{ "as_of": "2026-08-22", "title": "Campuses", "kicker": "Named projects · sourced grain, not a census", "cite": "Hamal, P. (2026). Campuses. compute.world.", "description": "A desk-curated globe of named data-center campus projects. Not a global inventory. Megawatt figures keep their grain. compute.world.", "lede": "This is a desk-curated named-project register, not a global inventory. Twenty-three pins, each folded from a primary the desk fetched. Primaries that publish a megawatt figure are almost all ≥250 MW announcements. Energized MW is almost never published. A 4.75 GW interconnection is not IT. SSA, South Asia, and APAC-ex-Oceania have no pins in this book — that is a coverage hole, not a load of zero. Homer City Energy Campus is held: it is a generation plant.", "notes": [ "Not a census. Empty regions and empty small-MW filters are coverage holes, not bugs.", "MW-null / not_disclosed pins stay on the default view. A MW-threshold filter hides them; they cannot pass a numeric floor.", "Never imply a pin is live load unless status is operational and the primary said so.", "Do not treat LBNL Queued Up as data-center load. It is generation interconnection.", "Homer City Energy Campus is held (generation plant). It is not a pin." ], "held": [ { "name": "Homer City Energy Campus", "reason": "generation plant" } ], "coverage_holes": ["SSA", "SASIA", "APAC"], "projects": [ { "id": "meta-hyperion-richland-parish", "name": "Richland Parish Data Center (Hyperion)", "operator": "Meta", "place": "Richland Parish (Holly Ridge), Louisiana, USA", "admin1": "Louisiana", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 31.8957154, "lon": -91.4717854, "mw": 5000, "mw_grain": "it_capacity", "mw_phrase": "expanding our AI-optimized data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana to 5 GW in compute capacity", "mw_as_of": "2026-07-13", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "since breaking ground on the Richland Parish Data Center", "status_as_of": "2026-07-13", "url": "https://datacenters.atmeta.com/2026/07/deepening-our-investment-in-richland-parish-louisiana/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "meta-lebanon-indiana-leap", "name": "Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)", "operator": "Meta", "place": "Lebanon, Indiana, USA", "admin1": "Indiana", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 40.0483744, "lon": -86.4691677, "mw": 1000, "mw_grain": "it_capacity", "mw_phrase": "Designed to deliver 1GW of capacity", "mw_as_of": "2026-02-11", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "we're breaking ground on a state-of-the-art data center in Lebanon, Indiana", "status_as_of": "2026-02-11", "url": "https://about.fb.com/news/2026/02/metas-new-data-center-lebanon-indiana-marks-milestone-ai-investment/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "microsoft-fairwater-mount-pleasant", "name": "Fairwater datacenter (Mount Pleasant)", "operator": "Microsoft", "place": "Village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA", "admin1": "Wisconsin", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 42.719161, "lon": -87.8543362, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "The facility is now fully operational", "status_as_of": "2026-06-23", "url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/2026/06/23/microsoft-completes-construction-on-first-datacenter-facility-in-mount-pleasant-wisconsin/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "microsoft-fairwater-atlanta", "name": "Fairwater AI datacenter (Atlanta)", "operator": "Microsoft", "place": "Atlanta, Georgia, USA", "admin1": "Georgia", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 33.7544657, "lon": -84.3898151, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "The new AI datacenter in Atlanta, which began operation in October, is the second in Microsoft’s Fairwater family", "status_as_of": "2025-11-12", "url": "https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/from-wisconsin-to-atlanta-microsoft-connects-datacenters-to-build-its-first-ai-superfactory/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "vantage-frontier-shackelford", "name": "Frontier", "operator": "Vantage Data Centers", "place": "Shackelford County, Texas, USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 32.7088752, "lon": -99.3307616, "mw": 1400, "mw_grain": "it_capacity", "mw_phrase": "a mega-scale 1.4GW data center campus in Shackelford County, Texas", "mw_as_of": "2025-08-19", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "Construction on the campus has already begun, with the first building scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2026", "status_as_of": "2025-08-19", "url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-unveils-plans-for-frontier-a-25b-mega-campus-in-texas-to-meet-unprecedented-ai-demand/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "crusoe-abilene-lancium", "name": "Crusoe AI data center at Lancium Clean Campus (Abilene)", "operator": "Crusoe", "place": "Abilene, Texas, USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 32.44645, "lon": -99.7475905, "mw": 1200, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "the second phase, which added six additional buildings to bring total campus capacity to 1.2 GW", "mw_as_of": "2026-03-27", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "energized the first two buildings of the Abilene campus in under one year", "status_as_of": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-new-900-mw-ai-factory-campus-in-abilene-texas-to-support-microsoft-ai-infrastructure/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "crusoe-abilene-microsoft-900mw", "name": "Crusoe 900 MW AI factory campus (Abilene, Microsoft)", "operator": "Crusoe (Microsoft tenant)", "place": "Abilene, Texas, USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 32.44645, "lon": -99.7475905, "mw": 900, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "Supporting large scale AI workloads for Microsoft, the 900 MW site includes two new buildings and an onsite power plant", "mw_as_of": "2026-03-27", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "Land clearing and site preparation for the new campus are already underway", "status_as_of": "2026-03-27", "url": "https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-new-900-mw-ai-factory-campus-in-abilene-texas-to-support-microsoft-ai-infrastructure/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "project-mica-kansas-city", "name": "Project Mica", "operator": "undisclosed on Port KC primary", "place": "Kansas City Northland (I-435 and Highway 169), Missouri, USA", "admin1": "Missouri", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 39.100105, "lon": -94.5781416, "mw": 700, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "The full development will draw nearly 700 MW of power", "mw_as_of": "2025-07-01", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "2025-07-01", "url": "https://portkc.com/project/project-mica/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "scala-ai-city-eldorado", "name": "Scala AI City", "operator": "Scala Data Centers", "place": "Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, BRA", "admin1": "Rio Grande do Sul", "country_iso3": "BRA", "region": "LATAM", "lat": -29.9976311, "lon": -51.3063965, "mw": 4750, "mw_grain": "interconnection_request", "mw_phrase": "When complete, it will provide 4.75 GW of power across a 10 million-m² site", "mw_as_of": "2025-05-14", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "2025-05-14", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scala-ai-city-brazils-ministry-of-mines-and-energy-approves-5-gw-power-connection-for-data-center-city-in-rio-grande-do-sul-302455610.html", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "elea-rio-ai-city", "name": "Rio AI City", "operator": "Elea Data Centers", "place": "Olympic Park, Rio de Janeiro, BRA", "admin1": "Rio de Janeiro", "country_iso3": "BRA", "region": "LATAM", "lat": -22.9997404, "lon": -43.3659929, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "The first phase of Rio AI City, now in progress, includes the operational RJO1 site and the construction of RJO2, starting in 2026", "status_as_of": "2025-05-08", "url": "https://eleadatacenters.com/en/rio-ai-city/", "source": "primary", "notes": "Do not display 1.5 GW as IT; that phrase is certified renewable energy capacity." }, { "id": "stargate-uae-abu-dhabi", "name": "Stargate UAE", "operator": "Khazna Data Centers (G42); OpenAI and Oracle to operate", "place": "Abu Dhabi, ARE", "admin1": "Abu Dhabi", "country_iso3": "ARE", "region": "MENA", "lat": 24.4538352, "lon": 54.3774014, "geo": "named_place/emirate", "mw": 1000, "mw_grain": "it_capacity", "mw_phrase": "Stargate UAE, a 1GW large-scale AI infrastructure cluster", "mw_as_of": "2025-10-16", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "construction is now well underway and progressing steadily toward the planned 2026 delivery", "status_as_of": "2025-10-16", "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/g42-provides-update-on-construction-of-stargate-uae-ai-infrastructure-cluster-302586430.html", "source": "primary", "notes": "lat/lon is the Nominatim Abu Dhabi city centroid, not a street parcel." }, { "id": "datavolt-neom-oxagon", "name": "DataVolt / NEOM net-zero AI factory (Oxagon)", "operator": "DataVolt", "place": "Oxagon, NEOM, Tabuk Province, SAU", "admin1": "Tabuk", "country_iso3": "SAU", "region": "MENA", "lat": 27.5679316, "lon": 35.5460342, "geo": "named_place", "mw": 1500, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "the 1.5-gigawatt factory will integrate a wide range of computing densities", "mw_as_of": "2025-02-10", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "2025-02-10", "url": "https://www.neom.com/en-us/newsroom/datavolt-signs-agreement-with-neom", "source": "primary", "notes": "lat/lon is the Nominatim named-place centroid for Oxagon (Duba / Tabuk), not a street parcel." }, { "id": "vantage-altarea-bordeaux", "name": "Altarea / Vantage AI and cloud data center campus (Bordeaux)", "operator": "Vantage Data Centers / Altarea", "place": "close to Bordeaux, FRA", "admin1": "Gironde", "country_iso3": "FRA", "region": "EU", "lat": 44.841225, "lon": -0.5800364, "geo": "named_place", "mw": 400, "mw_grain": "interconnection_request", "mw_phrase": "Altarea has already secured a 400MW power connection with the French utility", "mw_as_of": "2026-02-24", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "2026-02-24", "url": "https://www.altarea.com/en/altarea-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-strategicpartnership-to-develop-ai-and-cloud-data-center-campus-in-france/", "source": "primary", "notes": "lat/lon is the Nominatim Bordeaux city centroid. The primary says close to Bordeaux, not a street parcel." }, { "id": "applied-digital-ellendale-coreweave", "name": "Ellendale data center campus (CoreWeave leases)", "operator": "Applied Digital (CoreWeave tenant)", "place": "Ellendale, North Dakota, USA", "admin1": "North Dakota", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 46.00275, "lon": -98.527046, "mw": 250, "mw_grain": "it_capacity", "mw_phrase": "Applied Digital will deliver 250 megawatts (MW) of critical IT load to host CoreWeave's", "mw_as_of": "2025-06-02", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "2025-06-02", "url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/123/applied-digital-announces-250mw-ai-data-center-lease-with", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "xai-colossus-memphis", "name": "Colossus (Memphis)", "operator": "xAI / SpaceXAI", "place": "Memphis, Tennessee, USA", "admin1": "Tennessee", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 35.146026, "lon": -90.0517786, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://x.ai/memphis", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "amazon-stack-caddo-bossier", "name": "Amazon / STACK data center campuses (Caddo and Bossier Parishes)", "operator": "STACK Infrastructure (Amazon tenant)", "place": "Shreveport / Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana, USA", "admin1": "Louisiana", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 32.5135356, "lon": -93.7477839, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-center-louisiana-new-jobs", "source": "primary", "notes": "multi-campus parish announcement" }, { "id": "amazon-pecos-county", "name": "Amazon planned data center campus (Pecos County)", "operator": "Amazon", "place": "Pecos County, Texas, USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 30.7857437, "lon": -102.8065415, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-pecos-county-texas-data-center-clean-energy-jobs", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "aws-new-carlisle-rainier-site", "name": "AWS New Carlisle / St. Joseph County campus (Project Rainier site)", "operator": "Amazon Web Services", "place": "New Carlisle (St. Joseph County), Indiana, USA", "admin1": "Indiana", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 41.7056871, "lon": -86.5098231, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-project-rainier-ai-trainium-chips-compute-cluster", "source": "primary", "notes": "Rainier is multi-state; this pin is only the named Indiana site. Do not print 2.2 GW." }, { "id": "fermi-project-matador", "name": "Project Matador", "operator": "Fermi America", "place": "Carson County (Texas Panhandle / Amarillo area), USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 35.3636563, "lon": -101.3353895, "mw": 222, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "covers a facility supported by 222 megawatts (MW) of total facility power", "mw_as_of": "2026-08-10", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "Construction at Project Matador is well underway", "status_as_of": "2026-08-10", "url": "https://investor.fermiamerica.com/fermi-announces-binding-lease-agreement-with-tensorwave", "source": "primary", "notes": "Do not display 17 GW as the pin MW. 17 GW is planned private-grid scale subject to customer agreements." }, { "id": "google-wilbarger-county", "name": "Wilbarger County data center", "operator": "Google", "place": "Wilbarger County, Texas, USA", "admin1": "Texas", "country_iso3": "USA", "region": "NORAM", "lat": 34.0265157, "lon": -99.2085961, "mw": null, "mw_grain": "not_disclosed", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "in_progress", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/data-center-wilbarger-county/", "source": "primary", "notes": "Do not copy 7,800 MW grid generation into campus MW." }, { "id": "airtrunk-mel2-melbourne", "name": "MEL2", "operator": "AirTrunk", "place": "Melbourne's North-west, Victoria, AUS", "admin1": "Victoria", "country_iso3": "AUS", "region": "OCEANIA", "lat": -37.8142454, "lon": 144.9631732, "mw": 354, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "announced", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-expands-australian-platform-with-a-second-hyperscale-data-centre-campus-in-melbourne/", "source": "primary", "notes": "" }, { "id": "airtrunk-mel1-melbourne", "name": "MEL1", "operator": "AirTrunk", "place": "Melbourne, Victoria, AUS", "admin1": "Victoria", "country_iso3": "AUS", "region": "OCEANIA", "lat": -37.8142454, "lon": 144.9631732, "mw": 276, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-expands-australian-platform-with-a-second-hyperscale-data-centre-campus-in-melbourne/", "source": "primary", "notes": "Existing-campus list on the MEL2 primary. Do not add SYD1/SYD2." }, { "id": "airtrunk-syd3-sydney", "name": "SYD3", "operator": "AirTrunk", "place": "Sydney, New South Wales, AUS", "admin1": "New South Wales", "country_iso3": "AUS", "region": "OCEANIA", "lat": -33.8698439, "lon": 151.2082848, "mw": 330, "mw_grain": "facility_power", "mw_phrase": "", "mw_as_of": "", "status": "operational", "status_phrase": "", "status_as_of": "", "url": "https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-expands-australian-platform-with-a-second-hyperscale-data-centre-campus-in-melbourne/", "source": "primary", "notes": "Existing-campus list on the MEL2 primary. Do not add SYD1/SYD2." } ] }