Announcement Year

2026

AI data centers associated with 2026 — operator, country, and capacity breakdown. 38 facilities with 16.7 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

38

Tracked Capacity

16.7 GW

Operators

45

Countries

21

Operational

3

Capacity Pipeline

16.7 GW of selected tracked capacity across 38 facilities.

Operational192 MW1%2
Under Construction540 MW3%3
Planned797 MW5%10
Announced1.3 GW8%6

Data Quality

100% cited
84% capacity published
79% geolocated
100% dated

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 38 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational25%
Under construction38%
Planned1026%
Announced616%

Energy mix

Renewable1232%
Nuclear13%
Mixed411%
Gas13%
Other / Unknown2053%

Frequently asked questions

How many AI data centers are tracked for 2026?
The AI Data Center Index tracks 38 facilities for 2026 with 16.7 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

Facility Operator Location Capacity ↓ Status Energy Workload Readiness Sources
G42Khazna Data CentersOpenAIOracleNVIDIACiscoSoftBank GroupUnited Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
5,000 MWunder construction / first 200 MW Stargate UAE cluster expected in 2026OtherMixed
5
MetaVistra CorpUnited States
PJM grid region (Ohio and Pennsylvania)
2,609 MW20-year Meta-Vistra nuclear PPAs announced January 2026; uprate capacity expected in early 2030sNuclearMixed
3
MGXBpifranceMistral AINVIDIACampus AIFrance
Seine-et-Marne / Paris region
1,400 MWplanned AI campus; construction expected H2 2026 with operations targeted from 2028OtherSovereign AI
4
GoogleGoogle CloudAdaniConneXAdani EnterprisesNxtra by AirtelIndia
Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam
1,000 MWunder construction; Google broke ground on April 28, 2026OtherTraining
3
Kazakhstan Ministry of AI and Digital DevelopmentKazakhtelecomKazakhstan
Pavlodar Region
1,000 MWofficially described as in active implementation phaseOtherSovereign AI
2
MetaUnited States
Lebanon, Indiana
1,000 MWbreaking ground announced February 2026OtherAI Training and Inference
1
PrologisAtlas DevelopmentUnited States
Georgia
900 MWrezoning approved; construction start and tenant not confirmedOtherAI & Cloud Infrastructure
4
GoogleUnited States
Pine Island, Minnesota
600 MWannouncedOtherMixed
1
MicrosoftIndia
Hyderabad / India South Central cloud-region program
600 MWunder construction / planned cloud-region program; Microsoft says India South Central is set to go live in mid-2026RenewableMixed
3
Aramco DigitalGroqSaudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia (TBD)
500 MWannouncedOtherInference
2
Digital RealtyUnited Kingdom
London/Slough
300 MWplannedRenewableTraining
1
SoftBank Corp.NVIDIAJapan
Tomakomai, Hokkaido
300 MWunder constructionRenewableSovereign AI
2
HumainAmazon Web ServicesAMDSaudi Arabia
Riyadh & Dammam
200 MWunder constructionOtherMixed
1
MicrosoftTaiwan
Taiwan North
200 MWplannedRenewableInference
2
Vantage Data CentersCanada
Quebec
178 MWoperationalOtherTraining
1
Reliance IndustriesJioMetaIndia
Gujarat / Jamnagar
168 MWplanned built-to-suit AI data center; RIL says 168 MW to be delivered within two years from June 2026RenewableTraining
3
EquinixUnited States
Silicon Valley
117 MWplannedRenewableGeneral Cloud
1
AmazonAWSEgypt
Cairo Governorate
100 MWplannedMixedGeneral Cloud
1
FirebirdGovernment of ArmeniaArmenia
Yerevan (planned)
100 MWannouncedOtherMixed
1
Yotta Data ServicesNVIDIAIndia
Uttar Pradesh / Greater Noida
60 MWunder construction / planned AI supercluster; expected go-live by August 2026OtherTraining
3
MicrosoftCzech Republic
Prague
50 MWannouncedMixedInference
2
MicrosoftNigeria
Lagos State
50 MWannouncedOtherInference
2
MicrosoftVietnam
Hanoi
50 MWplannedMixedAzure AI services, Southeast Asian AI expansion
1
Amazon Web ServicesPeru
Lima
40 MWannouncedMixedMixed
1
EquinixUnited States
Dallas
40 MWunder constructionRenewableHigh-Density AI and Machine Learning
1
Mistral AIEclairionFluidstackNVIDIAFrance
Bruyeres-le-Chatel, Essonne
40 MWoperational ramp; Mistral Compute serving production while physical capacity scalesOtherTraining
5
Digital RealtyMalaysia
Cyberjaya
14 MWoperationalOtherGeneral Cloud
1
EquinixFrance
Argenteuil / Paris
14 MWplanned / under construction; Equinix expansion timeline lists Q2 2026OtherGeneral Cloud
3
EquinixBrazil
São Paulo
14 MWplannedRenewableMixed
1
EquinixTurkey
Marmara
9 MWplannedRenewableColocation and Interconnection
1
EquinixSpain
Madrid
6 MWplannedRenewableColocation and Interconnection
1
EquinixNigeria
Lagos
1 MWplannedOtherColocation and Interconnection
1
Amazon Web ServicesSpain
Aragon
regional expansion announced March 2026RenewableAI & Cloud Infrastructure
3
Amazon Web ServicesUnited States
AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
announced; set to break ground in 2026OtherSovereign AI
2
Cassava TechnologiesAfrica Data CentresNVIDIAMorocco
Northern Africa
plannedRenewableMaghreb AI infrastructure node
2
GoogleTenaskaUnited States
Nebraska
publicly reported proposal; not operator-confirmedGasMixed
5
GoogleAESUnited States
Wilbarger County, Texas
Google says the Wilbarger County data center is under construction.OtherAI workload not disclosed at facility level
2
OpenAIG42Khazna Data CentersOracleNVIDIACiscoSoftBank GroupUnited Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
under construction / first 200 MW expected in 2026OtherMixed
4
Vietnam · HanoiplannedMixedAzure AI services, Southeast Asian AI expansion100% Ready1 source
United States · Dallasunder constructionRenewableHigh-Density AI and Machine Learning100% Ready1 source
Turkey · MarmaraplannedRenewableColocation and Interconnection100% Ready1 source
Spain · MadridplannedRenewableColocation and Interconnection100% Ready1 source
Nigeria · LagosplannedOtherColocation and Interconnection100% Ready1 source