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Issue 1 · Friday, Oct 16, 2026

Where the big builds are, and what the calls pay.

A weekly briefing on data center and power megaprojects for traveling electricians, linemen and the contractors who hire them. New projects, cancellations, per diem and over-scale, with a source on every number.

A lineman in a hard hat and harness works on a pole-mounted transformer
Lineman changing a transformer Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain · Source

This week's lead

South Texas power campus plans ~8,400 peak construction jobs

Related Companies and NextEra's $22.3B Project Star in Encinal will build 6.47 GW of gas generation to feed a 5 GW data center campus next door. Also this week: Meta's 4,000-job Kentucky campus, AWS files 36 buildings in Pennsylvania, and a $3B Massachusetts project dies at the planning board. Read the issue →

The white Encinal, Texas water tower with red lettering against a blue sky
Encinal, Texas. Area photo, not the project site. Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Project tracker

Last checked Oct 16, 2026 · Send a correction

Each square is a project. 112 shown. Orange: building · Blue: planned · Gray: killed.
ProjectLocationOwner / builderSizeStagePeak workersLocalPer diem / over-scale
Polaris Forge 2Harwood, NDApplied Digital280 MW · $3BBuilding—IBEW 1426$100/day (job calls listed Oct 12, via TrampHereBro)
CTP Data CenterLancaster / Reading, PA——Building—IBEW 743$197/day (100+ mi) + $6.30/hr over scale
Memphis data center job (IBEW 474 calls)Memphis, TN——Building—IBEW 474$10–$15/hr over scale (by contractor, calls seen Oct 12)
Google data center (West Memphis)West Memphis, ARGoogle—Building—IBEW 474$250 (unit?) (incentive)
QTS Eagle Mountain data centerEagle Mountain, UTQTS Data Centers—Building—UA 140$150/day (per diem (daily)); $46.22/hr (incentive)
Google Project SpadeNew Florence, MOGoogle—Building—IBEW 350$51.79 (unit?) (incentive)
Compass data center callsMeridian, MS areaCompass Datacenters—Building—IBEW 917$10 above scale (over scale)
QTS Cedar Rapids data centerCedar Rapids, IA areaQTS Data Centers—Building—IBEW 405$10/hr over scale (over scale)
DataBank Culpeper data centerCulpeper, VADataBank—Building—IBEW 26$8/hr over scale (over scale)
AWS Hamlet data centerHamlet, NCAmazon Web Services—Building—IBEW 379$7.75/hr above scale (over scale)
New Carlisle data campusNew Carlisle, IN——Building—IBEW 153$5/hr over scale (over scale)
Amazon South Campus (Jeffersonville)Jeffersonville, OHAmazon—Building—IBEW 575$4.65 above scale (over scale)
Meta (Facebook) data center callsAlbuquerque area, NMMeta—Building—IBEW 611Incentive (incentive)
STACK Lancaster data centerLancaster, TXSTACK Infrastructure—Building—IBEW 20Incentive (incentive)
DataBank DFW11Red Oak, TXDataBank—Building—IBEW 20Incentive (incentive)
QTS Lancaster data centerLancaster, TXQTS Data Centers—Building—IBEW 20Incentive (incentive)
PORTS Technology CampusPiketon, OHSB Energy10 GWBuilding10,000——
Hyperion (Richland Parish)Holly Ridge, LAMeta / DPR Construction, Turner Construction, Mortenson5 GW · $50BBuilding7,500——
Project Jupiter (Doña Ana County)Santa Teresa, NMOracle2.45 GWBuilding4,000——
Project Phoenix (three facilities)Shippingport, PAAligned Data Centers2 GWBuilding3,000——
Monarch Compute Campus (phase one)Point Pleasant, WVNscale2 GW · $69.2BBuilding4,375——
Helios campus (Dickens County)Dickens, TXGalaxy1.63 GWBuilding———
Frontier (Shackelford County, 10 data centers)Albany, TXVantage Data Centers1.4 GW · $25BBuilding———
Sweetwater 1Sweetwater, TXIREN1.4 GWBuilding———
LC Campus (14 data centers, LC3 and LC4 under construction)Ashburn, VACloudHQ1.26 GWBuilding———
Stargate I / Lancium Clean Campus (Phases 1-2, 8 buildings)Abilene, TXCrusoe1.2 GWBuilding5,000——
Milam County StargateCameron, TXSB Energy1.2 GWBuilding———
Central Texas campus (three 400 MW phases)San Marcos, TXCloudBurst Data Centers1.2 GW · $14.5BBuilding———
Stafford Technology Campus (four sub-campuses, 19 data centers)Stafford, VASTACK Infrastructure1.1 GWBuilding1,000——
El Paso Data CenterEl Paso, TXMeta1 GW · $14BBuilding4,000——
Beacon Point (Phases 1-2, Nueces County)Corpus Christi, TXHut 81 GW · $17BBuilding1,900——
New Albany Data Center / PrometheusNew Albany, OHMeta1 GW · $1.5BBuilding1,200——
Lebanon data center campusLebanon, INMeta1 GW · $10BBuilding4,000——
The Barn / StargateSaline, MIRelated Digital1 GWBuilding2,500——
Cumulus data center campusSalem Township, PAAmazon Web Services960 MWBuilding———
Lighthouse / Stargate (four data centers, Port Washington)Port Washington, WIVantage Data Centers902 MW · $15BBuilding4,000——
Abilene AI factory for Microsoft (adjacent campus, two buildings)Abilene, TXCrusoe900 MWBuilding———
Claude campus (Armstrong County, for Google)Claude, TXCrusoe900 MWBuilding———
PowerHouse 95 (Cosner's Corner)Fredericksburg, VAPowerHouse Data Centers900 MWBuilding———
Johnstown campus (eight data centers)Johnstown, OHCologix800 MW · $7BBuilding———
Project Caprock (six facilities)Abernathy, TXAligned Data Centers540 MWBuilding———
Mesa campus (PH01 plus expansion)Mesa, AZEdgeCore Digital Infrastructure450 MWBuilding———
Delta Forge 1Boyce, LAApplied Digital430 MW · $3.6BBuilding1,000——
Cheyenne campus (CoreWeave)Cheyenne, WYRelated Digital420 MW · $1.2BBuilding700——
Thad Hill data center (Bosque County, Phase 1-2 power)Meridian, TXCyrusOne400 MWBuilding———
Moores Chapel Road campus (two buildings)Charlotte, NCDigital Realty400 MWBuilding———
Polaris Forge 1 (contracted full build)Ellendale, NDApplied Digital400 MWBuilding———
Freestone Energy Center data center (Phase 1)Fairfield, TXCyrusOne380 MWBuilding———
Digital Drive (Meadowville, five buildings)Chesterfield, VAChirisa Technology Parks300 MWBuilding———
PowerHouse Charlotte (five buildings)Charlotte, NCPowerHouse Data Centers300 MWBuilding———
Barber LakeColorado City, TXCipher Digital300 MWBuilding———
Temple campusTemple, TXRowan Digital Infrastructure300 MW · $700MBuilding———
Project CincoLytle, TXRowan Digital Infrastructure300 MW · $900MBuilding———
PHXA campus (seven buildings)Goodyear, AZStream Data Centers280 MWBuilding———
River Bend (initial IT capacity)St. Francisville, LAHut 8245 MW · $10BBuilding1,000——
Richmond 3 (five buildings, Portugee Road)Sandston, VAQTS Data Centers240 MWBuilding———
New Albany campusNew Albany, OHQTS Data Centers222 MW · $1.5BBuilding———
Beaver Dam data centerBeaver Dam, WIMeta220 MW · $1BBuilding1,000——
Goodyear campusGoodyear, AZCompass Datacenters212 MWBuilding———
Phoenix 2Phoenix, AZQTS Data Centers210 MWBuilding———
ATL11-ATL13Union City, GAEdgeConneX202 MWBuilding———
NVA05Manassas, VASTACK Infrastructure200 MWBuilding———
Hoffman Estates campus (five buildings, former Sears HQ)Hoffman Estates, ILCompass Datacenters200 MW · $10BBuilding1,000——
OH1 (three buildings)New Albany, OHVantage Data Centers192 MW · $2BBuilding———
AZ1 (five buildings)Goodyear, AZVantage Data Centers176 MWBuilding———
Abernathy HPC campus (Fluidstack joint venture)Abernathy, TXFluidstack168 MWBuilding———
Atlanta East campusConyers, GADC BLOX154 MWBuilding———
Meadowville CTP-02 and CTP-03 (CoreWeave, new capacity)Chester, VAChirisa Technology Parks120 MWBuilding———
El Mirage campusEl Mirage, AZCompass Datacenters108 MWBuilding———
Google AI campus (Armstrong County)Amarillo, TXGoogle / Crusoe (developer)—Building5,500+ on site daily——
Project Star energy campusEncinal, TXRelated Companies + NextEra Energy6.47 GW · $22.3BPlanned~8,400——
Homer City Energy Campus (AWS)Indiana County, PAAmazon Web Services4.5 GWPlanned———
Caldwell Valley Technology ParkLockhart, TXTract4 GWPlanned———
Project Camellia (Effingham County, Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub)Springfield, GAOpenAI3.2 GW · $20BPlanned———
Project Tembo (formerly Project Jade)Cheyenne, WYGoogle2.7 GW · $17BPlanned2,500——
Hanover Technology ParkAshland, VATract2.4 GWPlanned———
Meta Mason County data center campusMason County, KYMeta2.2 GW · $10BPlanned4,000+——
Project Tamarack (Mason County high-impact data center)Point Pleasant, WVStarwood Digital Ventures2.16 GW · $12BPlanned———
Champion campus (former Southland Paper Mill)Lufkin, TXAmp Z2.1 GWPlanned———
Pecos datacenter campusPecos, TXMicrosoft2 GWPlanned6,000——
Buckeye Technology ParkBuckeye, AZTract1.8 GWPlanned———
Joliet Technology CenterJoliet, ILHillwood and PowerHouse Data Centers1.8 GW · $20BPlanned7,000——
Paducah AI and HPC campus (former DOE enrichment site)Paducah, KYBrookfield1.8 GW · $100BPlanned8,000——
Oklahoma 1.6 GW campusAlva, OKIREN1.6 GWPlanned———
Pennsylvania Digital I / PAX (three Carlisle-area campuses)Carlisle, PAPennsylvania Data Center Partners and PowerHouse Data Centers1.35 GW · $15BPlanned———
Evanston campus (initial phase)Evanston, WYPrometheus Hyperscale1.25 GWPlanned———
Falls RanchCasper, WYPrometheus Hyperscale1.25 GWPlanned———
Project ArrowheadMystic, GAPremier Data Center Development1.25 GW · $6BPlanned———
Shannon Hill campus (Louisa County)Louisa, VAEdgeCore Digital Infrastructure1.1 GW · $17BPlanned———
Childress AI data center campusChildress, TXCrusoe1 GWPlanned———
Project Hercules (Appomattox)Appomattox, VAAVAIO Digital Partners1 GW · $3BPlanned———
Morris Technology ParkMorris, ILTract1 GWPlanned1,000——
ColchisSan Angelo, TXCipher Digital1 GWPlanned———
Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC)Odessa, TXNew Era Energy & Digital1 GWPlanned———
Muskie Data CampusEastern KYTeraWulf1 GWPlanned———
Midwest Digital GatewayCanton, OHCorscale312 MW · $2.9BPlanned3,000——
Cumberland County data centerFayetteville, NCPRSM Group225 MWPlanned1,500——
Delta Forge 2 / Project HighlandsBrookwood, ALApplied Digital210 MW · $3.2BPlanned1,000——
Pennsylvania AI data center (initial 100 MW, expandable to 300 MW)Lancaster, PACoreWeave100 MW · $6BPlanned600——
Project HorizonFort Stockton, TXPoolside2 GWPaused———
Project WashingtonNew Castle County, DEStarwood Digital Ventures1.2 GWKilled———
Henderson data centerHenderson, NVSkylar Capital Opportunities1 GW · $1.5BKilled———
Mountain Road Technology Park (Hanover County)Hanover, VATract900 MWKilled———
Kingsboro campusTarboro, NCEnergy Storage Solutions900 MW · $19.2BKilled———
Bolingbroke Technology CampusBolingbroke, GAUndisclosed developer900 MW · $5.8BKilled———
Kingsboro AI data centerEdgecombe County, NCEnergy Storage Solutions900 MW · $19.2BKilled———
Dunn Road data centerFayetteville, NCEnergy Storage Solutions300 MWKilled———
Apex data centerApex, NCNatelli Investments250 MWKilled———
Anaconda Road campusTarboro, NCEnergy Storage Solutions100 MW · $6.4BKilled———
Westfield hyperscale campusWestfield, MAServistar Realties$3BKilled———
Brighton data center campusBrighton, COAlberta Development Partners2.5M sq ftKilled———
Concord Township data centerHancock County, IAMission Critical North Iowa—Killed———

Dashes mean not reported. Worker figures are as announced and may be cumulative, not concurrent. Open a project for its source.

The work

Photo credits
A lineman in a hard hat and harness works on a pole-mounted transformer
Lineman changing a transformer Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain · Source
An electrician on a ladder installs conduit overhead inside an MTA ventilation facility in New York
Electrician installing conduit, MTA East Side Access Photo: MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects · CC BY 2.0 · Source
A U.S. Navy construction electrician works on electrical equipment
Navy construction electrician at work Photo: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994 · Public domain · Source
An electrician on a lift hangs lighting conduit in the ceiling of a large passenger concourse under construction
Hanging lighting conduit, LIRR concourse Photo: MTA Capital Construction Mega Projects · CC BY 2.0 · Source
A U.S. Navy construction electrician cuts and fits wiring on a job
Navy construction electrician at work Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Rich W. Williams. · Public domain · Source

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