Announcement Year

2017

AI data centers associated with 2017 — operator, country, and capacity breakdown. 9 facilities with 1.1 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

9

Tracked Capacity

1.1 GW

Operators

6

Countries

7

Operational

9

Data Quality

100% cited

56% capacity published

67% geolocated

100% dated

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 9 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational556%

Top countries by capacity

Google500 MW Meta350 MW Microsoft200 MW Amazon Web Services0 MW Google Cloud0 MW Oracle0 MW

Energy mix

Renewable667%

Other / Unknown333%

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How many AI data centers are tracked for 2017?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 9 facilities for 2017 with 1.1 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Operators Active

Meta

Amazon Web Services

Google Cloud

Countries Active

United States

South Korea

United Kingdom

Status Mix

Operational

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Readiness	Sources
Meta — Fort Worth, Texas AI Training Campus	Meta	United States Texas	350 MW	operational	Renewable	Training		2
Google — Frankfurt AI Data Center (Europe-West3)	Google	Germany Hesse	200 MW	operational	Renewable	Mixed		2
Microsoft Azure — Korea Central Region (Seoul)	Microsoft	South Korea Seoul	200 MW	operational	Renewable	Inference		2
Google — London AI Data Center (Europe-West2)	Google	United Kingdom Greater London	180 MW	operational	Renewable	Mixed		2
Google — Sydney AI Data Center (Australia-Southeast1)	Google	Australia New South Wales	120 MW	operational	Renewable	Mixed		2
AWS EU (Paris) Region (eu-west-3)	Amazon Web Services	France Paris area / France cloud region	—	operational cloud region	Other	General Cloud		3
Google Cloud India Regions (Mumbai and Delhi NCR)	Google Cloud Google	India Mumbai and Delhi NCR cloud regions	—	operational cloud regions	Other	General Cloud		3
Meta Henrico Data Center (Virginia)	Meta	United States Henrico County, Virginia	—	operational; serving traffic since August 2020	Renewable	AI workload not disclosed at facility level		5
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - US East (Ashburn)	Oracle	United States Northern Virginia	—	operational OCI public cloud region	Other	Mixed		5

Meta — Fort Worth, Texas AI Training Campus350 MW

United States · Texas operational Renewable Training100% Ready2 sources

Google — Frankfurt AI Data Center (Europe-West3)200 MW

Germany · Hesse operational Renewable Mixed100% Ready2 sources

Microsoft Azure — Korea Central Region (Seoul)200 MW

South Korea · Seoul operational Renewable Inference100% Ready2 sources

Google — London AI Data Center (Europe-West2)180 MW

United Kingdom · Greater London operational Renewable Mixed100% Ready2 sources

Google — Sydney AI Data Center (Australia-Southeast1)120 MW

Australia · New South Wales operational Renewable Mixed100% Ready2 sources

AWS EU (Paris) Region (eu-west-3)

Amazon Web Services

France · Paris area / France cloud region operational cloud region Other General Cloud71% Ready3 sources

Google Cloud India Regions (Mumbai and Delhi NCR)

Google Cloud · Google

India · Mumbai and Delhi NCR cloud regions operational cloud regions Other General Cloud71% Ready3 sources

Meta Henrico Data Center (Virginia)

United States · Henrico County, Virginia operational; serving traffic since August 2020 RenewableAI workload not disclosed at facility level71% Ready5 sources

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - US East (Ashburn)

United States · Northern Virginia operational OCI public cloud region Other Mixed86% Ready5 sources