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Planned AI data center capacity by state

19 places ranked by planned facility power.
Texas is out in front at 7,165.3 MW.

19 of 51 placeschecked Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTCdailyhow we measure this →CSV / JSON

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In front today

Texas

7,165.3 MWplanned facility power

Ahead of second place
3,150.3
Held by the top three
45%
Middle of the board
1,383
Below half the leader
17 of 19
Highest 7,165.3 MWMiddle 1,383
1. Texas — 7,165.3 MW2. Wisconsin — 4,015 MW3. Indiana — 3,345 MW4. New Mexico — 2,450 MW5. Louisiana — 2,262 MW6. Tennessee — 2,065 MW7. Iowa — 1,901 MW8. Ohio — 1,874 MW9. Mississippi — 1,827 MW10. Michigan — 1,383 MW11. Virginia — 1,020 MW12. Nebraska — 813 MW13. North Dakota — 520 MW14. Alabama — 465 MW15. New York — 441 MW16. Utah — 411 MW17. Wyoming — 264 MW18. Pennsylvania — 212 MW19. Oklahoma — 181 MW
Rank 1one bar per published rowRank 19
WHY THIS RANK / VERIFIED SNAPSHOT

Utah

Sums the latest future-milestone facility MW in Epoch AI by explicit source-provided U.S. state.

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Published rank
#16
Score
411 MW
Sample size
3

60% confidence · 50% component coverage · as of Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

SCORE CONSTRUCTION

Component ledger

8/16 evidenced
Components contributing to Utah's rank
ComponentValueWeightContributionEvidenceStatus
attributionSource: Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
capacityIsEstimatedNotMetered1Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
epoch planned capex by state 2025 USD115161280000%01available
epoch planned data center count by state10%01available
epoch planned facility power by state MW411100%4111available
epoch planned h100e by state346968.16574027290%01available
epoch planned owner count by state00%01available
missingIsZero0Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
owners—Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
plannedCenters—Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
plannedDoesNotMeanPermitted1Unavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
source center:data center qts eagle mountain:4ddff292 1afe 4b4a bd44 80bed4cef389—0%01available
source center:data center qts eagle mountain:51019e53 717d 4904 999f 9a087d4ba102—0%01available
source center:data center qts eagle mountain:cc28ac39 cf93 4cb1 9ff6 56494c1f430e—0%01available
sourceSnapshotId97c0dcd7-1956-4f86-904f-488d4bf22ffdUnavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
stateCodeUTUnavailable—0unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence
WHY IT MOVED

flat since prior snapshot

0 ranks

No component moved since the prior snapshot.

PRIMARY EVIDENCE

Source trail

8 public records
  • Planned facility capital costepoch planned capex by state 2025 USD · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC11,516,128,000 USD_202560% confidence
    Source
    Rank.ai Epoch planned-capacity state rollup
    Grade
    B
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Planned AI data centersepoch planned data center count by state · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC1 centers60% confidence
    Source
    Rank.ai Epoch planned-capacity state rollup
    Grade
    B
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Planned facility powerepoch planned facility power by state MW · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC411 MW60% confidence
    Source
    Rank.ai Epoch planned-capacity state rollup
    Grade
    B
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Planned H100-equivalent computeepoch planned h100e by state · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC346,968.166 H100e60% confidence
    Source
    Rank.ai Epoch planned-capacity state rollup
    Grade
    B
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Distinct disclosed ownersepoch planned owner count by state · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC0 owners60% confidence
    Source
    Rank.ai Epoch planned-capacity state rollup
    Grade
    B
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Facility capital costsource center:data center qts eagle mountain:4ddff292 1afe 4b4a bd44 80bed4cef389 · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC$11.52B60% confidence
    Source
    Epoch AI open datasets
    Grade
    A
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • Facility powersource center:data center qts eagle mountain:51019e53 717d 4904 999f 9a087d4ba102 · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC411 MW60% confidence
    Source
    Epoch AI open datasets
    Grade
    A
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
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  • H100-equivalent computesource center:data center qts eagle mountain:cc28ac39 cf93 4cb1 9ff6 56494c1f430e · observed Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC346,968.166 H100e60% confidence
    Source
    Epoch AI open datasets
    Grade
    A
    Freshness
    fresh
    Locator
    {"rowCount":499,"downloadUrl":"https://epoch.ai/data/data_centers/data_center_timelines.csv","releaseDate":"2026-09-09","contentHashKind":"sha256_raw_bytes","expectedColumns":["Data center","Date","Construction status","Buildings operational","IT power (MW)","Power (MW)","H100 equivalents","Performance (8-bit OP/s)","Total capital cost (2025 USD billions)","Compute cost (2025 USD billions)","Construction cost (2025 USD billions)","Annual operating cost (2025 USD billions)","Water use (MGD)","Current H100 equivalents (from Data center)"],"documentationUrl":"https://epoch.ai/data/data-centers-documentation/downloads","documentationHash":"2d6fb39d3552f0fe53ac7e7b0bccb607a9efbb705036189f9776764048656c60"}
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REPRODUCIBILITYEpoch AI Planned Capacity by U.S. State · v1-epoch-us-state-name-address-v1-2026-07-27203 observations · 2 sources · passed quality
Snapshot
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Data hash
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Method hash
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