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Get the Facts: More data centers are popping up across the US. What are they?
The U.S. hosts about half of global data center capacity, with 2,338 operational centers and nearly 1,500 more under construction or planned, driven by AI demand.
- Get the Facts analysis shows nearly 4,000 data centers operate across the United States as of Jan. 28, including operational, under-construction, and planned sites.
- Rising AI demand is driving the surge as data-center developers expand beyond metro clusters, fueled by increased artificial intelligence industry needs, per industry data.
- Counting operating and development sites, Baxtel found at least 2,338 operating centers, 487 under construction, and 965 planned, with colocation centers making up almost half of all facilities.
- Virginia leads with 622 planned or operational data centers, northern Virginia is called `data center alley`, and Texas and California follow with 519 and 233 centers respectively.
- Hyperscale data centers are larger, typically single-tenant facilities and account for about 21% of centers, with Baxtel supplying data and reporting citing CreditSights .
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