AI Data Center Buildout in 2026

This timeline slice groups facilities tied to 2026 through the best current public milestone year in the dataset. It captures 13.8 GW of disclosed capacity across this cohort.

Facilities
29
Tracked Capacity
13.8GW
Countries
20
Operators
22
Facility Capacity
OpenAI–G42 Abu Dhabi AI Megacluster
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
5000MW
Meta–Vistra Nuclear Uprate Agreement (OH/PA)
Perry, United States
2100MW
AWS US Government AI Supercomputing Expansion
Ashburn, United States
1300MW
Meta Lebanon AI Data Center (Indiana)
Lebanon, United States
1000MW
Google Wilbarger County AI Data Center (Texas)
Vernon, United States
800MW
Microsoft — India AI Infrastructure (Hyderabad / Pune)
Hyderabad, India
600MW
Google Pine Island AI Data Center (Minnesota)
Pine Island, United States
600MW
Aramco Digital & Groq Inference Data Center (Saudi Arabia)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
500MW
SoftBank Tomakomai AI Data Center (Japan)
Tomakomai, Japan
300MW
Digital Realty UK AI Mega-Campus
Slough, United Kingdom
300MW
Microsoft Taiwan North AI Cloud Region
Taipei, Taiwan
200MW
Humain AI Data Centers (Saudi Arabia)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
200MW
Vantage Data Centers Quebec Expansion (Montreal & Quebec City)
Montreal, Canada
178MW
Amazon Web Services — India Expansion (Rajasthan AI Campus)
Jaipur, India
150MW
Equinix SV18 Silicon Valley (California)
San Jose, United States
117MW
Firebird AI Data Center (Armenia)
Yerevan, Armenia
100MW
AWS — Middle East South (Cairo) me-south-2
Cairo, Egypt
100MW
Microsoft Azure — Czech Republic Region (Prague)
Prague, Czech Republic
50MW
Microsoft Azure — Nigeria Region (Lagos, Announced)
Lagos, Nigeria
50MW
Microsoft Azure — Vietnam (Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City)
Hanoi, Vietnam
50MW
Equinix DA12 Dallas (Texas)
Dallas, United States
40MW
AWS — Peru Cloud Region (Announced)
Lima, Peru
40MW
Equinix SP7 São Paulo (Brazil)
São Paulo, Brazil
14MW
Equinix PA12x Paris (France)
Argenteuil, France
14MW
Digital Realty Cyberjaya (Malaysia)
Cyberjaya, Malaysia
14MW
Equinix IL3 Istanbul (Turkey)
Istanbul, Turkey
9MW
Equinix MD5 Madrid (Spain)
Alcobendas, Spain
6MW
Equinix LG3 Lagos (Nigeria)
Lagos, Nigeria
1MW
Cassava AI Data Center (Morocco)
Casablanca, Morocco

Timeline Method

This page currently groups projects by the best single public milestone year in the dataset, stored as start_year. As the index fills out separate announcement, groundbreaking, and go-live fields, the year taxonomy can split into more precise public timeline surfaces and filtered feeds.