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AI data center buildout tracker

Every major AI campus and financing we can verify: how big it is, who is paying for it, and where its power comes from.

25Projects tracked
31.8 GWPlanned capacity (where disclosed)
$193BAnnounced project capex
$317BConfirmed financing, 14 deals

United States

Nscale Monarch campus · West Virginia · 8 GW · announcedMeta Hyperion · Holly Ridge · 5 GW · under constructionAWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle) · New Carlisle · 2.3 GW · partially operationalProject Jade (Cheyenne) · Cheyenne · 1.8 GW · announcedPowerHouse Hillwood Joliet · Joliet · 1.8 GW · at riskStargate Frontier Campus · Albany area · 1.4 GW · under constructionStargate Saline Township · Saline Township · 1.4 GW · under constructionStargate Port Washington (Lighthouse) · Port Washington · 1.3 GW · under constructionStargate Abilene (Lancium Clean Campus) · Abilene · 1.2 GW · partially operationalStargate Milam County · Milam County · 1.2 GW · under constructionxAI Colossus 2 · Memphis (Whitehaven) · 1.2 GW · partially operationalMeta Prometheus · New Albany · 1.0 GW · partially operationalAbernathy campus · Abernathy · 670 MW · under constructionLake Mariner · Barker · 378 MW · partially operationalxAI Colossus 1 · Memphis · 300 MW · operationalCoreWeave Lancaster · Lancaster · 300 MW · announcedDelta Forge 2 · Brookwood (Tuscaloosa County) · 210 MW · announcedProject Jupiter (Stargate New Mexico) · Santa Teresa · n/a · at riskMicrosoft Fairwater (Wisconsin) · Mount Pleasant · n/a · partially operationalMicrosoft Fairwater 2 (Atlanta) · Atlanta · n/a · operationalGoogle Texas AI campuses (Haskell and Armstrong counties) · Haskell County · n/a · under construction

Worldwide

Nscale Monarch campus · West Virginia · 8 GW · announcedMeta Hyperion · Holly Ridge · 5 GW · under constructionAWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle) · New Carlisle · 2.3 GW · partially operationalProject Jade (Cheyenne) · Cheyenne · 1.8 GW · announcedPowerHouse Hillwood Joliet · Joliet · 1.8 GW · at riskStargate Frontier Campus · Albany area · 1.4 GW · under constructionStargate Saline Township · Saline Township · 1.4 GW · under constructionStargate Port Washington (Lighthouse) · Port Washington · 1.3 GW · under constructionStargate Abilene (Lancium Clean Campus) · Abilene · 1.2 GW · partially operationalStargate Milam County · Milam County · 1.2 GW · under constructionxAI Colossus 2 · Memphis (Whitehaven) · 1.2 GW · partially operationalMeta Prometheus · New Albany · 1.0 GW · partially operationalStargate UAE (UAE-US AI Campus) · Abu Dhabi · 1 GW · under constructionGoogle AI Hub Visakhapatnam · Visakhapatnam · 1 GW · under constructionAbernathy campus · Abernathy · 670 MW · under constructionLake Mariner · Barker · 378 MW · partially operationalxAI Colossus 1 · Memphis · 300 MW · operationalCoreWeave Lancaster · Lancaster · 300 MW · announcedStargate Norway · Kvandal (near Narvik) · 230 MW · under constructionDelta Forge 2 · Brookwood (Tuscaloosa County) · 210 MW · announcedNscale Loughton (Stargate UK) · Loughton · 90 MW · delayedProject Jupiter (Stargate New Mexico) · Santa Teresa · n/a · at riskMicrosoft Fairwater (Wisconsin) · Mount Pleasant · n/a · partially operationalMicrosoft Fairwater 2 (Atlanta) · Atlanta · n/a · operationalGoogle Texas AI campuses (Haskell and Armstrong counties) · Haskell County · n/a · under construction
OperationalUnder constructionAnnouncedDelayed or at riskCircle size = planned capacity. Locations approximate.

Projects

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LocationPower
Nscale Monarch campusNscaleWest VirginiaUSA8 GWn/aNot disclosedannounced2026-09
Meta HyperionMeta (JV with Blue Owl) · for MetaHolly Ridge, LouisianaUSA5 GW$50BMeta-funded Entergy gas plants, grid batteries, nuclear uprates, Entergy PPAsunder construction2024-12-04
AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle)Amazon Web Services · for AnthropicNew Carlisle, IndianaUSA2.3 GW$11BGrid (Indiana Michigan Power, PJM); diesel backuppartially operational2024-04
Project Jade (Cheyenne)Black Hills Energy · for Google (prospective)Cheyenne, WyomingUSA1.8 GWn/aNatural gas (future renewables)announced2025-07-24
PowerHouse Hillwood JolietPowerHouse HillwoodJoliet, IllinoisUSA1.8 GW$20BGrid (ComEd, PJM)at risk2026-09-23
Stargate Frontier CampusVantage Data Centers · for OpenAI / OracleAlbany area, TexasUSA1.4 GW$25BOn-site natural gas microgrid (behind the meter)under construction2025-09-23
Stargate Saline TownshipRelated Digital · for Oracle / OpenAISaline Township, MichiganUSA1.4 GWn/aDTE Energy grid plus new battery storageunder construction2025-10
Stargate Port Washington (Lighthouse)Vantage Data Centers · for OpenAI / OraclePort Washington, WisconsinUSA1.3 GW$15BWe Energies grid; about 70% solar, wind, and battery storageunder construction2025-10-22
Stargate Abilene (Lancium Clean Campus)Crusoe (developer) / Oracle · for OpenAIAbilene, TexasUSA1.2 GWn/aOn-site natural gas turbines plus ERCOT grid (wind); 1 GW substationpartially operational2025-01-21
Stargate Milam CountySB Energy (SoftBank) · for OpenAIMilam County, TexasUSA1.2 GWn/aNew solar plus battery storage, gridunder construction2025-09-23
xAI Colossus 2xAI · for xAIMemphis (Whitehaven), TennesseeUSA1.2 GWn/aGas turbines (41 permitted in Southaven, MS) plus limited gridpartially operational2025-03
Meta PrometheusMeta · for MetaNew Albany, OhioUSA1.0 GWn/aOn-site natural gas plants plus gridpartially operational2025-07-14
Stargate UAE (UAE-US AI Campus)Khazna Data Centers (G42) · for OpenAI (with Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco, SoftBank)Abu Dhabi, Abu DhabiUAE1 GWn/aNot disclosedunder construction2025-05-22
Google AI Hub VisakhapatnamGoogle (with AdaniConneX, Airtel) · for GoogleVisakhapatnam, Andhra PradeshIndia1 GW$15BNew clean generation, storage, and transmission (details undisclosed)under construction2025-10-14
Abernathy campusFluidstack / Aligned · for AnthropicAbernathy, TexasUSA670 MWn/aNot disclosedunder construction2025-11-12
Lake MarinerTeraWulf / Fluidstack · for AnthropicBarker, New YorkUSA378 MWn/aNew York gridpartially operational2025-11-12
xAI Colossus 1xAI · for Anthropic (leased from May 2026)Memphis, TennesseeUSA300 MWn/aMLGW/TVA grid (150 MW), gas turbines, Tesla Megapacksoperational2024-06
CoreWeave LancasterCoreWeave (with Chirisa, Machine Investment Group) · for CoreWeaveLancaster, PennsylvaniaUSA300 MW$6.0BNot disclosedannounced2025-07-15
Stargate NorwayNscale / Aker JV · for OpenAIKvandal (near Narvik), NordlandNorway230 MWn/aRenewable hydropower (Statnett grid)under construction2025-07-31
Delta Forge 2Applied Digital · for Unnamed investment-grade hyperscalerBrookwood (Tuscaloosa County), AlabamaUSA210 MW$3.2BNot disclosedannounced2026-09-25
Nscale Loughton (Stargate UK)Nscale · for MicrosoftLoughton, Essex, EnglandUK90 MWn/aGrid (connection delayed); exploring fuel cellsdelayed2025-09-16
Project Jupiter (Stargate New Mexico)BorderPlex Digital Assets / STACK Infrastructure (Blue Owl) · for Oracle / OpenAISanta Teresa, New MexicoUSAn/an/aPlanned off-grid gas microgrid; pipeline extension rejected July 2026; Oracle RFP for 2 GW of renewablesat risk2025-09-23
Microsoft Fairwater (Wisconsin)Microsoft · for MicrosoftMount Pleasant, WisconsinUSAn/a$7.3BWe Energies grid plus 250 MW Portage County solarpartially operational2024-05-08
Microsoft Fairwater 2 (Atlanta)Microsoft · for MicrosoftAtlanta, GeorgiaUSAn/an/aGrid only (no on-site UPS or generators)operational2025-11-12
Google Texas AI campuses (Haskell and Armstrong counties)Google · for GoogleHaskell County, TexasUSAn/a$40B6,200+ MW of contracted PPAs; Haskell site paired with new solar plus batteryunder construction2025-11-14

Funding and financing

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Largest tracked deals by disclosed amount. Amber bars are reported but not confirmed as closed.

OpenAI$122BOpenAI: $122B equity, 2026-03-31Aligned Data Centers$40BAligned Data Centers: $40B M&A, 2026-07-20Anthropic$30BAnthropic: $30B equity, 2026-02-12Meta / Blue Owl (Hyperion JV)$27BMeta / Blue Owl (Hyperion JV): $27B JV, 2025-10-21Oracle$25BOracle: $25B debt, 2026-02-02Vantage Data Centers$22BVantage Data Centers: $22B project finance, 2025-08-20 (reported, not confirmed closed)Oracle$20BOracle: $20B equity, 2026-02-02xAI$20BxAI: $20B equity, 2026-01-06Related Digital (Stargate Sal…$16BRelated Digital (Stargate Saline Township): $16B project finance, 2026-04-25xAI$12BxAI: $12B debt, 2025-07-22 (reported, not confirmed closed)
DateCompanyTypeAmountInvestors and purpose
2026-09-25Nscaleequity$3.4BThird Point (lead); Nvidia, Apollo, Citadel, ADICPre-IPO convertible notes ($2.36B upfront plus $1B from Nvidia by mid-November) at a targeted ~$30B valuation
2026-09-17Crusoeequity$3.9BAtreides Management, Mubadala Capital, Valor Equity Partners (leads)AI factory campuses and modular units at a $30.9B valuation
2026-07-20Aligned Data CentersM&A$40BAI Infrastructure Partnership, MGX, BlackRock's GIP (seller: Macquarie Asset Management)Acquisition of Aligned (51 campuses, 6.4+ GW) plus $5B growth capital; closed July 2026
2026-04-25Related Digital (Stargate Saline Township)project finance$16BPIMCO (~$10B of ~$14B bonds); $2B equity from Related Digital and BlackstoneBuild the ~1.4 GW Stargate campus in Michigan
2026-03-31OpenAIequity$122BSoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz (co-leads); D.E. Shaw, MGX, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft; $3B retailCompute, infrastructure, and growth at an $852B valuation
2026-03-31CoreWeavedebt$8.5BMUFG, Morgan Stanley (co-structuring); Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan; Blackstone Credit & Insurance (anchor)First investment-grade GPU-backed delayed draw term loan
2026-02-12Anthropicequity$30BGIC, Coatue (leads); D.E. Shaw Ventures, Dragoneer, Founders Fund, ICONIQ, MGXResearch, product, and infrastructure at a $380B post-money valuation
2026-02-02Oracleequity$20BAt-the-market program via BofA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. MorganEquity capacity for AI data center buildout
2026-02-02Oracledebt$25BBofA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, and others (underwriters)General corporate purposes including AI capex
2026-01-12SB Energyequity$1.0BOpenAI, SoftBank GroupSolar and storage for Stargate Milam County (1.2 GW)
2026-01-06xAIequity$20BValor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, Nvidia, CiscoData center expansion (Colossus) and models
2025-10-21Meta / Blue Owl (Hyperion JV)JV$27BBlue Owl funds (80%); PIMCO-anchored private bonds; Morgan Stanley (bookrunner)Buildings and infrastructure at Hyperion, Louisiana
2025-08-20Vantage Data Centersreportedproject finance$22BJPMorgan, MUFG (leads)Construction financing for the Frontier campus, Shackelford County, Texas
2025-07-22xAIreporteddebt$12BArranged by Valor Equity PartnersGPUs for Colossus 2