Monthly report
U.S. data centers in August 2024
In August 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 9 dated changes at 7 tracked projects across 6 states.
Final report for August 2024, published September 1, 2024. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 9
- Projects with a first milestone
- 3
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In August 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 9 dated changes at 7 tracked projects across 6 states. 3 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 3 approvals. That is 4 more than the 5 changes recorded in July 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 July 2024
| Measure | August 2024 | July 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 9 | 5 | +4 |
| Projects with a change | 7 | 5 | +2 |
| States | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Projects with first milestone | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Approval events | 3 | 1 | +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 August 2024
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Gaines Township data center Caledonia, Kent County, MI | Aug 19, 2024 | Proposed |
| Core Scientific Denton Data Center Denton, Denton County, TX | Aug 31, 2024 | |
| Stafford Technology Campus Stafford County, VA | Aug 31, 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2024 | Novva announces a 300 MW campus in Mesa Novva Data Centers | Project Borealis Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ · Approved |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Microsoft buys about 316 acres in Gaines Township (confirmed October 2024) FOX 17 | Microsoft Gaines Township data center Caledonia, Kent County, MI · Proposed |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Board of Supervisors grants final land development approval (Resolution 30-2024) East Whiteland Township Approval | Sentinel / Green Fig Data Center Malvern, Chester County, PA · Paused |
| Aug 13, 2024 | Mesa Design Review Board hears the plan under the name Project Borealis and takes no action, giving the applicant feedback ABC15 / Phoenix Business Journal | Project Borealis Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ · Approved |
| Aug 13, 2024 | St. Joseph County Council approves tax abatement, 7-2 DatacenterDynamics Approval | Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN · Operating |
| Aug 8, 2024 | City Council authorizes a Chapter 380 Economic Development Agreement with BPP Projects LLC City of Taylor, TX | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Taylor EDC approves agreement with BPP Projects LLC City of Taylor, TX Approval | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Aug 2024 | Denton City Council votes 5-0 to amend Core Scientific's power purchase agreement and lease to allow high-performance computing for AI KERA News | Core Scientific Denton Data Center Denton, Denton County, TX · Operating |
| Aug 2024 | Supervisors defer vote on the rezoning after a late proffer statement Fredericksburg Free Press | Stafford Technology Campus Stafford County, VA · Under construction |
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.
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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 August 2024. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-08 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in August 2024.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-08. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-08 |
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