Monthly report
U.S. data centers in September 2025
In September 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 29 dated changes at 25 tracked projects across 14 states.
Final report for September 2025, published October 1, 2025. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 29
- Projects with a first milestone
- 8
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In September 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 29 dated changes at 25 tracked projects across 14 states. 8 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 5 approvals, 1 denial, 1 cancellation. 1 moratorium action was recorded, 1 of them adopted, extended or announced. That is 6 more than the 23 changes recorded in August 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 August 2025
| Measure | September 2025 | August 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 29 | 23 | +6 |
| Projects with a change | 25 | 18 | +7 |
| States | 14 | 13 | +1 |
| Projects with first milestone | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| Approval events | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Denial events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cancellation events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moratorium actions | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Court cases filed | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Hearings and votes held | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in September 2025
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Project Flex New Hudson, Oakland County, MI | Sep 8, 2025 | Approved |
| Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR | Sep 9, 2025 | Under construction |
| Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI | Sep 12, 2025 | Under construction |
| Howell Township Data Center Howell, Livingston County, MI | Sep 23, 2025 | Paused |
| Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM | Sep 23, 2025 | Under construction |
| Stargate Lordstown Lordstown, Trumbull County, OH | Sep 23, 2025 | Under construction |
| Stargate Milam County Burlington, Milam County, TX | Sep 23, 2025 | Under construction |
| Old Elberton Road data center proposal Athens, Athens-Clarke County, GA | Sep 30, 2025 | Denied |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2025 | Crusoe announces first phase live on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Crusoe | Stargate Abilene Abilene, Taylor County, TX · Operating |
| Sep 25, 2025 | City issues construction completion certificate Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta Fayetteville, Fayette County, GA · Operating |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Certificate of completion issued for first building Atlanta Journal-Constitution | QTS Fayetteville data center campus Fayetteville, Fayette County, GA · Operating |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Howell Township Planning Commission unanimously recommends denying the rezoning after a seven-hour meeting Planet Detroit Denial | Howell Township Data Center Howell, Livingston County, MI · Paused |
| Sep 23, 2025 | OpenAI and Oracle name Doña Ana County a Stargate site OpenAI | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Sep 23, 2025 | OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank name Lordstown as a Stargate site where SoftBank has broken ground on a data center OpenAI | Stargate Lordstown Lordstown, Trumbull County, OH · Under construction |
| Sep 23, 2025 | OpenAI and SoftBank announce Milam County as a Stargate site OpenAI | Stargate Milam County Burlington, Milam County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 23, 2025 | OpenAI and Oracle name Shackelford County a Stargate site OpenAI | Vantage Frontier Campus Albany, Shackelford County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Google announces withdrawal of rezoning petition before expected City-County Council vote WFYI Cancellation | Google Franklin Township data center Indianapolis, Marion County, IN · Cancelled |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Mayor announces at a council meeting that the city will not move forward with a development agreement Next City | Menomonie Data Center (Balloonist LLC) Menomonie, Dunn County, WI · Paused |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Microsoft details Fairwater and commits $4B to a second datacenter Microsoft On the Issues | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Sep 17, 2025 | DEP holds a public hearing on the draft air quality plan approval 32-00457A Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Approval | Homer City Energy Campus Homer City, Indiana County, PA · Under construction |
| Sep 17, 2025 | Mayor directs the city administrator to contact Balloonist LLC about his decision WPR | Menomonie Data Center (Balloonist LLC) Menomonie, Dunn County, WI · Paused |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Court of Appeals of Virginia affirms the circuit court judgment Court of Appeals of Virginia | Devlin Technology Park Bristow, Prince William County, VA · Approved |
| Sep 16, 2025 | Circuit court allows four of seven counts in the preservation groups' lawsuit to proceed American Battlefield Trust | Wilderness Crossing Orange County, VA · Approved |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Related Digital and landowners sue township alleging exclusionary zoning Fortune | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Tooele Valley Project Area Plan Amendment #1 adds 342 acres to the project area. Utah Inland Port Authority | Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County, UT · Paused |
| Sep 11, 2025 | City Council unanimously votes against the land sale after more than five hours of comment KBTX | Project Aggie College Station, Brazos County, TX · Denied |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Western Virginia Water Authority board authorizes agreements including one with Google Western Virginia Water Authority | Google Botetourt County Data Center Campus Botetourt County, VA · Approved |
| Sep 9, 2025 | Google confirmed as the company behind the West Memphis project DatacenterDynamics | Google West Memphis Data Center West Memphis, Crittenden County, AR · Under construction |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Nebius announces multi-billion-dollar agreement to deliver Vineland capacity to Microsoft Nebius | Nebius Vineland Data Center Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ · Under construction |
| Sep 8, 2025 | Planning Commission grants unanimous conditional site plan approval Planet Detroit Approval | Project Flex New Hudson, Oakland County, MI · Approved |
| Sep 5, 2025 | NRC completes acceptance review of the application U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Fermi America Project Matador Amarillo, Carson County, TX · Under construction |
| Sep 2025 | County Executive Aisha Braveboy signs executive order delaying data center approvals until Dec. 31; County Council votes unanimously for a six-month pause The Diamondback Approval | Brightseat Tech Park Landover, Prince George's County, MD · Approved |
| Sep 2025 | Statesville City Council approves the rezoning 8-0 GovTech (The Charlotte Observer) Approval | Compass Statesville Statesville, Iredell County, NC · Approved |
| Sep 2025 | Athens-Clarke Planning Commission unanimously recommends denial of the Employment-Industrial rezoning Now Georgia | Old Elberton Road data center proposal Athens, Athens-Clarke County, GA · Denied |
| Sep 2025 | Doña Ana County Commission approves industrial revenue bonds Doña Ana County Approval | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Sep 2025 | Planning commission and township board (4-1) reject rezoning Fortune | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Sep 2025 | SoftBank affiliate Crescent Dune LLC takes title to the former GM complex and nearly 600 acres The Business Journal (Youngstown) | Stargate Lordstown Lordstown, Trumbull County, OH · Under construction |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton County Georgia · 120 days | Adopted | Sep 3, 2025 | Georgia Public Broadcasting |
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 September 2025. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-09 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in September 2025.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2025-09. |
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