How fast is US data-center construction growing?

73.2%

Spending on US data-center construction in August 2026 was 73.2% higher than in the same month a year earlier.

For August 2026. Data checked 16 Oct 2026, from spending.csv.

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Jesse Hawkins, “How fast is US data-center construction growing?”, jesseahawkins.com, data retrieved 16 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-data-center-spending-growth/. Data: U.S. Census Bureau, public domain, as this site publishes it in buildout/spending.csv; checked 16 Oct 2026.

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@misc{hawkins2026answersusdatacenterspendinggrowth,
  author = {Hawkins, Jesse},
  title = {{How fast is US data-center construction growing?}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-data-center-spending-growth/}},
  note = {Data: U.S. Census Bureau, public domain, as this site publishes it in buildout/spending.csv; checked 16 Oct 2026, retrieved 2026-10-16}
}

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Jesse Hawkins, “How fast is US data-center construction growing?”, jesseahawkins.com, data checked 16 Oct 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/answers/us-data-center-spending-growth/

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U.S. Census Bureau (public domain), as this site publishes it in spending.csv: US data-center construction spending, every release.

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