AI data center sites
186 data center and power sites in 45 countries, with local water stress, grid carbon intensity and recorded community objections for each. 53 are in basins rated high or extremely high for water stress.
Sites by status
| Status | Sites | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Operational | 132 | 22.0 GW |
| Under construction | 26 | 17.3 GW |
| Announced | 21 | 3.8 GW |
| Cancelled | 7 | n/a |
| Total | 186 | 43.1 GW |
Capacity is the full planned size of each site where reported or estimated; 138 of 186 sites have a figure, taken from company statements, permits or our estimates. Cancelled sites are listed but not counted in capacity. Each site lists its sources and a confidence rating. See the methodology for how sites are selected.
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Largest sites
The ten largest sites by planned full capacity. Bar color shows status; most of this capacity is not yet built.
Meta Platforms Inc. · Under construction · Richland Parish, Louisiana, US
Amazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.) · Operational · Northern Indiana, US
OpenAI Inc. · Under construction · Doña Ana County, New Mexico, US
OpenAI Inc. · Under construction · Texas, US
OpenAI Inc. · Operational · Texas, US
OpenAI Inc. · Under construction · Texas, US
Google (Alphabet Inc.) · Under construction · Andhra Pradesh, India
Meta Platforms Inc. · Under construction · Texas, US
Meta Platforms Inc. · Under construction · Central Indiana, US
Meta Platforms Inc. · Under construction · Central Ohio, US
Sites in water-stressed basins
53 of 186 sites, about 6.3 GW of capacity, are in basins that WRI Aqueduct rates high or extremely high for baseline water stress.
- OpenAI / Oracle Stargate I (Abilene, Texas)
Texas, US · Operational
High1,200 MW
- Google / Adani AI Data Center Campus, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh, India · Under construction
High1,000 MW
- Meta / Sify Technologies AI Data Center, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh, India · Announced
High500 MW
- Meta Eagle Mountain AI Data Center Campus
Utah, US · Operational
High400 MW
- Microsoft Azure Phoenix Campus (Goodyear)
Maricopa County, Arizona, US · Operational
High300 MW
- Google Henderson Data Center Campus
Southern Nevada, US · Operational
Extremely high250 MW
- Microsoft / Nscale AI Data Center Campus (Sines, Portugal)
Sines, Alentejo Litoral, Portugal · Operational
High200 MW
- Microsoft AI Cloud Region Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, UAE · Operational
Extremely high200 MW
Largest eight by capacity shown. Water stress is researcher-assigned per site from WRI Aqueduct 4.0; it describes the basin, not the facility's own draw.
Classification
- Explicit AI Infrastructure
- Purpose-built for AI training or inference workloads.
- AI-Capable Hyperscale
- General hyperscale data centers with significant AI workloads.
- Associated Infrastructure
- Substations, transmission, and power projects serving AI sites.
Environmental data
Water stress, grid carbon intensity and drought risk are assigned from published sources (WRI Aqueduct, EPA eGRID, IEA). Each value shows its source and confidence tier.
What we do not claim
We do not attribute environmental harm to specific facilities. Community concern flags record events reported in public sources. They do not imply causation. See the methodology for full definitions.