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Where AI data centers are being built, the power they need, and the grid bottlenecks standing in the way.

The U.S. Data Center Buildout Report · 2026 · Built from public EIA, LBNL & ERCOT data.

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4.4%→12%
U.S. electricity to data centers by 2028
226 GW
queued in Texas · 77% data centers
~4.5 yrs
typical interconnection wait
4,040 MW
Northern Virginia capacity

What's inside the full report

36 pages of maps, data, and analysis — every figure sourced.

Where AI is landing

The top 15 metros, mapped and ranked — from Northern Virginia to the inland breakout markets.

The power racing to keep up

Gas, nuclear & SMRs, solar-plus-storage — and the on-site generation boom.

The interconnection bottleneck

Queue sizes, wait times, and why "queued" is nowhere near "built."

Five regional deep-dives

Texas, Virginia, Arizona, Ohio & Georgia — each with a map, stats, and risk rating.

A 12-month outlook

Five scenarios for where the next wave of capital and capacity lands.

Companion dataset

Power plants, queues & data-center clusters as CSV / GeoJSON you can use.

Generation vs. demand map — U.S. power plants over data-center load

The collision, mapped

Supply is everywhere — 2,459 utility-scale plants — but demand concentrates onto specific, already-stressed grids. The full report breaks down every market, queue, and scenario.

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