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U.S. data centers in October 2026: month to date
In October 2026, month to date through October 14, 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 2 dated changes at 2 tracked projects across 4 states.
Month to date, updated . October 2026 has not ended. This page is rebuilt every day and becomes the final report automatically after October 31, 2026.
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- Dated changes
- 2
- Projects with a first milestone
- 0
- Moratorium actions
- 4
- Court cases filed
- 0
The month in one paragraph
In October 2026, month to date through October 14, 2026, the Data Center Census recorded 2 dated changes at 2 tracked projects across 4 states. 4 moratorium actions were recorded, 4 of them adopted, extended or announced. 5 hearings or votes on the record were held and 3 more are scheduled. For comparison, all of September 2026 had 91 recorded changes; this month is not yet complete.
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 September 2026
| Measure | October 2026 (to date) | September 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dated changes recorded | 2 | 91 | — |
| Projects with a change | 2 | 61 | — |
| States | 4 | 30 | — |
| Projects with first milestone | 0 | 2 | — |
| Approval events | 0 | 22 | — |
| Denial events | 0 | 4 | — |
| Cancellation events | 0 | 4 | — |
| Construction or operations starts | 0 | 1 | — |
| Moratorium actions | 4 | 24 | — |
| Court cases filed | 0 | 3 | — |
| Hearings and votes held | 5 | 6 | — |
| Hearings and votes upcoming | 3 | 0 | — |
The month is not over, so the change column is left blank; the earlier month is complete.
Every dated change
| Date | What changed | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Judge J. Derham Cole Jr. dismisses neighbors' challenge to the county's permitting of the project, finding no specific harm shown and no prior appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals WRDW | Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC · Under construction |
| Oct 2026 | Federal judge dismisses DC BLOX's suit against Metro over the moratorium without ruling on the permits, and gives the company 21 days to refile part of the case FOX 17 Nashville | DC BLOX Nashville Data Center Nashville, Davidson County, TN · Proposed |
Moratorium actions
| Jurisdiction | Action | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Indio California | Extended | Oct 7, 2026 | NBC Palm Springs |
| City and County of San Francisco California · 45 days | Adopted | Oct 6, 2026 | The San Francisco Standard |
| City of Raleigh North Carolina · 6 months | Adopted | Oct 6, 2026 | Spectrum News 1 |
| Beaufort County North Carolina · 1 year | Adopted | Oct 5, 2026 | WITN |
Hearings and votes: held and upcoming
| Date | Body and subject | Project | Outcome on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 held | Hermantown City Council: Council meeting at which the council said it will share information on the report Northern News Now | Google Hermantown Data Center | not yet on record |
| Oct 6, 2026 held | Salem Data Center Task Force: Town hall gathering public input on data center regulation, at Center 50+ KATU | Oakline at Mill Creek | not yet on record |
| Oct 6, 2026 held | Enid City Council: Meeting and public hearing; the council will consider whether to approve or deny the rezoning request City of Enid | Project Thunderbird | not yet on record |
| Oct 9, 2026 held | Sangamon County Circuit Court: Hearing on the county's motion to dismiss the Waverly residents' lawsuit (Judge Adam Giganti) Illinois Times | CyrusOne Sangamon County Data Center | not yet on record |
| Oct 13, 2026 held | Hood County Commissioners Court: Rescheduled item on proposed data center projects including Comanche Circle, to be advertised as a public hearing NBC DFW | Comanche Circle | not yet on record |
| Oct 14, 2026 upcoming | Pennsylvania DEP: Public meeting (5–6 p.m.) and hearing on Homer City Generating Station's application for a major amendment to its Blacklick Creek discharge permit, Homer-Center High School auditorium WDAD AM1450 & 100.3FM | Homer City Energy Campus | — |
| Oct 20, 2026 upcoming | Salem Data Center Task Force: Final town hall gathering public input on data center regulation, at the Scottish Rite Center KATU | Oakline at Mill Creek | — |
| Oct 30, 2026 upcoming | Lake County Circuit Court: Initial status hearing in lawsuit challenging the village's approvals (9 a.m., Courtroom 301) Lake and McHenry County Scanner | T5 @ Chicago IV | — |
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.
The same data is behind the statistics page, the charts and the downloads. This month-to-date page is replaced by the final report on the first daily build after the month ends.
Cite this page
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 October 2026: month to date. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-10 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in October 2026: month to date.” Data Center Census, Oct 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-10. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-10 |
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