AI datacenters

This is a collection of major AI datacenter installations. Unlike those paywalled lists maintained by analysts and the sort, I do not include rumors or conjectures (because they’re often wrong). I do my best to back up every fact with a reputable source so that nobody can accuse me of leaking any information that isn’t public.

Abilene, TX (Oracle, Crusoe)

Abilene is the site of a significant deployment for the Stargate Project.¹

Denton, TX (CoreWeave, Core Scientific)

Core Scientific is developing a datacenter in Denton, TX on 78.85 acres² that is near the Denton Energy Center, a 225 MW gas-fired power plant.³ The site’s total power will be 394 MW² and is being developed at a cost of up to $6.1 billion.²

At least 70 MW of this capacity is being leased to CoreWeave.⁴

The Denton Energy Center uses simple cycle reciprocating engines³ rather than gas turbines because it was designed to be a load-following, not baseload, power plant. As a result, it has lower efficiency and higher emissions than a combined cycle plant.

Franklin Farms, LA (Meta)

Franklin Farms is a 1,400-acre site in Holly Ridge, Louisiana on which Meta will be building a $10 billion, 1.5 GW data center complex. It will be the size of “a significant part of Manhattan.”⁵

Meta is partnering with Entergy⁶ to install two natural gas-fired combined cycle turbines at the site, providing a total of 1.5 GW of power⁷ three natural gas-fired power plants, providing a total of 2.3 GW of power, at a cost of $3.2 billion, by 2028.⁸ Meta has pledged to match this with 1.5 GW of “100% clean and renewable energy” in the form of carbon credits.⁶

Memphis, TN (xAI)

xAI’s Colossus supercomputer is housed at a former appliance factory at 3231 Paul R. Lowry Road. It is colocated with a 1.1 GW combined cycle gas power plant and has approval for 150 MW of power. See Facility for more information.

Mount Pleasant, WI (Microsoft)

Mount Pleasant is the site of a $3.3 billion facility being developed by Microsoft,⁹ partly on the land originally sited for a Foxconn factory.¹⁰ Microsoft maintains a public relations website about this project.¹¹

Source: WSJ

It is being developed in three separate phases:¹²

1. 214 acres at the corner of 90th St and Highway KR
2. 115 acres (“to the west [of the 90th and KR?])
3. 791 acres at Durand Ave

Microsoft has purchased 1,900 acres in the area.¹²

West Des Moines, IA (Microsoft)

See Iowa Supercomputer (2022-2023) for now.

Footnotes

1. $500B AI infrastructure investment set to transform Texas ↩

2. Core Scientific plans to upgrade Denton, Texas, data center for up to $6.1bn - DCD ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Denton Energy Center | Projects ↩ ↩²

4. CoreWeave closes in on $35bn IPO - report - DCD ↩

5. Meta Spending to Soar on AI, Massive Data Center | Readwise ↩

6. Meta selects Entergy, Northeast Louisiana as site of $10B data center ↩ ↩²

7. Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand ↩

8. AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come | MIT Technology Review ↩

9. Microsoft announces $3.3 billion investment in Wisconsin to spur artificial intelligence innovation and economic growth - Stories ↩

10. Now everyone claims Microsoft will build a data center on the Foxconn land in Wisconsin | The Verge ↩

11. Wisconsin - Microsoft Local ↩

12. Microsoft pauses construction on portions of Mount Pleasant project - WPR ↩ ↩²