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U.S. data centers in April 2025
In April 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 11 dated changes at 10 tracked projects across 7 states.
Final report for April 2025, published May 1, 2025. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 11
- Projects with a first milestone
- 3
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Court cases filed
- 1
The month in one paragraph
In April 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 11 dated changes at 10 tracked projects across 7 states. 3 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 1 denial, 2 cancellations. 1 court case was filed. That is 8 fewer than the 19 changes recorded in March 2025.
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 2025
| Measure | April 2025 | March 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 11 | 19 | −8 |
| Projects with a change | 10 | 19 | −9 |
| States | 7 | 15 | −8 |
| Projects with first milestone | 3 | 14 | −11 |
| Approval events | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Denial events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moratorium actions | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Court cases filed | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes held | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in April 2025
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Homer City Energy Campus Homer City, Indiana County, PA | Apr 2, 2025 | Under construction |
| White Oak Technology Park Appling, Columbia County, GA | Apr 9, 2025 | Approved |
| Little Rock Port data center Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR | Apr 30, 2025 | Proposed |
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 24, 2025 | Amazon files an 878-page petition with the King George County Circuit Court Fredericksburg Free Press | Amazon Data Services King George campus (former Birchwood power plant site) King George County, VA · Paused |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Board chairman denies withdrawal request; Board of Supervisors votes 6-1 to deny rezoning Cardinal News Denial, Cancellation | Balico data center campus and gas plant Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA · Denied |
| Apr 14, 2025 | Balico announces it is withdrawing its application and exploring a residential subdivision instead WVTF / Radio IQ Cancellation | Balico data center campus and gas plant Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA · Denied |
| Apr 11, 2025 | Taylor EDC sells the property to the developer for $10,000,000 City of Taylor, TX | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Apr 9, 2025 | DRI filed for 8M sq ft data center and technology park DatacenterDynamics | White Oak Technology Park Appling, Columbia County, GA · Approved |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Aerial imaging shows 35 turbines operating, per SELC Southern Environmental Law Center | xAI Colossus Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Operating |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Resident Greg Berns speaks against the proposed data center during citizen comment at a Spalding County Board of Commissioners meeting The Griffin Daily News | Project Spalding Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Apr 2, 2025 | Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit announce the natural gas-powered data center campus Homer City Redevelopment | Homer City Energy Campus Homer City, Indiana County, PA · Under construction |
| Apr 2025 | Atlas Development files a Development of Regional Impact for the 428-acre technology and data park DatacenterDynamics | Avemore Data Park Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA · Approved |
| Apr 2025 | Little Rock Board of Directors adopts a resolution authorizing a memorandum of understanding with Willowbend Capital LLC for a $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot data center by an unnamed company Arkansas Business | Little Rock Port data center Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR · Proposed |
| Apr 2025 | Nearby residents file a lawsuit in Jefferson County Circuit Court challenging the rezoning WBRC | Project Marvel Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL · Approved |
Court cases filed
| Case | Project | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Rock Mountain Lake Road residents v. City of Bessemer Jefferson County Circuit Court · filed Apr 2025 WBRC | Project Marvel | dismissed |
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 2025. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-04 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in April 2025.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-04. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-04 |
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