Stopped projects and wins
Projects that got voted down, pulled or put on hold. At the bottom are a few still-pending proposals in towns that passed a moratorium. Some of these could come back, so we go by the latest news we can source.
Blocked or denied19
Withdrawn11
Delayed or paused6
Pending, in a moratorium area2
Blocked or denied (19)
- blocked · unknownPW Digital Gateway Prince William County, VACourt voided the Digital Gateway rezonings over deficient public-hearing notice (Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2026)[source]
- blocked · unknownChandler data center rezoning (10 acres) Maricopa County, AZCity Council unanimously rejected rezoning; Kyrsten Sinema had advocated for project at October P&Z[source]
- blocked · 2026-08-26La Osa Energy Center Pinal County, AZPinal County supervisors voted 4-1 to reject rezoning despite a scale-back from 59 to 11 buildings; plan included two on-site gas plants[source]
- blocked · 2026-08-25Pataskala data center (89 acres) Licking County, OHCouncil unanimously rejected site plan; Aligned filed court appeal; voters decide citywide ban in November[source]
- blocked · 2026-08-04Augusta Township data center rezoning (522 acres) Washtenaw County, MIVoters overturned the rezoning 89.5% to 10.4% in a referendum[source]
- blocked · 2026-08Project Oak (255 acres) Coweta County, GACommissioners unanimously denied removing a zoning condition that limited the industrial site to office/warehouse[source]
- blocked · 2026-07-30Project Iron Spur Forsyth County, NCForsyth County Commission voted 5-2 to deny rezoning of ~129 acres for a hyperscale campus[source]
- blocked · 2026-07-07Dulles Cloud South Prince William County, VASupervisors unanimously (8-0) denied comp plan amendment and rezoning for ~1,900-2,000 acres[source]
- blocked · 2026-07-07Liberty Road data center (700+ acres, 4.4M sq ft) Douglas County, GACommission voted 4-1 to deny rezoning[source]
- blocked · 2026-06Newberry County industrial park sale to data center developer Newberry County, SCCouncil voted down sale of county industrial park land to a data center developer, then enacted a moratorium[source]
- blocked · 2026-05-27Mountain Road Technology Park Hanover County, VABoard of Supervisors denied the ~430-acre rezoning 4-3 despite a 6-1 planning commission recommendation[source]
- blocked · 2026-03-27Archbald 18-building campus (400 acres) Lackawanna County, PABorough council unanimously denied conditional-use application at special meeting[source]
- blocked · 2026-02-10Talen Montour data center campus rezoning Montour County, PAMontour County commissioners denied Talen's request to rezone hundreds of acres for data centers; Talen said it will keep pursuing development[source]
- blocked · 2026-02-03QTS Town of Vienna campus (~1,600 acres) Dane County, WIVillage board voted 7-0 to reject annexation petition, ending the project; QTS had already withdrawn rezoning applications[source]
- blocked · 2026-01-20Clinton County data center (715 acres) Clinton County, INCommissioners unanimously denied rezoning; 12-month bar on similar request[source]
- blocked · 2025-12-10New Carlisle data center rezoning St. Joseph County, INCounty Council denied rezoning 7-2 after marathon meeting[source]
- blocked · 2025-10-14Joe Prather Hwy data center (138 acres) Meade County, KYPlanning commission and fiscal court rejected rezoning; 150 speakers, 2,500+ petition signatures[source]
- blocked · 2025-09-11Priority Power data center (College Station Midtown) Brazos County, TXCouncil unanimously rejected $30M sale of ~200 acres after ~80 speakers opposed[source]
- blocked · 2024-10Diode Ventures Project Harper (Peculiar) Cass County, MOBoard of Aldermen removed data centers from light-industrial code, blocking $1.5B Project Harper; no lawsuit filed[source]
Withdrawn (11)
- withdrawn · 2026-10-05Colleton ACE Basin data center (~850 acres) Colleton County, SCSettlement created a Data Center Exclusion Area covering most of the ACE Basin incl. the site; developer moved to a northern-county site[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-09-17Remington Innovation Campus (210.7 acres) Fauquier County, VAApplication withdrawn hours before planning commission review; county then restricted data centers to PCID zoning (Oct 8)[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-08-06Lovejoy data center campus (400 acres) Clayton County, GAProperty owner withdrew application; council formally accepted withdrawal Aug. 6 and will revise zoning to exclude data centers[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-05-20Project Cumulus (St. Charles) St. Charles County, MODeveloper withdrew; council voted 7-1 to permanently ban data centers in all zoning districts[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-05-06Gardner data center (300 acres) Johnson County, KSBeale withdrew after the city said no incentives would be granted; 100+ residents attended May 4 council meeting[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-03-31Saturn Street data center (~250,000 sq ft) Los Angeles County, CAHMC StratCap withdrew its 1977 Saturn St application; Measure NDC citywide ban then passed 88% on June 2 and was certified July 1 (Ordinance 2280)[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-03-05New Hill Digital Campus (190 acres) Wake County, NCDeveloper withdrew annexation and rezoning applications citing zoning changes, after protests and petitions[source]
- withdrawn · 2026-02TigerDC Spartanburg proposal Spartanburg County, SCCompany withdrew property tax incentive application after resident pushback[source]
- withdrawn · 2025-10-08Project Nova Racine County, WIMicrosoft dropped the 244-acre plan after community pushback, said it would seek another Racine County site[source]
- withdrawn · 2025-10-01Franklin Township campus (468 acres) Marion County, INGoogle formally withdrew rezoning petition after opposition[source]
- withdrawn · 2025-07-03Project Lincoln (Oldham County) Oldham County, KYWestern Hospitality Partners withdrew $6B application after opposition and a county moratorium[source]
Delayed or paused (6)
- delayed · 2026-10-13Comanche Circle (also Project Lion, Project Panther) Hood County, TXCommissioners rejected a settlement and unanimously denied Sailfish's appeal of on-site permit denials; developer has threatened suit[source]
- delayed · 2026-10Menomonie data center Dunn County, WIProject paused; third draft of I-4 data center zoning placed on city council agenda (introduction scheduled Oct. 19, 2026)[source]
- delayed · 2026-10Meta-backed data center proposal (Howell Twp) Livingston County, MITownship extended data center moratorium another six months; draft ordinance to planning commission Oct 27[source]
- delayed · 2026-09-28Project Open Sky (~633 acres) Canadian County, OKCouncil deadlocked 2-2, mayor broke tie to delay vote a fifth time; Cloverleaf dropped on-site peakers and capped water at 75,000 gal/day[source]
- delayed · 2026-07-30Amazon Warrenton data center Fauquier County, VAStalled by three lawsuits; judge heard final arguments June 15, 2026 on residents' challenge to 2023 SUP, ruling pending; town now sides largely with plaintiffs[source]
- delayed · 2026-05Project Skyway Goodhue/Olmsted County, MNOn hold after May 2026 injunction in suit over city's environmental review; next hearing Nov. 16, 2026[source]
Pending proposals in a moratorium area (2)
Not stopped: these are still listed as proposed, in a jurisdiction that has adopted a moratorium or limit. See Moratoriums.
- proposed · 2026-08-11Project Bluegrass (950 acres) Mercer County, KYFiscal Court passed one-year moratorium (doesn't cover land annexed into Burgin); later rejected zoning rules for data centers near E.W. Brown plantMoratorium: Mercer County (unincorporated) (moratorium, adopted 2026-08-11)[source]
- proposed · 2026-07-09RCM Hill site (800+ acres) Hill County, TXDeveloper dismissed its suit after county rescinded its moratorium and agreed to pay up to $100k in feesMoratorium: Hill County (moratorium (rescinded), adopted unknown)[source]
How did they do it?
The Fight Playbook walks through the tactics behind these cases: records requests, public comment, moratoriums, referendums and lawsuits.
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