# Data Center Permit Tracker

> Track 97 public records across 22 US states plus 14 EU and UK decisions: adopted moratoria, denials, rezonings, permits and hearing dates. Filter by jurisdiction, status, MW and acreage. Every row links the agenda, docket or order behind it.

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## Records
- [Abbots Langley — recovered planning appeal](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/abbots-langley-appeal/): Secretary of State determined the recovered appeal for the Bedmond Road data center scheme, with conditions in the decision letter.
- [Amazon — BWI-150 to BWI-153](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/amazon-bwi-air-permit/): Maryland issued an air construction permit for the emergency generators at Amazon’s Frederick County campus, 3250 Digital Drive.
- [Amazon — Warrenton special use permit](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/warrenton-amazon-sup/): Town Council approved the special use permit with conditions after a continued public hearing.
- [Apple Valley — interim ordinance hearing notice](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/apple-valley-pause-hearing/): Notice sets a public hearing on a proposed moratorium while the city studies data center zoning regulations.
- [Art Data Centres — Ennis judicial review](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/ennis-judicial-review/): The High Court dismissed the judicial review of the Ennis data center campus permission, leaving the planning permission in place.
- [AVAIO — Pittsburg](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/avaio-pittsburg-backup-generating-facility-pbgf/): Backup generation for the Pittsburg Data Hub at Golf Club Road.
- [AWS — Mississippi incentive legislation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/amazon-mississippi-legislation/): Governor's release archive records signing legislation for AWS data center complexes in two Madison County industrial parks.
- [AWS — St. Joseph County tax abatement](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/amazon-st-joseph-incentive/): County approved the campus incentive package, including property tax abatement and an enterprise technology exemption.
- [AWS — Stevensburg land rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/aws-culpeper-stevensburg/): Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 on 5 April 2022 to rezone 243 acres near Stevensburg from agricultural to light industrial for the AWS campus, overriding a 5–4 planning commission recommendation to deny.
- [AWS — Vicksburg state incentive extension](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/amazon-vicksburg-incentive/): Governor announced that the previously approved Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority legislation would be made available for the Vicksburg project; no local building permit is inferred.
- [Balloonist — Red Cedar land rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/menomonie-balloonist-rezoning/): Council approved annexing 324 acres from the Town of Red Cedar and rezoning them Restricted Industrial on 4 August 2025. The vote covers land use only; a data center site plan needs its own approval.
- [Bedford — Ampthill Road NSIP direction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/bedford-section35/): Section 35 direction requires development consent for the proposed campus and training facilities. Reported IT load is the proposed maximum, with no development consent inferred.
- [Belmont Innovation Campus — revised application](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/belmont-innovation-approval/): Board approved the smaller application on reconsideration after an earlier version was denied.
- [Beltline — rezoning recommendation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/franklin-beltline-recommendation/): Planning commission recommended against rezoning the Phelan Road parcels. The county commission makes the final decision.
- [Blue Earth — zoning study moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/blue-earth-moratorium/): County Board adopted a one-year interim ordinance on 25 August 2026. It runs to 27 June 2027 or until data center standards are adopted, and covers unincorporated land under county zoning: everywhere outside cities, Mankato Township and Lime Township.
- [Box Elder County — data center pause](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/box-elder-moratorium/): County Commission unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on new data centers and data center power plants on unincorporated land on 10 June 2026. The Stratos project is unaffected.
- [Charlotte — initial data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/charlotte-moratorium/): Council adopted a temporary pause on data center applications. Existing operations and legally exempt projects continue.
- [Chatham County — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/chatham-nc-moratorium/): Board paused data center, data processing and cryptocurrency mining permits in unincorporated areas until the stated end date or earlier zoning standards.
- [Chisago County — moratorium hearing notice](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/chisago-moratorium-hearing/): Published notice sets a hearing to consider an interim zoning moratorium. The notice milestone does not establish adoption.
- [Coffee County — data center moratorium resolution](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/coffee-county-moratorium/): Commission minutes record passage of a one-year data center moratorium.
- [Dartford — New Barn Road NSIP direction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/dartford-section35/): The Secretary of State issued a Section 35 direction, so the Dartford campus goes through the national development consent route.
- [DeKalb County — moratorium extension agenda](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/dekalb-extension-agenda/): Legistar lists a proposed extension for commission consideration. Its preliminary-item status and empty final-action field do not establish adoption.
- [Digital Realty — Lafayette](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/lafayette-backup-generating-facility/): Three-story data center and generating yard; the exemption covers backup power.
- [Eagan — large data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/eagan-moratorium/): City Council adopted a one-year moratorium on 17 February 2026, 4–0, covering data centers over 20 MW and any within 500 feet of homes. Eagan Capital sued in June 2026 to overturn it.
- [EdgeConneX — Ashville annexation denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/ashville-edgeconnex-annexation/): Village Council voted 4–2 on 2 February 2026 to reject annexing Harrison Township farmland for the EdgeConneX campus. Land EdgeConneX already owns inside village limits is unaffected.
- [England — draft data centre national policy](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/uk-data-centre-nps-draft/): Government published consultation on a draft National Policy Statement for data centres using the NSIP regime. Draft publication is not designation.
- [Equinix — Great Oaks South](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/equinix-great-oaks-south/): The CEC granted a backup-generation exemption for the Great Oaks South project in San José, moving the generating facility to local permitting.
- [FAE Clark — Old Elberton Road rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/athens-clarke-denial/): Unified government unanimously denied agricultural-to-industrial rezoning for a proposed data center.
- [Fairfax — data center zoning amendment](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/fairfax-zoning-amendment/): Amendment revised data center permissions and standards; it took effect September 11, 2024.
- [Forsyth County — data center standards recommendation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/forsyth-ga-recommendation/): Planning Commission recommended approval with increased residential setbacks and buffers; this memo does not record the final board vote.
- [Forsyth Technology Campus — zoning vote](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/forsyth-city-campus/): City Council approved zoning for a data center development beside Interstate 75.
- [Francis Harris Lane — San Marcos rezoning denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/san-marcos-recommendation/): City Council voted 5–2 to deny the rezoning for a roughly 200-acre data center campus on Francis Harris Lane, in the 17 February 2026 meeting that ran to nearly 3 a.m.
- [Frankfurt — data center siting concept](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/frankfurt-data-center-concept/): Council adopted planning guidance dividing commercial parks into suitable, restricted-suitability and excluded zones for external data center uses.
- [Gateway Digital — rezoning recommendation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/franklin-diamond-recommendation/): Planning commission recommended approval of the Diamond Farms agricultural rezoning; final county commission action was still required at this milestone.
- [Geronimo Power — Nobles County zoning refusal](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/nobles-zoning-denial/): Commissioners voted 3–2 on 21 April 2026 to deny the text amendment that would have allowed data centers as a conditional use in the agricultural preservation district, blocking the 959-acre Geronimo Power campus.
- [GI Partners — Bowers](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/bowers-backup-generating-facility/): Emergency generating facility serving the Bowers Data Center at Bowers Avenue.
- [GIC — NorthTown](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/northtown-backup-generating-facility/): Proposed emergency generation serving the NorthTown campus near West Trimble Road.
- [GIC — Vernon](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/vernon-backup-generating-facility-vbgf/): Proposed backup generation for the Goodman Energy Park campus near Vernon Avenue and Soto Street.
- [Google — Grange Castle appeal approval](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/google-dublin-appeal/): An Coimisiún Pleanála granted permission with conditions on 23 September 2026 for the third Grange Castle building, overturning South Dublin County Council’s August 2024 refusal on grid and renewable-energy grounds.
- [Google — Project Loch](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/google-project-loch/): USACE published a wetlands permit application notice for Google’s Chesterfield campus: three data center buildings, three substations and supporting infrastructure.
- [Google / Design — Storey County tax abatements](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/google-storey-abatement/): GOED annual report records approval of data center sales and personal property tax abatements for Design, LLC.
- [Granville — data center ballot restriction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/granville-ballot-ban/): Granville voters approved a data center ban for the village in the 3 November 2026 election.
- [Hamblen County — high-load moratorium hearing](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/hamblen-pause-hearing/): Notice sets a public hearing on a one-year moratorium for facilities with 5 MW or more of electrical load, with an industrial-district exception.
- [Henrico — provisional use permits](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/henrico-provisional-use/): Zoning amendment requires provisional use permits for principal-use data centers and establishes development standards.
- [Hillsboro — data center land-use moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/hillsboro-moratorium/): Council enacted a temporary land-use pause on data centers and battery energy storage development.
- [Indianapolis — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/indianapolis-moratorium/): Council approved the moratorium amendment; the official resource page records subsequent Metropolitan Development Commission approval and an outside end date.
- [Ireland — data center enterprise policy](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/ireland-enterprise-policy/): Government statement sets policy direction for data center development alongside digitalisation and decarbonisation.
- [Iver — Court Lane recovered appeal](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/iver-court-lane-appeal/): Secretary of State allowed the recovered appeal and granted outline planning permission for redevelopment of Court Lane Industrial Estate as a data center, subject to conditions.
- [Iver — Woodlands Park recovered appeal](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/iver-woodlands-appeal/): Recovered appeal allowed for redevelopment of a former landfill as a data center scheme, subject to the letter's conditions.
- [Knox County — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/knox-pause-recommendation/): County Commission passed a moratorium on 22 June 2026 on developing or expanding data centers that use 10 MW or more, in force until the Planning Commission completes a new data center ordinance.
- [Lakeland Equity — Cleveland permit denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/cleveland-lakeland-denial/): Mayor announced rejection of the permit for the proposed campus at East 55th Street.
- [Le Sueur County — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/lesueur-moratorium/): Interim ordinance pauses data center land-use and zoning applications while the county studies standards; effective June 4, 2026.
- [Loudon County — pause extension hearing notice](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/loudon-tn-extension-hearing/): Notice sets a 10 November 2026 public hearing, followed by a commission vote, on extending the county’s temporary data center moratorium.
- [Loudoun — proposed application pause](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/loudoun-proposed-pause/): Discussion of the proposed pause on legislative data center and substation applications was deferred to November 17. The deferral notice records no adoption.
- [Loudoun — special exception rule](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/loudoun-special-exception/): Data center uses in IP, GI and MR-HI districts require special exception approval, with grandfathering rules for earlier applications.
- [Louisiana — data center exemption framework](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/louisiana-incentive-framework/): State completed a framework requiring applicant attestations and coordinated agency review before receiving the Data Center Sales and Use Tax Exemption.
- [Manatee — development moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/manatee-moratorium/): Twelve-month pause, or until repeal if sooner, on new data center-related development applications in unincorporated Manatee County.
- [Martin Avenue — backup generation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/martin-backup-generating-facility-mbgf/): Emergency generation for the Martin Data Center at Martin Avenue.
- [Memphis — 135-day data center pause](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/memphis-moratorium/): Council approved a 135-day pause on new data center applications, approvals and permits on 20 October 2026, after a 12-month version failed 6–6. Existing facilities and certain previously approved projects continue.
- [Meta / Entergy — resource certification](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/meta-entergy-certification/): Louisiana’s PSC approved a settlement for Entergy generation and transmission resources serving Laidley LLC, Meta’s Richland Parish project.
- [Meta / Laidley — air permit notice](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/meta-laidley-air-notice/): LDEQ published a proposed synthetic minor air operating permit for the Laidley Data Center. A Louisiana PSC order identifies Laidley as a Meta subsidiary.
- [Microsoft — AVC 22](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/microsoft-avc22/): USACE published an application notice for Microsoft’s new campus in Mecklenburg County, adjacent to AVC17.
- [Microsoft — Mount Pleasant expansion approval](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/mount-pleasant-microsoft-approval/): Village Board approved additional data center buildings near Microsoft's existing campus on land previously planned for Foxconn.
- [Microsoft — San Jose](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/san-jose-data-center/): Two buildings at Alviso-Milpitas Road; the source distinguishes maximum demand from its lower estimated load.
- [Microsoft — San José 04](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/san-jose-data-center-04/): Two four-story data center buildings near Orchard Parkway and Component Drive.
- [MLP Ventures — King of Prussia planning decision](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/upper-merion-mlp-denial/): Supervisors denied extensions and preliminary land development plans for all five MLP Ventures data center sites (about 4.6 million sq ft) on 13 August 2026. The developer has sued the township over the denial.
- [Monarch — Lyon County land designation](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/monarch-lyon-plan/): Board changed Agriculture to Specific Plan for a proposed campus; additional approvals remained necessary. Reported MW covers the first phase only.
- [Montgomery, MD — executive permit pause](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/montgomery-maryland-pause/): Executive order established an immediate six-month pause on acceptance, processing and consideration of new data center permit applications.
- [Nashville — data center review executive order](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/nashville-executive-order/): Executive order directs an impact review of data centers and backs separate moratorium legislation before Metro Council.
- [Nassau — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/nassau-moratorium/): Moratorium of up to twelve months covers applications for development permits, orders, rezonings and site plans for data center facilities.
- [Nebius — Independence incentive approval](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/nebius-independence-incentive/): City Council voted 5–2 on 2 March 2026 for Chapter 100 industrial revenue bonds and 20-year property tax abatements for the Nebius campus on Missouri 78. A court later dismissed a suit seeking a public vote.
- [Netherlands — hyperscale siting restriction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/netherlands-hyperscale-rule/): National instruction rule restricts hyperscale data center siting, with specified exception areas. Thresholds in the rule are not project capacity values.
- [Oregon — state land request pause](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/oregon-state-land-pause/): Governor paused state work on land requests supporting new data centers. The release distinguishes this action from a statewide development moratorium.
- [Pataskala — large data center ballot restriction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/pataskala-ballot-ban/): Pataskala voters approved a ban on large-scale data centers in the 3 November 2026 election.
- [Pennhurst — East Vincent denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/east-vincent-pennhurst-review/): Supervisors unanimously rejected the 1.9 million sq ft data center at the former Pennhurst State School site on 21 May 2026, after the planning commission recommended denial in February. The developer plans to appeal.
- [Price Road — Chandler data center denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/chandler-price-road-denial/): City Council unanimously rejected the proposed data center after public opposition.
- [Prince William — overlay restructuring](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/prince-william-overlay/): Overlay eligibility narrowed. The final eligibility period closes December 21, 2026; an updated boundary map follows.
- [Project Blue — Pima County rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/project-blue-rezoning/): Board approved Rural Homestead to Light Industrial rezoning and the sale of the county land for the proposed data center.
- [PW Digital Gateway — rezoning court outcome](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/digital-gateway-void/): The Court of Appeals of Virginia upheld on 31 March 2026 the ruling that the three Digital Gateway rezonings are void. QTS withdrew its Supreme Court appeal on 2 July 2026, and the land reverts to its prior zoning.
- [QTS — RIC5 expansion](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/qts-ric5-expansion/): USACE published a wetlands permit application notice for the QTS RIC5 expansion in Henrico County, adding Data Center Building 5 in White Oak Technology Park.
- [Red Ace — Keyser Road rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/culpeper-red-ace-rezoning/): Rural land rezoned to Light Industrial for a data center campus and substation.
- [Rock Creek — Fort Worth rezoning](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/fort-worth-rock-creek/): Council approved rezoning for the campus; a site plan remained a further approval step at the cited milestone.
- [Rutherford County — proposed pause discussion](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/rutherford-pause-agenda/): Committee agenda for 3 November 2026 lists discussion of a one-year pause on data center land-use applications in unincorporated zoning districts.
- [Scranton Materials — Ransom overlay denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/ransom-overlay-denial/): Supervisors rejected the requested data center overlay amendment for the quarry site because the application lacked information.
- [Spartanburg County — data center moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/spartanburg-moratorium/): County presentation records a twelve-month pause on certain new data center applications while zoning standards are studied.
- [STACK — SVY03A](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/stack-svy03a-data-center-campus/): Two data center buildings, backup generation and substation at Production Avenue.
- [Stratos — MIDA project-area consent](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/stratos-project-area/): Commission consented to creation of the MIDA project area. County later clarified this consent did not authorize data center construction.
- [Sunbury — large data center ballot restriction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/sunbury-ballot-ban/): Residents voted to ban data centers consuming more than 25 MW in the November 2026 election. The policy threshold is not entered as project capacity.
- [Talen Energy — Montour rezoning denial](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/montour-talen-denial/): Commissioners rejected agricultural-to-industrial rezoning for a data center and power station.
- [Tallgrass — Laramie County pre-application](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/tallgrass-preapplication/): County pre-application record lists a Tallgrass data center site-plan meeting at US 85.
- [Tulare — extended moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/tulare-moratorium/): Extended pause on new data center development in unincorporated Tulare County; incorporated cities are outside the stated scope.
- [Vantage — DUB13 appeal refusal](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/vantage-dublin-appeal/): The Board refused permission on 4 April 2025 for DUB13 at Profile Park, Clondalkin, upholding South Dublin County Council’s 2023 refusal. It found no fixed grid connection agreement for the scheme.
- [Wapseys Wood — NSIP route direction](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/wapseys-wood-section35/): Section 35 direction routes the proposed campus into the development consent regime. The direction does not grant development consent.
- [Washington, MD — application moratorium](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/washington-maryland-moratorium/): Twelve-month moratorium on data center applications, plans and requests under county authority. Municipalities retain their own zoning authority.
- [Washington, OR — siting policy resolution](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/washington-oregon-resolution/): Resolution opposes large standalone data centers in unincorporated areas and county land transfers for them. The county FAQ says no moratorium or immediate code amendment was directed.
- [Woodburn — moratorium consideration notice](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/woodburn-moratorium-notice/): City notified the state land-use agency (DLCD) of its intent to consider a temporary data center development moratorium.
- [Zeewolde — Trekkersveld IV plan annulment](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/zeewolde-plan-annulled/): Administrative Jurisdiction Division annulled the municipal plan that would have allowed a hyperscale data center.

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## Collections
- [Data center zoning rules, policies and moratoria](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/county-rules/)
- [California data center generator exemptions](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/generator-exemptions/)
- [Data center permits, rezonings and planning decisions](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/project-permits/)
- [Data center moratoria and recorded application pauses](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/moratoria/)
- [Approved data center permits and planning decisions](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/approvals/)
- [Data center permit denials and overturned approvals](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/denials/)
- [EU and UK data center planning decisions and policy](https://datacenterpermittracker.com/europe/)