2024
Data center milestones on the record in 2024: 27 milestones, 14 laws signed, 4 groundbreakings, 4 openings and 3 approvals among them, each on the day it happened and linked to its record. A milestone is an act of one of the kinds the timeline lists, on the day it happened; the Daily Record lists every row by the day it entered the record.
2024 27 milestones
- December 1 milestone 1 groundbreaking
- November none on the record
- October none on the record
- September none on the record
- August 2 milestones 1 groundbreaking, 1 opening
- July 2 milestones 2 laws signed
- June 2 milestones 2 laws signed
- May 5 milestones 5 laws signed
- April 5 milestones 1 opening, 4 laws signed
- March none on the record
- February none on the record
- January 2 milestones 1 expansion, 1 law signed
2024, no month given 8
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Massachusetts Legislature approved tax incentive for data center development in 2024; Governor Healey pressed pause in June 2026
nbcboston.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 8, 2026)
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Stafford County, Virginia
In 2024, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved the Stafford Technology Campus, the largest data center project in county history.
youtube.com (opens in a new tab), video (the year its own sentence names; filed under Feb 26, 2026)
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Google Fort Wayne data center, Fort Wayne, Indiana
IDEM first approved 34 main diesel generators for the project back in 2024.
21alivenews.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 21, 2026)
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Novva West Jordan Data Center Campus, West Jordan, Utah
Phase 3 construction started last year, covers 318,000 sq ft and adds 72 MW of capacity
enr.com (opens in a new tab), trade press (the year its own sentence names; filed under Mar 13, 2025)
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SpaceXAI Memphis data centers, Memphis, Tennessee
xAI's hyperscale data center in Memphis opened in 2024
wsmv.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 11, 2026)
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SpaceXAI Memphis data centers, Memphis, Tennessee
Colossus I opened in 2024.
independent.co.uk (opens in a new tab), international outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 18, 2026)
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xAI Southaven turbine site, Southaven, Mississippi
Colossus 1 data center construction began in 2024
cbsnews.com (opens in a new tab), national outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Aug 27, 2026)
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T5 Grayslake data center, Grayslake, Illinois
T5 @ Chicago IV data center campus was given approvals in 2024 and 2025 by the Grayslake Village Board
lakemchenryscanner.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Aug 30, 2026)