Data Center Land per MW: Acres of Announced US Campuses

Last updated 2026.09.2967 rowsDownload the data (CSV)

0.71Median acres per MW
0.18 to 5Range, acres per MW
60Campuses with both figures

What the data shows

Each point is one campus as its developer or a local government described it in public. The ratio of acres to megawatts spreads widely because the two numbers answer different questions: megawatts describe the buildings and their cooling, acres describe everything around them, from setbacks and substations to land held for later phases.

How to use it

Use the median ratio as a first bracket when you size a search, then compare your concept plan against the campuses closest to your load. The data center land calculator on this site lets you change every assumption; this table shows what real projects announced.

How this dataset was built

We collected announcements from company press releases, state and county economic development offices, planning filings, and established trade press between 2021 and 2026. A campus enters the table only when a public source states both the planned power and the site acreage. Where a source gives a range, the table shows the low end and the note carries the range. We do not estimate missing numbers. Where a source counts on-site generation rather than planned IT or utility load, the MW basis column says so and the row stays out of the median and the chart. Ranges and statuses change; the announced figures stay as published on the date we recorded them.

Questions

What is a typical acres per MW for a data center?

Announced campuses in this dataset span a wide range. The median and the range appear above the chart and update as rows are added. Single-building sites on small parcels sit at the low end; large multi-phase campuses that bank land sit at the high end.

Why do some campuses use so much more land per megawatt?

Land held for future phases, on-site substations and generation, stormwater and buffer requirements, and low site coverage all push acreage up without changing the first phase’s megawatts.

Can I reuse this data?

Yes. The dataset is licensed CC BY 4.0. Cite FOUND and link to this page.

The data

Project	Developer	Location	MW	Acres	Acres per MW	MW basis	Announced	Status	Sources
Project Marvel	Logistic Land Investments	Bessemer, AL	1,200	670	0.56	planned capacity	2025	approved	[36][37]
Buckeye data center park	Tract	Buckeye, AZ	1,800	2,069	1.15	planned capacity	2024-09	announced	[66][67]
La Osa	Vermaland	south of Eloy, AZ	1,000	3,300	3.3	planned capacity	2025-08	cancelled	[83][84][85]
1751 Bells Ferry Road data center	not named in source	Marietta, GA	108	31	0.29	planned capacity	2025-06	approved	[7]
DC BLOX Conyers campus	DC BLOX	Conyers, GA	216	72	0.33	planned capacity	2023-12	announced	[1]
DC BLOX Douglasville campus	DC BLOX	Douglasville, GA	180	55	0.31	planned capacity	2023-12	announced	[2]
Project Sail	Atlas Development / Prologis	Newnan area, GA	900	829	0.92	planned capacity	2025-01	approved	[4][5][6]
T5 ATL IV	T5 Data Centers	Palmetto, GA	300	91	0.3	planned capacity	2024-08	announced	[3]
Joliet Technology Center	PowerHouse Data Centers / Hillwood	Joliet, IL	1,800	795	0.44	planned capacity	2026-05	announced	[42]
T5 Chicago (Grayslake) campus	T5 Data Centers	Grayslake, IL	480	160	0.33	planned capacity	2024-05	announced	[41]
Meta Lebanon campus	Meta	Lebanon, IN	1,000	1,500	1.5	planned capacity	2026-02	announced	[31]
Astra Enterprise Park powered land	Digital Realty	De Soto, KS	600	280	0.47	planned capacity	2026-06	announced	[77]
Red Wolf data center campus (near Kansas Speedway)	Red Wolf DCD Properties	Kansas City, KS	600	540	0.9	planned capacity	2025-05	approved	[78][79]
Hancock County campus (former Century Aluminum smelter)	TeraWulf	Hancock, KY	401	250	0.62	planned capacity	2026	under construction	[38]
Muskie Data Campus (EastPark Industrial Park)	TeraWulf	Ashland area, KY	1,000	285	0.29	planned capacity	2026	announced	[38]
Rubix Ashland Works proposal	Rubix Data Centers	Ashland, KY	2,000	500	0.25	planned capacity	2026	announced	[38]
Hyperion (Richland Parish Data Center)	Meta	between Rayville and Delhi, LA	2,000	2,250	1.13	planned capacity	2024-12	under construction	[47][48]
River Bend	Hut 8	West Feliciana Parish, LA	330	627	1.9	planned capacity	2025-12	under construction	[51][52]
Quantum Frederick (former Eastalco site)	Quantum Loophole / TPG Real Estate Partners	Adamstown, MD	1,000	2,100	2.1	planned capacity	2021-06	unknown	[22]
Stargate Michigan	Related Digital (OpenAI / Oracle)	Saline Township, MI	1,400	250	0.18	planned capacity	2025-10	announced	[34]
Van Buren Township campus (Project Cannoli)	Panattoni	Van Buren Township, MI	1,000	282	0.28	planned capacity	2025-12	announced	[35]
Project Mica	Google	Kansas City (Northland), MO	700	500	0.71	planned capacity	2025-07	under construction	[75][76]
Avaio Digital Taurus	AVAIO Digital Partners	Brandon, MS	116	175	1.51	planned capacity	2025-09	announced	[39][40]
Big Sky Digital Infrastructure Campus	Quantica Infrastructure	near Broadview, MT	1,000	5,000	5	planned capacity	unknown	announced	[86][87]
Project Cardinal	Ardent TAC Data Centers	Great Falls, MT	500	569	1.14	planned capacity	2025-06	cancelled	[88][89]
Kingsboro data center campus	Energy Storage Solutions	Tarboro, NC	900	300	0.33	planned capacity	2025	announced	[32]
New Hill Digital Campus	Natelli Investments LLC	Apex, NC	250	89	0.36	planned capacity	2026	cancelled	[33]
Polaris Forge 2	Applied Digital	Harwood, ND	280	900	3.21	planned capacity	2025-08	under construction	[53]
Project Jupiter (Stargate New Mexico)	BorderPlex Digital Assets / STACK Infrastructure	Santa Teresa, NM	2,500	1,400	0.56	planned capacity	2025-09	under construction	[55][56]
Peru Shelf Technology Park	Tract	Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, NV	810	686	0.85	planned capacity	2024-05	under construction	[68]
Silver Springs data center park	Tract	Silver Springs, NV	700	1,060	1.51	planned capacity	2025-09	approved	[69]
South Valley Technology Park	Tract	USA Parkway, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center area, NV	1,200	1,500	1.25	planned capacity	2024-05	announced	[68]
Vantage OH1	Vantage Data Centers	New Albany, OH	192	70	0.37	planned capacity	2024-10	under construction	[30]
Oklahoma data center campus	IREN	OK	1,600	2,000	1.25	planned capacity	2026-02	announced	[71][72]
1547 / Green Fig Chester County campus	fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty / Green Fig Land Co.	East Whiteland Township, PA	150	100	0.67	planned capacity	2022-08	announced	[23][24]
AWS Susquehanna campus (former Talen Cumulus)	Amazon Web Services	Salem Township, PA	960	1,600	1.67	planned capacity	2024-03	approved	[26][27]
Homer City data center campus	Homer City Redevelopment / Kiewit	Homer City, PA	4,500	3,200	0.71	on-site generation	2025-04	announced	[28]
Pennsylvania Digital 1 (PAX-1)	PowerHouse Data Centers / Pennsylvania Data Center Partners	Carlisle, PA	1,350	693	0.51	planned capacity	2025	announced	[25]
TECfusions Keystone Connect	TECfusions	Upper Burrell, PA	3,000	1,395	0.47	planned capacity	2025-01	announced	[29]
Colleton County gigawatt campus	Eagle Rock Partners	Walterboro area, SC	1,000	859	0.86	planned capacity	2025-12	unknown	[9][10]
DC BLOX Camp Hall campus	DC BLOX	Camp Hall commerce park, SC	45	28	0.61	planned capacity	2023-10	announced	[8]
Barber Lake	Cipher Mining	Colorado City, TX	300	250	0.83	planned capacity	2024-09	unknown	[62]
Childress AI data center campus	Crusoe / Lancium	Childress, TX	1,000	270	0.27	planned capacity	2026-07	announced	[92]
CloudBurst San Marcos campus	CloudBurst	near San Marcos, TX	1,200	706	0.59	planned capacity	2026-04	approved	[90]
El Paso data center	Meta	El Paso, TX	1,000	1,000	1	planned capacity	2025-10	under construction	[73][74]
Frontier (Stargate Shackelford County)	Vantage Data Centers	near Abilene, TX	1,400	1,200	0.86	planned capacity	2025-08	under construction	[44][45]
GW Ranch	Pacifico Energy	Pecos, TX	1,000	8,000	8	on-site generation	2025-08	announced	[54]
Helios	Galaxy	Dickens, TX	1,630	2,200	1.35	planned capacity	unknown	operating	[60][61]
HyperGrid / Project Matador (Advanced Energy and Intelligence Campus)	Fermi America	near Amarillo, TX	11,000	5,800	0.53	on-site generation	2025-06	announced	[49][50]
Project Horizon	Poolside	Pecos, TX	2,000	568	0.28	planned capacity	2025-10	unknown	[91]
Sweetwater 1	IREN	Sweetwater, TX	1,400	1,700	1.21	planned capacity	unknown	operating	[63][64]
Sweetwater 2	IREN	Sweetwater, TX	600	500	0.83	planned capacity	2025-03	announced	[63][65]
Delta Gigasite	Fibernet MercuryDelta / Creekstone Energy	near Delta, UT	10,000	1,143	0.11	on-site generation	2025-05	under construction	[81][82]
Eagle Mountain campus (Project Tripletail)	Tract	Eagle Mountain, UT	400	668	1.67	planned capacity	2024-01	announced	[70]
Joule High Performance Compute Campus	Joule Capital Partners (with Caterpillar, Wheeler Machinery)	near Delta, UT	4,000	4,000	1	on-site generation	2025-08	approved	[80][81]
Appomattox Data Hub	AVAIO Digital Partners	Appomattox, VA	300	452	1.51	planned capacity	2024-12	announced	[11]
Balico Pittsylvania data center and power campus	Balico LLC	Pittsylvania, VA	3,500	760	0.22	on-site generation	2024-10	unknown	[20][21]
CleanArc VA1 campus	CleanArc Data Centers	Caroline, VA	600	650	1.08	planned capacity	2025-09	approved	[14][15]
EdgeCore Louisa County campus (Shannon Hill Regional Business Park)	EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure	Louisa, VA	1,100	697	0.63	planned capacity	2025-06	announced	[18]
Iron Mountain Manassas site	Iron Mountain	Manassas, VA	150	40	0.27	planned capacity	2024-11	announced	[12]
Iron Mountain Richmond campus (White Oak Technology Park)	Iron Mountain	Richmond area, VA	200	66	0.33	planned capacity	2024-11	announced	[12]
PowerHouse 95	PowerHouse Data Centers / Harrison Street	Spotsylvania, VA	800	145	0.18	planned capacity	2024-01	announced	[19]
Prince William Digital Gateway	QTS / Compass Datacenters	Gainesville area, VA	1,700	2,000	1.18	planned capacity	2023-12	cancelled	[16][17]
Vantage VA4	Vantage Data Centers	Fredericksburg region, VA	192	82	0.43	planned capacity	2025-11	announced	[13]
Lighthouse (Stargate Port Washington)	Vantage Data Centers	Port Washington, WI	902	672	0.75	planned capacity	2025-10	under construction	[46]
Monarch Compute Campus	Nscale (acquired American Intelligence & Power)	Point Pleasant area, WV	1,300	2,000	1.54	on-site generation	2026	under construction	[43]
Project Jade	Crusoe / Tallgrass	south of Cheyenne, WY	1,800	600	0.33	planned capacity	2025-07	approved	[57][58][59]

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FOUND, "How much land do data-center campuses actually take per megawatt?", lotsfound.com, 2026. Data from public sources listed below. Licensed CC BY 4.0.

Free to reuse with attribution to FOUND and a link to this page (CC BY 4.0).

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