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U.S. Data Center Expansion

Sector: Data Center • Location: United States

Source: Axios

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Under Construction And Planned

Nearly 3,000 new data centers are under construction or planned across the U.S., adding to more than 4,000 already in operation. Virginia leads with 663 operational and 595 more planned or under construction, followed by Texas with 405 existing and 442 planned or being built. Georgia and Pennsylvania are also expected to see significant growth in data centers. This expansion is driven by the AI bo

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Under Construction
Sector
Data Center
Location
United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Axios

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The project “U.S. Data Center Expansion” is an infrastructure initiative in the Data Center sector, located in United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Axios.

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Nearly 3,000 new data centers are under construction or planned across the U.S., adding to more than 4,000 already in operation. Virginia leads with 663 operational and 595 more planned or under construction, followed by Texas with 405 existing and 442 planned or being built. Georgia and Pennsylvania are also expected to see significant growth in data centers. This expansion is driven by the AI boom and is generating substantial tax revenue and local economic growth, though it faces political and environmental opposition.

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2025-12-21

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