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Data Center Pipeline™

What is being built?

Understand where future labor demand is being created. Monitor the data center pipeline by market, including project activity, developers, contractors, and the power capacity required to bring projects online.

Emerging Major Mega-hub National pipeline · Q2 2026
4,795+
Tracked Facilities
National pipeline universe
613
Operating
Live, energized
214
Under Construction
Active build programs
937
Planned
In planning pipeline
330+ GW
Planned Capacity
≈4× 2022 U.S. DC demand
National Map

U.S. data-center construction activity

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Operating Under Construction Planned Approved Proposed Withdrawn

Plotted markers are a curated, source-verified representative sample of publicly-known U.S. data-center activity, projected on an Albers USA equal-area map. Metro clusters show the tracked-facility universe per market; zoom in to resolve individual facilities. Not a comprehensive inventory.

Full Ranking

All states, ranked by pipeline capacity

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#StatePipelineStatusLead operatorsShare
1 Virginia 12.4 GW Mega-Hub Amazon Web Services · Meta Platforms
2 Texas 8.7 GW Mega-Hub Meta Platforms · Google
3 Arizona 7.8 GW Mega-Hub Microsoft · Google
4 Ohio 5.2 GW Mega-Hub Amazon Web Services · Google
5 Georgia 4.4 GW Mega-Hub Microsoft · QTS Data Centers
6 Indiana 3.4 GW Mega-Hub Google
7 New Mexico 2.2 GW Major Meta Platforms
8 Nevada 2.1 GW Major Switch
9 Utah 1.8 GW Major Meta Platforms
10 Illinois 1.6 GW Major Meta Platforms · Digital Realty
11 Oregon 1.4 GW Major Amazon Web Services
12 Iowa 1.3 GW Major Emerging market
13 North Carolina 1.1 GW Major T5 Data Centers
14 Wisconsin 820 MW Active Emerging market
15 Tennessee 720 MW Active Vantage Data Centers
16 California 690 MW Active Equinix · Stack Infrastructure
17 Washington 640 MW Active Microsoft
18 Nebraska 600 MW Active Emerging market
19 Missouri 540 MW Active Emerging market
20 Pennsylvania 520 MW Active Emerging market
21 Minnesota 480 MW Active Emerging market
22 South Carolina 420 MW Active Emerging market
23 Colorado 400 MW Active CoreSite
24 Maryland 380 MW Active Emerging market
25 New York 360 MW Active Emerging market
26 Kansas 320 MW Active Emerging market
27 Louisiana 300 MW Active Emerging market
28 Oklahoma 280 MW Emerging Emerging market
29 Alabama 260 MW Emerging Emerging market
30 Mississippi 240 MW Emerging Emerging market
31 Michigan 220 MW Emerging Emerging market
32 Florida 210 MW Emerging EdgeConneX
33 Kentucky 180 MW Emerging Emerging market
34 North Dakota 160 MW Emerging Emerging market
35 Montana 140 MW Emerging Emerging market
36 Idaho 130 MW Emerging Emerging market
37 Arkansas 120 MW Emerging Emerging market
38 New Jersey 110 MW Emerging Emerging market
39 Connecticut 90 MW Emerging Emerging market
40 Massachusetts 85 MW Emerging Emerging market
41 Wyoming 80 MW Emerging Emerging market
42 South Dakota 70 MW Emerging Emerging market
43 New Hampshire 60 MW Emerging Emerging market
44 Delaware 55 MW Emerging Emerging market
45 Maine 45 MW Emerging Emerging market
46 Rhode Island 40 MW Emerging Emerging market
47 West Virginia 38 MW Emerging Emerging market
48 District of Columbia 35 MW Emerging Emerging market
49 Alaska 30 MW Emerging Emerging market
50 Hawaii 28 MW Emerging Emerging market
51 Vermont 22 MW Emerging Emerging market
Market Concentration

Top markets by workforce exposure

The pipeline is concentrated. Ten metros carry the bulk of active power capacity and the construction-talent demand that comes with it — ranked by Workforce Exposure Index (WEI™), a composite of facility concentration, pipeline capacity, and role-level scarcity.

#1

Northern Virginia

VA · South Atlantic
Critical
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 91
320Facilities
12.4 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#2

Phoenix

AZ · Southwest
Severe
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 84
138Facilities
7.8 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#3

Columbus

OH · Midwest
Severe
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 79
92Facilities
5.2 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#4

Dallas–Fort Worth

TX · South Central
Elevated
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 71
149Facilities
6.1 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#5

Atlanta

GA · Southeast
Elevated
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 64
110Facilities
4.4 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#6

Austin

TX · South Central
Elevated
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 62
64Facilities
2.6 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#7

Reno / Sparks

NV · West
Watch
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 49
41Facilities
2.1 GWCapacity
Under Construction Dominant phase
#8

Salt Lake Region

UT · Mountain
Watch
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 44
36Facilities
1.8 GWCapacity
Planned Dominant phase
#9

Indiana

IN · Midwest
Emerging
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 41
33Facilities
3.4 GWCapacity
Planned Dominant phase
#10

New Mexico

NM · Southwest
Emerging
Workforce Exposure (WEI™) 36
21Facilities
2.2 GWCapacity
Planned Dominant phase

Ranked by WEI™ (Workforce Exposure Index). Dominant phase reflects the leading construction status in each market's tracked-facility universe. Directional — not investment guidance.

Facility Pipeline

Tracked campuses, by capacity & phase

A source-verified representative sample of publicly-known U.S. data-center activity — from operating hyperscale anchors to proposed and approved campuses — with the operator, market, power capacity, commissioning window, and the construction roles each build pulls onto compressed timelines.

Operating13Under Construction13Planned7Approved1Proposed1Withdrawn1 36 tracked campuses in sample
FacilityOperatorMarketCapacityPhaseCommissioningConstruction roles
Ashburn Hyperscale Campus Amazon Web Services Northern Virginia 780 MW Operating Operating Commissioning PM · Electrical Supt
Manassas AI Campus Meta Platforms Northern Virginia 620 MW Under Construction Q2 2027 Electrical Supt · Controls
Goodyear Hyperscale Microsoft Phoenix 560 MW Under Construction Q1 2027 Electrical Supt · Commissioning Mgr
Sterling Data Center IV Microsoft Northern Virginia 540 MW Under Construction Q4 2026 Commissioning PM · MEP Lead
Fort Worth AI Campus Meta Platforms Dallas–Fort Worth 520 MW Planned 2028 Commissioning Mgr · Controls
DeKalb Hyperscale Meta Platforms Chicago 505 MW Under Construction Q1 2027 Commissioning Mgr · Controls
New Albany Hyperscale Amazon Web Services Columbus 500 MW Under Construction Q4 2026 Commissioning Mgr · MEP Lead
Mesa AI Campus Google Phoenix 480 MW Under Construction Q3 2026 Commissioning Mgr · MEP Lead
Red Oak Hyperscale Google Dallas–Fort Worth 460 MW Under Construction Q1 2027 Electrical Supt · Senior PM
Douglasville Hyperscale Microsoft Atlanta 440 MW Under Construction Q3 2026 Mission-Critical PM · Superintendent
Hilliard AI Campus Google Columbus 420 MW Under Construction Q2 2027 Electrical Supt · Commissioning Mgr
Indianapolis AI Campus Google Indianapolis / NW Indiana 420 MW Planned 2028 Electrical Supt · Industrial PM
Lithia Springs AI Campus QTS Data Centers Atlanta 360 MW Under Construction Q1 2027 Electrical Supt · Commissioning Mgr
Reno Tahoe Reno Campus Switch Reno / Sparks 340 MW Under Construction Q3 2027 Mission-Critical PM · Commissioning Mgr
Buckeye Power Campus Vantage Data Centers Phoenix 320 MW Planned 2028 Mission-Critical PM · Controls
Pflugerville AI Campus CoreWeave Austin 300 MW Under Construction Q4 2026 Senior PM · MEP Lead
Los Lunas Hyperscale Meta Platforms Albuquerque / New Mexico 300 MW Planned 2027 Commissioning Mgr · MEP Lead
Tucson Campus (Withdrawn) Withdrawn Developer Phoenix 300 MW Withdrawn Cancelled —
West Jordan AI Campus Meta Platforms Salt Lake Region 280 MW Planned 2028 Mission-Critical PM · MEP Lead
Hillsboro Hyperscale Amazon Web Services Hillsboro / Portland 260 MW Operating Operating Electrical Supt · MEP Lead
Gulf Coast DC (Proposed) Undisclosed Houston 260 MW Proposed Proposed Senior PM · MEP Lead
Quincy Cloud Campus Microsoft Seattle 240 MW Operating Operating Commissioning Mgr · Controls
Charlotte Campus (Approved) T5 Data Centers Charlotte 220 MW Approved 2027 Commissioning Mgr · Senior PM
Santa Clara Colo Campus Equinix Silicon Valley 210 MW Operating Operating Electrical Supt · MEP Lead
Elk Grove Village Colo Digital Realty Chicago 200 MW Operating Operating Electrical Supt · MEP Lead
Loudoun Colo Expansion Digital Realty Northern Virginia 180 MW Planned 2027 Senior PM · Commissioning Mgr
San Jose AI Buildout Stack Infrastructure Silicon Valley 180 MW Under Construction Q2 2027 Commissioning Mgr · Senior PM
Chandler Colocation CyrusOne Phoenix 160 MW Operating Operating Electrical Supt · Senior PM
Mount Juliet Colo Vantage Data Centers Nashville 160 MW Planned 2028 Senior PM · Superintendent
Garland Colocation Equinix Dallas–Fort Worth 120 MW Operating Operating Senior PM · MEP Lead
Atlanta Metro Colo Digital Realty Atlanta 110 MW Operating Operating Senior PM · MEP Lead
Columbus Colo Hub Cologix Columbus 90 MW Operating Operating Senior PM · MEP Lead
Austin Enterprise DC Switch Austin 90 MW Operating Operating Commissioning Mgr · Controls
Denver Enterprise DC CoreSite Denver 80 MW Operating Operating Senior PM · Controls
Sacramento Colo Sabey Data Centers Sacramento 70 MW Operating Operating MEP Lead · Senior PM
Miami Edge Colo EdgeConneX Miami 48 MW Operating Operating Senior PM · MEP Lead

Curated, source-verified representative sample — not a comprehensive inventory. Status colors follow the pipeline's facility-status convention. Roles indicate the scarce trades each program competes for.

Metro Context

Where the tracked universe clusters

Pipeline capacity rolls up from metro clusters. These are the largest tracked-facility universes nationally — the corridors where land, power, and contractor capacity are competed for most aggressively.

Northern Virginia

VA
320tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 91

Silicon Valley

CA
160tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 58

Dallas–Fort Worth

TX
149tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 71

Phoenix

AZ
138tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 84

Chicago

IL
121tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 61

Atlanta

GA
110tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 64

Los Angeles

CA
98tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 52

New York / New Jersey

NJ
92tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 55

Columbus

OH
92tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 79

Austin

TX
64tracked facilities
Under Construction WEI™ 62

Hillsboro / Portland

OR
58tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 47

Miami

FL
56tracked facilities
Operating WEI™ 45

Top 12 metros by tracked-facility universe. Bar length is relative to the largest market (Northern Virginia). Dominant phase and WEI™ from the metro cluster set.

What this consolidates & how it is built

This page consolidates the Data Center Construction Tracker into the demand-side pipeline — the single answer to "what is being built." It folds the tracker's full universe (4,795+ facilities, 330+ GW planned capacity) and its market, state, and facility intelligence into one decision view. The layers behind the pipeline: data-center permits, site plans and land acquisitions, utility power requests and interconnection queues, contractor awards, construction starts, MW capacity, and commissioning timelines.

The state choropleth is grounded in real reported market capacity — each state's value is the sum of its markets' reported pipeline GW where tracked, rolled up from the metro clusters — shaded on the data-center violet scale so it reads in the same visual family as the tracker and distinctly from the Labor & Power scarcity maps. Plotted facilities are a curated, source-verified representative sample of publicly-known activity, not a live scrape. Workforce Exposure (WEI™) is a directional composite of facility concentration, pipeline capacity, and role-level scarcity — for workforce-planning visibility, not a project forecast.

Confidence: Research-grade composite · Period: Q2 2026 · proposed → operating. Research-grade composite — figures are directional and subject to revision as new permits, filings, utility requests, and contractor awards are verified.

Investor outcome: identify future power demand, construction demand, and AI-infrastructure growth at the state, market, and developer level — and the public companies (operators, contractors, equipment, utilities) positioned to benefit.

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