Monthly report
U.S. data centers in May 2023
In May 2023, the Data Center Census recorded 2 dated changes at 2 tracked projects across 2 states.
Final report for May 2023, published June 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 May 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. That is the same as the 2 changes recorded in April 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 April 2023
| Measure | May 2023 | April 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Projects with a change | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| States | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Projects with first milestone | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Approval events | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| 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 May 2023
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Phoenix Campus Avondale, AZ | May 4, 2023 | Under construction |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2023 | Prime announces a five-building, 66.5-acre campus in Avondale Prime Data Centers | Prime Phoenix Campus Avondale, AZ · Under construction |
| May 2023 | American Battlefield Trust and allied groups file a legal challenge in Orange County Circuit Court American Battlefield Trust | Wilderness Crossing Orange 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.
The same data is behind the statistics page, the charts and the downloads.
Cite this page
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 May 2023. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-05 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in May 2023.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-05. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-05 |
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