Americas Data Center Update H1 2026

Overview

This document is Cushman & Wakefield's semi-annual update on the Americas data center market, dated 14 September 2026. This freely available source summarises the latest state of capacity in the region and stresses that growth is increasingly shaped by local power allocation and regulation. The headline figures are as follows.

The Americas have 50.3 GW of operational capacity, 94.1% of it in the US. A record 37.7 GW is under construction, of which 91.7% is precommitted. Region-wide vacancy is 3.8%. The planned pipeline has expanded to 285 GW.

The document is a real-estate advisory market report; it provides context, not engineering design rules. The figures belong to the Americas market and should not be carried over directly to other regions. For a designer the meaning is that large campus-scale projects and long equipment lead times have become the norm in North America.

Key points

1. 50.3 GW operational capacity in the Americas, 94.1% in the US.
2. Record 37.7 GW under construction, 91.7% precommitted.
3. Region-wide vacancy 3.8%.
4. Planned pipeline expanded to 285 GW.
5. Growth increasingly shaped by local power allocation and regulation.
6. Semi-annual update dated 14 September 2026.
7. Freely available source.

Using it in design

• Use as context only: it supports defaulting to large-campus templates in North American projects.
• Use long equipment lead-time assumptions for these projects.
• Treat the market figures as planning context, not design targets.

Who should read it

Developers, investors and design teams planning projects in North America.

Publication details

Authors

Cushman & Wakefield Research

Publisher

Cushman & Wakefield

Year

2026

Document language

English

Source type

Expert / community

Access

Free to read

Licence

Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document

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