Operating Datacenters
At a glance
GridCensus catalogs 2,442 operating datacenters across 51 states, one record per facility. Virginia has the most (379), followed by Texas (268) and Oregon (168). The largest single cluster is Ashburn, VA, with 66 facilities. The operators with the most facilities are Amazon Web Services (231), Digital Realty (109), Google (94).
Datacenters by state
Each state page lists every catalogued datacenter in that state, grouped with its internet exchange facilities and scored candidate sites.
- Virginia (379)
- Texas (268)
- Oregon (168)
- California (158)
- Ohio (127)
- Washington (100)
- Iowa (91)
- Arizona (90)
- Illinois (75)
- New Jersey (67)
- New York (64)
- Georgia (61)
- Nevada (52)
- Florida (50)
- Tennessee (47)
- Colorado (41)
- North Carolina (41)
- Wyoming (40)
- Utah (35)
- Minnesota (35)
- Nebraska (33)
- Indiana (32)
- Pennsylvania (32)
- Maryland (31)
- Missouri (28)
- Massachusetts (28)
- Wisconsin (26)
- Michigan (23)
- New Mexico (22)
- Oklahoma (20)
- South Carolina (19)
- North Dakota (17)
- Alabama (16)
- Connecticut (14)
- Kansas (14)
- Kentucky (13)
- Louisiana (11)
- Idaho (10)
- Montana (9)
- Arkansas (6)
- New Hampshire (6)
- West Virginia (6)
- South Dakota (6)
- Vermont (5)
- Mississippi (5)
- Alaska (4)
- Maine (4)
- Hawaii (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Delaware (2)
- Rhode Island (2)
Largest datacenters by recorded footprint
Frequently asked questions
How many datacenters are there in the United States?
GridCensus lists 2,442 operating datacenter facilities in the US after merging records that describe the same building. 1,344 of them have a recorded floor area and 1,912 name an operator.
Which state has the most datacenters?
Virginia has the most catalogued datacenters, with 379. It is followed by Texas (268) and Oregon (168).
Which US city has the most datacenters?
Ashburn, VA has the most catalogued facilities (66). Next are Sterling, VA (43); Santa Clara, CA (37); Hillsboro, OR (28).
Which companies operate the most datacenters?
By facility count in the catalog: Amazon Web Services (231), Digital Realty (109), Google (94), Microsoft (78), Meta (73), Equinix (73).
About this data
Source: PNNL datacenter atlas and OpenStreetMap facility records, deduplicated by GridCensus, as published November 12, 2026. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Operating datacenters in the United States”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenters (data as of November 12, 2026).
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
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