Compute Atlas consolidates US data center records into a source-cited map

Compute Atlas has consolidated scattered public records into a source-cited geospatial dataset reporting 2,187 data center sites. It connects project status and disclosed capacity with geographic views of power infrastructure, basin water stress and documented local opposition.

Utility planners, water managers and local authorities can use the atlas to identify projects requiring closer scrutiny and trace claims to underlying records. Its disclosure gaps and historical coverage limitations mean aggregate figures should not be treated as confirmed future loads or measured facility impacts.

Compute Atlas brings local permits, tax abatements, water filings and grid queues into a searchable map and database covering 50 states, the District of Columbia and four US territories. Its September 23 edition reports 2,187 sites and 6,539 cited sources, with views organized around operators, counties, power connections and community opposition. Among sites disclosing capacity, it reports a 444 GW announced pipeline versus 54.6 GW operating capacity. The practical change is a consolidated way to examine where compute development intersects with infrastructure constraints and local approvals. The figures require care: capacity totals exclude undisclosed values, basin water stress does not measure facility water consumption, and the page presents differing water-overlay counts. Historical site growth largely reflects expanding survey coverage rather than construction, while imprecise event dates can make transitions appear earlier. The dataset is therefore a starting point for investigation, not a complete demand forecast or construction timeline.

Evidence supplied by Compute Atlas.