Totals only include facilities with a reported or estimated figure; most sites don't disclose power, so these are floors, not market size estimates. Online = operating sites; pipeline = remaining planned MW at sites under construction or planned. Average industrial electricity price: 7.07¢/kWh (EIA).
AI data center capacity over time
Facility power at satellite-tracked AI campuses (Epoch AI timelines), quarterly
Construction pipeline by expected completion
MW from phases with a projected completion date
Power reality
Announced capacity vs. what grid records, construction and operation document. Facility-level sums; sources differ in coverage.
- Announced12.67 GW
- Interconnection requests—
- Contracted / approved800 MW
- Under construction5.92 GW
- Operational1.79 GW
Plus 366 MW of documented on-site / dedicated generation.
4.36 GW announced at 8 sites has no grid, construction or operating record yet.
Bucketed by the midpoint of each site's evidence-based window. Windows are ranges, not forecasts.
- OpenAI Stargate Milam1.2 GW / 0
- Meta El Paso Data Center1 GW / 0
- Hut 8 Beacon Point1 GW / 0
- Coreweave Helios1.63 GW / 800 MW
- Rowan Temple300 MW / 0
- SkyBox Lancaster300 MW / 0
- Stream Wilmer240 MW / 0
- STACK Lancaster216 MW / 0
- SkyBox Plano100 MW / 0
Interconnection queues
Active requests to connect to the grid (ERCOT, MISO, SPP). Requests are applications, not commitments — most never get built.
“ERCOT is tracking approximately 410 GW of Large Loads seeking interconnection of which ~87% are data centers.”
ERCOT, 2026-04-09Markets
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| Name | Facilities | Online | Pipeline | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Texas (Abilene) | 3 | 590 MW | 3.49 GW | |
| Austin & Central Texas | 19 | 198 MW | 1.23 GW | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | 79 | 583 MW | 120 MW | |
| San Antonio | 65 | 217 MW | 134 MW | |
| Houston | 8 | — | — |
Largest operators & owners
Online + pipeline MW at linked facilities
- Oracle590 MW + 2.55 GW · 2 sites
- Vantage Data Centers0 MW + 1.96 GW · 7 sites
- Meta198 MW + 1.03 GW · 5 sites
- SoftBank0 MW + 1.2 GW · 1 sites
- CoreWeave567 MW + 628 MW · 2 sites
- Crusoe590 MW + 590 MW · 1 sites
- Microsoft172 MW + 941 MW · 17 sites
- Galaxy Digital Inc.200 MW + 600 MW · 1 sites
- Google216 MW + 92 MW · 6 sites
- Cipher Mining0 MW + 300 MW · 1 sites
- CyrusOne— · 9 sites
- Digital Realty— · 8 sites
Largest customers & end users
Tenants and workload owners, where sourced
Utility exposure
Most likely retail utility by location (approximate)
- Taylor Electric Coop INC - (Tx)0 MW + 3.2 GW · 3 sites
- Southwestern Public Service CO0 MW + 1.29 GW · 1 sites
- Bluebonnet Electric Coop, INC0 MW + 1.2 GW · 1 sites
- American Electric Power590 MW + 590 MW · 2 sites
- El Paso Electric0 MW + 1 GW · 2 sites
- South Plains Electric Coop INC200 MW + 600 MW · 2 sites
- Pedernales Electric Coop, INC243 MW + 167 MW · 17 sites
- Denton County Elec Coop, INC367 MW + 28 MW · 28 sites
- United Electric Coop Service INC - (Tx)216 MW + 92 MW · 17 sites
- Medina Electric Coop, INC106 MW + 0 MW · 6 sites
- CPS Energy (City of San Antonio)66 MW + 0 MW · 47 sites
- Farmers Electric Coop, INC - (Tx)— · 23 sites
Grid operators (ISO / RTO)
By facility location
- ERCOT1.79 GW + 5.88 GW · 176 sites
- SPP0 MW + 1.29 GW · 2 sites
- None (non-RTO region)0 MW + 1 GW · 6 sites
- MISO— · 11 sites
Largest facilities
By online + pipeline MW
| Facility | Status | Online | Pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Stargate Shackelford | Under construction | — | 1.96 GW |
| Goodnight | Under construction | — | 1.29 GW |
| OpenAI Stargate Milam | Under construction | — | 1.2 GW |
| OpenAI Stargate Abilene | Operating + expanding | 590 MW | 590 MW |
| Meta El Paso Data Center | Under construction | — | 1 GW |
| Crusoe Abilene Expansion | Under construction | — | 941 MW |
| Coreweave Helios | Operating + expanding | 200 MW | 600 MW |
| CoreWeave Denton TX | Operating + expanding | 367 MW | 28 MW |
| Anthropic Barber Lake | Under construction | — | 300 MW |
| Meta Temple | Operating + expanding | 198 MW | 33 MW |
| Google Red Oak | Operating + expanding | 93 MW | 92 MW |
| Vantage TX1 | Operating + expanding | 45 MW | 134 MW |
| Google Midlothian | Operating | 123 MW | — |
| Microsoft SAT40 | Operating | 106 MW | — |
| Microsoft SAT14 | Operating | 66 MW | — |
Facilities by status
- Operating177
- Operating + expanding6
- Under construction6
- Unknown6