Capacity tiers tracked
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Capacity Tiers
Sort the AI buildout by power scale.
Capacity pages help readers isolate sub-100 MW sites from multi-hundred-megawatt campuses and emerging gigawatt-scale clusters.
Facilities covered
344
100% of full index
Known capacity
154.6 GW
Total IT load in MW
Largest capacity tier
100-500 MW
146 facilities
How To Read This Taxonomy
This taxonomy is one lens on a live dataset covering 344 AI data centers across 64 countries and 202 tracked operators.
Why organize facilities by capacity tier?
Capacity bands turn a long directory into a strategic map, separating routine deployments from the 500 MW to 1 GW campuses that reshape utility planning and regional competition.
How should readers interpret the largest tiers?
The biggest tiers surface projects most likely to drive chip-cluster concentration, transmission upgrades, power procurement innovation, and investor attention.
Related Lenses
Cross-check this slice with adjacent taxonomies to see how geography, operator concentration, status, and power sourcing interact.
All capacity tiers
| Capacity tier | Facilities ↓ | Countries | Capacity | Operational | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100-500 MW | 146 | 47 | 30.4 GW | 88 | |
| Under 100 MW | 99 | 49 | 4.1 GW | 69 | |
| Over 1 GW | 46 | 13 | 93.6 GW | 10 | |
| 500 MW to 1 GW | 44 | 15 | 26.4 GW | 23 | |
| Capacity Unknown | 9 | 9 | — | 5 |
Frequently asked questions
- Why organize facilities by capacity tier?
- Capacity bands turn a long directory into a strategic map, separating routine deployments from the 500 MW to 1 GW campuses that reshape utility planning and regional competition.
- How should readers interpret the largest tiers?
- The biggest tiers surface projects most likely to drive chip-cluster concentration, transmission upgrades, power procurement innovation, and investor attention.
- How big are AI data centers by power capacity?
- The index groups facilities into 5 capacity tiers. The most populated are 100-500 MW (146), Under 100 MW (99), Over 1 GW (46).