Monthly report
U.S. data centers in January 2026
In January 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 54 dated changes at 42 tracked projects across 21 states.
Final report for January 2026, published February 1, 2026. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 54
- Projects with a first milestone
- 10
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Court cases filed
- 1
The month in one paragraph
In January 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 54 dated changes at 42 tracked projects across 21 states. 10 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 10 approvals, 1 denial, 1 cancellation. 1 moratorium action was recorded, 1 of them adopted, extended or announced. 1 court case was filed. 1 hearing or vote on the record was held. That is 23 more than the 31 changes recorded in December 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 December 2025
| Measure | January 2026 | December 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 54 | 31 | +23 |
| Projects with a change | 42 | 27 | +15 |
| States | 21 | 18 | +3 |
| Projects with first milestone | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| Approval events | 10 | 5 | +5 |
| Denial events | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Cancellation events | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 2 | −2 |
| Moratorium actions | 1 | 3 | −2 |
| Court cases filed | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Hearings and votes held | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in January 2026
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Old Bermuda Data Center Chesterfield County, VA | Jan 1, 2026 | Denied |
| AVAIO Digital Leo Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR | Jan 12, 2026 | Proposed |
| Cloverleaf, Greenleaf Greenleaf, Brown County, WI | Jan 12, 2026 | Cancelled |
| Cloverleaf, Village of Wrightstown Wrightstown, Brown County, WI | Jan 12, 2026 | Rumored |
| Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX | Jan 13, 2026 | Approved |
| West Sedgwick County data center land acquisitions Sedgwick County, KS | Jan 14, 2026 | Rumored |
| Gateway Digital Campus Villa Ridge, Franklin County, MO | Jan 17, 2026 | Approved |
| Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus North Las Vegas, Clark County, NV | Jan 20, 2026 | Proposed |
| Project Liberty Marion, Marion County, SC | Jan 22, 2026 | Cancelled |
| Meramec Valley Technology Park Pacific, Franklin County, MO | Jan 27, 2026 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2026 | Residents organize against the proposal at public meetings in Tompkins County WBNG | Lake Hawkeye Lansing, Tompkins County, NY · Proposed |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Residents file a mandamus complaint in Washtenaw County Circuit Court alleging the Zoning Board of Appeals failed to hold a required hearing on a data center permit. Planet Detroit | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Jan 27, 2026 | The City of Pacific holds a community meeting on Beltline Energy's proposed data center campus St. Louis Magazine | Meramec Valley Technology Park Pacific, Franklin County, MO · Approved |
| Jan 27, 2026 | The Department of Energy ordered the data center to cut 50 MW from the grid; backup diesel generators ran and cold weather disrupted pollution controls on five of them InkFreeNews.com (Indianapolis Star / Notre Dame Gallivan Program) | Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN · Operating |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Village staff determine the proposal is not feasible and recommend rejecting the annexation petition Village of DeForest | QTS DeForest Data Center Campus DeForest, Dane County, WI · Cancelled |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Mount Pleasant Village Board unanimously approves up to 15 additional Microsoft data centers w.media Approval | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Marion County Council approves a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement for Project Liberty Capital B News Approval | Project Liberty Marion, Marion County, SC · Cancelled |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Spalding County Board of Commissioners approves the variance, rezoning and special exception, each 4-0 The Griffin Daily News Approval | Wallace Jackson Data Center Campus Griffin, Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Franklin County's Planning and Zoning Commission initially tables the rezoning request for six months before it is brought back sooner than that timeline First Alert 4 (KMOV) | Gateway Digital Campus Villa Ridge, Franklin County, MO · Approved |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Tompkins County Legislature votes 14-1, with one recusal, to urge the DEC to reject the water withdrawal permit application and require a new application with environmental review Ithaca Times Cancellation | Lake Hawkeye Lansing, Tompkins County, NY · Proposed |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Construction is ongoing at the Beaver Dam Commerce Park site Wisconsin Watch | Meta Beaver Dam Data Center Beaver Dam, Dodge County, WI · Under construction |
| Jan 20, 2026 | Fiscal Court unanimously denies draft data center regulations, sending them back to Planning and Zoning Commission The Oldham Era Denial | Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY · Cancelled |
| Jan 20, 2026 | DCD reported, citing property records, that Switch paid $85.5 million for 176 acres at Apex Industrial Park. DatacenterDynamics | Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus North Las Vegas, Clark County, NV · Proposed |
| Jan 18, 2026 | El Paso Electric proposes $473M McCloud gas plant to serve the data center KVIA (El Paso Matters) | Meta El Paso Data Center El Paso, El Paso County, TX · Under construction |
| Jan 17, 2026 | Local reporting identifies the Eckelkamp family's Diamond Farms, LLC and Diamond 66, LLC as landowners in talks with a data center developer for roughly 613 acres adjoining Shaw Nature Reserve near Villa Ridge St. Louis Magazine | Gateway Digital Campus Villa Ridge, Franklin County, MO · Approved |
| Jan 16, 2026 | EGLE issues a wetlands permit allowing a stream disturbance, culvert and three stormwater structures. Planet Detroit | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists ask the LPSC to investigate Meta's new financing arrangement for Hyperion and review Entergy's prudence Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists (Earthjustice) | Meta Hyperion Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, LA · Under construction |
| Jan 14, 2026 | No Desert Data Center Coalition sues Pima County in Superior Court alleging Open Meeting Law violations in the rezoning AZPM | Project Blue Tucson, Pima County, AZ · Under construction |
| Jan 14, 2026 | County Commission adopts 90-day interim development control on data center applications Sedgwick County | West Sedgwick County data center land acquisitions Sedgwick County, KS · Rumored |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Application filed with Mississippi regulators for 41-turbine permit Southern Environmental Law Center | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jan 13, 2026 | Commissioners conditionally approve concept plan 4-1, requiring more detail on drainage, wastewater, landscape and power generation KERA News Approval | Comanche Circle Tolar, Hood County, TX · Approved |
| Jan 13, 2026 | DCD, citing The Information, reports CoreWeave has deployed more than 16,000 GPUs at the delayed Denton facility DatacenterDynamics | Core Scientific Denton Data Center Denton, Denton County, TX · Operating |
| Jan 13, 2026 | EGLE issues the air quality permit for 14 diesel backup generators and a diesel firewater pump. Planet Detroit | Saline Township Stargate Data Center Saline Township, Washtenaw County, MI · Under construction |
| Jan 12, 2026 | AVAIO Digital Partners announces the AVAIO Digital Leo data center campus near Little Rock in Pulaski County Arkansas Economic Development Commission | AVAIO Digital Leo Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR · Proposed |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Montgomery County Commission hears public comment on the project KOMU 8 | AWS Project Green New Florence, Montgomery County, MO · Approved |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Residents gather for an informational session hosted by LedgeStone Vineyard, located across the street from the proposed site; everyone FOX 11 spoke with opposed a data center FOX 11 (WLUK) | Cloverleaf, Greenleaf Greenleaf, Brown County, WI · Cancelled |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Town of Wrightstown Supervisor Jesse Juedes posts that Cloverleaf is backing out of the potential Greenleaf project FOX 11 (WLUK) | Cloverleaf, Greenleaf Greenleaf, Brown County, WI · Cancelled |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Cloverleaf's chief development officer says the company respects that local leadership does not want data centers and will look elsewhere in Northeast Wisconsin FOX 11 (WLUK) | Cloverleaf, Greenleaf Greenleaf, Brown County, WI · Cancelled |
| Jan 12, 2026 | A Cloverleaf project development manager emails the village administrator that the company has leads that could land it close to the Village of Wrightstown's border, according to emails released under an open records request Wisconsin Public Radio | Cloverleaf, Village of Wrightstown Wrightstown, Brown County, WI · Rumored |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Cloverleaf backs out of a potential project in the Greenleaf area, saying leaders of the town of Wrightstown and the village of Greenleaf do not want data centers within their jurisdictions FOX 11 (WLUK) | Cloverleaf, Village of Wrightstown Wrightstown, Brown County, WI · Rumored |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Developer sues City of Imperial in federal court after moving project to county land Calexico Chronicle | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Board of Commissioners approves rezoning 3-2 Spectrum News Approval | Project Delta Walnut Cove, Stokes County, NC · Approved |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Public meeting draws about 125 residents Planet Detroit | Project Flex New Hudson, Oakland County, MI · Approved |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Pecos County Commissioners Court agenda includes a tax abatement agreement with CoreWeave, LLC within the Longfellow Renewable Energy Reinvestment Zone Pecos County, Texas | Project Horizon Fort Stockton, Pecos County, TX · Proposed |
| Jan 12, 2026 | Variance, rezoning and special exception applications on the agenda of a Spalding County Planning and Appeals Commission special called meeting The Griffin Daily News | Wallace Jackson Data Center Campus Griffin, Spalding County, GA · Approved |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Two landowners, represented by SELC, sue Colleton County over the data center ordinance Southern Environmental Law Center | Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC · Proposed |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Wisconsin Department of Administration report finds the annexation not in the public interest The Cap Times | QTS DeForest Data Center Campus DeForest, Dane County, WI · Cancelled |
| Jan 8, 2026 | The Right Place confirms technology companies are exploring data center development in the region, including in Solon Township FOX 17 West Michigan | Project Peninsula Cedar Springs, Kent County, MI · Rumored |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Laramie County commissioners unanimously approve the Project Jade site plans WyoFile Approval | Project Tembo Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY · Approved |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Chesterfield's new data center zoning rules take effect, requiring projects like this one to go before the Board of Supervisors first; the project's site plan had not been approved WWBT 12 On Your Side Approval | Old Bermuda Data Center Chesterfield County, VA · Denied |
| Jan 2026 | Common Council unanimously approves the tax abatement ABC57 Approval | Amazon Hobart data center Hobart, Lake County, IN · Approved |
| Jan 2026 | AWS closes purchase of about 1,920 acres near Northeast Creek Reservoir for about $72 million WVVA | Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses Louisa, Louisa County, VA · Under construction |
| Jan 2026 | A source close to the development tells Arkansas Business that Google is the company behind the Little Rock Port project Arkansas Business | Little Rock Port data center Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR · Proposed |
| Jan 2026 | City council votes unanimously to add regulations on data center projects Next City | Menomonie Data Center (Balloonist LLC) Menomonie, Dunn County, WI · Paused |
| Jan 2026 | Buildings 2-6 operating, per Epoch AI Epoch AI | Meta Prometheus New Albany, Franklin and Licking counties, OH · Operating |
| Jan 2026 | Five-year PILOT agreement approved Nebius Approval | Nebius Vineland Data Center Vineland, Cumberland County, NJ · Under construction |
| Jan 2026 | Beale-affiliated Bobcat Tucson Water LLC applies to ADWR for two commercial groundwater wells AZPM | Project Blue Tucson, Pima County, AZ · Under construction |
| Jan 2026 | Township Planning Commission unanimously approves a 90-day moratorium on data center proposals FOX 17 West Michigan Approval | Project Peninsula Cedar Springs, Kent County, MI · Rumored |
| Jan 2026 | Rezoning request revised from light industrial to industrial The Citizen | Project Sail Newnan, Coweta County, GA · Approved |
| Jan 2026 | Columbia County Planning Commission votes 4-1 to recommend the Pumpkin Center and Byrd Farm data center projects WRDW | Pumpkin Technology Campus Harlem, Columbia County, GA · Approved |
| Jan 2026 | QTS files plans for 2 million sq ft ATL2 East expansion on 313 acres west of Veterans Parkway DatacenterDynamics | QTS Fayetteville data center campus Fayetteville, Fayette County, GA · Operating |
| Jan 2026 | OpenAI and SoftBank each invest $500M in SB Energy, which will build and operate the site DCD | Stargate Milam County Burlington, Milam County, TX · Under construction |
| Jan 2026 | Steel framing begins, per Epoch AI Epoch AI | Vantage Frontier Campus Albany, Shackelford County, TX · Under construction |
| Jan 2026 | Developer completes a Development of Regional Impact filing, triggering state infrastructure review The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Wallace Jackson Data Center Campus Griffin, Spalding County, GA · Approved |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Township Ohio | Adopted | Jan 2026 | BG Independent News |
Court cases filed
| Case | Project | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Crosby and Singleton v. Colleton County South Carolina state court, Colleton County · filed Jan 9, 2026 Southern Environmental Law Center | Project Boulder | pending |
Hearings and votes: held and upcoming
| Date | Body and subject | Project | Outcome on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2026 held | Tompkins County Legislature: Ithaca Times | Lake Hawkeye | not yet on record |
Hearings still on a project’s record. Upcoming hearings calendar →
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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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in January 2026.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-01. |
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