Monthly report
U.S. data centers in August 2023
In August 2023, the Data Center Census recorded 3 dated changes at 3 tracked projects across 3 states.
Final report for August 2023, published September 1, 2023. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 3
- Projects with a first milestone
- 3
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In August 2023, the Data Center Census recorded 3 dated changes at 3 tracked projects across 3 states. 3 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. That is 3 more than the 0 changes recorded in July 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 July 2023
| Measure | August 2023 | July 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Projects with a change | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| States | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Projects with first milestone | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Approval events | 0 | 0 | 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 August 2023
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Brightseat Tech Park Landover, Prince George's County, MD | Aug 16, 2023 | Approved |
| Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses Louisa, Louisa County, VA | Aug 31, 2023 | Under construction |
| Project Borealis Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ | Aug 31, 2023 | Approved |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2023 | Reports say Lerner has filed a natural resources inventory for the former Landover Mall site, a first step toward a data center, while the site competes for the FBI headquarters NBC4 Washington | Brightseat Tech Park Landover, Prince George's County, MD · Approved |
| Aug 2023 | AWS announces plan for two campuses in Louisa County, $11 billion by 2040 DatacenterDynamics | Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses Louisa, Louisa County, VA · Under construction |
| Aug 2023 | Novva wins a state land auction for about 165 acres in southeast Mesa with a $62.7 million bid ABC15 / Phoenix Business Journal | Project Borealis Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ · 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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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 August 2023. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-08 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in August 2023.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-08. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2023-08 |
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