Thursday, November 6, 2025

AI data centers will need huge amounts of power

The world is about to see multiple 1 GW+ AI data centers.

Epoch AI mapped their construction using satellite imagery, permits and public sources — releasing everything for free, including commissioned satellite images.

The largest 2026 facility (xAI Colossus 2) will have the compute equivalent of 1.4M H100 GPUs.

Even larger data centers are coming: Meta Hyperion and Microsoft Fairwater will each have 5M H100e when they reach full capacity in late 2027 to early 2028. Microsoft Fairwater, projected to exceed $100 billion in total capital cost upon completion.

Track each data center's build-out in their Satellite Viewer with annotated high-resolution imagery:


Read more: What you need to know about AI data centers https://epoch.ai/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-ai-data-centers 


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