Monthly report
U.S. data centers in April 2024
In April 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 7 dated changes at 7 tracked projects across 4 states.
Final report for April 2024, published May 1, 2024. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 7
- Projects with a first milestone
- 5
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In April 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 7 dated changes at 7 tracked projects across 4 states. 5 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 1 approval. That is 2 fewer than the 9 changes recorded in March 2024.
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 March 2024
| Measure | April 2024 | March 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 7 | 9 | −2 |
| Projects with a change | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| States | 4 | 7 | −3 |
| Projects with first milestone | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| 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 April 2024
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN | Apr 15, 2024 | Approved |
| Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN | Apr 25, 2024 | |
| Amazon Becker Data Center Becker, Sherburne County, MN | Apr 30, 2024 | Paused |
| Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH | Apr 30, 2024 | Under construction |
| QTS Richmond campus expansion (RIC4 and RIC5) Sandston, Henrico County, VA | Apr 30, 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2024 | Indiana governor announces AWS $11 billion data center campus near New Carlisle Indiana Economic Development Corporation | Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN · Operating |
| Apr 15, 2024 | City Council approves annexation of the site (state order April 24, 2024) City of Farmington Approval | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| Apr 2024 | Elk River Technologies buys the site from Xcel Energy for $7.97 million Minnesota Star Tribune | Amazon Becker Data Center Becker, Sherburne County, MN · Paused |
| Apr 2024 | Supervisors unanimously ask the Planning Commission to reconsider the rezoning of more than 500 acres Fredericksburg Free Press | Amazon Data Services King George campus (former Birchwood power plant site) King George County, VA · Paused |
| Apr 2024 | Plans for the data center, known as Project Zodiac, are revealed DatacenterDynamics | Google Fort Wayne data center Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN · Operating |
| Apr 2024 | Prologis and the City of Trenton sign a purchase agreement for the land, listed at $55,000 per acre (about $7.7 million for 141 acres) WCPO (Journal-News story by Bryn Dippold) | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Apr 2024 | QTS buys the RIC4 land from the Henrico Economic Development Authority for $43.8 million Richmond BizSense | QTS Richmond campus expansion (RIC4 and RIC5) Sandston, Henrico 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 April 2024. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-04 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in April 2024.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-04. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-04 |
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