Monthly report
U.S. data centers in March 2023
In March 2023, the Data Center Census recorded 2 dated changes at 2 tracked projects across 2 states.
Final report for March 2023, published April 1, 2023. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 2
- Projects with a first milestone
- 1
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In March 2023, the Data Center Census recorded 2 dated changes at 2 tracked projects across 2 states. 1 project has its earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 1 approval. That is 1 more than the 1 change recorded in February 2023.
Counts describe what was recorded in this tracker, from published filings, notices and reports. They are not a measure of everything that happened in the industry, and a month’s counts can rise later if sources dated in it are added.
Compared with February 2023
| Measure | March 2023 | February 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Projects with a change | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| States | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Projects with first milestone | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Approval events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denial events | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moratorium actions | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Court cases filed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes held | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in March 2023
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI | Mar 30, 2023 |
A project appears here when its earliest dated timeline entry is in this month. It does not mean it was announced publicly that month.
Every dated change
| Date | What changed | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2023 | Village of Mount Pleasant approves purchase and sale, development and implementation agreements with Microsoft for about 315 acres in TID 5 Village of Mount Pleasant (via Urban Milwaukee) Approval | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Mar 2023 | Citizens for Fauquier County and 10 residents sue in Fauquier Circuit Court to stop the data center Data Center Dynamics | Amazon Web Services Warrenton Data Center Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA · Approved |
How this report is made
Generated from the Census records at build time. It lists dated timeline events, hearings, lawsuit filing dates and moratorium actions that fall in the month; each links to its project record and source. A month-only date belongs to its month. Entries dated only to a year are not placed in a month. Approval, denial, cancellation and construction counts are made by reading the wording of each dated event, so one event can count in more than one group, and a vote on a related item can be miscounted; open the linked record to read the source. Nothing is estimated.
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Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). U.S. data centers in March 2023. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-03 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in March 2023.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-03. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-03 |
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