Monthly report
U.S. data centers in July 2026
In July 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 80 dated changes at 58 tracked projects across 27 states.
Final report for July 2026, published August 1, 2026. Last data change: . Page rebuilt .
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- Dated changes
- 80
- Projects with a first milestone
- 2
- Moratorium actions
- 9
- Court cases filed
- 4
The month in one paragraph
In July 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 80 dated changes at 58 tracked projects across 27 states. 2 projects have their earliest dated milestone in the month. Events recorded include 9 approvals, 2 denials, 4 cancellations. 9 moratorium actions were recorded, 8 of them adopted, extended or announced. 4 court cases were filed. 1 hearing or vote on the record was held. That is 14 more than the 66 changes recorded in June 2026.
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 June 2026
| Measure | July 2026 | June 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 80 | 66 | +14 |
| Projects with a change | 58 | 47 | +11 |
| States | 27 | 27 | 0 |
| Projects with first milestone | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Approval events | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| Denial events | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Cancellation events | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moratorium actions | 9 | 20 | −11 |
| Court cases filed | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Hearings and votes held | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Projects with their first milestone in July 2026
| Project | First milestone | Status now |
|---|---|---|
| Crossroads Technology Campus Spotsylvania County, VA | Jul 31, 2026 | Proposed |
| Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY | Jul 31, 2026 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | Logan County officials cancel the Aug. 6 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Illinois Times Cancellation | Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL · Proposed |
| Jul 30, 2026 | NC DEQ holds joint public hearing on the Amazon and Duke Energy air quality permits in Rockingham NC Department of Environmental Quality | Amazon Web Services Richmond County data center campus Hamlet, Richmond County, NC · Under construction |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Citizens for Fauquier County suffers a setback in court in its challenges to the data center Fauquier Times | Amazon Web Services Warrenton Data Center Warrenton, Fauquier County, VA · Approved |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation cover Buildings 3 and 4, each with an estimated construction cost of $500 million DatacenterDynamics | Goodnight Campus Claude, Armstrong County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Gov. Tina Kotek orders the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to cancel the state's contract with Verrus at the Mill Creek Corporate Center KATU Cancellation | Oakline at Mill Creek Salem, OR · Proposed |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Mississippi DEQ sets retirement schedule for 69 temporary turbines at the Southaven plant (Aug. 18, 2026 to July 14, 2027), allowing 13 to run past the original deadline Mississippi Today | xAI Colossus 2 Memphis, Shelby County, TN · Under construction |
| Jul 29, 2026 | O'Leary says design is 'full steam ahead' and a water permit filing is expected by end of August; MIDA on 'pause' awaiting permit requests The Salt Lake Tribune | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Metro Zoning Administrator issues a written determination that DC BLOX's building-permit applications had vested U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (via WKRN) | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Project Skye's Virginia Water Protection permit application is on hold VPM News | Google Chesterfield County data center campuses Chesterfield County, VA · Under construction |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Meta announces venture with BlackRock (80% BlackRock funds / 20% Meta), ~$14B total cost Meta Investor Relations | Meta El Paso Data Center El Paso, El Paso County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Oracle says Bloom fuel cells will power campus; ~700 New Mexicans working onsite Oracle | Project Jupiter Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, NM · Under construction |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Applied Digital says proceeds of a senior secured notes offering will fund construction of a fourth building (150 MW) at Polaris Forge 1 Applied Digital | Polaris Forge 1 Ellendale, Dickey County, ND · Operating |
| Jul 24, 2026 | PUCT approves net metering application in Docket No. 59220 for the co-located Armstrong County data center load, with ERCOT curtailment obligations White & Case LLP Approval | Goodnight Campus Claude, Armstrong County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Development of Regional Impact (DRI) form submitted to state The Current | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Nashville Zoo board unanimously rejects DC BLOX's proposed MOU for a smaller facility WSMV | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Nearly 1,000 people attend public open house in Rincon, most opposing The Current | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Planning Commission votes 5-0 to recommend denial, following staff recommendation Loudoun Times-Mirror | Spring Valley Technology Park Loudoun County, VA · Proposed |
| Jul 23, 2026 | Columbia County Economic Development Authority announces Google as sole end user and operator of the data center project DatacenterDynamics | White Oak Technology Park Appling, Columbia County, GA · Approved |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Google announces air-cooled technology for the first data center building Botetourt County, VA | Google Botetourt County Data Center Campus Botetourt County, VA · Approved |
| Jul 22, 2026 | OpenAI publicly announces Project Camellia OpenAI | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Tooele County Planning Commission hearing on new data center ordinance (Land Use Ordinance Chapter 34) Tooele County / Utah Public Notice Website | Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County, UT · Paused |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Metro Council approves data center regulations and a moratorium on new permits through Dec. 1, 2026 NewsChannel 5 Approval | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Effingham County Industrial Development Authority signs a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI affiliate Octans GA, LLC WTOC | Project Camellia Rincon, Effingham County, GA · Proposed |
| Jul 17, 2026 | St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen W. Dunne denies plaintiffs' motion for default judgment in the residents' lawsuit Leader (Jefferson County, MO) Denial | CRG Festus Data Center Festus, Jefferson County, MO · Approved |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Brookhaven Town Board votes unanimously for an 18-month moratorium on data centers, running to early 2028 while the town writes zoning rules defining data center use News 12 Long Island | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 16, 2026 | DC BLOX closes on the property for $23 million Inc. | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Microsoft signs 15-year electric service contract with We Energies Wisconsin Watch | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Three residents petition for review of Uinta County’s permits for the data center, alleging that county commissioners and developers held meetings without advertising them and did not disclose potential family conflicts of interest Cowboy State Daily | Prometheus Hyperscale Evanston Campus Evanston, Uinta County, WY · Approved |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Brookhaven Town Board public hearing on the moratorium runs nearly six hours, with about 300 attending and some 60 speaking against data centers Fire Island News | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Morgan County Redevelopment Commission votes unanimously for a tax increment financing district that includes the Project Louie site Indiana Public Media | Google Morgan County Data Center Monrovia, Morgan County, IN · Under construction |
| Jul 15, 2026 | The developer publishes a notice claiming deemed approval of its conditional use application in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette, according to the township solicitor Williamsport Sun-Gazette Approval | Muncy Data Center Muncy Township, Lycoming County, PA · Proposed |
| Jul 15, 2026 | County Commission votes 5-1 to deny the project without prejudice WPTV Denial | Project Tango Loxahatchee, Palm Beach County, FL · Denied |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Joshua Kanter of Alliance for a Better Utah and Gabrielle Finlayson of Elevate Strategies, who opposed the project, sue Kevin O’Leary and Fox News for defamation in federal court in Salt Lake City Utah News Dispatch | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | City Council approves an update to the plan for the CyrusOne campus off Eldamain and Faxon roads WSPY News Approval | CyrusOne CHI-11 Data Center Campus Yorkville, Kendall County, IL · Under construction |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Eco-Yotta Oneonta Data Center Oneonta, Otsego County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Lake Hawkeye Lansing, Tompkins County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | WVDEP issues a unilateral enforcement order to Monarch Cloud Campus after stormwater and mud from the site entered a nearby neighborhood WV MetroNews | Monarch Compute Campus Point Pleasant, Mason County, WV · Under construction |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | North Country Colocation Services Massena Expansion Massena, St. Lawrence County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | City Council approves an amendment to the project's PUD Shaw Local Approval | Project Cardinal Data Center Campus Yorkville, Kendall County, IL · Approved |
| Jul 14, 2026 | NDA released showing officials had to destroy confidential records when it expires or when the developer asks WBHM / Inside Climate News | Project Marvel Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL · Approved |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Ranalli Lysander Data Center Lysander, Onondaga County, NY · Rumored |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Remington Site Data Center Ilion, Herkimer County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs executive order enacting a statewide moratorium on large-scale data centers, pausing permitting for up to a year The Batavian | Stream Data Centers STAMP Campus Alabama, Genesee County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | Treetop East Fishkill Data Center East Fishkill, Dutchess County, NY · Rumored |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more Office of the Governor of New York | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Meta announces expansion to 5 GW and more than $50 billion investment Meta | Meta Hyperion Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, LA · Under construction |
| Jul 9, 2026 | City of Taylor determines a citizen petition to restrict new data centers cannot go on the ballot because, under Texas law, zoning cannot be changed by popular vote CBS Austin | Blueprint Taylor Data Center Taylor, Williamson County, TX · Approved |
| Jul 8, 2026 | State Office of Administrative Hearings begins testimony on El Paso Electric's proposed McCloud Generation Facility CBS4 / KFOX14 | Meta El Paso Data Center El Paso, El Paso County, TX · Under construction |
| Jul 8, 2026 | Muncy Township's zoning ordinance is declared invalid, starting a curative amendment process that must be completed by Jan. 4, 2027, according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette Williamsport Sun-Gazette | Muncy Data Center Muncy Township, Lycoming County, PA · Proposed |
| Jul 8, 2026 | County memo on the site plan resubmittal and conditional use permit for Project Tembo Laramie County | Project Tembo Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY · Approved |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Engineering firm Atwell submitted the preliminary land development plan application to the borough on Switch's behalf. Big Beaver Borough (Atwell, LLC submission) | Switch Big Beaver data center campus Big Beaver, Beaver County, PA · Proposed |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Waverly residents sue Sangamon County in circuit court to overturn the approval Illinois Times Approval | CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center Waverly, Sangamon County, IL · Approved |
| Jul 2, 2026 | California Public Utilities Commission unanimously authorizes Liberty Utilities to seek bids for a new Lake Tahoe power supplier CapRadio | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Storey County, NV · Proposed |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Google offers to pay for a $12 million expansion of Monrovia's wastewater plant if the town ends its annexation effort; the offer set a July 3 deadline Morgan County Correspondent | Google Morgan County Data Center Monrovia, Morgan County, IN · Under construction |
| Jul 2, 2026 | BOPU announces it will no longer accept industrial wastewater from data center fill-and-flush or closed-loop cooling operations Wyoming Tribune Eagle | Meta Cheyenne Data Center Cheyenne, Laramie County, WY · Under construction |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Three Sturtevant residents sue Microsoft in federal court over noise WPR | Microsoft Fairwater Mount Pleasant, Racine County, WI · Operating |
| Jul 2, 2026 | QTS withdraws petitions and ends the project Potomac Local Cancellation | Prince William Digital Gateway Gainesville, Prince William County, VA · Cancelled |
| Jul 1, 2026 | QTS confirms plans for the data center campus WBRC | Project Marvel Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL · Approved |
| Jul 1, 2026 | County Executive signs order pausing new data center permits and approvals through the end of 2026 Maryland Matters Approval | Quantum Frederick Adamstown, Frederick County, MD · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Trenton City Council tables a vote on annexing 600 acres from St. Clair and Madison townships WVXU | Amazon Web Services data center campus, Madison and St. Clair townships Butler County, OH · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | County Council approves a two-year moratorium on data center permitting and development The Diamondback Approval | Brightseat Tech Park Landover, Prince George's County, MD · Approved |
| Jul 2026 | Village hires HR Green, Inc. to review CloudHQ permits, with the developer bearing the cost Daily Herald | CloudHQ ORD Campus Mount Prospect, Cook County, IL · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Residents pack Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission meetings to challenge the project Fredericksburg Free Press | Crossroads Technology Campus Spotsylvania County, VA · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Palo passes a data center ordinance; Linn County, which recently began an 18-month data center moratorium, considers allowing data centers as accessories to nuclear plants Iowa Public Radio | Google Palo data center campus Palo, Linn County, IA · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Moratorium extended ten months and fifteen days County of Imperial | Imperial Data Center Imperial, Imperial County, CA · Paused |
| Jul 2026 | CB-3 delivered, bringing AI capacity online to 102 MW TeraWulf | Lake Mariner Somerset, Niagara County, NY · Operating |
| Jul 2026 | Village of Latham calls off a planned Aug. 3 public hearing and vote on annexing and rezoning the site; the village attorney says the meeting was postponed and the application has not been withdrawn Blockspace Cancellation | Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | County zoning officer says the state's attorney determined technical mistakes disqualified Hut 8's applications from August county meetings; if fixed and resubmitted they could be considered in September at the earliest Illinois Times | Logan Prairie Data Center Latham, Logan County, IL · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Oracle credit rating falls to BBB-; PSC rejects We Energies request to reconsider collateral rules; Oracle challenges rules in Ozaukee County Circuit Court Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service | Port Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, WI · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Burgin officials give a first reading, on a favorable but not unanimous vote, to annexing some 500 acres into the city for the project DatacenterDynamics | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission votes to advance data center zoning regulations restricting where large data centers can locate Kentucky Lantern | Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | County adopts six-month moratorium on data center development Live 5 News (WCSC) | Project Boulder Walterboro, Colleton County, SC · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Residents submit a petition to amend Trenton's charter to prohibit construction of data centers over 25 megawatts WVXU | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Trenton City Council approves a 15-year, 75% property tax abatement agreement and a compensation agreement with Prologis WVXU Approval | Project Mila Trenton, Butler County, OH · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Aligned closes purchase of a 650.89-acre property in Shippingport for $223,150,865.38 Beaver County Radio | Project Phoenix Shippingport, Beaver County, PA · Under construction |
| Jul 2026 | Township issues first stop-work order over soil and health/safety plans; work resumes by end of July The Philadelphia Inquirer | Sentinel / Green Fig Data Center Malvern, Chester County, PA · Paused |
| Jul 2026 | O'Leary Digital and Box Elder County ask the First District Court to dismiss the June 3 referendum lawsuit Deseret News | Stratos Project Box Elder County, UT · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Tonawanda Seneca Nation, Sierra Club and a Town of Alabama resident sue the IDA and town officials over the STAMP incentive zoning agreement Investigative Post | Stream Data Centers STAMP Campus Alabama, Genesee County, NY · Proposed |
| Jul 2026 | Utah Division of Water Quality holds public hearing on the discharge permit KSL.com | Tooele Valley data center (Burmester Road / I-80) Tooele County, UT · Paused |
| Jul 2026 | South Carolina Environmental Law Center sues Spartanburg County and Valara Holdings on behalf of nearby residents over the minor land development classification FOX Carolina | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison County Florida | Adopted | Jul 22, 2026 | WWALS Watershed Coalition |
| Augusta-Richmond County Georgia | Extension recommended | reported Jul 20, 2026 | WRDW |
| Town of Brookhaven New York · 18 months | Adopted | Jul 17, 2026 | Fire Island News |
| New York New York · until the state completes a Generic Environmental Impact Statement | Adopted | Jul 14, 2026 | Office of the Governor of New York |
| Frederick County Maryland | Adopted | Jul 1, 2026 | Maryland Matters |
| Greenwood County South Carolina · one year | Adopted | Jul 2026 | FOX Carolina |
| Paulding County Georgia | Adopted | Jul 2026 | FOX 5 Atlanta |
| Prince George's County Maryland · two years | Adopted | Jul 2026 | WTOP |
| Village of Wrightstown Wisconsin · one year | Adopted | Jul 2026 | NBC 26 |
Court cases filed
| Case | Project | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waverly residents v. Sangamon County and Sangamon County Board Illinois circuit court (Circuit Judge Adam Giganti) · filed Jul 6, 2026 Illinois Times | CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center | pending |
| Sturtevant residents v. Microsoft (noise class action) U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin · filed Jul 1, 2026 WPR | Microsoft Fairwater | pending |
| Tonawanda Seneca Nation et al. v. Genesee County IDA and Town of Alabama officials New York State Supreme Court, Genesee County · filed Jul 2026 Investigative Post | Stream Data Centers STAMP Campus | pending |
| NV Energy v. Tract Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County, Nevada · filed Jul 2026 CBS News | Fleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) | pending |
Hearings and votes: held and upcoming
| Date | Body and subject | Project | Outcome on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 held | Brookhaven Town Board: Fire Island News | WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center | 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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