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US Data Centers, October 2026

September activity was led by another wave of large-scale campus approvals, construction milestones, and power-backed development across Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Utah, Colorado, and Georgia.

The month also highlighted how project scale continues to grow alongside increasingly complex power strategies. Several campuses are now being planned around multi-gigawatt generation, behind-the-meter infrastructure, or large utility commitments, while satellite imagery continues to provide a clearer view of which projects are actually moving into construction.

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  1. #01

    Google Project Helium Approved in Barber County (KS)

    Google's Project Helium data center campus has been approved by Barber County commissioners in Kansas. Construction is expected to begin in early 2027, with Building 1 targeted to commence operations in 2030.

  2. #02

    Amazon Homer City Campus Planned for 39 Buildings and ~3.7 GW (PA)

    Amazon's Homer City campus in Pennsylvania is planned for 39 buildings across six sites, supported by a 4.5 GW power plant with approximately 3.7 GW allocated to the data center campus. Phased completion is planned from 2030 through 2036.

  3. #03

    Aligned Data Centers Breaks Ground on $10B, 2 GW Project Phoenix (PA)

    Aligned Data Centers has broken ground on Project Phoenix in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. The $10B, 2 GW campus is planned for three buildings across approximately 650 acres.

  4. #04

    RUM Group Signs $13.7B GPU Services Agreement With Anthropic (GA)

    RUM Group has signed a $13.7B, six-year GPU services agreement with Anthropic for its Maysville, Georgia data center. The campus is planned for two buildings with 120 MW of current capacity and potential expansion to 180 MW. Site clearing is underway, and the agreement includes a 10-year warrant allowing Anthropic to purchase up to 50.81 million RUM shares.

  5. #05

    Creekstone Delta Gigasite Revised to 26 Buildings (UT)

    Creekstone Energy has revised its Delta Gigasite in Utah to a planned 26-building campus. Phase 1 includes 220 MW, while potential full-campus capacity could exceed 10 GW across solar, natural gas, and storage. Zoning approvals are in place, with air permits in final modeling.

  6. #06

    Karis Critical Proposes Peosta Energy and Data Campus (IA)

    Karis Critical is proposing the Peosta Energy and Data Campus in Dubuque County, Iowa, with approximately five buildings totaling 3M sq ft and 500–850 MW of onsite natural gas generation. The project remains at the concept stage due to active city and county moratoria.

  7. #07

    Meta Plans Six-Building, 500 MW Prometheus Campus (OH)

    Meta is planning six data center buildings totaling approximately 1.66M sq ft at its Prometheus campus in New Albany, Ohio. The project is tied to an approximately 500 MW behind-the-meter facility across roughly 131 acres, with a stated project cost of approximately $3.05B.

  8. #08

    Fluidstack Begins Site Clearing at 1.5 GW Harlingen Campus (TX)

    Aterio satellite imagery confirms site clearing is underway at Fluidstack's approximately 1,065-acre Harlingen campus near Rio Hondo, Texas, following a worksite permit issued by Cameron County. The campus is planned for five buildings and up to 1.5 GW, with Phase 1 shown as two buildings.

  9. #09

    Google Advances Vertical Construction at Southland Campus (IA)

    Aterio satellite imagery shows structural steel framing rising on newly tracked Buildings 7A and 8A at Google's Southland campus in Council Bluffs. Roof work and generator-yard paving are underway on Building 7A. Each building is estimated at approximately 93.5 MW and 288,000 sq ft based on air-permit generator specifications.

  10. #10

    Vantage Trident Data Center Reduced to Two Buildings (CO)

    Vantage Data Centers' Trident Data Center at Windler in Aurora, Colorado remains planned for two 2-story buildings totaling approximately 859,656 gross sq ft across 108 acres. The buildings are planned in separate phases, with a third building removed from the earlier proposal.

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