Monthly report
U.S. data centers in May 2025
In May 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 14 dated changes at 14 tracked projects across 9 states.
Final report for May 2025, published June 1, 2025. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 14
- Projects with a first milestone
- 3
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Court cases filed
- 1
The month in one paragraph
In May 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 14 dated changes at 14 tracked projects across 9 states. 3 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 4 approvals, 1 denial. 1 moratorium action was recorded, 1 of them adopted, extended or announced. 1 court case was filed. That is 3 more than the 11 changes recorded in April 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 April 2025
| Measure | May 2025 | April 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 14 | 11 | +3 |
| Projects with a change | 14 | 10 | +4 |
| States | 9 | 7 | +2 |
| Projects with first milestone | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Approval events | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| Denial events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moratorium actions | 1 | 0 | +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 May 2025
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Google Chesterfield County data center campuses Chesterfield County, VA | May 28, 2025 | Under construction |
| Augusta Township Data Center (Thor Equities) Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, MI | May 31, 2025 | Denied |
| Oakline at Mill Creek Salem, OR | May 31, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2025 | Chesterfield supervisors approve zoning changes for two of the projects VPM News Approval | Google Chesterfield County data center campuses Chesterfield County, VA · Under construction |
| May 23, 2025 | Amazon says it is suspending its development activities in Minnesota but will keep the property MPR News | Amazon Becker Data Center Becker, Sherburne County, MN · Paused |
| May 14, 2025 | Metropolitan Council approves the Farmington Technology Park comprehensive plan amendment City of Farmington Approval | Farmington Technology Park Farmington, Dakota County, MN · Approved |
| May 2025 | County commissioners vote to sell county parcels for $26 million and rezone land to heavy industrial Inside Climate News | Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet, Richmond County, NC · Under construction |
| May 2025 | Planning commission recommends denying the rezoning Planet Detroit Denial | Augusta Township Data Center (Thor Equities) Augusta Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Denied |
| May 2025 | Villa Rica approves annexation and rezoning for the data center (reported May 14, 2025) Times-Georgian Approval | Avemore Data Park Villa Rica, Carroll County, GA · Approved |
| May 2025 | Crusoe begins construction ABC 7 Amarillo | Goodnight Campus Claude, Armstrong County, TX · Under construction |
| May 2025 | County grants Woodland Caribou LLC 10-year tax breaks of up to 50% Indiana Daily Student | Google Morgan County Data Center Monrovia, Morgan County, IN · Under construction |
| May 2025 | Fayetteville issues certificate of occupancy for the first building on the QTS campus Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta Fayetteville, Fayette County, GA · Operating |
| May 2025 | The Oregon Department of Administrative Services signs a contract to sell 32.23 acres of land in the Mill Creek Corporate Center, with closing set for October 2026 KATU | Oakline at Mill Creek Salem, OR · Proposed |
| May 2025 | Reports emerge of potential sale to Prologis DatacenterDynamics | Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA · Approved |
| May 2025 | First building occupied Atlanta Journal-Constitution | QTS Fayetteville data center campus Fayetteville, Fayette County, GA · Operating |
| May 2025 | Grayslake Village Board completes approvals of the campus (approved between September 2024 and May 2025) Lake and McHenry County Scanner Approval | T5 @ Chicago IV Grayslake, Lake County, IL · Approved |
| May 2025 | Initial rezoning vote The Augusta Press | White Oak Technology Park Appling, Columbia County, GA · Approved |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coweta County Georgia · 180 days | Adopted | May 2025 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
Court cases filed
| Case | Project | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon's vested-rights appeal against King George County King George County Circuit Court · filed May 2025 GovTech (Richmond Times-Dispatch) | Amazon Data Services King George campus (former Birchwood power plant site) | pending |
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 May 2025. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-05 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in May 2025.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-05. |
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