC57 | Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN · Operating |
| 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 | At a Hermantown City Council meeting, Google says its changes include monitoring wells and a 37 percent reduction in wetland impacts, and that it is creating a decommissioning agreement in case the site becomes obsolete Northern News Now | Google Hermantown Data Center Hermantown, St. Louis County, MN · Proposed |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Google tells the City Council that a labor memorandum of understanding for the project has been reached between Mortenson, its developer, and the Duluth Building Trades FOX 21 (KQDS) | Google Hermantown Data Center Hermantown, St. Louis County, MN · Proposed |
| Sep 21, 2026 | Salem City Council adopts a 120-day moratorium on new data center projects, with the option to extend it by six months Salem Reporter | Oakline at Mill Creek Salem, OR · Proposed |
| 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 16, 2026 | Planning Commission votes 4-2 to recommend approval of the special use permit Fredericksburg Free Press | Crossroads Technology Campus Spotsylvania County, VA · Proposed |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Massena Town Board votes 3-2 against a proposed six-month moratorium on data center development WWNY 7 News | North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion Massena, St. Lawrence County, NY · Proposed |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Coastal Regional Commission's full DRI report released; county site plan consideration postponed at developer request WTOC | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Metropolitan Development Commission approves more than $240 million in tax breaks WFYI | Sabey Decatur Technology Park Indianapolis, Marion County, IN · Approved |
| Sep 15, 2026 | The Franklin County Commission votes to approve the Diamond 66 and Diamond Farms rezoning requests (Commission Orders 2026-255 and 2026-256), rezoning the site from its prior districts to industrial (A district) use, and separately adopts new countywide data-center regulations First Alert 4 (KMOV) | Gateway Digital Campus Villa Ridge, Franklin County, MO · Approved |
| 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 15, 2026 | The Franklin County Commission votes to approve BLE Landholdings' rezoning request (Commission Order 2026-257), reversing the Planning and Zoning Commission's April recommendation against it, and separately adopts new countywide data-center regulations First Alert 4 (KMOV) | Meramec Valley Technology Park Pacific, Franklin County, MO · Approved |
| Sep 15, 2026 | A large crowd, most of it opposed to Project Thunderbird, fills the Enid City Commission meeting Enid News & Eagle | Project Thunderbird Enid, Garfield County, OK · Proposed |
| Sep 15, 2026 | The Augusta Commission approves rules governing new data centers, 6-5, ending the city’s almost three-month moratorium The Augusta Press | QTS Augusta Data Center Campus Augusta, Augusta-Richmond County, GA · Under construction |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Board of Supervisors votes 7-1-1 to have staff draft a resolution pausing new data center applications for 12 months; final vote expected in October WJLA | Spring Valley Technology Park Loudoun County, VA · Proposed |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Statesville City Council unanimously approves a 180-day moratorium on new data centers in the city; WBTV reports it will not affect previously approved data centers WBTV | Compass Statesville Statesville, Iredell County, NC · Approved |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Vance County Board of Commissioners votes 5-2 to adopt a 60-day moratorium on data center development after two public hearings WIZS | Natelli data center, U.S. 158 Vance County, NC · Proposed |
| Sep 14, 2026 | County Council unanimously adopts Digital Infrastructure Overlay District, partially repealing the moratorium Live 5 News (WCSC) | Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC · Proposed |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Commissioners approve rezoning again 3-2 under restarted process WFAE | Project Delta Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC · Approved |
| Sep 14, 2026 | County Executive rejects the Frederick Digital Campus DRRA and extends the data center pause through July 1, 2027 Frederick County Government | Quantum Frederick Adamstown, Frederick County, MD · 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 10, 2026 | IDEM approves a permit to fill 2.13 acres of forested, isolated wetlands for three new buildings in the third expansion phase 21Alive (WPTA) | Google Fort Wayne data center Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN · Operating |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Board of County Commissioners votes 5-0 to approve Use by Special Review permit after eight-hour hearing Colorado Public Radio | Global AI Data Center Windsor, Weld County, CO · 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 9, 2026 | Tom Natelli of Natelli Holdings writes to county commissioners and the planning board that the company has decided to file a plan for development of its site along U.S. 158 WIZS | Natelli data center, U.S. 158 Vance County, NC · Proposed |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Augusta releases a final draft data center ordinance that would not apply to the QTS campus WRDW/WAGT News 12 | QTS Augusta Data Center Campus Augusta, Augusta-Richmond County, GA · Under construction |
| 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 | City Council unanimously approves up to $20,000 for a consultant to guide discussions with tribal governments on the proposal Northern News Now | Google Hermantown Data Center Hermantown, St. Louis County, MN · Proposed |
| Sep 8, 2026 | On the mayor's tie-breaking vote, Burgin City Council approves on first reading an ordinance for the city to rejoin the joint Mercer County, Harrodsburg and Burgin Planning and Zoning Commission WKYT | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| Sep 8, 2026 | A planned council vote on directing the city attorney to draft an ordinance annexing the data center site does not happen after council member Melinda Wofford walks out and the council loses its quorum Kentucky Lantern | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| 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 8, 2026 | Commissioners split 3-3 on a resolution approving an amended economic development agreement, so the amendments are not adopted The Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids) | Quiet Data Centers, Trestle Road Enfield, Halifax County, NC · Proposed |
| 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 3, 2026 | Utah News Dispatch reports plans paused while county drafts ordinance Utah News Dispatch | Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County, UT · Paused |
| Sep 3, 2026 | County community development director says the county has received no applications, plans or other submittals for a land disturbance permit at its approved data center sites 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 2, 2026 | Commission extends interim control through 2026-12-24 to finalize zoning rules KWCH | West Sedgwick County data center land acquisitions Sedgwick County, KS · Rumored |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Weld County Planning Commission votes 7-0 to recommend approval Weld County | Global AI Data Center Windsor, Weld County, CO · Approved |
| 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 1, 2026 | Village issues first building permit, for an 800,000-square-foot facility Lake and McHenry County Scanner | T5 @ Chicago IV Grayslake, Lake County, IL · Approved |
| 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 | The withdrawal comes one day before a scheduled Butler County Board of Commissioners public hearing on the annexation WCPO | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Sep 2026 | Butler County commissioners accept the withdrawal WCPO | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Sep 2026 | Council committee unanimously recommends legislation to reinstate detailed site plan review for data centers The Diamondback | Brightseat Tech Park Landover, Prince George's County, MD · Approved |
| 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 | Planning commissioner confirms DB STU LLC purchased the mega site properties with the intent of developing a data center WCPO | Mt. Orab Mega Site data center Mount Orab, Brown County, OH · Rumored |
| Sep 2026 | Planning Commission hears resident opposition to a High Tech Overlay district; no vote taken FOX19 | Mt. Orab Mega Site data center Mount Orab, Brown County, OH · Rumored |
| 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 | Township supervisors approve Phase 1-B final land development, allowing the first six buildings WITF | Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1) Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, PA · Approved |
| 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 | Halifax County commissioners approve the amended economic development agreement 5-1, the Daily Herald reports The Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids) | Quiet Data Centers, Trestle Road Enfield, Halifax County, NC · Proposed |
| Aug 29, 2026 | Town Supervisor Kevin Rode says no applications are before the town and no state DEC permit has been requested for the parcel CNYCentral | Ranalli Lysander Data Center Lysander, Onondaga County, NY · Rumored |
| 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 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 |
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