Monthly report
U.S. data centers in December 2025
In December 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 31 dated changes at 27 tracked projects across 18 states.
Final report for December 2025, published January 1, 2026. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 31
- Projects with a first milestone
- 6
- Moratorium actions
- 3
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In December 2025, the Data Center Census recorded 31 dated changes at 27 tracked projects across 18 states. 6 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 5 approvals, 1 cancellation, 2 construction or operations starts. 3 moratorium actions were recorded, 3 of them adopted, extended or announced. That is 2 more than the 29 changes recorded in November 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 November 2025
| Measure | December 2025 | November 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 31 | 29 | +2 |
| Projects with a change | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| States | 18 | 15 | +3 |
| Projects with first milestone | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Approval events | 5 | 10 | −5 |
| Denial events | 0 | 1 | −1 |
| Cancellation events | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Construction or operations starts | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Moratorium actions | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| 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 2025
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Project Delta Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC | Dec 4, 2025 | Approved |
| Amazon Hobart data center Hobart, Lake County, IN | Dec 8, 2025 | Approved |
| Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC | Dec 18, 2025 | Proposed |
| Global AI Data Center Windsor, Weld County, CO | Dec 31, 2025 | Approved |
| Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA | Dec 31, 2025 | Paused |
| Pumpkin Technology Campus Harlem, Columbia County, GA | Dec 31, 2025 | 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 22, 2025 | County judge sides with the developers, ruling a resident's appeal of the zoning officer's letters cannot go to the zoning hearing board LancasterOnline | CoreWeave Lancaster data center Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA · Under construction |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Parish president says parish permitting is complete; construction already under way 10/12 Industry Report | Hut 8 River Bend Campus St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA · Under construction |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Town of Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals determines that a data center fits the permitted land use at the site Ithaca Times | Lake Hawkeye Lansing, Tompkins County, NY · Proposed |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Appeal by residents against NCP Travis TPP Project, LLC is pending before the Fifteenth Court of Appeals CourtListener | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Clean Air Council, PennFuture and Sierra Club appeal the permit to the Environmental Hearing Board; young residents file a separate appeal Lehigh Daily | Homer City Energy Campus Homer City, Indiana County, PA · Under construction |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Planning Commission meeting on rezoning adjourned after overflow crowd DatacenterDynamics | Microsoft Gaines Township data center Caledonia, Kent County, MI · Proposed |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Board of Zoning Appeals holds hearing on special exception; residents voice opposition, no vote taken Live 5 News (WCSC) | Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC · Proposed |
| Dec 18, 2025 | MPSC approves DTE contracts with Oracle subsidiary Green Chile Ventures, with conditions Michigan Public Service Commission Approval | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Hut 8 signs 15-year, 245 MW lease with Fluidstack; state and Entergy announce $10 billion project Louisiana Economic Development | Hut 8 River Bend Campus St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA · Under construction |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Groundbreaking held as construction begins BizTimes Milwaukee Construction or operations start | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Halifax County enters into an economic development agreement with Quiet Data Centers Halifax Inc. covering a small-scale enterprise data center to be developed at its US 301 industrial site near Enfield Halifax County Board of Commissioners, via RRSpin | Quiet Data Centers, Trestle Road Enfield, Halifax County, NC · Proposed |
| Dec 17, 2025 | County executes a land purchase agreement to sell the site to the company for $1.7 million without public bidding Halifax County Board of Commissioners, via RRSpin | Quiet Data Centers, Trestle Road Enfield, Halifax County, NC · Proposed |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Vantage holds groundbreaking ceremony DCD Construction or operations start | Vantage Frontier Campus Albany, Shackelford County, TX · Under construction |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board dismisses appeals of the turbine permit as moot Action News 5 | xAI Colossus Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Operating |
| Dec 11, 2025 | DNR issues WEPA compliance determination, wetland exemptions and stormwater coverage Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Residents sue the Hobart Plan Commission and Common Council in Lake Superior Court over the rezoning The Indiana Lawyer | Amazon Hobart data center Hobart, Lake County, IN · Approved |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Developers withdraw the rezoning application Planet Detroit Cancellation | Howell Township Data Center Howell, Livingston County, MI · Paused |
| Dec 5, 2025 | Fermi America announces electric service agreement with Southwestern Public Service Company for up to 200 MW Fermi America (PR Newswire) | Fermi America Project Matador Amarillo, Carson County, TX · Under construction |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Stokes County Planning Board votes against recommending the rezoning Spectrum News | Project Delta Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC · Approved |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Arizona Corporation Commission approves TEP agreement 4-1 AZ Luminaria Approval | Project Blue Tucson, Pima County, AZ · Under construction |
| Dec 2, 2025 | City Council unanimously approves amended agreement raising anticipated investment to $1.75B Corridor Business Journal Approval | QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA · Under construction |
| Dec 2025 | AWS answers Montgomery County Commission questions on water use, estimating about 50 million gallons a year at full buildout The Missouri Times | AWS Project Green New Florence, Montgomery County, MO · Approved |
| Dec 2025 | Prospective tenant ends letter of intent after exclusivity expires; shares fall DCD | Fermi America Project Matador Amarillo, Carson County, TX · Under construction |
| Dec 2025 | Global AI buys 438-acre former Carestream property for $15.6 million KUNC | Global AI Data Center Windsor, Weld County, CO · Approved |
| Dec 2025 | Data center begins operations 21Alive (WPTA) | Google Fort Wayne data center Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN · Operating |
| Dec 2025 | Google details plans for the 550-acre campus and says utilities and foundation work will begin in February WISH-TV | Google Morgan County Data Center Monrovia, Morgan County, IN · Under construction |
| Dec 2025 | County Planning Commission declines to approve lot merger; developer appeals inewsource Approval | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Dec 2025 | Township planning commission recommends approving plans that would create internal lot lines for the project GovTech (PennLive) Approval | Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1) Middlesex Township, Cumberland County, PA · Approved |
| Dec 2025 | A nearby resident says heavy machinery began breaking ground on the site just before Christmas WCPO | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Dec 2025 | Piedmont DevCo LLC applies to rezone about 420 acres for the Pumpkin Technology Campus The Augusta Press | Pumpkin Technology Campus Harlem, Columbia County, GA · Approved |
| Dec 2025 | Board of Supervisors unanimously grandfathers the campus and four other projects under pre-October 2025 rules Fredericksburg Free Press | Stafford Technology Campus Stafford County, VA · Under construction |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville Township Ohio · 12 months | Adopted | Dec 17, 2025 | Toledo Free Press |
| City of Waterville Ohio · six months | Adopted | Dec 8, 2025 | 13abc (WTVG) |
| Springfield Township (Oakland County) Michigan · 180 days | Adopted | Dec 2025 | GovTech (The Detroit News) |
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.
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