Blackridge Research tracks 2,383 upcoming data center projects in the US, carrying 255.8 GW of planned capacity and USD 6.02 trillion of capital expenditure. The largest data center project in the USA is Fermi America's HyperGrid (Project Matador) in Texas, planned at up to 11 GW, followed by SoftBank's 10 GW PORTS Technology Campus in Ohio and New Era Energy & Digital's 7 GW Lea County campus in New Mexico.

This list ranks the 20 largest upcoming US data center projects by reported capacity, with each project's developer, location, stage and latest update. 

How Many Data Centers Are Being Built in the US? (2026)

Blackridge Research's US Data Center Projects Tracker counts 2,383 upcoming US data center projects, with 255.8 GW of planned capacity and USD 6.02 trillion of planned investment. 635 projects (27%) are in execution, either in pre-construction or under construction, carrying USD 2.21 trillion of capex and 70.4 GW. Of those, 508 projects are under construction, adding up to 63.9 GW and USD 1.88 trillion.

Most of the pipeline is still early-stage: 1,511 projects (63%) are at the announced or planning stage, holding USD 3.42 trillion and 173.1 GW. Many of these will be delayed, downsized or cancelled before they reach construction.

Source: Blackridge Research, US Data Center Projects Tracker, as of November, 2026. Capacity and capex totals cover only projects that report them.

By phase, the pipeline breaks down as follows:

• Early stage: 1,511 projects (63%), USD 3.42 trillion, 173.1 GW.

• Design: 153 projects (6%), USD 229.1 billion, 5.2 GW.

• Procurement: 84 projects (4%), USD 164.1 billion, 7.2 GW.

• Execution: 635 projects (27%), USD 2.21 trillion, 70.4 GW.

Top 20 Largest Upcoming Data Center Projects in the US by Capacity (2026)

1. HyperGrid (Project Matador): Fermi America, Carson County, Texas

Fermi America is developing HyperGrid, a private energy and AI data center campus near Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle, in partnership with the Texas Tech University System. The campus is planned for up to 11 GW of IT capacity, and 17 GW of Private Power HyperGrid, which would make it the largest data center project in the US. It is designed to host hyperscale AI and high-performance computing tenants on dedicated, largely off-grid power.

The campus plan includes about 18 million sq ft of data centers powered by a mix of natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear generation. Siemens Energy is supplying three F-class SGT6-5000F gas turbines, capable of about 1.1 GW in combined-cycle mode, and Fermi has said it has 2 GW of gas capacity secured or contracted. 

The nuclear phase is planned around four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, with Hyundai Engineering & Construction supporting front-end engineering under a 2025 agreement and Siemens Energy collaborating on nuclear steam turbines and controls.

In October 2026 the NRC issued a draft environmental impact statement with a preliminary recommendation in favor of the combined license, with public comments open until November 23. AI cloud provider TensorWave signed the first binding lease in August 2026, for a data center with 222 MW of facility power and room to grow to 650 MW. 

2. PORTS Technology Campus: SoftBank Group, Pike County, Ohio

SoftBank Group is developing the PORTS Technology Campus on about 2,700 acres next to the Department of Energy's former Portsmouth uranium enrichment site in Piketon, Ohio. The campus is planned to reach 10 GW of AI data center capacity at full build-out, with an 800 MW first phase. With a total investment of USD 67.2 billion, it is one of the largest private infrastructure projects announced in the US.

The investment breaks down into more than USD 30 billion for the data center, USD 33 billion for 9.2 GW of natural gas generation and USD 4.2 billion for 765 kV transmission. SoftBank Group will fund and operate the campus. SB Energy, its US energy business, is responsible for power and transmission and is funding grid upgrades through AEP Ohio.

A ceremonial groundbreaking took place on March 20, 2026, and the project was added to the federal FAST-41 permitting program on June 16, 2026, which sets a coordinated federal review schedule. Site preparation for the 800 MW first phase is under way.

3. Lea County Data Center: New Era Energy & Digital, Lea County, New Mexico

New Era Energy & Digital is planning a 7 GW AI data center campus on approximately 3,500 acres near Caprock in Lea County, New Mexico. The multi-phase project is designed to provide dedicated infrastructure for hyperscale AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, with initial power delivery targeted for 2028. It will be New Era's first wholly owned AI data center development, following its earlier joint venture with Sharon AI on the Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) project.

The campus will be powered by an integrated energy portfolio of more than 2 GW of natural gas generation and over 5 GW of nuclear power, with New Era still finalizing its choice of nuclear technology. It will offer powered shell buildings and powered land leases to AI tenants. The site was chosen for its proximity to major natural gas pipelines, existing power infrastructure, water resources and high-speed fiber.

The company has secured a land option purchase agreement and is working through permitting, engineering and master planning. The Lea County Board of County Commissioners has introduced regulations covering water use, infrastructure and grid stability to support the project's long-term development. 

4. Meta Hyperion: Meta Platforms, Richland Parish, Louisiana

Meta is developing the Hyperion AI Campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, as one of the largest artificial intelligence data center projects ever announced in the United States. Backed by an estimated USD 27 billion investment, the campus spans more than 3,600 acres near Holly Ridge and Rayville and is planned to deliver up to 5 GW of power capacity upon full build-out. The development will provide approximately 4 million square feet of data center space and is being constructed in phases from 2025 through 2030. 

In late 2025, Meta formed a joint venture with Blue Owl Capital, which holds an 80% ownership stake while Meta retains 20% and manages construction and operations. The largest data center campus by Meta is designed to support large-scale AI training, inference, and supercomputing workloads using hundreds of thousands of next-generation GPUs. 

To meet its enormous power requirements, Meta is deploying a behind-the-meter energy strategy that combines on-site natural gas generation with up to 1.5 GW of solar capacity, creating a dedicated power ecosystem for the facility. In May 2026, the state of Louisiana announced USD 3.3 billion in tax breaks for Meta to build Hyperion AI Campus.

Meta expects the campus to reach about 2 GW by 2030, with the full 5 GW build-out to follow.

5. Homer City Energy Campus: Homer City Redevelopment, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

Homer City Redevelopment is turning the site of the former Homer City coal plant, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh, into a gas-powered AI data center campus of more than 3,200 acres. Its 4.4-4.5 GW gas plant would be the largest in the US, with about 3.7 GW reserved for data centers. Amazon Data Services is named as the end user of the data center buildings.

The power plant will use seven GE Vernova 7HA.02 hydrogen-capable gas turbines, with Kiewit as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor. Knighthead Capital Management is leading the project's financing. In August 2026, Amazon Data Services filed plans for 36 data center buildings across six sites on the campus.

Indiana County commissioners tabled the data center application in October 2026 after objections from residents. Construction of the data center buildings is planned in phases from December, with full completion targeted for June 2036.

6. Project Camellia: OpenAI, Effingham County, Georgia

Project Camellia is OpenAI's first self-developed data center campus, planned on about 1,400 acres inside the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub near Rincon and Guyton in Effingham County, Georgia. The campus is designed for OpenAI's own AI training and inference workloads. Effingham County values it at USD 20 billion, and OpenAI's compute strategy lead has said it could exceed USD 30 billion.

The concept plan shows four data center buildings totalling about 4.4 million sq feet. Georgia Power signed a 25-year contract in August 2026 to supply up to 3,210 MW, phased from about 1.2 GW in 2028 to the full load by 2032. 

OpenAI says it will pay the full cost of grid infrastructure, use closed-loop cooling and offer up to 1 GW of flexible demand during peak periods. The site sits inside a 2,600-acre logistics park originally developed by The Broe Group.

OpenAI and Effingham County announced the project on July 22, 2026, and the county's industrial development authority conveyed the land to an OpenAI affiliate two days later. The site is already zoned industrial, so no rezoning is needed. OpenAI has filed site plans, and the next steps are naming a construction partner and starting site work.

7. Berry Hill Data Center (Project Crossroads): STACK Infrastructure, Pittsylvania County, Virginia

STACK Infrastructure is planning a hyperscale data center campus on about 3,000 acres of the Berry Hill Megasite near Danville, in southern Virginia. Known as Project Crossroads, it is one of the largest data center plans in the state outside Northern Virginia, with about USD 100 billion of investment planned over 15 years.

The plan calls for 21 data center buildings with up to 3 GW of power, although that figure is a ceiling rather than a guaranteed supply. At full capacity the campus could use up to 7 million gallons of water a day. STACK has not named an end user, a utility arrangement or construction contractors.

In October 2026 STACK submitted joint permit applications to state and federal agencies and expected a decision by March 2027. Construction would then proceed in phases over about 15 years, subject to securing power.

8. Matrix Data Center Campus: MSB Global Services, Sulphur Springs, Texas

Houston-based MSB Global Services is building "The Matrix Center," a hyperscale AI data center campus in Sulphur Springs, northeast Texas, about 80 miles east of Dallas. The USD 18 billion campus is planned for 2 GW of critical IT across two phases, with 30 buildings at full build-out.

Phase I covers eight high-capacity buildings with 800 MW of critical IT. Phase II adds 1,200 MW on an adjacent 780-acre parcel. The development plan calls for one 100 MW building to be delivered each month once the first is complete.

Construction began in February 2025 with Trinity Road and utility infrastructure, followed by a groundbreaking on June 13, 2025, and land clearing in September 2025. The first 100 MW building was scheduled for delivery in March 2026; confirmation of that delivery and the first tenant are the next updates to watch.

9. Project Tembo: Google, Laramie County, Wyoming

Project Tembo, first proposed as Project Jade, is an AI data center campus in the Switch Grass Industrial Park about 8 miles south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. On November 5, 2026, Google confirmed it will invest USD 17 billion in the site, its first data center in Wyoming. The campus is planned at 2.7 GW and is designed to scale to 10 GW.

The project was originally developed by Crusoe, with Tallgrass Energy building the adjacent power plant on a separate 659-acre site, and plans for five data center buildings on about 600 acres. Google's data center campus will be air-cooled to limit water use. Power will come from a 702 MW Bloom Energy fuel-cell project contracted with AEP, alongside gas generation, with carbon captured and stored at Tallgrass's nearby sequestration hub.

Laramie County commissioners approved the site plans unanimously on January 6, 2026, and construction was expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026, with the first building operational by the end of 2027. Google's confirmation makes it the campus's end user and operator.

10. Project Jupiter (Stargate): STACK Infrastructure and BorderPlex Digital Assets, Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Project Jupiter is a 2.2 GW AI data center campus on about 1,400 acres in Santa Teresa, Doña Ana County, near the US-Mexico border. It is part of OpenAI and Oracle's Stargate program and is New Mexico's largest economic development project.

BorderPlex Digital Assets is developing the campus with STACK Infrastructure. Doña Ana County approved up to USD 165 billion in industrial revenue bonds in September 2025: about USD 50 billion is planned in the first five years, the rest over a 30-year term. In return, the developer receives a 30-year property tax exemption and pays the county USD 12 million a year. The campus will run on its own natural gas-fired microgrid, split into east and west units, which has drawn opposition from environmental groups over air emissions.

Foundation work was under way in April 2026, and completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2028. The project is expected to create up to 2,500 construction jobs and about 150 permanent on-site jobs.

11. Southaven Campuses (Colossus 2 / MACROHARDRR): SpaceXAI, Southaven, Mississippi

SpaceXAI, formerly xAI, is expanding its Memphis-area AI supercomputing cluster across the state line into Southaven, Mississippi. Its MACROHARDRR data center there supports the Colossus 2 cluster, and together the company's Memphis-metro sites form a platform of about 2 GW. The 2 GW figure covers the regional platform rather than a single campus.

On November 5, 2026, SpaceXAI announced two more Southaven campuses next to Colossus 2, at the former Gun Range and Hormel ("Spam") sites, both under construction and due online in November and December 2026. That will bring the Memphis metro to six SpaceXAI data centers. The pace of these additions makes Southaven one of the fastest-growing AI clusters in the US.

12. Project Bunkhouse: Taurus DC SPE and Digital Realty, Bartow County, Georgia

Project Bunkhouse is a planned hyperscale data center campus on 876 acres of former cattle land on Taff Road in Stilesboro, Bartow County, about 60 km northwest of downtown Atlanta. The original filing reported about 1,830 MW of power demand, which would make it one of the largest data center campuses in Georgia.

The campus is planned as 12 buildings, with a total building area capped at about 8.3 million sq ft. It sits south of Georgia Power's Plant Bowen and would need three on-site substations. Taurus DC SPE LLC, a subsidiary of Taurus Investment Holdings, is the applicant, county records name Digital Realty as the future operator, and Kimley-Horn is the engineering and planning firm. Build-out has been valued at roughly USD 18-19 billion.

Bartow County approved rezoning to Business Park Development on June 4, 2025, with conditions on water-efficient technology, buffers and building area. As of November 2026, the start of construction has not been confirmed, and full build-out has been projected around 2035.

13. Buckeye Technology Park: Tract, Buckeye, Arizona

Denver-based Tract is developing Buckeye Technology Park, a master-planned data center park on 2,069 acres near Buckeye Airport, west of Phoenix. Tract develops large, entitled and powered sites that it sells or leases to hyperscale data center operators, and Buckeye is one of its largest.

At full build-out the park could hold up to 40 data centers and about 20 million sq ft of space, supported by up to 1.8 GW of new power infrastructure being planned with the local utility. Tract bought the land for more than USD 136 million, and total investment has been reported at about USD 20 billion. The project is at the planning stage, with long-term power infrastructure work under way with the utility.

14. Helios Campus: Galaxy Digital, West Texas

Galaxy Digital is converting its former Helios bitcoin mining site, about 2,200 acres in West Texas, into a large AI data center campus. Helios has 1.63 GW of approved power capacity, with potential to scale to 3.6 GW, making it one of the largest crypto-to-AI conversions in the US.

The campus is leased to AI cloud provider CoreWeave under 15-year leases with two five-year extension options. CoreWeave has committed to 526 MW of critical IT across phases I to III. Of the site's power, 800 MW of gross capacity is already approved and contracted.

Galaxy completed phase I on July 7, 2026, delivering 133 MW of critical IT load (about 200 MW of gross power), with rent starting in the second quarter of 2026. Greenfield construction is under way on phase II, which adds 260 MW of critical IT, with data hall deliveries expected from the first half of 2027.

15. Stargate Frontier: Vantage Data Centers, Shackelford County, Texas

Frontier is Vantage Data Centers' USD 25 billion AI campus on 1,200 acres in rural Shackelford County, Texas, about 150 miles west of Dallas. Planned at 1.4 GW, it is Vantage's largest US campus and one of the sites in OpenAI and Oracle's Stargate program.

The campus will comprise 10 data centers totalling about 3.7 million sq ft, designed for ultra-high-density AI racks. It will use a closed-loop chiller system to cut water use. Vantage expects the project to create more than 5,000 construction and operations jobs.

Construction began in 2025. By April 2026, roofing was under way on the first building, with delivery expected in late 2026 and full completion targeted for the fourth quarter of 2028.

16. Stargate Michigan ("The Barn"): Related Digital, Saline Township, Michigan

Related Digital is developing Michigan's Stargate campus for Oracle and OpenAI on 250 acres in Saline Township, south of Ann Arbor. Nicknamed "The Barn" after the historic red barn preserved at its entrance, the campus is planned at 1.4 GW. Its estimated value has risen from USD 4.8 billion to more than USD 43 billion.

The design calls for three single-story buildings of about 550,000 sq ft each, roughly 1.65 million sq ft in total, with closed-loop cooling that keeps water use comparable to an office building. DTE Energy will supply all of the campus's power from existing resources plus new battery storage paid for by the project. Walbridge is the general contractor, and the project is expected to create more than 2,500 union construction jobs and about 450 on-site jobs.

Construction started in early 2026, and by late July a second large building was being framed. The project has faced continued opposition from local residents at township and Michigan Public Service Commission meetings.

17. Stargate Lighthouse: Vantage Data Centers, Port Washington, Wisconsin

Lighthouse is Vantage Data Centers' USD 15 billion AI campus on 672 acres in Port Washington, north of Milwaukee. Developed with OpenAI and Oracle as part of the Stargate program, it is Wisconsin's largest data center project, with about 1.3 GW of projected facility power.

The campus will include four hyperscale AI data centers with about 902 MW of critical IT load. Oracle is the anchor customer. Vantage describes the campus as "water-positive" and plans to use clean and zero-emission energy resources. The project is expected to create more than 4,000 construction jobs and over 1,000 permanent roles.

Vantage was named developer and operator in October 2025. Groundbreaking is complete, foundation work was visible by April 2026, and completion is targeted for the fourth quarter of 2028.

18. Project Arrowhead: Premier Data Center Development, Irwin County, Georgia

Project Arrowhead is a proposed hyperscale data center campus on about 1,066 acres near the community of Mystic, in rural south-central Georgia. Its regional impact (DRI #4689) filing lists a peak connected load of 1,250 MW and about USD 6 billion of investment at build-out.

The campus is planned as five buildings totalling about 4.22 million sq ft, with around 200 permanent jobs and roughly USD 20 million a year in local taxes. Premier Data Center Development, LLC is the developer, and Georgia Power is completing an energy study for the site. Regional reviewers have asked for more detail on cooling technology and on withdrawals from the Floridan Aquifer.

An earlier version of the project was withdrawn in March 2026, and the Southern Georgia Regional Commission completed its review of the current plan on May 14, 2026. The first phase could be operational in 2030, with full build-out by 2034. Final county approval and an end user are still pending.

19. Paducah AI Campus: Brookfield and NextEra Energy, Paducah, Kentucky

The Department of Energy selected Brookfield to redevelop part of the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in western Kentucky into an AI data center campus. Announced on July 29, 2026, the campus is planned at more than 1.2 GW of AI computing capacity, with about USD 100 billion of investment over time.

Brookfield will develop the data center campus, while NextEra Energy would build up to 2 GW of on-site natural gas generation and up to 2.6 GW of battery storage. The campus is also expected to receive up to 1.8 GW of utility-delivered power by 2032. Reusing a federal industrial site gives the project existing transmission and land.

The project is at the planning stage. Definitive agreements, Kentucky regulatory approval and an anchor customer are still pending, and no construction timeline has been announced.

20. Project Freebird (Stargate): SB Energy, Milam County, Texas

Project Freebird is a 1.2 GW Stargate AI data center campus in Milam County, central Texas, being built for OpenAI. SB Energy, SoftBank's US energy and infrastructure business, will build and operate the campus.

The first phase covers about 548,950 sq ft at an estimated cost of USD 470 million. In January 2026, OpenAI and SoftBank invested USD 1 billion in SB Energy to support Stargate buildouts, including this campus. Other contractors have not been named.

By April 2026, steel framing and roofing were visible on the first building, which was due for delivery by October 2026. Full completion is expected in the fourth quarter of 2028.

Other Large Projects to Watch

Here are the other top data center projects upcoming in USA:

• Lambda, Lowndes County, Alabama: USD 33.1 billion AI campus announced on November 4, 2026 - construction from Q1 2027. 

• Heartland Industrial Park, Sullivan County, Indiana: Potentia's USD 65 billion campus, with site work under way.

• Adams Fork, Mingo and Logan counties, West Virginia: TransGas plans two data centers with two gas plants of more than 2.4 GW each.

• Wilderness Crossing, Orange County, Virginia: the zoning behind this 2,600-acre mixed-use and data center project was found procedurally defective on September 29, 2026, and a lawsuit is pending.

• Google West Creek, Goochland County, Virginia: 1.2 GW site under consideration (November 2026).

Where Are the Largest Data Centers Being Built in the US?

Largest AI Data Center Projects in the US

At least 11 of the top 20 are being built for AI companies:

1. Meta Hyperion, Louisiana (up to 5 GW): Meta's largest AI training cluster.

2. Project Camellia, Georgia (up to 3.21 GW): OpenAI's first self-developed campus.

3. Project Tembo, Wyoming (2.7 GW): Google's USD 17 billion campus.

4. Project Jupiter, New Mexico (2.2 GW): OpenAI and Oracle Stargate site.

5. SpaceXAI Southaven, Mississippi (~2 GW combined): the expansion of the Colossus AI cluster.

6. Helios, Texas (1.63 GW): leased to CoreWeave for AI cloud.

7. Stargate Frontier, Texas (1.4 GW): OpenAI and Oracle.

8. Stargate Michigan, Michigan (1.4 GW): OpenAI and Oracle.

9. Stargate Lighthouse, Wisconsin (~1.3 GW): OpenAI and Oracle.

10. Project Freebird, Texas (1.2 GW): OpenAI, built by SB Energy.

11. HyperGrid, Texas (up to 11 GW): first tenant is AI cloud provider TensorWave.

OpenAI is linked to six of the top 20, more than any other company.

Who Is Building the Largest Data Centers in the US?

The biggest spenders behind these projects are the large cloud and AI companies. In their late-October 2026 earnings, Alphabet guided to USD 195-205 billion of capex for 2026, Amazon to about USD 220 billion and Meta to USD 135-145 billion, with all three expecting higher spending in 2027.

Conclusion

The 20 largest upcoming US data center projects total roughly 65 GW of headline capacity, led by Texas and driven by AI demand. About half are already under construction, and the rest depend on securing power, permits and local support. With 63% of the wider 2,383-project pipeline still at an early stage, tracking which projects move into construction matters as much as the headline numbers.

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