Quarterly report
U.S. data centers in Q4 2026
What changed in the U.S. data center record in Q4 2026: 1 dated change at 1 tracked project across 1 state, plus 0 moratorium actions and 0 court cases filed. Every figure below is computed from the Census record and links to its source.
- Changes recorded
- 1
- Projects affected
- 1
- States
- 1
- Moratorium actions
- 0
The quarter in one paragraph
The Census tracked 164 major U.S. data center projects in 36 states as of Oct 1, 2026, with 129.83 GW of published capacity across the projects that publish one. In Q4 2026 we recorded 1 dated change at 1 project: .
Counts describe what was recorded in this tracker during the quarter, from published filings, notices and reports. They are not a measure of everything that happened in the industry.
Where the activity was
| State | Changes | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 1 | 1 |
What the changes were about
| Topic | Changes |
|---|---|
| Energy & grid | 0 |
| AI buildout | 0 |
| Rules & votes | 0 |
| Courts | 0 |
Topics overlap: one vote on a power agreement counts in both categories.
How this report is made
Everything above is generated from the Census dataset at build time: the dated events, project records, moratorium entries and court cases, each of which was recorded from a published source that is linked on the project or tracker page. Nothing is estimated or modeled. Because the record grows as projects are researched, a quarter’s counts can rise after the fact; the report is regenerated on every publish, and the date below is the current one.
Reporters and researchers are welcome to use these figures. The underlying data is downloadable as JSON, CSV and GeoJSON, and the press kit has the standing numbers, wording and contact details.
Cite this page
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). U.S. data centers in Q4 2026: quarterly data report. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-q4 |
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| MLA | “U.S. data centers in Q4 2026: quarterly data report.” Data Center Census, Oct 1, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-q4. |
| Link | https://datacentercensus.com/reports/2026-q4 |
Republishing a figure or table? Attribute it to Data Center Census with a link to this page. The underlying data is downloadable as JSON and CSV; the press kit has standing figures and contact details.