2025
Data center milestones on the record in 2025: 43 milestones, 12 approvals, 12 groundbreakings, 9 laws signed and 3 expansions 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.
2025 43 milestones
- December 7 milestones 2 approvals, 5 groundbreakings
- November 3 milestones 1 approval, 1 denial, 1 moratorium adopted
- October 4 milestones 3 groundbreakings, 1 law signed
- September 3 milestones 1 approval, 1 groundbreaking, 1 expansion
- August 5 milestones 3 approvals, 1 expansion, 1 lawsuit
- July 1 milestone 1 law signed
- June 2 milestones 1 groundbreaking, 1 law signed
- May 6 milestones 1 approval, 1 expansion, 4 laws signed
- April 2 milestones 2 laws signed
- March 1 milestone 1 approval
- February 1 milestone 1 lawsuit filed
- January 2 milestones 1 approval, 1 opening
2025, no month given 6
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Richland Parish, Louisiana
Three gas plants were approved by the PSC last year, and seven more are now up for approval
wwno.org (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Aug 12, 2026)
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Aurora, Illinois
Aurora enacted 180 day moratorium on data center and warehouse developments last year and passed ordinance in March requiring council approval for all new data centers
chicagotribune.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 15, 2026)
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House Bill 775 granted 50 year tax breaks for data center developers.
wlky.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its source gives; no month or day; filed under Jan 1, 2025)
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Historic Charlotte building site data center, Charlotte, North Carolina
Digital Realty bought the Court Arcade building in 2025 from Shamrock Management Corporation for 9.5 million dollars
wbtv.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 7, 2026)
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Meta El Paso data center, El Paso, Texas
Meta broke ground on El Paso Data Center last year (2025)
datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab), primary source (the year its own sentence names; filed under Mar 26, 2026)
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Nebius AI Data Center (Vineland), Vineland, New Jersey
DataOne Campus construction began in 2025
communitynews.org (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 12, 2026)