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If every tracked data center gets built

The projects in the Census pipeline publish 143.98 GW of planned capacity. Here is what that would mean in household electricity if all of it ran at full power, around the clock, for a year. It is a ceiling, not a forecast.

Planned capacity, active projects

143.98 GW

94 of 154 active projects publish a figure

At full capacity for a year, that is the electricity of

116.9 million

U.S. homes (EIA average: 10,791 kWh a year)

Since you opened this page, running flat out, they would have used

0 kWh

as much as 0 U.S. homes use in a year

  • Operating 4.25 GW
  • Under construction 72.76 GW
  • Approved 32.36 GW
  • Proposed 34.62 GW

By state

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StateProjectsPublished capacityHomes at full capacityLargest project
Texas
15
of 17
41.72 GW33.9 millionFermi America Project Matador Under construction
Ohio
5
of 11
12.29 GW10 millionPORTS-Pike Technology Campus Under construction
West Virginia
311.76 GW9.5 millionMonarch Compute Campus Under construction
Utah
310.07 GW8.2 millionStratos Project Proposed
Illinois
7
of 8
7.06 GW5.7 millionJoliet Technology Center Approved
Pennsylvania
3
of 8
6.7 GW5.4 millionHomer City Energy Campus Under construction
Georgia
5
of 13
5.63 GW4.6 millionProject Camellia Proposed
Louisiana
25.33 GW4.3 millionMeta Hyperion Under construction
Kentucky
2
of 3
4 GW3.2 millionMeta Maysville campus Approved
Wyoming
2
of 3
3.95 GW3.2 millionProject Tembo Approved
Maryland
23.22 GW2.6 millionQuantum Frederick Under construction
Virginia
5
of 12
2.9 GW2.4 millionStafford Technology Campus Under construction
New York
7
of 9
2.86 GW2.3 millionLake Mariner Operating
Oklahoma
12.75 GW2.2 millionProject Thunderbird Proposed
Alabama
22.7 GW2.2 millionProject Red Clay Approved
Missouri
3
of 6
2.5 GW2 millionMeramec Valley Technology Park Approved
New Mexico
12.46 GW2 millionProject Jupiter Under construction
Michigan
3
of 6
2.4 GW2 millionSaline Township Stargate Data Center Under construction
Tennessee
32.09 GW1.7 millionxAI Colossus 2 Under construction
Wisconsin
2
of 4
1.52 GW1.2 millionPort Washington (Lighthouse) Data Center Campus Under construction
North Carolina
3
of 6
1.49 GW1.2 millionNatelli data center, U.S. 158 Proposed
Indiana
2
of 6
1.25 GW1 millionMeta Lebanon Data Center Under construction
Florida
1
of 2
1.2 GW1 millionFort Meade Hyperscale Data Center Approved
Iowa
1
of 2
1.05 GW0.9 millionQTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Under construction
Arizona
41.04 GW0.8 millionProject Borealis Approved
Colorado
11 GW0.8 millionGlobal AI Data Center Approved
South Carolina
1
of 3
1 GW0.8 millionProject Boulder Proposed
Minnesota
1
of 3
708 MW0.6 millionFarmington Technology Park Approved
North Dakota
1400 MW0.3 millionPolaris Forge 1 Operating
Nevada
1
of 2
362 MW0.3 millionFleet Data Centers TRIC campuses (South Valley and Peru Ridge) Proposed
New Jersey
1300 MW0.2 millionNebius Vineland Data Center Under construction
California
1275 MW0.2 millionGolden Valley Technology Hub Proposed

Projects: those with a published capacity, out of all projects that are proposed, approved, under construction or operating. 60 active projects publish no capacity and are not in these totals.

How the meter works

Capacity
The planned capacity each project’s sources publish, summed for projects that are proposed, approved, under construction or operating. Rumored, paused, cancelled and denied projects are left out. Some sources give total facility power and others IT load; each record says which.
Electricity
Megawatts × 8,760 hours = megawatt-hours in a year at full capacity. Real campuses are built in phases and run below their full rating, so treat this as the most the pipeline could use, not what it will use.
Homes
Kilowatt-hours ÷ 10,791. The EIA says: “In 2022, the average annual amount of electricity sold to (purchased by) a U.S. residential electric-utility customer was 10,791 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of about 899 kWh per month.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. This compares energy over a year. It does not mean the grid could serve that many homes instead, which depends on when power is used.
The live counter
143.98 GW is 39,995 kWh every second at full capacity. The counter multiplies that by the time this page has been open.

Want other assumptions? The impact calculator lets you pick any project and the share of the year it runs.

Questions

How much electricity would all the planned data centers use?

The 94 projects in the Census pipeline that publish a capacity add up to 143.98 GW. Running at that capacity every hour of the year, they would use about 1,261.3 billion kWh, as much electricity as 116.9 million U.S. homes use in a year at the EIA’s average of 10,791 kWh per home. Real facilities open in phases and run below their full rating, so this is a ceiling, not a forecast.

Which states have the most planned data center capacity?

Texas (41.72 GW), Ohio (12.29 GW), West Virginia (11.76 GW) lead the Census by published capacity of projects that are proposed, approved, under construction or operating.

How much of it is already running or being built?

4.25 GW belongs to projects recorded as operating and 72.76 GW to projects under construction. An operating project may be running only its first buildings, and its full planned capacity is counted here.

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Last updated Nov 7, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). If every tracked data center gets built. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/if-it-all-gets-built
MLA“If every tracked data center gets built.” Data Center Census, Nov 7, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/if-it-all-gets-built.
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