Data-center records
1,748 imported source records + 4 independently researched ETV supplement records.
Imported source snapshot: Sep 26, 2026. Lifecycle stages vary.ECO TERRAVAULT INTELLIGENCE · NATIONAL CONTEXT
National context.
Defined scope.
Traceable evidence.
Explore source-reported facility records alongside reviewed evidence and dated national research. Clear definitions turn market information into a stronger foundation for infrastructure decisions.
Compare source coverageSource comparison reviewed PUBLIC CONTEXT → PROJECT-SPECIFIC INSIGHT
COVERAGE & FRESHNESS
Know the scope
before drawing a conclusion.
These indicators describe Eco TerraVault’s displayed inventory. They measure source coverage and documented classification—not the size or performance of the entire U.S. market.
Records with a documented setting
4 above ground · 8 underground · 0 mixed.
1,740 remain unclassified. Missing evidence never implies above-ground construction.Jurisdictions with catalog records
The workspace includes 50 states, Washington, D.C., and five inhabited U.S. territories.
A jurisdiction without records represents a coverage gap, not zero existing data centers.Catalog review: . Physical-setting review: . Catalog inclusion does not mean every source claim has been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
U.S. territory coverage
Catalog records and mapped buildings use separate units and source snapshots. Do not add these columns together.
| Jurisdiction | Catalog records | Mapped buildings |
|---|---|---|
| American Samoa | No records | No records |
| Guam | 4 | No records |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | No records |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | No records |
Building layer: 1,237 mapped building records, source dated Feb 9, 2026. No records means unknown coverage in that layer.
DATED PUBLISHER OBSERVATIONS
One market.
Different measurement boundaries.
Published totals differ because inventories follow different inclusion rules. Compare each figure with its unit, lifecycle, geography and date. The sources reviewed do not provide one complete, current public federal inventory of every U.S. data-center facility.
Read each source on its own terms.
These figures overlap and are not additive. Their spread is not a statistical confidence interval. A larger directory does not establish more verified operating facilities; source details explain the difference.
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8 of 8 source observations
Aterio
Commercial catalogs8,049tracked facility / project records
- Geography
- 50 states and Washington, D.C.
- Source snapshot
- September 27, 2026
- ETV source check
2,108 operational · 846 under construction · 4,210 announced; other stages retained in the total.
Comparison boundaryThe publisher’s 7,164 active-pipeline figure includes operating facilities.
Evidence notes & source
Announced projects are not committed deliveries. The full inventory also retains delayed, land-banked, not-approved and canceled projects.
Aterio — Data Centers in the United States (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Baxtel
Commercial catalogs5,253publisher-listed facilities
- Geography
- Publisher’s United States market
- Source snapshot
- No count-specific date stated
- ETV source check
Market coverage spans operational and development stages; the headline is not an operating-only subtotal.
Comparison boundaryFacilities follow the publisher’s market and listing definitions.
Evidence notes & source
This is the figure observed on the review date. Territory inclusion and individual site status require record-level reconciliation.
Baxtel — United States Data Center Market (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Cleanview
Commercial catalogs3,543tracked project records
- Geography
- Publisher’s United States project inventory
- Source snapshot
- September 2026
- ETV source check
1,302 operating · 2,196 planned, as displayed in the publisher’s summary cards.
Comparison boundaryThose two status cards leave 45 records unreconciled against the displayed total.
Evidence notes & source
Includes crypto-mining projects and separate expansions. The reported status subtotals are not a complete partition; no missing status is inferred.
Cleanview — U.S. Data Center Project List & Tracker (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Cloudscene
Commercial catalogs5,427catalog-listed data centers
- Geography
- U.S. market navigation includes Guam and St. Croix
- Source snapshot
- No count-specific date stated
- ETV source check
Commercial directory headline; operating status is not established for every listing by this figure.
Comparison boundaryTerritory figures cannot simply be added to a market total that already includes territory entries.
Evidence notes & source
Useful connectivity and colocation market context. This reviewed headline does not establish a deduplicated national operating-facility count.
Cloudscene — United States Market Overview (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Compute Atlas
Open research inventory1,748data-center records in publisher statistics
- Geography
- Publisher reports 50 states, D.C. and four territories
- Source snapshot
- September 25, 2026 · v1.34.0
- ETV source check
The inventory spans operational, construction, permitted, proposed and canceled records.
Comparison boundaryThe 2,242 all-type headline also includes 197 crypto-mining and 297 generation records.
Evidence notes & source
This is a publisher snapshot observation, separate from the exact source version used in Eco TerraVault’s map. All-type capacity and status totals cannot be treated as data-center-only measures.
Compute Atlas — Dataset Coverage and Completeness (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Data Center Map
Commercial catalogs4,767U.S. facility listings on the market page
- Geography
- 50 states and Washington, D.C. in the displayed table
- Source snapshot
- No count-specific date stated
- ETV source check
Commercial listings include operating facilities and development projects.
Comparison boundaryA facility listing, a campus and a map location can represent different units.
Evidence notes & source
The publisher’s broader listing metric uses a different counting rule. Its geography, status and parent-campus relationships must be retained when comparing records.
Data Center Map — USA Data Centers (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
dcmap.us
Commercial catalogs4,998distinct facility / project records
- Geography
- U.S. inventory with territory pages, including Puerto Rico
- Source snapshot
- August 2026
- ETV source check
Operating, construction, planned, paused and historical / inactive records.
Comparison boundaryThe separate 5,022 map-location count includes additional markers; it is a different unit.
Evidence notes & source
The two figures are not the endpoints of an uncertainty range. Published or announced MW is distinct from measured electricity use.
dcmap.us — U.S. Data Center Map (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
Pew Research Center
Published research analysis3,000+operating facilities in a dated analysis
- Geography
- U.S. analysis of Data Center Map records
- Source snapshot
- February 19, 2026
- Published
- April 13, 2026
- ETV source check
Also reports more than 1,500 in development: construction, planned and land-banked.
Comparison boundaryThis historical analysis uses Data Center Map; it is not an independent second facility inventory.
Evidence notes & source
Canceled and uncertain projects were excluded from its planned group. Retain the February source snapshot when discussing rural development, even though the article was published in April.
Pew — Most New Data Centers in the U.S. Are Coming to Rural Areas (opens in a new tab)Publisher-reported figure checked against the source page. Individual records have not all been independently verified by Eco TerraVault.
The comparison references public publisher observations. It does not combine or republish their underlying commercial databases. Detailed entity reconciliation and source-qualified analysis are available through a scoped Eco TerraVault engagement.
NATIONAL ENERGY & FEDERAL RESEARCH
Energy demand and facility counts
answer different questions.
A national equipment model can inform demand scenarios. A survey pilot tests measurement. Neither identifies the physical setting, operating condition or resource use of every individual map record.
BERKELEY LAB · 2025 REPORT UPDATE
U.S. data-center electricity use
Published June 18, 2026 · National modeled estimates
Model scope & source
The bottom-up equipment model estimates national electricity demand. These quantities are kept separate from facility disclosures and are never distributed to map locations using their share of record counts.
DOE / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report (opens in a new tab)EIA · MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT
2026 voluntary pilot studiesA step toward
better energy reporting.
EIA’s studies use surveys in Texas and Washington and interviews in Northern Virginia / D.C. to test data-center energy reporting.
They do not provide a completed national facility census. A planned completion date is not evidence of published national results.
- Program announcement
- March 25, 2026
- What it can inform
- Survey design, facility characteristics and energy-reporting methods.
- What it cannot establish
- A current national facility count or above-ground / underground classification.
Pilot context & source
No completed national results were located in the EIA materials reviewed on September 27, 2026. Survey development is tracked separately from published statistical findings.
EIA pilot-study announcement (opens in a new tab)Keep the study area visible.
The USGS study’s 771 mapped locations cover 11 western states plus Alaska. This regional siting research cannot establish a nationwide facility or underground total.
Study boundary & source
Published July 22, 2026. The study examines infrastructure in relation to Bureau of Land Management lands.
USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2026-5035 (opens in a new tab)Keep equipment and outcomes distinct.
A permit documents a regulatory milestone and equipment scope. Generator capacity, IT capacity, electricity use, water consumption and emissions each require their own measurement boundary.
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