Monthly report
U.S. data centers in December 2024
In December 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 7 dated changes at 6 tracked projects across 5 states.
Final report for December 2024, published January 1, 2025. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 7
- Projects with a first milestone
- 2
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In December 2024, the Data Center Census recorded 7 dated changes at 6 tracked projects across 5 states. 2 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 1 approval, 1 construction or operations start. That is 4 fewer than the 11 changes recorded in November 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 November 2024
| Measure | December 2024 | November 2024 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 7 | 11 | −4 |
| Projects with a change | 6 | 10 | −4 |
| States | 5 | 7 | −2 |
| Projects with first milestone | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Approval events | 1 | 4 | −3 |
| Denial events | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Construction or operations starts | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| 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 December 2024
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Meta Hyperion Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, LA | Dec 31, 2024 | Under construction |
| Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA | Dec 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2024 | Atlas Development proposes $17B, 13-building data center campus WSB-TV | Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA · Approved |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Amazon asks the Minnesota PUC to exempt its backup generators from Certificate of Need requirements (Docket PT7151/CN-24-435) CURE | Amazon Becker Data Center Becker, Sherburne County, MN · Paused |
| Dec 13, 2024 | Residents organized as the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development sue the city Minnesota Star Tribune | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Applied Digital petitions to annex the data center into the city of Ellendale North Dakota Monitor | Polaris Forge 1 Ellendale, Dickey County, ND · Operating |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Council approves the development agreement with Tract, 4-1 Minnesota Star Tribune Approval | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| Dec 2024 | Amazon Data Services, Inc. buys 589.843 acres in Jefferson Township, paying just over $102 million DatacenterDynamics | AWS Fayette County Data Center Campus Jeffersonville, Fayette County, OH · Approved |
| Dec 2024 | Groundbreaking Meta Construction or operations start | Meta Hyperion Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, LA · 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.
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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 December 2024. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-12 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in December 2024.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-12. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2024-12 |
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