Data Center Alley
Multiple (AWS, Digital Realty, Equinix) · Loudoun County, Virginia
4200
MW
- Est. water use
- 5.0B gal/yr
- Region
- US Mid-Atlantic
Densest compute corridor on earth; utility rate impacts under review.
Compute tracker
A model's ethics grade is downstream of concrete steel, turbines and watersheds. These are the clusters behind the answers.
Tracked capacity
8.82 GW
Clusters
8
Est. water draw
7.0B gal/yr
High grid strain
3 sites
Multiple (AWS, Digital Realty, Equinix) · Loudoun County, Virginia
4200
MW
Densest compute corridor on earth; utility rate impacts under review.
OpenAI / Oracle / Crusoe · Abilene, Texas
1200
MW
Closed-loop design cuts water draw sharply in a drought-prone basin.
xAI · Memphis, Tennessee
1150
MW
On-site gas turbines drew Clean Air Act scrutiny; sited near Boxtown.
Microsoft · Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin
900
MW
Design targets near-zero water for most of the year.
Meta · Prineville, Oregon
500
MW
High desert siting raises aquifer concerns.
Google · The Dalles, Oregon
400
MW
Water use litigated and eventually disclosed after press challenge.
Meta · Dublin, Ireland
350
MW
Grid connection moratorium pressure in the Dublin region.
Mistral / OVHcloud · Marseille, France
120
MW
Lowest carbon intensity per megawatt in the tracker.