Demand for data center capacity continues to outpace supply across the United States. Artificial intelligence training and inference workloads are pushing developers toward larger campuses, higher power densities, and markets where energy is both available and affordable. LandGate's national data center database tracks roughly 6,300 facilities as of October 2026: more than 3,100 are operational and roughly 2,800 more are in the development pipeline as planned, proposed, site

LandGate has expanded its map coverage to include European Data Centers. Users can now analyze site-level facility attributes, track project updates, and inspect operational statuses across international markets alongside primary domestic coverage.

On September 23, 2026, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority selected nearly 1.7 gigawatts of clean energy capacity: 950 megawatts of lithium-ion battery storage across eight projects, and 719 megawatts across 13 large-scale solar, wind, and hydroelectric projects. The storage awards range from 4 to 8 hours of duration, with the largest single project, a 150 megawatt, 4-hour system from Key Capture Energy, sited in Suffolk County, and an 8-hour, 140 meg

By serving as anchor subscribers, accelerating distribution-level grid investment, and leaving behind land that doesn't fit their own footprint, data centers are opening up some of the most attractive community solar sites in the country.

Half of the data center projects currently planned in the United States are being delayed or canceled outright, and it's rarely land or capital that kills them. It's power. The country's data centers run on roughly 51 gigawatts of capacity today, developers need about 44 gigawatts more by 2028, and the grid is on track to actually deliver only about 25 gigawatts of that in time, a 19 gigawatt gap between what's needed and what shows up. In markets like Northern Virginia, Phoe