Texas Tops US Data Center Pipeline With Over 60 Gigawatts Planned

Texas is sitting on the biggest planned data center pipeline in the United States, topping 60 gigawatts of capacity, according to Cointelegraph. That figure covers projects that are planned rather than already built, making it a measure of what's coming, not what's running today.

The striking detail is who's behind it. First-time developers make up a large share of that pipeline, per Cointelegraph, meaning plenty of the firms lining up capacity in the state haven't done this before.

Cointelegraph did not break out the exact split between newcomers and established players, nor did it list the individual projects behind the 60-plus gigawatt total. It also didn't say how much of the planned capacity is expected to actually get built.

For now, the headline is scale and rank: more planned data center capacity than any other US state, with a roster of builders that skews new. Who delivers on those plans — and how much of the pipeline survives to construction — is the open question.