Updated 2026-10-20 · 6,025
How many data centers are there?
There is no universal registry of data centers, and published totals differ by definition — some count only commercial colocation sites, others include enterprise server rooms. Coloprice keeps a live, source-linked count: every facility below is publicly disclosed by its operator and links to primary evidence.
Quick answer
How many data centers are there in the world?
Coloprice tracks 6,025 publicly disclosed data centers across 183 countries as of 2026-10-20: 5,444 operational with 33,295 MW of published IT power, 406 under construction and 175 announced. The catalog grows daily as operators publish new sites; totals that include private server rooms run far higher, which is why counts differ between sources.
Industry estimates that count every commercial site — including thousands of small retail and telecom facilities — put the worldwide total around 11–12 thousand (Statista, 2026). Coloprice's number is deliberately narrower: it is a verified count, not an estimate, and covers the facilities that publish enough data to be compared.
How many data centers are in the United States?
Coloprice tracks 1332 data centers in the United States: 1154 operational (15,480 MW), 134 under construction and 44 announced. Virginia leads with 109 tracked facilities.
Tracked data centers by country
United States by state
| State | Tracked | Operational | Building | Published MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 138 | 123 | 15 | 2,415 |
| California | 123 | 118 | 3 | 801 |
| Virginia | 109 | 92 | 16 | 2,995 |
| Illinois | 68 | 58 | 8 | 644 |
| Florida | 45 | 44 | 1 | 47 |
| Arizona | 41 | 34 | 7 | 1,792 |
| New Jersey | 40 | 38 | 2 | 240 |
| Oregon | 38 | 32 | 5 | 376 |
| Ohio | 38 | 32 | 6 | 54 |
| New York | 37 | 37 | 0 | 104 |
| Washington | 33 | 33 | 0 | 354 |
| Georgia | 30 | 27 | 2 | 1,066 |
| Utah | 27 | 27 | 0 | 274 |
| Colorado | 25 | 23 | 2 | 106 |
| Minnesota | 23 | 23 | 0 | 31 |
| Pennsylvania | 23 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| Massachusetts | 20 | 20 | 0 | 14 |
| North Carolina | 18 | 17 | 1 | 65 |
| Iowa | 16 | 15 | 1 | 19 |
| Michigan | 16 | 16 | 0 | 267 |
| Nevada | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1,475 |
| Missouri | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| Tennessee | 13 | 12 | 1 | 156 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 12 | 1 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | 12 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| Alabama | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Montana | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Idaho | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Hawaii | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| New Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Maine | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| North Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Alaska | 2 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Mississippi | 1 | 0 | 1 | — |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Vermont | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
How this count works
A facility enters the count only when its operator, a regulator or a certification registry discloses it publicly; every card links to its sources. Numbers that are not published stay empty — nothing is estimated. The catalog is expanded daily, so this page always shows the current tracked total, with the update date above.
The full dataset is free under CC BY 4.0 — cite Coloprice with a link. For per-market pricing context see the Colocation Price Index.