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    <title>Planned AI Data Center Feed</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/status/planned/feed/</link>
    <description>Chronological feed for Planned using the best public timeline year available for each tracked facility.</description>
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    <title>2032: Meta-TerraPower Natrium Power Agreement</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/meta-terrapower-natrium-ai-campus-wyoming.html</link>
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    <description>United States, United States | Planned | 690 MW — TerraPower and Meta announced an agreement to develop up to eight Natrium reactor and energy storage system plants in the United States. TerraPower says the initial agreement supports early development activities for two new Natrium units, </description>
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    <title>2031: SoftBank France AI Data Center Capacity Program</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/softbank-france-ai-data-center-capacity-program.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/softbank-france-ai-data-center-capacity-program.html</guid>
    <description>Hauts-de-France and additional France sites, France | Planned | 5.0 GW — SoftBank Group announced a national France AI data center capacity program on May 30, 2026. The primary release says SoftBank committed to develop and operate up to 5 GW of AI data center capacity in France, representing investment of up to</description>
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    <title>2029: Duane Arnold Energy Center Google PPA Restart</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/nextera-duane-arnold-nuclear-plant-reactivation.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/nextera-duane-arnold-nuclear-plant-reactivation.html</guid>
    <description>Palo, Palo / Linn County, Iowa, United States | Planned | 615 MW — NextEra Energy and Google announced a collaboration to restart the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo, Iowa and explore new nuclear generation in the United States. NextEra says Duane Arnold is Iowa&apos;s only nuclear facility and is targeted t</description>
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    <title>2028: NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI Factory Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/neom-oxagon-net-zero-ai-data-center.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/neom-oxagon-net-zero-ai-data-center.html</guid>
    <description>Oxagon, Oxagon, NEOM, Saudi Arabia | Planned | 1.5 GW — NEOM and DataVolt signed an agreement for an AI factory in Oxagon backed by an initial USD 5 billion phase. NEOM&apos;s official release describes a 1.5 GW factory/campus using a phased approach and expected to be operational by 2028. Data Cente</description>
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    <title>2027: Beacon AI Alberta Hyperscale Campuses</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/beacon-ai-alberta-hyperscale-campuses.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/beacon-ai-alberta-hyperscale-campuses.html</guid>
    <description>Calgary &amp; Edmonton Areas, Alberta, Canada | Planned | 4.5 GW — Beacon AI Centers is a multi-site Alberta data-center development program, not a single verified facility. Beacon&apos;s May 2025 Business Wire announcement says the company is committing to an initial 4.5 GW data-center development in Alberta, </description>
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    <title>2027: AWS Project Spectrum / Comanche Peak Nuclear Data Center Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/vistra-comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-expansion.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/vistra-comanche-peak-nuclear-power-plant-expansion.html</guid>
    <description>Hood and Somervell Counties, Texas, United States | Planned | 1.2 GW — AWS Project Spectrum and the Comanche Peak nuclear power agreement form one of the clearest power-linked AI infrastructure signals in Texas. Vistra disclosed in a September 2025 SEC filing that it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement w</description>
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    <title>2026: Campus AI / MGX-Mistral 1.4 GW France AI Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/mgx-mistral-ai-campus-paris-region.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/mgx-mistral-ai-campus-paris-region.html</guid>
    <description>Seine-et-Marne / Paris region, France | Planned | 1.4 GW — Campus AI is the Bpifrance, MGX, Mistral AI, and NVIDIA joint venture announced at the May 2025 Choose France summit to establish what the partners describe as Europe&apos;s largest AI campus in France. The primary announcement places the campus</description>
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    <title>2026: Prologis / Atlas Project Sail Data Center (Coweta County)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/atlas-development-project-sail-georgia.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/atlas-development-project-sail-georgia.html</guid>
    <description>Coweta County, Georgia, United States | Planned | 900 MW — Project Sail is a Prologis / Atlas data-center proposal in Coweta County, Georgia, near Welcome to Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road. The official project site says the current plan is nine buildings and 4.34 million square feet, with the b</description>
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    <title>2026: Digital Realty UK AI Mega-Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/digital-realty-uk-mega-campus-ai.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/digital-realty-uk-mega-campus-ai.html</guid>
    <description>Slough, London/Slough, United Kingdom | Planned | 300 MW — Digital Realty is significantly expanding its UK footprint with a $2 billion &quot;Mega-Campus&quot; project designed to meet the high-density power demands of AI and hyperscale workloads. The campus is projected to reach a total capacity exceeding 3</description>
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    <title>2026: Microsoft Taiwan North AI Cloud Region</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-taiwan-north-ai-cloud-region.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-taiwan-north-ai-cloud-region.html</guid>
    <description>Taipei, Taiwan North, Taiwan | Planned | 200 MW — Microsoft is set to launch the &quot;Taiwan North&quot; Azure region for general availability in 2026, representing its largest investment in Taiwan in over 30 years. The region is designed to comprise multiple data center facilities and is specifica</description>
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    <title>2026: Reliance / Meta Jamnagar AI Data Center</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/reliance-jio-jamnagar-ai-mega-campus-india.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/reliance-jio-jamnagar-ai-mega-campus-india.html</guid>
    <description>Jamnagar, Gujarat / Jamnagar, India | Planned | 168 MW — Reliance / Meta Jamnagar AI Data Center is a planned built-to-suit AI-enabled data-center project in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Reliance Industries&apos; June 10, 2026 release says RIL and Meta agreed to develop an AI-enabled data-centre project in Jamn</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix SV18 Silicon Valley (California)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-sv18-silicon-valley-california.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-sv18-silicon-valley-california.html</guid>
    <description>San Jose, Silicon Valley, United States | Planned | 117 MW — Equinix SV18, known as the Great Oaks South Data Center (GOSDC), is a significant addition to the Silicon Valley data center market, scheduled to open in Q2 2026. The 117-megawatt (MW) campus consists of three two-story buildings and is des</description>
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    <title>2026: AWS — Middle East South (Cairo) me-south-2</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cairo-middle-east-south-1-egypt.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-cairo-middle-east-south-1-egypt.html</guid>
    <description>Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt | Planned | 100 MW — AWS has announced plans to establish a new cloud region in Egypt, marking the company&apos;s entry into the North African market with dedicated in-country infrastructure. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world (110 million people) </description>
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    <title>2026: Microsoft Azure — Vietnam (Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-vietnam-hanoi.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-vietnam-hanoi.html</guid>
    <description>Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam | Planned | 50 MW — Microsoft has committed to establishing cloud and AI infrastructure in Vietnam as part of its $1.5 billion investment in Southeast Asian AI capacity announced in 2024. Vietnam is one of the most strategically important emerging digital mark</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix PA12x Paris xScale Data Center (Argenteuil)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-pa12x-paris-france.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-pa12x-paris-france.html</guid>
    <description>Argenteuil, Argenteuil / Paris, France | Planned | 14 MW — Equinix PA12x is a planned Paris xScale data-center facility in Argenteuil. Equinix&apos;s expansion timeline lists New xScale Data Center Paris PA12x, France, for Q2 2026. DataCenterMap lists the facility as under construction at 18-82 Rue de M</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix SP7 São Paulo (Brazil)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-sp7-sao-paulo-brazil.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-sp7-sao-paulo-brazil.html</guid>
    <description>São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil | Planned | 14 MW — Equinix SP7 is a new xScale™ (hyperscale) data center scheduled to open in São Paulo, Brazil, in Q4 2026. Part of a global joint venture with GIC, the facility is designed to provide 14.4 megawatts (MW) of dedicated IT load to hyperscale cl</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix IL3 Istanbul (Turkey)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-il3-istanbul-turkey.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-il3-istanbul-turkey.html</guid>
    <description>Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey | Planned | 9 MW — Equinix IL3 is a new International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data center in Istanbul, Turkey, scheduled for completion in Q3 2026. Located in the Ümraniye district, the 9-megawatt (MW) facility is built to LEED Platinum standards and aims to</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix MD5 Madrid (Spain)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-md5-madrid-spain.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-md5-madrid-spain.html</guid>
    <description>Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain | Planned | 6 MW — Equinix MD5 is a new International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data center located in the Alcobendas district of Madrid, Spain. Scheduled for completion in Q2 2026, the facility is designed with a total IT capacity of 6.4 megawatts (MW), speci</description>
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    <title>2026: Equinix LG3 Lagos (Nigeria)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-lg3-lagos-nigeria.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/equinix-lg3-lagos-nigeria.html</guid>
    <description>Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria | Planned | 1 MW — Equinix is expanding its African footprint with the construction of LG3, its first purpose-built International Business Exchange™ (IBX) data center in Lagos, Nigeria. Representing a $22 million initial investment, the facility is scheduled </description>
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    <title>2026: AWS Aragon Cloud and AI Infrastructure Expansion</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-aragon-ai-mega-campus-spain.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-aragon-ai-mega-campus-spain.html</guid>
    <description>Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain | Planned — Amazon announced in March 2026 that it would increase its Spain investment to EUR 33.7 billion ($39.8 billion) to expand and support AWS data center infrastructure for AI and cloud capabilities across Europe. The AWS Europe (Spain) Region i</description>
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    <title>2026: Cassava AI Data Center (Morocco)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-morocco.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-morocco.html</guid>
    <description>Casablanca, Northern Africa, Morocco | Planned — Cassava Technologies and NVIDIA intend to expand their AI &quot;factory&quot; blueprint into Morocco, introducing high-density GPU clusters that will serve startups and public-sector programs across the Maghreb. Following the South African launch and</description>
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    <title>2025: Romania Black Sea AI Gigafactory Bid</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/romania-black-sea-ai-gigafactory.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/romania-black-sea-ai-gigafactory.html</guid>
    <description>Cernavoda and Doicesti, Romania | Planned | 1.5 GW — Romania&apos;s Black Sea AI Gigafactory is a proposed AI infrastructure bid submitted through the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking process, not a completed single-site campus. Government-based reporting says the project would involve more than 100,000 </description>
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    <title>2025: AWS Mattameade / Orrock Data Center Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-orrock-tech-campus-virginia.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-orrock-tech-campus-virginia.html</guid>
    <description>Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties, Virginia, United States | Planned | 770 MW — Amazon Data Services is seeking permits for the Mattameade Data Center project in Caroline and Spotsylvania Counties, Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public notice identifies the applicant as Amazon Data Services, gives a 1,143-a</description>
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    <title>2025: EDF / OpCore Montereau AI Data Center</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/edf-opcore-montereau-ai-data-center-france.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/edf-opcore-montereau-ai-data-center-france.html</guid>
    <description>Montereau-Vallee-de-la-Seine, Ile-de-France, France | Planned | 700 MW — EDF and OpCore entered exclusive negotiations for a high-power data center at the former Montereau-Vallee-de-la-Seine thermal power plant southeast of Paris. Data Center Dynamics reports the project as a possible EUR 4 billion hyperscale da</description>
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    <title>2025: Naver &amp; NVIDIA Morocco AI Data Center (Tamesna)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/naver-nvidia-morocco-ai-data-center.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/naver-nvidia-morocco-ai-data-center.html</guid>
    <description>Tamesna, Northern Africa, Morocco | Planned | 500 MW — South Korea&apos;s Naver is leading a consortium with NVIDIA, Nexus Core Systems, and Lloyd Capital to develop a 500 MW AI campus in Tamesna, Morocco, with TAQA Morocco contracted to supply fully renewable power. The project breaks ground in lat</description>
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    <title>2025: Galaxy Data Center Banchang Rayong Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/galaxy-data-center-rayong-1gw-ai-hub-thailand.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/galaxy-data-center-rayong-1gw-ai-hub-thailand.html</guid>
    <description>Ban Chang, Rayong, Thailand | Planned | 404 MW — Galaxy Data Center says it is collaborating with a strategic partner to develop a data-center campus at Banchang Rayong totaling 404 MW of IT load. Thailand&apos;s Board of Investment separately approved Galaxy Peak Data Center for approximately</description>
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    <title>2025: CloudHQ QRO Campus</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cloudhq-queretaro-ai-mega-campus-mexico.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cloudhq-queretaro-ai-mega-campus-mexico.html</guid>
    <description>Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico | Planned | 360 MW — CloudHQ&apos;s official QRO Campus page describes a Queretaro campus near QRO Airport with 2.738 million square feet, 360 MW of total critical IT load, 360 MW of available critical load, and ready-for-service timing within 2027. The same operato</description>
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    <title>2025: Scaleway AION France AI Gigafactory Bid</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/scaleway-aion-ai-gigafactory-france.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/scaleway-aion-ai-gigafactory-france.html</guid>
    <description>France, France | Planned | 200 MW — AION is Scaleway and iliad Group&apos;s French AI Gigafactory bid under the European AI Gigafactories / EuroHPC framework. Scaleway&apos;s primary announcement says AION would deploy several next-generation GPU clusters equivalent to more than 288,00</description>
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    <title>2025: Microsoft Azure — Romania (Bucharest)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-romania-bucharest.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-romania-bucharest.html</guid>
    <description>Bucharest, Ilfov, Romania | Planned | 100 MW — Microsoft announced plans for a new cloud region in Romania in February 2024, backed by a $50 million infrastructure investment — part of Microsoft&apos;s broad European AI expansion that also encompasses Poland ($1B), Italy ($1.5B), Germany, an</description>
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    <title>2025: Microsoft — Argentina AI Cloud Region</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-argentina-ai-cloud-region.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-argentina-ai-cloud-region.html</guid>
    <description>Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Planned | 50 MW — Microsoft announced a $1.7 billion investment in Argentina&apos;s AI and cloud infrastructure in 2024, marking one of the largest foreign technology investments in the country&apos;s history. The investment includes a new Azure cloud region serving A</description>
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    <title>2025: Microsoft — Vietnam AI Cloud Region</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-vietnam-ai-cloud-region.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-vietnam-ai-cloud-region.html</guid>
    <description>Hanoi, Hanoi / Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Planned | 40 MW — Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment in Vietnam&apos;s AI infrastructure in February 2024, including plans for the country&apos;s first Azure cloud region. The investment was announced during President Biden&apos;s state visit to Hanoi, underscorin</description>
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    <title>2025: Cassava AI Data Center (Egypt)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-egypt.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-egypt.html</guid>
    <description>Cairo, Northern Africa, Egypt | Planned — Cassava Technologies plans to establish its first North African AI data center in Egypt, leveraging NVIDIA supercomputing platforms to localize model training and inference capacity. The company is targeting Cairo as a launch point for addi</description>
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    <title>2025: Cassava AI Data Center (Nigeria)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-nigeria.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/cassava-ai-data-center-nigeria.html</guid>
    <description>Lagos, Western Africa, Nigeria | Planned — Cassava Technologies is extending its NVIDIA partnership to Lagos, equipping its Africa Data Centres campus with dedicated GPU clusters as part of a 12,000-accelerator rollout across the continent. The Nigerian facility is scheduled to come</description>
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    <title>2025: NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI Factory Campus Overlap</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/neom-oxagon-ai-data-center-campus.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/neom-oxagon-ai-data-center-campus.html</guid>
    <description>Oxagon, Oxagon, NEOM, Saudi Arabia | Planned — This record is an overlapping representation of the NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI factory campus also tracked by `neom-oxagon-net-zero-ai-data-center`. Opened NEOM and Data Center Dynamics sources support one source-backed 1.5 GW DataVolt/NEOM Ox</description>
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    <title>2025: OpenAI Stargate U.S. Infrastructure Program</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/stargate-ai-supercomputer.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/stargate-ai-supercomputer.html</guid>
    <description>United States Stargate program, United States | Planned — This record is now treated as the OpenAI Stargate U.S. infrastructure program, not as a single 5 GW Microsoft/OpenAI supercomputer site. The legacy 5 GW value came from 2024 reporting on a proposed Microsoft/OpenAI supercomputer concept. Op</description>
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    <title>2025: Project Bunkhouse Bartow County Data Center</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/digital-realty-project-bunkhouse-georgia.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/digital-realty-project-bunkhouse-georgia.html</guid>
    <description>Stilesboro / Bartow County, Georgia, United States | Planned — Project Bunkhouse is a planned data-center campus in Bartow County, Georgia. Data Center Dynamics reported that Kimley-Horn filed a Development of Regional Impact application for an 8.6 million-square-foot campus on largely undeveloped land</description>
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    <title>2025: SK Telecom Ulsan AIDC Expansion Roadmap</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/sk-telecom-ulsan-ai-mega-campus-south-korea.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/sk-telecom-ulsan-ai-mega-campus-south-korea.html</guid>
    <description>Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea | Planned — SK Telecom says it plans to build additional global partnerships and make further investments in its Ulsan AIDC, expanding it to a 1 GW-scale capacity. The company&apos;s November 2025 press release frames Ulsan as one of several AIDC hubs in Ko</description>
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    <title>2024: Wonder Valley Off-Grid AI Data Center Park</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/wonder-valley-off-grid-ai-data-center-park.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/wonder-valley-off-grid-ai-data-center-park.html</guid>
    <description>Grande Prairie, Western Canada, Canada | Planned | 7.5 GW — Wonder Valley is O&apos;Leary Ventures&apos; proposed off-grid AI data-center park near Grande Prairie in the Greenview Industrial Gateway. Gensler describes the Alberta campus as a nearly 8,000-acre AI data-centre campus with more than 50 facilities</description>
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    <title>2024: Scala — AI City (Eldorado do Sul)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/scala-ai-city-eldorado-do-sul-brazil.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/scala-ai-city-eldorado-do-sul-brazil.html</guid>
    <description>Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Planned | 4.8 GW — Scala AI City is a planned gigawatt-scale data-center campus in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Scala announced the project with the Rio Grande do Sul government in 2024, describing a first phase of 54 MW and potential full development </description>
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    <title>2024: ExxonMobil Data-Center Power Generation Initiative</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/exxonmobil-1-5gw-data-center-power-plant-initiative.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/exxonmobil-1-5gw-data-center-power-plant-initiative.html</guid>
    <description>United States, United States | Planned | 1.5 GW — ExxonMobil announced a U.S. data-center power generation initiative using natural gas generation paired with carbon capture and storage. ExxonMobil&apos;s opened official page says the company is in FEED for a facility that would generate more t</description>
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    <title>2024: Crane Clean Energy Center (Three Mile Island Reactivation)</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/three-mile-island-reactivation.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/three-mile-island-reactivation.html</guid>
    <description>Middletown, Londonderry Township / Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States | Planned | 835 MW — Constellation Energy is restarting the undamaged Three Mile Island Unit 1 reactor as the Crane Clean Energy Center under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft. Constellation says the agreement will restore about 835 MW of carbon</description>
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    <title>2024: Oracle — Malaysia Public Cloud Region</title>
    <link>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-malaysia-public-cloud-region.html</link>
    <guid>https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-malaysia-public-cloud-region.html</guid>
    <description>Kuala Lumpur, Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Planned | 500 MW — In October 2024, Oracle announced a $6.5 billion (RM27 billion) investment to establish its first public cloud region in Malaysia, marking one of the largest tech investments in the country&apos;s history. The region will feature the OCI Supercl</description>
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    <description>Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia | Planned | 200 MW — In April 2024, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the company&apos;s largest single investment in Indonesia in its 29-year history. The $1.7 billion USD project focuses on building new data center infrastructure to bring advanced cloud and AI</description>
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    <description>Chonburi, Chonburi Province, Thailand | Planned | 100 MW — Google announced a $1 billion investment in Thailand in September 2024 to build its first data center and cloud region in the country. The data center will be located in the industrial hub of Chonburi Province, while the cloud region will b</description>
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    <description>Chonburi, Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Thailand | Planned | 100 MW — Announced in May 2024 by CEO Satya Nadella, this project marks Microsoft&apos;s first data center region in Thailand. Located in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), the infrastructure is designed to provide hyperscale cloud and AI services to m</description>
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    <description>Eastern Oregon, United States | Planned — AWS&apos;s Eastern Oregon expansion record covers multiple public data-center development signals in the Boardman, Arlington, Morrow County, Gilliam County, and Umatilla County corridor rather than a single confirmed facility. Morrow County&apos;s Au</description>
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    <description>India cloud infrastructure program, India | Planned — AWS India Cloud Infrastructure Investment Program tracks AWS&apos;s country-level India cloud-infrastructure commitment, not a verified Rajasthan data-center campus. Amazon&apos;s May 18, 2023 release says AWS planned to invest INR 1,05,600 crores, o</description>
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    <description>London, Europe, United Kingdom | Planned | 470 MW — Rolls-Royce, in collaboration with the UK government, is developing small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide sustainable energy solutions for data centers. Each SMR is designed to generate approximately 470 megawatts of electricity, suffici</description>
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    <description>Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Planned | 354 MW — AirTrunk MEL2 is a massive 354 MW hyperscale data center campus in Melbourne, Victoria. Part of AirTrunk’s broader Australian platform that exceeds 1.2 GW of capacity, MEL2 is designed to meet the extreme power and cooling requirements of g</description>
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    <description>Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | Planned | 280 MW — Datagrid’s &quot;AI Factory&quot; in Makarewa, near Invercargill, is a landmark 280 MW hyperscale project designed specifically for high-density AI training and inference. Spanning 78,000 square meters, it will be the second-largest electricity user </description>
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    <description>Biñan, Laguna, Philippines | Planned | 250 MW — Announced in January 2026, the DAMAC Laguna facility is set to be the Philippines&apos; largest data center, with a total capacity of 250 MW. Developed by Dubai-based DAMAC Digital, the campus is designed specifically for AI-ready hyperscale wor</description>
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    <description>Chonburi, Chonburi, Thailand | Planned | 223 MW — True Internet Data Center is developing a 223 MW hyperscale campus across three sites in Chonburi and Samut Prakan. Representing a $1.4 billion investment, the facility is specifically designed for AI-ready workloads and high-performance cl</description>
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    <description>Istanbul, Marmara, Turkey | Planned | 200 MW — Google and Turkcell are partnering on a $3 billion hyperscale data center project in Turkey, with groundbreaking scheduled for early 2026. The facility is designed to support the expansion of Google Cloud and AI services in the region, prov</description>
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    <description>Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Planned | 200 MW — The SGI-HCM AI Data Center Campus is a $2.1 billion joint venture between AIC and KBC, located in Ho Chi Minh City&apos;s Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park. Breaking ground in April 2026, the facility is designed to host up to 100,000 GPUs, making i</description>
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    <description>Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme, Finland | Planned | 120 MW — Magnora ASA, in partnership with Northern Europe Energy Group (NEEG), is developing a 120 MW AI-ready data center in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Located in the MORE Industrial Park, the 150,000-square-meter site is strategically positioned betwee</description>
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    <description>Amberg, Bavaria, Germany | Planned | 120 MW — Polarise is developing a 120 MW AI data center in Amberg (Unterallgäu), Bavaria, at the site of a former shortwave transmitter. The project is a cornerstone of the &quot;European Sovereign AI&quot; initiative, aiming to provide a locally-operated, GD</description>
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    <description>Doha, Doha, Qatar | Planned | 100 MW — As part of a $10 billion global hyperscale data center program, Asprofin Bank Corporation is developing its first next-generation AI facility in Qatar, scheduled for deployment in 2026–2027. Led by Sheikh Mohd Hamad A.M. Al Thani, the proje</description>
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    <description>Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile | Planned | 100 MW — In May 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a $4 billion investment to launch a new infrastructure region in Santiago, Chile. Scheduled to become operational in the second half of 2026, the region will consist of three Availability Zon</description>
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    <description>General Trias, Cavite, Philippines | Planned | 100 MW — ePLDT&apos;s VITRO General Trias is a 100 MW hyperscale AI campus in Cavite, Philippines, scheduled to begin construction in 2026. The $1 billion facility follows the successful launch of VITRO Sta. Rosa and is part of a national strategy to bui</description>
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    <description>Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Planned | 100 MW — Ethiopia&apos;s reported National AI Factory is a planned sovereign-AI infrastructure project centered on Addis Ababa and framed as part of the country&apos;s broader digital-industrial modernization agenda. Public reporting describes the initiative </description>
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    <description>Ankara, Ankara, Turkey | Planned | 100 MW — Khazna Ankara, located in the Başkent Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ), is a 100 MW AI-ready data center designed to serve the growing demand for high-density compute in Turkey&apos;s capital. Developed by Khazna Data Centers (a subsidiary of G42</description>
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    <description>Naivasha, Eastern Africa, Kenya | Planned | 100 MW — In May 2024, Microsoft and UAE-based G42 announced a joint $1 billion initiative to build a geothermal-powered data center campus in Olkaria, Kenya. Tapping into the country&apos;s rich volcanic heat resources, the facility will run entirely on </description>
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    <description>Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia | Planned | 100 MW — Microsoft’s Saudi Arabia East Azure region is a flagship hyperscale cloud development located in Dammam, scheduled to go live in Q4 2026. The region consists of three independent Availability Zones designed for high resilience and sovereign</description>
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    <description>Doha, Doha, Qatar | Planned | 100 MW — The Qai-Brookfield AI Compute Center is the flagship project of a $20 billion joint venture between Qatar’s state AI company, Qai (a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority), and Brookfield Asset Management. Announced in late 2025, the</description>
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    <description>Kuwait City, Kuwait City, Kuwait | Planned | 50 MW — Announced in early 2025, Kuwait’s first AI-powered Microsoft Azure Region is a cornerstone of the nation’s 2035 Digital Transformation vision. The facility is designed to provide high-performance AI compute and sovereign data hosting for th</description>
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    <description>Arco, Western United States, United States | Planned | 50 MW — Oklo Inc., an advanced nuclear technology company, is developing the Aurora powerhouse, a compact fast reactor designed to generate between 15 and 50 megawatts of electrical power. These reactors are intended to provide clean, reliable ener</description>
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    <description>Sulaibiya, Jahra, Kuwait | Planned | 30 MW — In late 2024, the Kuwait State Audit Bureau approved lease contracts for a major Google Cloud data center in the Sulaibiya Agricultural Area. Spanning 30,000 square meters, the facility is part of a trio of planned Google sites in Kuwait, i</description>
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    <description>Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Planned | 10 MW — Raxio Tanzania, scheduled to open in 2026, will be Tanzania&apos;s first carrier-neutral Tier III data center and one of the pivotal nodes in East Africa&apos;s emerging cloud infrastructure corridor. Located in Dar es Salaam — Tanzania&apos;s commercial </description>
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    <description>Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island, Australia | Planned | 7 MW — Google is developing a specialized 7 MW AI data node on Christmas Island, an Australian external territory located approximately 2,650 km northwest of Perth in the northeastern Indian Ocean — closer to Java, Indonesia than to the Australian</description>
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