Mapping the Spread of Data Centers in the U.S.

The New York Times created a visualization mapping the locations of data centers across the United States, based on 2022 data from the Electric Power Research Institute, a nonprofit energy research organization based in Washington, D.C. Each yellow dot on the map indicates a data center, showing significant clusters in Northern Virginia and Northern Texas. These patterns suggest that factors such as lower land costs, property taxes, labor rates, and energy prices are influencing the locations where companies choose to build data centers.