Map of data center infrastructure

Feb 6, 2026

More processing power requires more data centers, and for better or worse, they are going up across the country. Using data from a variety of sources, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory mapped data center infrastructure.

The yellow circles represent operating data centers, orange is construction, and white is proposed. The data centers are connected through transmission and fiber optic lines.

Keep this for when the bots take over and we need to cut the cords in the right places.

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