Data centers in the United States
Datacenter Atlas tracks 2501 facilities in the United States, 2151 data centers and 274 network points of presence: 30% of the global inventory and #1 worldwide by facility count.
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MW: megawatts of power for the computers. PUE: all the electricity a site draws divided by what reaches its computers (1.0 = nothing lost). Networks present: telecom networks recorded at each site, added up. Record quality (A to D) rates the record, not the site. Glossary →
Map
Largest hubs
- Washington328
- Columbus95
- San Jose88
- New York City82
- Dallas78
- Chicago67
- Boardman65
- Portland58
A hub is a town with at least 5 facilities, with its close neighbours. Facilities in smaller towns are not listed here, so the hubs do not add up to the country total.
Top operators
All 2,501 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map.
Disclosed IT load by state / region
| State / region | MW | Figures |
|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,231.8 | 16 |
| Arizona | 672 | 7 |
| Texas | 494.9 | 23 |
| Oregon | 427.3 | 9 |
| California | 391 | 14 |
| Georgia | 372.9 | 8 |
| Illinois | 311.4 | 8 |
| Washington | 182 | 3 |
| Ohio | 121.2 | 8 |
| New Jersey | 115 | 4 |
| Colorado | 64.8 | 9 |
| Utah | 30.2 | 8 |
| New York | 27.7 | 3 |
| Minnesota | 25.9 | 5 |
| Connecticut | 22 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 20.7 | 3 |
| Kansas | 14.8 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 13.6 | 3 |
| Nevada | 12.3 | 2 |
| Florida | 8 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 7.9 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 6.9 | 2 |
| Indiana | 5.8 | 2 |
| Iowa | 5.6 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 0.5 | 1 |
Disclosed values only, campus figures counted once. Regions are assigned from each facility's coordinates (Natural Earth admin-1), so the rows add up to the national total.
⚡ Electricity context
- Electricity demand
- 4,535.8 TWh (2025)
- Grid carbon intensity
- 384 gCO₂/kWh
- Renewables share
- 25.6 %
- Low-carbon share
- 43 %
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Method
Water & climate exposure
- Data centers at high water stress (index ≥ 60)
- 285 of the 2,133 scored · 18 located at town level only are not scored
- Median baseline water stress (WRI Aqueduct, 0–5)
- 2.19
- Median riverine flood risk (0–5)
- 0.69
- Free-cooling hours ≤ 18 °C (median)
- 5,579 h/yr (64 %)
- Median cooling degree days
- 778
Derived indicators: WRI Aqueduct 4.0, GHSL, climate normals. See methodology. Method
Social friction index
Main driver: Policy context (86/100)
Restrictive rules in force in the country (zoning, grid, water, heat reuse, moratoria). It goes up when such rules exist, because they show contestation has reached the political level.
- Water
- Energy & grid
- Neighbourhood
- Concentration
- Policy context
- Observed conflict
Composite of water, grid, neighbourhood, concentration, policy and observed-conflict pressure. A derived indicator: not a measurement of public opinion. Method
Regulation
19 measures recorded
See the rules on the regulation map → · Compare with neighbouring countries →
Documented local conflicts & agreements
- NAACP sues xAI over unpermitted turbines for Colossus 2 · 2026-04-14 · lawsuit · ongoing
- Coweta approves Project Sail after moratorium · 2026-04-08 · referendum or vote · approved with conditions
- Archbald council denies 18-building data center campus · 2026-03-27 · permit refused · blocked
- Bessemer approves Project Marvel rezoning despite opposition · 2025-11-18 · referendum or vote · approved
- Groups sue Hermantown over data center environmental review · 2025-11-05 · lawsuit · ongoing
- Saline Township settles with data center developer · 2025-10-15 · community agreement · approved with conditions
- Microsoft drops Caledonia site after resident opposition · 2025-10-08 · project withdrawn · withdrawn
- Google withdraws Franklin Township data center rezoning · 2025-09-22 · project withdrawn · withdrawn
Announced large projects
- Fermi America Project Matador (HyperGrid campus) · Fermi America · under construction · 11,000 MW announced
- Meta Hyperion (Richland Parish Data Center) · Meta · under construction · 5,000 MW announced
- Tract Caldwell Valley Technology Park · Tract · permitting · 4,000 MW announced
- AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle) · Amazon (AWS) · partly operational · 2,200 MW announced
- Project Horizon (Poolside) · Poolside · announced · 2,000 MW announced
- IREN Sweetwater Hub · IREN · under construction · 2,000 MW announced
- Aligned Project Phoenix · Aligned Data Centers · under construction · 2,000 MW announced
- Project Jade (Cheyenne AI campus) · Tallgrass / undisclosed data center customer · under construction · 1,800 MW announced
Questions
How many data centers are there in the United States?
Datacenter Atlas (release 26.08-c2) records 2501 facilities in the United States: 2151 data centers, 274 network points of presence and 76 unclassified sites. The count covers facilities documented in OpenStreetMap, PeeringDB, Wikidata and operator disclosures.
Which companies operate data centers in the United States?
The operators with the most tracked facilities in the United States are Amazon Web Services, Digital Realty, QTS, Google, DataBank.
Where are data centers concentrated in the United States?
The largest hubs by facility count are Washington (328), Columbus (95), San Jose (88), New York City (82), Dallas (78).
Cite this page: Datacenter Atlas (2026). United States, release 26.08-c2. https://www.datacenter-atlas.com/country/united-states · ODbL / CC BY 4.0