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 multiple Microsoft supercomputers9 partly on the land originally sited for a Foxconn factory.10 Microsoft maintains a public relations website about this project.11
It is being developed in three separate phases:12
- 214 acres at the corner of 90th St and Highway KR, a 450 MW13 Fairwater facility that will enter production in 2026.14
- 115 acres (“to the west” of Fairwater). This is likely to be “a similar scale” as the Fairwater, cost $4 billion, and enter production in 2027.14
- 791 acres at Durand Ave
Microsoft has purchased 1,900 acres in the area.12
Microsoft has connected this datacenter to a PPA they signed with National Grid Renewables for 250 MW of solar generation.1415
New Carlisle, ID (AWS)
New Carlisle, Indiana is the site of a 1,200-acre, 2.2 GW AI facility being constructed for Anthropic by AWS as part of Rainier. It will be natural gas-fired and support 30 separate datacenters.16
West Des Moines, IA (Microsoft)
See Iowa Supercomputer (2022-2023) for now.
Footnotes
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Core Scientific plans to upgrade Denton, Texas, data center for up to $6.1bn - DCD ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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Meta Spending to Soar on AI, Massive Data Center | Readwise ↩
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Meta selects Entergy, Northeast Louisiana as site of $10B data center ↩ ↩2
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Entergy Louisiana Eyes 2.2 GW of New Gas-Fired Generation to Support Data Center Demand ↩
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AI could keep us dependent on natural gas for decades to come | MIT Technology Review ↩
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Microsoft announces $3.3 billion investment in Wisconsin to spur artificial intelligence innovation and economic growth - Stories ↩
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Now everyone claims Microsoft will build a data center on the Foxconn land in Wisconsin | The Verge ↩
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Microsoft pauses construction on portions of Mount Pleasant project - WPR ↩ ↩2
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Microsoft data center will be the state’s largest electricity user. Power needs equal 300,000 homes ↩
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https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/18/microsoft-wisconsin-data-center.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-signs-solar-ppa-with-national-grid-renewables-in-wisconsin/ ↩
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At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I. ↩