How many AI data centers are tracked for 2026?

The AI Data Center Index tracks 29 facilities for 2026 with 13.8 GW of known capacity.

Announcement Year

2026

AI data centers associated with 2026 — operator, country, and capacity breakdown. 29 facilities with 13.8 GW of known capacity.

Facilities

Known Capacity

13.8 GW

Operators

Countries

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

13.8 GW of known capacity across 29 facilities.

Operational192 MW1%2

Under Construction1.1 GW8%4

Planned961 MW7%12

Announced11.5 GW83%11

Data Quality

100% cited

97% capacity known

100% geolocated

100% dated

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 29 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational27%

Under construction414%

Planned1241%

Announced1138%

Top countries by capacity

OpenAI5 GW G425 GW Meta3.1 GW Vistra Corp2.1 GW Amazon Web Services1.7 GW Google1.4 GW

Energy mix

Renewable1345%

Nuclear13%

Mixed414%

Other / Unknown1138%

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How many AI data centers are tracked for 2026?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 29 facilities for 2026 with 13.8 GW of known capacity.

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Sources
OpenAI–G42 Abu Dhabi AI Megacluster	OpenAI G42	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	5,000 MW	announced	Other	Training	1
Meta–Vistra Nuclear Uprate Agreement (OH/PA)	Meta Vistra Corp	United States Ohio and Pennsylvania	2,100 MW	announced	Nuclear	General Cloud	2
AWS US Government AI Supercomputing Expansion	Amazon Web Services	United States Virginia / Oregon / Ohio	1,300 MW	announced	Renewable	Sovereign AI	2
Meta Lebanon AI Data Center (Indiana)	Meta	United States Lebanon, Indiana	1,000 MW	announced	Other	Mixed	1
Google Wilbarger County AI Data Center (Texas)	Google	United States Wilbarger County, Texas	800 MW	announced	Other	Mixed	1
Google Pine Island AI Data Center (Minnesota)	Google	United States Pine Island, Minnesota	600 MW	announced	Other	Mixed	1
Microsoft — India AI Infrastructure (Hyderabad / Pune)	Microsoft	India Hyderabad (Telangana) / Pune (Maharashtra)	600 MW	under construction	Renewable	Mixed	2
Aramco Digital & Groq Inference Data Center (Saudi Arabia)	Aramco Digital Groq	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (TBD)	500 MW	announced	Other	Inference	2
Digital Realty UK AI Mega-Campus	Digital Realty	United Kingdom London/Slough	300 MW	planned	Renewable	Training	1
SoftBank Tomakomai AI Data Center (Japan)	SoftBank Corp.NVIDIA	Japan Tomakomai, Hokkaido	300 MW	under construction	Renewable	Sovereign AI	2
Humain AI Data Centers (Saudi Arabia)	Humain Amazon Web Services AMD	Saudi Arabia Riyadh & Dammam	200 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	1
Microsoft Taiwan North AI Cloud Region	Microsoft	Taiwan Taiwan North	200 MW	planned	Renewable	Inference	2
Vantage Data Centers Quebec Expansion (Montreal & Quebec City)	Vantage Data Centers	Canada Quebec	178 MW	operational	Other	Training	1
Amazon Web Services — India Expansion (Rajasthan AI Campus)	Amazon Web Services	India Rajasthan	150 MW	planned	Renewable	Mixed	2
Equinix SV18 Silicon Valley (California)	Equinix	United States Silicon Valley	117 MW	planned	Renewable	General Cloud	1
AWS — Middle East South (Cairo) me-south-2	Amazon AWS	Egypt Cairo Governorate	100 MW	planned	Mixed	General Cloud	1
Firebird AI Data Center (Armenia)	Firebird Government of Armenia	Armenia Yerevan (planned)	100 MW	announced	Other	Mixed	1
Microsoft Azure — Czech Republic Region (Prague)	Microsoft	Czech Republic Prague	50 MW	announced	Mixed	Inference	2
Microsoft Azure — Nigeria Region (Lagos, Announced)	Microsoft	Nigeria Lagos State	50 MW	announced	Other	Inference	2
Microsoft Azure — Vietnam (Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City)	Microsoft	Vietnam Hanoi	50 MW	planned	Mixed	Azure AI services, Southeast Asian AI expansion	1
AWS — Peru Cloud Region (Announced)	Amazon Web Services	Peru Lima	40 MW	announced	Mixed	Mixed	1
Equinix DA12 Dallas (Texas)	Equinix	United States Dallas	40 MW	under construction	Renewable	High-Density AI and Machine Learning	1
Digital Realty Cyberjaya (Malaysia)	Digital Realty	Malaysia Cyberjaya	14 MW	operational	Other	General Cloud	1
Equinix PA12x Paris (France)	Equinix	France Paris	14 MW	planned	Renewable	General Cloud	1
Equinix SP7 São Paulo (Brazil)	Equinix	Brazil São Paulo	14 MW	planned	Renewable	Mixed	1
Equinix IL3 Istanbul (Turkey)	Equinix	Turkey Marmara	9 MW	planned	Renewable	Colocation and Interconnection	1
Equinix MD5 Madrid (Spain)	Equinix	Spain Madrid	6 MW	planned	Renewable	Colocation and Interconnection	1
Equinix LG3 Lagos (Nigeria)	Equinix	Nigeria Lagos	1 MW	planned	Other	Colocation and Interconnection	1
Cassava AI Data Center (Morocco)	Cassava Technologies Africa Data Centres NVIDIA	Morocco Northern Africa	—	planned	Renewable	Maghreb AI infrastructure node	2