North America

North America – Data Center Regional Overview

North America remains the largest and most established data center market globally, supported by strong demand from hyperscalers, cloud service providers, enterprises, and government organizations. The region plays a central role in global cloud infrastructure, digital services, and interconnection ecosystems.

High cloud penetration, early adoption of AI and machine learning workloads, and the continued shift toward hybrid and multi-cloud environments are key growth drivers. The region also benefits from abundant power availability, advanced network infrastructure, and a well-developed colocation and hyperscale ecosystem.

Data center development in North America spans major metropolitan hubs as well as rapidly growing secondary markets that offer scalable land availability, favorable power economics, and business-friendly regulatory environments. Sustainability initiatives, including renewable energy procurement and efficiency optimization, are increasingly influencing investment decisions.

Overall, North America continues to attract large-scale investments, reinforcing its position as a cornerstone of global digital infrastructure while evolving to support next-generation compute and data-intensive applications.

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Project Name Location Full Builtout Project Status Power Capacity Action
OpenAI/Oracle/SoftBank Stargate AI Infrastructure Platform Multiple U.S. states, including Texas (Abilene, Shackelford, Milam), New Mexico, Ohio (Lordstown), and Wisconsin (Midwest site) Expected by 2030 (Full 10 GW capacity) Confirmed / Under Rapid Construction 10 GW (Target by 2030)
Vantage Frontier Data Center Campus Shackelford County, Texas, USA Expected completion and full operational status by 2028. Construction Underway (Announced August 2025) 1.4 GW (Total IT Load)
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Chicago Region Greater Chicago Area, Illinois, USA 2025. Operational Not publicly disclosed
Microsoft AI Superfactory (Fairwater Design) - Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA End of 2028 Under Construction / Initial phases operational (announced September 2025 with $4 billion expansion) hundreds of MW
Equinix DA11 International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) Data Center 1990 North Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207, USA Complete (Total colocation space $\approx 144,000 \text{ sq ft}$ with $\approx 3,850$ cabinets) Operational with phased expansion complete (Fully Built Out) $8 \times 3,000 \text{ kW}$ diesel generators
QTS Manassas Data Center Campus Manassas, Prince William County, Northern Virginia, USA Expected to be completed over the next 5+ years. Under Construction / Phased Deployment 190+ MW of critical campus capacity
Google Cloud / NextEra GW-Scale AI Data Center Campus Multiple GW-scale hubs across the United States (Locations undisclosed, 3 sites already under development) 2028-2030 Major Strategic Partnership Announced (Today) / Under Development 1,000 MW (1 GW per campus target)
CloudHQ Querétaro Data Center Campus Querétaro, Mexico (Near Querétaro Airport) Projected completion by 2027 Announced / Active Development (Master Plan Confirmed) 900 MW
Wonder Valley AI Compute Data Center Park Greenview Industrial Gateway, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada Projected over a 5-10 year timeline Planning Stage (Major infrastructure/power studies ongoing) 5.6 GW (Critical IT Load
Quantum Loophole Frederick Data Center Campus Frederick County, Maryland, USA Phased, expected early 2030s Master Planning / Initial Construction (Tenant builds underway) Up to 2 GW
Microsoft Digital Backbone Canada Southern Ontario & Quebec, Canada 2028 Announced / Under Expansion Up to 1.2 GW Total Site Potential
Alberta AI-Data District (Phase 1) Alberta, Canada 2029 Announced / Pre-Construction 240 MW (Phase 1)
River Bend AI Mega-Campus River Bend, Louisiana, USA 2030+ Announced / Under Development 330 MW (Phase 1 Utility) | 2.3 GW (Total)
Lighthouse Campus (part of OpenAI/Oracle Stargate) Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, USA 2028 Under Construction (Groundbreaking: Dec 17, 2025) 1.3 GW peak (dedicated high-voltage substation)
Project Frontier (Anthropic & Fluidstack) Multi-site: Texas (West) & New York (Lake Ontario) 2028 Pre-Execution / Groundbreaking Phase 500 MW Phase 1; 2.5 GW Total
Lighthouse Data Center Campus Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 2028 Under Construction (Phase 1) 1,000 MW Dedicated
Google Big Cedar Data Center Big Cedar Industrial Center, Iowa 2029 (Linked to Nuclear Restart) Phase 1 Go-Live (Jan 2026) 200 MVA Dedicated Substation
Project Kati 2 (South Texas AI Campus) Willacy County, Texas 2028 Under Development / Civil Construction Mobilized 166 MW Entitlement (scalable to 300 MW+)
Project Macroharder (Southaven Supercluster) Southaven, DeSoto County, Mississippi Late 2026 Under Construction / Retrofitting ~2 GW Entitlement
AVAIO Digital Leo - Little Rock Data Hub 760-acre site in Pulaski County, Arkansas 2030-2031 Pre-Construction / Site Prep 150 MW (Phase 1) up to 1 GW
Vantage Cardiff - CWL13 Celtic Way, Newport January 2026 Commissioned / Operational Shared Substation
Synapse Alberta One alberta 2030 Announced / Planning (Zoning amendment approved) 1 GW (1,000 MW)
Monarch 2GW AI Gigacampus West Virginia, USA 2027 (Initial 2GW completion) Under Development / Construction Announced 2,000 MW (Initial phase)
Alphabet 1GW Global AI Infrastructure Expansion Project Multi-campus (Global rollout managed from Mountain View, CA, Council Bluffs 2030 Scaling / Under Development Up to 1 GW per major regional hub
Equinix DA12 Dallas Data Center - 372,517 SQ FT Facility Dallas March 2028 Under Construction (Groundbreaking) Est. 40MW+ Critical IT Load
Google's 300-Acre Hyperscale Campus Chesterfield, 2700 Bermuda Hundred Road, Meadowville Technology Park 2028 Under Construction (Site Grading Complete) 200 MW Total Utility Feed
Vantage 96MW AI Data Center San Antonio Texas Omicron Drive, Bexar County, San Antonio 2028 Under Construction (Fit-out Phase) 96 MW IT Load
Meta Hyperion Indiana: $10bn AI Mega-Campus 1GW Expansion LEAP Research and Innovation District, Lebanon, Indiana 2030 Under Construction / Groundbreaking 1 GW (1,000 MW)
Amazon Northwest Louisiana AI Data Center Campus (1.2 GW) Shreveport / Bossier City 2030 Announced / Site Preparation 1.2 GW Total Site Load
Meta Lebanon AI Data Center Campus (1 GW) labanon city us 2030 Under Construction (Groundbreaking: Feb 11, 2026) 1 GW Critical Load
Google Pine Island: 1.9GW Clean Energy Hyperscale Campus Pine Island (near Rochester, Minnesota) 2030 Announced / Pre-construction 1,900 MW (Grid-side support)
Google Hermantown: 700MW Carbon-Free AI Data Center Hermantown (Duluth MSA) 2027 Announced / Permitting (ESA Signed) 700 MW (Total Site Commitment)
Meta Hyperion Louisiana: 5GW AI Hyperscale Campus Richland Parish (near Holly Ridge) NA Under Construction / Scaling 5 GW (Target Scale)
Microsoft Ohio: $1B+ AI Data Centers in Heath & Hebron Heath & Hebron (Licking County) November 2026 Under Construction (Groundbroken Feb 2024) ~250 MW (Combined initial sites)
Stockland-EdgeConneX: 1GW+ National AI Data Center Portfolio National, Sydney NA Finalized Partnership / Development Pipeline Scalable to 1 GW+ across national sites
CyrusOne Freestone: 760MW AI-Ready Powered Land Texas Freestone County (near Fairfield, TX) 2027 Active Development / Construction Prep 760 MW Total (Two 380MW Phases)
Project Ruby Columbus: $5B AI Data Center Campus Georgia ~987-Acre Site, Upatoi Area, Columbus, GA 2029 Active Negotiations / Pre-Development 600 MW (200MW ramp-up by 2029; 600MW by 2034)
AWS Clinton: $750M AI Data Center Mississippi Industrial Park Dr, Clinton, MS 2028 Under Construction (Rehabilitation Phase) ~150 MW Target (Scaling with Grid Upgrades)
AWS Madison County: 1GW $10B AI Data Center Campus MS Madison County Mega Site & Ridgeland 2027 Under Construction / Phase 1 Commissioning 1,000 MW (1 GW) Combined Portfolio
AWS Vicksburg: $3B AI Data Center Campus Warren County MS Ceres Industrial Park / Vicksburg Area 2030 Under Construction / Site Prep ~300 MW (Scaling with 754MW Entergy Plant)
xAI MACROHARDRR: $20B 2GW AI Supercluster Southaven MS Southaven (DeSoto County) 2027 Operational (Initial Phases) ~1.2 GW Dedicated Regional Commitment
AVAIO Taurus Brandon: $6B AI Data Center Campus 1GW MS Brandon (Rankin County) 2030 (Targeting 1GW+) Under Construction (Site Work / Foundation) 1,036 MW (1.03 GW) Total Baseload Path
AVAIO Appomattox: $3B AI Data Center 1GW Virginia 452-Acre Site, Heartland Innovation Technology Park, Appomattox 2030+ Under Construction (Site Prep / Early Civil) 300 MW (Grid) / 700 MW (BTM Gas) / 1 GW (Total)
Meta Hyperion: $10B Richland Parish AI Data Center Louisiana Franklin Farm Property, Richland Parish 2030 Under Construction 2,000 MW+ (2 GW Total Cluster Goal)
Vantage Lighthouse: $15B 1GW Stargate AI Campus WI 1 mile inland from Lake Michigan, Port Washington NA Under Construction (Vertical Phase) 902 MW IT Load (1.3 GW Total Site Capacity)
NTT Chicago: $10B Global Expansion CH3 Data Center Itasca Arlington Heights Road, Itasca 2027 Under Construction (Completion Scheduled for 2026) 126 MW Total Planned Campus Load
Google Mesa: 400MW Mesa (East Valley) 2027–2028 Phase 1 Operational / Phase 2 & 3 Under Review 400 MW Total Campus Potential
Microsoft Cloud North: $7.5B AI Data Center Expansion Quebec Quebec City, Donnacona 2027 Under Construction (Superstructure complete at multiple sites) Scaling to meet 2027 demand targets
Meta Prometheus: 1GW AI Data Center New Albany Ohio New Albany, Ohio, USA 2027 Under Construction (Superstructure phase) 1,000 MW (1 GW)
Microsoft Goodyear: 143MW Zero-Water AI Data Center Arizona South of MC 85 and Phoenix Goodyear Airport 2027 Phase 1 & 2 Operating / Phase 3-5 Expanding (Zero-Water Pilot) 143 MW Operational Capacity
Tract Buckeye: $20B 1.8GW Mega-Scale AI Data Center Park near Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Buckeye 2040 Planning & Infrastructure Phase (Road/Power/Water Layout) 1,800 MW (1.8 GW) Total Potential
Project Baccara: 700MW Gas-Powered AI Data Center Surprise AZ Waddell 2030 Approved / Pre-Construction 700 MW (Self-Generated)
Vermaland La Osa: $33B 3GW Mega-Scale Data Center Pinal County Vermaland, 3,374-Acre Site along Greene Canal, south of Eloy 2035 Planning / Rezoning Phase (Land Use Amendment Approved Nov 2025) 3,000 MW (3 GW)
Hassayampa Ranch: $25B 1.5GW AI Hub Buckeye Arizona Buckeye, near Tonopah Salome Hwy & Jackrabbit Wash 2035–2040 Approved Rezoning / Pre-Construction Planning 1,500 MW (1.5 GW)
EdgeCore Mesa North: 450MW AI-Ready Data Center Mesa AZ Elliot Tech CorridoR, Mesa, Arizona 2028 Operating / Expanding (Revised Site Plan submitted March 2026) 450 MW (Full Build-out)
Project Crystal Land: $1T AI & Robotics Manufacturing Hub Arizona southern Arizona 2040 Early Planning / Regulatory Pitch Phase (As of March 2026) Multi-Gigawatt Scale
Project Stargate: $115B 5GW OpenAI Supercomputer Ohio 1,800-Acre Mega-Site, adjacent to Lordstown 2032 Land Acquisition / Pre-Construction Planning 5,000 MW (5 GW)
Project Jade: 10GW Crusoe AI Data Center Wyoming 8 miles south of Cheyenne 2032 Approved / Construction Commencement (Q1 2026) 10,000 MW (10 GW)
Nscale Microsoft West Virginia: 1.35GW NVIDIA Rubin AI Factory Multi-acre secure campus in West Virginia 2031 (8 GW Target) Groundbreaking / Pre-Construction (Letter of Intent signed March 2026) 8,000 MW (8 GW) Potential
Project Aurora: $13B 15-Facility Microsoft AI Hub Wisconsin Wisconn Valley Science & Technology Park, Mount Pleasant 2032 Approved / Phase 1 Operation Start (March 2026) Estimated 1.5 GW - 2.0 GW for the 15-building expansion.
Compass Meridian: $10B 500MW Hyperscale Campus Mississippi Meridian (Lauderdale County), Mississippi 2033 Under Construction (Groundbreaking Jan 2025) 500 MW
Google Virginia: $9B 1GW Project Loch & Project Skye Arcola 2030 Under Construction (Phase 1 Framing Q1 2026) 1,000 MW (1.0 GW)
AWS Project Rainier: $11B 2.2GW Anthropic AI Cluster Indiana New Carlisle indiana 2030 Operational (Phase 1 Live Oct 2025; Phase 2 Construction 2026) 2,250 MW (2.25 GW)
Google Project Cannoli: $5B 1GW Michigan AI Data Center Van Buren Township (Wayne County), Michigan December 2028 Preliminary Site Approval (Feb 2026) / Main Announcement (March 2026) 1,000 MW (1.0 GW)
Microsoft NC: $2B+ 800MW Data Center Restart & Person County Mega Site Hickory, & Roxboro (Person County) 2032 Catawba: Under Construction (Restarted Jan 2026); Person: Permitting 1,800 MW (1.8 GW) Combined Regional Target
Project Tarboro: $19.2B 900MW Energy-Independent AI Hub NC tarboro, north carolina 2031 Zoning Approved (Jan 2026); Sale of Land Pending (March 2026) 900 MW (IT Load) / 1,800 MW (Gross Generation)
Google Lenoir Data Center: $1B 2026 AI Expansion North Carolina Lenoir (Caldwell County), North Carolina 2028 Announced / Pre-Construction (March 2026) ~400 MW+ (Regional Estimate)
Google Project Mica: $10B 5-Building AI Campus Kansas City Kansas City (Clay County), Missouri 2029 Under Construction (Stage Change: Feb 2026) 500 MW+ (Campus Target)
QTS Big Cedar: $10B 7-Building AI Campus Cedar Rapids Iowa Cedar Rapids (Linn County), Iowa 2030 Under Construction (Phase 1 Topped Out; Phase 2 Mobilizing) 616 MW (Phase 1)
Google Texas: $40B AI Data Centers Armstrong & Haskell Counties Armstrong County & Haskell County, Texas 2030 Under Construction / Active Development (March 2026) Multi-GW (Regional Portfolio)
Oracle Zettascale Hub: 131,072 GPU AI Supercluster Texas Abilene (Taylor/Shackelford Counties), Texas 2030 Active Deployment / Expansion (March 2026) 1.0 GW (Initial) / 2.0 GW+ (Planned)
AWS Oregon: $12B 1GW Exascale AI Data Center Morrow County Boardman / Umatilla (Morrow County), Oregon 2032 (Pending Nuclear Timeline) Under Construction (March 2026) 1.0 GW
AWS Project Olympic: $12B AI Data Centers Northwest Louisiana Shreveport & Bossier City (Caddo/Bossier Parishes), LA March 2026 (Site Prep) Pre-Construction / Site Preparation (March 2026) Scalable Multi-Site Load
Meta Kansas City: $1B AI-Optimized Data Center Missouri golden plains technology park ,kansas city 2028 (Ongoing expansion) Operational / Serving Traffic (March 2026) ~200 MW (Phase 1)
Microsoft Granger Indiana: $1B+ AI Data Center St. Joe Farms Granger (St. Joseph County), Indiana 2030 Pre-Construction / Groundbreaking Imminent (March 2026) ~300 MW (Phase 1)
Google Project Zodiac Fort Wayne: $2B+ 1.2GW AI Expansion Adams Center & Paulding Roads, Fort Wayne 2030+ (10-year construction horizon) Operational / Phase 3 Expansion Under Review (March 2026) 400 MW (Active) / 1,200 MW (Master Plan)
Google Project Peanut Richmond: $3B AI Data Center Chesterfield VA Chester, Virginia 2029 Under Construction (March 2026) ~300 MW (Phase 1)
Microsoft Ginger West & East: $1.5B+ Data Centers West Des Moines West Des Moines, Iowa 2030 Under Construction (March 2026) Campus Total: ~651 MW (Combined Ginger Load)
Google Project Big Lake: $7B AI Data Center Palo Iowa Palo / Cedar Rapids (Linn County) 2030 Operational (Phase 1) / Expansion Relocated (March 2026) 615 MW (Nuclear PPA Phase)
Meta Beaver Dam: $1B AI Data Center Dodge County Wisconsin Beaver Dam (Dodge County), Wisconsin 2029+ Under Construction (March 2026) 220 MW
Project Corn Maze Beloit: $1B+ Stealth Hyperscale Data Center Town of Beloit (Rock County), Wisconsin 2032+ Pre-Development / Zoning Review (March 2026) ~200 MW (Phase 1)
AWS Mattermeade Pennsylvania: $20B 1.9GW Nuclear AI Data Center Salem Township (Luzerne) & Falls Township (Bucks), PA 2030 Permitting / Site Preparation (March 2026) 1,920 MW (1.92 GW)
AWS Project White River: $15B 2.4GW NIPSCO AI Expansion Northwest Indiana / NIPSCO Service Territory End of 2032 Planned / Strategic Mobilization (March 2026) 2,400 MW (2.4 GW)
Google Project Jackalope Wilbarger: $40B Texas AI Data Center Vernon (Wilbarger County), Texas 2030 Pre-Construction / Site Preparation (March 2026) 850 MW
Meta El Paso AI 10B Data Center, $10B AI-optimized data center El Paso, Texas 2028 Under Construction / Scale-Up Phase (March 2026) 1,000 MW
SoftBank Ohio AI Plant: $500B 10GW Portsmouth Data Center Piketon (Pike County), Ohio 2030 Groundbreaking / Site Redevelopment (March 2026) 10,000 MW (10 GW)
Google Project Blackwood Missouri: $2.5B 400MW AI Data Center Kansas City (Clay County), Missouri 2029 Under Construction / Phase 1 Fit-out (March 2026) 400 MW (Target IT Load)
Nebius Independence Missouri: $6.6B 1.2GW AI Factory Independence (Jackson County), Missouri 2029+ Approved / Site Construction (March 2026) 1,200 MW (1.2 GW)
AWS Project Starbound Mississippi: $13B 1GW+ AI Cluster Madison County (Canton/Ridgeland) & Vicksburg March 2026 (Operational) Under Construction / Initial Power-Up (March 2026) 1,000 MW (Total Campus Goal)
Prometheus Hyperscale Wyoming: $30B 2.5GW Bernard Looney AI Hub Evanston & Casper, Wyoming 2029 Operational / Rapid Expansion (April 2026) 2,500 MW (2.5 GW Total)
Penzance Bedington West Virginia: $4B 600MW AI Hub Bedington (Berkeley County), West Virginia 2029 Approved / Site Preparation (March 2026) 600 MW
Joliet Technology Center: $20B 1.2GW Illinois AI Hub Former Industrial Brownfield, South Joliet 2030 Approved / Pre-Construction (March 19, 2026) 1,200 MW (1.2 GW)
Amazon Loudoun County Data Center: $2B GW VSTC Campus Ashburn (Loudoun County), Virginia 2030 Acquisition Closed / Site Master Planning (March 2026) ~770 MW
Terafab Austin: $25B 2nm AI Chip Factory Austin (Travis County), Texas 2028-2030 (1M Wafer Starts/Month Goal) Under Construction / Soil Reclamation (April 2026) ~200 MW (Terrestrial Fab Operations)
Microsoft Georgia Data Center: $1B+ East US 3 AI Region Atlanta, (Douglasville, Palmetto, Union City, East Point) 2027 (Full AZ integration) Under Construction / Commissioning Phase (April 2026) ~324 MW (Planned for Steamboat phase)
Microsoft Project Jupiter New Mexico: $165B Stargate AI Hub Santa Teresa, new maxico 2029 Under Construction / Phase 1 Envelope (April 2026) Scalable Gigawatt-class roadmap (Final capacity undisclosed).
Stargate Wisconsin Lighthouse: 1GW OpenAI-Oracle AI Hub Port Washington (Ozaukee County), Wisconsin 2028 Active Construction / Pre-Operational (April 2026) 1,000 MW (1.0 GW)
Cheyenne Wyoming AI Campus: 1.8GW Project Jade Stargate south of Cheyenne, 2029 (Phase 1) Under Construction / Site Preparation (April 2026) 1,800 MW (Initial) / 10,000 MW (Target)
Crusoe Abilene: 900MW Microsoft AI Supercluster West Texas NA Utility Engineering / Power Plant Deal (April 2026) 900 MW
Aligned Data Centers Project Caprock - 540MW Sustainable AI near Abernathy, TX (Permian Basin area) 2030 (Estimated completion) Under Construction / Groundbreaking 540 MW (Cumulative campus capacity)
Alpha Digital Campus: 2GW Giga-Scale AI Hub in Texas 3,400-acre site in Reeves County, Texas 2032 Planning / Site Acquisition (April 2026) 2,000 MW (2 GW)
Digital Realty ORD14 Chicago: 20MW Franklin Park Interconnect Hub Franklin Park, IL 60131 Operational Operational (April 2026) 20.0 MW (Utility)
TCDC Ector County: 1GW Giga-Scale AI & HPC Campus 438-Acre master-planned site outside Odessa, TX 2030+ Phase 2 Engineering / Financing (April 2026) 1,000 MW (1 GW)
Oracle Michigan: $16B "Power-First" 1.2GW AI Hub industrial site, Michigan, USA 2028 Financing Finalized / Deployment Underway (April 2026) 1,200 MW (1.2 GW)
Bell AI Fabric: 300 MW Sovereign AI Campus in Sherwood near Regina, Saskatchewan 2029 Under Construction (Announced April 2026) 300 MW
Microsoft Cheyenne Bison Campus: 400 MW Hyperscale Expansion Southeast Cheyenne (Bison Business Park) 2035+ Announced / Pre-Development (April 14, 2026) 400 MW (Phase 1 & 2)