[2025] Big Tech Data Center Construction Update

Which Big Tech firms are building data centers?

Read on for more about the technology companies behind recent data center construction projects across the U.S.

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Make no mistake: when you save something to the cloud, it isn’t just flying around in the sky. Instead, it resides in what are sometimes known as mission-critical data centers. In fact, data centers account for 1 percent of global electricity demand annually.

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As you’ll see, many Big Tech data center projects we’re tracking are located in or around the Midwest. This is due to lower taxes and cheaper building and maintenance costs in these areas.

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Some of the biggest companies in the world are throwing their resources behind building new data centers. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft need data centers to store all of their information, which they are amassing more of every day.

With that in mind, we’ve tracked down some of the biggest companies’ planned and completed data center projects. This list includes planned and current data center projects, as well also those completed within the past year, per a 10/22/2024 query of Hubexo’s ConstructionWire.

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We’re tracking 118 planned or under construction data center projects across the U.S., many of which are needed by Big Tech companies.

Planned Data Center Construction 

Amazon Web Services Data Center at New Albany Tech Park – Phase 1

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: > $100 million
Sector: Private
Location: New AlbanyOH 43123. Near Beech Rd NW and Miller Rd NW
Details: Plans call for construction of a new data center for Amazon in an 85-acre lot.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Starts in 1-3 months
Construction Start: 2/2025
Construction End: Q1/2028

Meta Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Green Buildings/Data Centers (715,000 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: $800 million
Sector: Private
Location: GranitevilleSC 29829. At the Sage Mill Industrial Park at 1025 Textile Court
Details: Plans call for the construction of a new 715,000-square-foot data center for Meta. All electricity use will be matched with 100% renewable energy.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Starts in 1-3 months
Construction Start: 1/2025
Construction End: 3/2027

Rocky Branch Creek Phase 6

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (717,508 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: $25-$100 million
Sector: Private
Location: Kansas CityMO 64165. NE of Interstate 435 and U.S. Highway 169
Details: Plans call for construction of two 358,754-square-foot data center buildings.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Starts in 12+ months
Construction Start: 8/2036
Construction End: Q3/2038

Microsoft Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (250,000+ sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: $1000 million
Sector: Private
Location: La PorteIN 46350. 300 Boyd Blvd
Details: Plans call for the construction of a Microsoft data center development on a 489-acre site.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Starts in 4-12 months
Construction Start: 10/2025
Construction End: Q4/2032

ATL11 Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (2,100,000 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: > $100 million
Sector: Private
Location: Union CityGA 30349. East of Stonewall Tell Road, and North of South Fulton Parkway
Details: Plans call for the construction of a 2.1 million square foot data center campus.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Starts in 12+ months
Construction Start: 2/2026
Construction End: Q1/2028

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Completed Data Center Construction

Project Morgan-Apple Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (400,000 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: $1300 million
Sector: Private
Location: WaukeeIA 50263. 2995 W Hickman Rd
Details: Plans call for the construction of a new, 400,000-square-foot data center on a 2000-acre site. The three-building complex will be powered entirely with on-site renewable energy.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Completed (past 6 months)
Construction Start: 7/2022
Construction End: Q1/2024

Google Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Office/Data Centers (288,530 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: > $100 million
Sector: Private
Location: The DallesOR 97058. 3500 River Rd
Details: Plans call for construction of a 288,530-square-foot single-story data center with a separate office building and associated infrastructure for a Google Data Center.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Completed (past 6 months)
Construction Start: 4/2023
Construction End: Q1/2024

Amazon Data Center

Project Information
Project Type/Size: Data Centers (29,840 sq-ft)
Construction Type: New
Estimated Value: $6 million
Sector: Private
Location: DeSotoTX 75115. 401 Ezell Dr
Details: Plans call for the construction of a 29,840-square-foot data center for Amazon.
Estimated Schedule
Stage: Construction
Construction Start: 4/2023
Construction End: Q4/2024

FAQS

What is a data center?

A data center is a storage facility for cloud-based information. Large companies with expansive client bases like Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft often use them to house their consumers' data.

Where are data centers?

Unlike brick-and-mortar institutions, data centers don't rely on foot traffic to fulfill their purposes. As such, they aren't typically located in urban areas and instead are usually built in more rural, unpopulated, and low-traffic areas.

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User information isn’t going anywhere, which means companies that are constantly accruing large amounts of their consumers’ data continually need to find new places to house it in a cost-efficient manner.

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Remember, though, that as more data centers sprout up, the amount of real estate available for new data centers shrinks. There’s a finite amount of room for these facilities, and there’s a finite amount of energy to spend on them, but for now, these companies are moving forward with their plans, often touting renewable energy-fed projects in the process.

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