Which Big Tech firms are building data centers?
Read on for more about the technology companies behind recent data center construction projects across the U.S. including states like Virginia, Minnesota, Indiana, and Missouri.
Make no mistake: when you save something to the cloud, it isn’t just flying around in the sky. Instead, it resides in what are sometimes known as mission-critical data centers. In fact, data centers account for 1 percent of global electricity demand annually.
As you’ll see, many Big Tech data center projects we’re tracking are located in or around the Midwest. This is due to lower taxes and cheaper building and maintenance costs in these areas.
Read more: How Planned Construction Data Shapes Big Tech Data Center Construction
Some of the biggest companies in the world are throwing their resources behind building new data centers. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft need data centers to store all of their information, which they are amassing more of every day.
With that in mind, we’ve tracked down some of the biggest companies’ planned and completed data center projects. This list includes planned and current data center projects, as well also those completed within the past year, per a 4/11/2024 query of BuildCentral’s ConstructionWire.
We’re tracking over $59 billion in planned and under construction data center projects in the US.
Planned Data Center Construction
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (1,700,000 sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
>$100 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Loudoun, VA 20152. 25020 Willard Rd |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a 1,700,000-square-foot Amazon data center. |
Meta Data Center
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (700,000 sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
$800 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Jeffersonville, IN 47130. 300 Corporate Dr |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a 700,000-square-foot data center building. |
| Stage: |
Starts in 1-3 months |
| Construction Start: |
5/2024 |
| Construction End: |
Q1/2026 |
Google Data Center – Project Mica
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
> $100 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Kansas City, MO 64165. NE I-435 and US Hwy 169 |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a Google data center multi-phase development on 500 +/- acres. |
| Stage: |
Starts in 4-12 months |
| Construction Start: |
2/2025 |
| Construction End: |
Q1/2035 |
Meta Platforms Inc Data Center
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
$700 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Rosemount, MN 55068. Along the northern edge of UMore Park, near Dakota County Technical College |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a data center for Meta. |
| Stage: |
Planning |
| Construction Start: |
N/A |
| Construction End: |
N/A |
SAT 16 Data Center (Microsoft is the Owner)
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (245,000+ sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New, Flash Project |
| Estimated Value: |
$0.215 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
San Antonio, TX 78251. 3555 Westover Link |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a 245,000-square-foot data center, which includes administrative components. |
| Stage: |
Starts in 4-12 months |
| Construction Start: |
8/2024 |
| Construction End: |
12/2025 |
Apple Data Center Expansion
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
Addition/Expansion |
| Estimated Value: |
> $100 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Maiden, NC 28650. 5977 Startown Road |
| Details: |
Plans call for the multi-acre expansion of an existing, 23-acre Apple, Inc. data center. |
| Stage: |
Planning |
| Construction Start: |
N/A |
| Construction End: |
N/A |
Completed Data Center Construction
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
$87 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Portage, IN 46368. Daniel Burnham Dr S of Ameriplex Dr |
| Details: |
Plans call for the construction of a new data center for Amazon. |
| Stage: |
Completed (past 6 months) |
| Construction Start: |
6/2023 |
| Construction End: |
1/2024 |
Facebook Data Center PCI 3-4
| Project Type/Size: |
Data Centers (668,128 sq-ft) |
| Construction Type: |
New |
| Estimated Value: |
>$100 million |
| Sector: |
Private |
| Location: |
Altoona, IA 50009. NE 62nd Ave and NE 56th St |
| Details: |
Plans call for a 668,128-square-foot data center. |
| Stage: |
Completed (past 6 months) |
| Construction Start: |
12/2022 |
| Construction End: |
Q1/2024 |
FAQS
What is a data center?
A data center is a storage facility for cloud-based information. Large companies with expansive client bases like Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft often use them to house their consumers' data.
Where are data centers?
Unlike brick-and-mortar institutions, data centers don't rely on foot traffic to fulfill their purposes. As such, they aren't typically located in urban areas and instead are usually built in more rural, unpopulated, and low-traffic areas.
User information isn’t going anywhere, which means companies that are constantly accruing large amounts of their consumers’ data continually need to find new places to house it in a cost-efficient manner.
Remember, though, that as more data centers sprout up, the amount of real estate available for new data centers shrinks. There’s a finite amount of room for these facilities, and there’s a finite amount of energy to spend on them, but for now, these companies are moving forward with their plans, often touting renewable energy-fed projects in the process.
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