Data Center Record.
Timeline / 2026

April 2026

A milestone is an approval, a denial, a moratorium, a groundbreaking, an opening, an expansion, a cancellation, a lawsuit filed, a court ruling, a law signed or taking effect or a federal roll call, on the day it happened; each line links the record it belongs to, the Daily Record lists every row by the day it entered the record instead, and how a day is read is on the methodology page.

May 2026 · March 2026

35 milestones in April 2026

9 approvals · 2 moratoriums adopted · 1 moratorium rejected · 3 moratoriums · 1 opening · 1 expansion · 4 lawsuits filed · 14 laws signed

Newest: , moratorium rejected, Maine.

Place
Kind
Developer

Wednesday, April 29 1

  1. Moratorium rejected

    Maine

    Maine legislature failed to override Governor Mills' veto of the data center ban on April 29, 2026

    mainemorningstar.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names)

Friday, April 24 1

  1. Approval

    Box Elder County, Utah

    Military Installation Development Authority board approved guidelines and tax incentive plan on April 24

    ksl.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under May 19, 2026)

Friday, April 17 2

  1. Law signed

    SB270: Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data..., Alabama

    S.B. 270 was signed.

    alison.legislature.state.al.us, primary source

  2. Law signed

    LB1010: Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage..., Nebraska

    L.B. 1010 was signed.

    nebraskalegislature.gov, primary source

Tuesday, April 14 3

  1. Law signed

    L.D. 713: An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business..., Maine

    L.D. 713 was signed.

    legislature.maine.gov, primary source

  2. Law signed

    L.D. 307: An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on..., Maine

    L.D. 307 was signed.

    legislature.maine.gov, primary source

  3. Lawsuit filed

    xAI Southaven turbine site, Southaven, Mississippi

    The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Earthjustice, sued xAI Holdings and MZX Tech under the Clean Air Act in the Northern District of Mississippi, alleging 27 gas turbines operating without an air permit at the Southaven site (alleged in the filing, not a finding)

    earthjustice.org, local outlet

Monday, April 13 6

  1. Law signed

    H.B. 323: Data centers; Department of Energy shall lead efforts to accelerate use of waste heat, report., Virginia

    H.B. 323 was signed.

    lis.virginia.gov, primary source

  2. Law signed

    S.B. 553: Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers., Virginia

    S.B. 553 was signed.

    lis.virginia.gov, primary source

  3. Law signed

    H.B. 496: Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers., Virginia

    H.B. 496 was signed.

    lis.virginia.gov, primary source

  4. Law signed

    S.B. 94: Data centers; site assessment, sound profile of the high energy use facility., Virginia

    S.B. 94 was signed.

    lis.virginia.gov, primary source

  5. Approval

    Project Baccara, Maricopa County, Arizona

    160 acre Project Baccara recommended for approval in Maricopa County

    datacenterdynamics.com, trade press

    1 more report
    1. Apr 13 Project Baccara was recommended for approval by the county's planning and zoning commission constructionreviewonline.com

  6. Approval

    Project Baccara, Maricopa County, Arizona

    Project Baccara is a 2 million square foot data center endorsed for approval in Maricopa County

    constructionreviewonline.com, local outlet

Friday, April 10 1

  1. Law signed

    LB1010: Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage..., Nebraska

    L.B. 1010 was signed.

    nebraskalegislature.gov, primary source

Wednesday, April 8 2

  1. Law signed

    H.B. 507: Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets., Virginia

    H.B. 507 was signed.

    lis.virginia.gov, primary source

  2. Law signed

    S.B. 3410: City of Brandon and West Rankin Utility Authority; authorize to enter agreements w/data center for..., Mississippi

    S.B. 3410 was signed.

    billstatus.ls.state.ms.us, primary source

Tuesday, April 7 3

  1. Approval

    Sangamon County, Illinois

    Sangamon County Board approved a conditional permitted use for a data center on 280 acres of farmland by a vote of 17-10 on April 7, 2026

    illinoistimes.com, local outlet

  2. Opening

    Edged Mesa data center, Mesa, Arizona

    Edged US opened a waterless AI data center in Mesa, Arizona

    datacenter.news, local outlet

  3. Approval

    Sangamon County Data Center, Sangamon, Illinois

    Sangamon County Board approved a resolution for the CyrusOne data center April 7

    springfieldbusinessjournal.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Jul 9, 2026)

Monday, April 6 1

  1. Law signed

    H.B. 4084: Relating to economic development; and prescribing an effective date., Oregon

    H.B. 4084 was signed.

    olis.oregonlegislature.gov, primary source

Thursday, April 2 1

  1. Law signed

    H. 911: Adds to existing law to provide for new large loads., Idaho

    H. 911 was signed.

    legislature.idaho.gov, primary source

Wednesday, April 1 1

  1. Law signed

    S.B. 6231: Revised for engrossed: Removing a tax exemption for the replacement of equipment for data centers., Washington

    S.B. 6231 was signed.

    app.leg.wa.gov, primary source

April 2026, no day given 13

  1. Moratorium

    Maine

    Maine Governor Mills vetoed a bill in April that would have put a temporary moratorium on data centers

    wcvb.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 8, 2026)

    1 more report
    1. Apr, no day given Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill in April that would have temporarily banned data center development statewide. pressherald.com

  2. Lawsuit filed

    Lowell, Massachusetts

    Lowell residents sued Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in April over Markley Group's flawed air quality plan for eight new generators

    fallriverreporter.com, local outlet (the month its source gives; it names no day)

  3. Approval

    Juab County, Utah

    Juab County commissioners approved a conditional use permit for a data center project in April 2026

    ksl.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 16, 2026)

  4. Lawsuit filed

    Mississippi

    NAACP and other groups sued xAI and MZX Tech in April alleging the plant emits significant amounts of harmful pollutants

    cbsnews.com, national outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 27, 2026)

  5. Moratorium

    Champaign County, Illinois

    Champaign County implemented 1 year moratorium on large data center construction in April 2026

    ipmnewsroom.org, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 1, 2026)

  6. Lawsuit filed

    Southaven, Mississippi

    In April, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other organizations sued xAI and its subsidiary, MZX Tech, alleging that the plant emits significant amounts of harmful pollutants

    thecooldown.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 26, 2026)

  7. Moratorium

    Bangor, Maine

    Bangor City Council approved a six month hold on data center construction in mid April 2026

    themainewire.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 14, 2026)

  8. Approval

    Fort Meade, Florida

    Fort Meade data center project was approved by city commission in April

    tampabay28.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 22, 2026)

  9. Moratorium adopted

    Champaign County, Illinois

    Champaign County Board enacted a moratorium in April halting all data center construction, set to expire the following year.

    dailyillini.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Apr 1, 2026)

  10. Moratorium adopted

    Ypsilanti Township, Michigan

    The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority enacted a one year moratorium on water and sewage use for the U M facility in April

    bridgemi.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 17, 2026)

  11. Approval

    Google Fort Wayne data center, Fort Wayne, Indiana

    IDEM approved previous air permit modification in April allowing more than 140 additional emergency generators

    wowo.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 21, 2026)

    1 more report
    1. Apr, no day given In April, IDEM approved a request to add more than 140 emergency diesel generators to the data center campus. 21alivenews.com

  12. Expansion

    Meta Louisiana data center, Richland, Louisiana

    Entergy Louisiana filed application in April 2026 to build seven additional gas fired power plants for Meta data center expansion

    blog.ucs.org, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 10, 2026)

    2 more reports
    1. Apr, no day given Entergy Louisiana filed an application in April 2026 to build seven additional gas fired power plants for Meta's data center expansion. thelensnola.org
    2. Apr, no day given Entergy Louisiana filed an application in April 2026 for seven additional gas fired power plants to serve Meta's data center expansion thelensnola.org

  13. Approval

    Stratos Project, Box Elder County, Utah

    Box Elder County commissioners approved Stratos Project in April 2026

    grist.org, national outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under May 18, 2026)

    1 more report
    1. Apr, no day given The Military Installation Development Authority first approved the Stratos Project in April kuer.org

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Also on the record for April 2026

9 acts dated only by the article that reported them, 29 acts of another kind and 27 lines of background, plans and statements

Not on this page, by the rule at the top: 9 acts dated only by the article that reported them, 29 acts of another kind and 27 lines of background, plans and statements. Each sits on its home record, a project page, a scorecard row on its state, county or city page, a bill page or a laws page, and on each state's own timeline, where every act of the month is listed with the lines under it. The Daily Record lists every row by the day it entered the record.