The Buildout

American Buildout

Vol. I · No. 1
Covering America’s infrastructure buildout.
UpdatedFriday, October 23, 2026

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Category: Data Centers


Buildout Tracker

CyrusOne Project Peach

Buildout Tracker (beta): Coweta County commissioners voted 3-2 on Oct. 20 to return CyrusOne's 700 MW Project Peach site near Palmetto, Georgia, to rural conservation zoning after the developer missed deadlines for a permanent power agreement and a land disturbance permit.

Buildout Tracker

Google Project Tembo

Buildout Tracker (beta): Google’s Project Tembo near Cheyenne, Wyoming has its power lined up — Black Hills contracts for about 2.7 GW through 2048, a $4 billion AEP fuel-cell plant and Tallgrass turbines — while the state siting council hears the Black Hills plant expansion Nov. 9 and the rescoped four-building campus works through county permits.

Buildout Tracker

Microsoft Fairwater

Buildout Tracker (beta): Microsoft’s Fairwater campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin has its first facility running and a second due in 2028, with a seven-building Area 2 master plan before the village, a $5 million annual incentive redirected to the village and a residents’ noise lawsuit headed toward a settlement.

Buildout Tracker

Meta Hyperion

Buildout Tracker (beta): Meta’s $50 billion-plus, 5 GW Hyperion campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, is under construction with three Entergy gas plants approved, while a second, seven-plant power buildout heard by state regulators Oct. 7 awaits a Dec. 16 Public Service Commission vote that consumer and environmental groups are contesting.

Buildout Tracker

Stargate Abilene

Buildout Tracker (beta): Crusoe’s 1.2 GW Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas is operating for Oracle and OpenAI with six of eight buildings delivered, while a “potential” 600 MW expansion has gone unconfirmed, Microsoft took a 900 MW campus next door, and a state air permit for added on-site power is pending.

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