--- title: Who’s Building That Data Center? | daily.dev description: Powered By Who is a new map tracking over 2,100 data center projects across the US, from proposals to operational sites. The map highlights geographic... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/who-s-building-that-data-center--hguomeobi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Who’s Building That Data Center? | daily.dev og:description: Powered By Who is a new map tracking over 2,100 data center projects across the US, from proposals to operational sites. The map highlights geographic... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/who-s-building-that-data-center--hguomeobi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hgUoMeOBI.png og:image:alt: Who’s Building That Data Center? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Who’s Building That Data Center? **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Powered By Who is a new map tracking over 2,100 data center projects across the US, from proposals to operational sites. The map highlights geographic clustering — with just three states accounting for roughly 70% of all projects — and lets users explore how data center growth intersects with regional power generation and politics. Beyond the community debate around power and water consumption, the piece touches on engineering approaches to cooling challenges, including DC power distribution, underwater facilities, and space-based concepts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is there a map that tracks all the AI data centers being built in the US? Yes, a project called Powered By Who tracks data center development across the United States on an interactive map. It follows over 2,100 sites, ranging from early proposals to fully operational facilities, and lets users see how project clusters relate to regional power generation and political makeup. _Anyone following AI infrastructure buildout can track ongoing coverage of data center growth on daily.dev._ ### How concentrated is AI data center construction in specific US states? Roughly three states account for about 70 percent of all tracked AI data center projects in the United States, according to mapping by the Powered By Who project, which follows over 2,100 sites nationwide from proposal stage through full operation. _Readers weighing data center siting trends can follow related infrastructure stories on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@trevorsuna** · 0 upvotes > Putting proposed sites, power sources, and local impact on one map makes this debate much more concrete. The next useful layer would be water use and expected grid upgrades for each project. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Grassroots groups blocked 75 data center projects worth $130 billion in Q1 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/grassroots-groups-blocked-75-data-center-projects-worth-130-billion-in-q1-2026-j0bhzaava) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Where Are All The Data Centers?](https://daily.dev/posts/where-are-all-the-data-centers--oi4kxy1kn) · Where's Your Ed At · 31 upvotes · 2 comments - [A growing political reckoning is coming for data centers, POLITICO Poll shows](https://daily.dev/posts/a-growing-political-reckoning-is-coming-for-data-centers-politico-poll-shows-ihy0gmlwm) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/who-s-building-that-data-center--hguomeobi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Who’s Building That Data Center?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-s-building-that-data-center--hguomeobi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/who-s-building-that-data-center--hguomeobi"},"datePublished":"2026-07-21T23:28:45.150Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:51:19.541Z","description":"Powered By Who is a new map tracking over 2,100 data center projects across the US, from proposals to operational sites. 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