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Data Center Towns

Live project tracker

Where the data center work is, and what it is like to live there.

Pay, per diem, housing and training for towns where AI data centers are being built, with a dated status on every project.

84 campuses

29 states

12.6 GW online

checked 1 Nov 2026

Campuses by state

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Biggest builds

Microsoft Fairwater WisconsinOperating, expanding

Mount Pleasant, WI · online now

Owner: Microsoft

OpenAI Stargate New MexicoUnder construction

Doña Ana County, NM

Owner: Oracle

Anthropic-Amazon New CarlisleOperating, expanding

New Carlisle, IN · online now

Owner: Amazon

Meta HyperionUnder construction

Holly Ridge, LA

Owner: Meta

Colossus 2Operating, expanding

Memphis, TN · online now

Owner: SpaceXAI

OpenAI Stargate ShackelfordUnder construction

Shackelford County, TX

Owner: Oracle

In-depth town guides

Richland Parish, LouisianaStill building

planned capacity

Meta Hyperion. Expansion past $50B and 5 GW announced July 2026.

Mount Pleasant, WisconsinStill building

capacity not confirmed

Microsoft Fairwater. Building 1 done June 2026, building 2 due 2028, up to 15 more approved.

New Albany, OhioUncertain

planned capacity

Meta Prometheus (about 1 GW) wraps up in 2026. Microsoft paused local plans in April 2025.

Cheyenne, WyomingUncertain

planned capacity

Crusoe left Project Jade in June 2026. Google is reported as customer of a 2.7 GW campus due by 2031.

Abilene, TexasMostly done

planned capacity

Stargate: final building topped out, completion projected Q3 2026.

Kuna, IdahoMostly done

capacity not confirmed

Meta went live September 2026 with about 100 permanent jobs.

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Richland Parish, LAMeta Hyperion. The biggest build on the list. Mount Pleasant, WIMicrosoft Fairwater. Phase 2 and up to 15 more. Per diem explainedTax home, the one-year rule, federal rates. Travel or move?How to weigh following projects against settling. Read a project statusWhat announced, approved and built really mean.

Why status comes first

~75projects blocked or delayed in Q1 2026

~$130Bvalue of those projects

14+states with local pauses

Data center projects get paused, moved or cancelled. A guide that ignores this can send you to a job that is gone, so every page here carries a status and a check date.

Sources (checked 1 Nov 2026)