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The North America data center construction market is projected to nearly double from USD 85.23 billion in 2025 to USD 15

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Official disclosureSlicast · July 30, 2026 · Global · Source: PR Newswire

According to Arizton's latest research, the North America data center construction market remains the most mature and largest globally, supported by sustained investments in hyperscale cloud infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and enterprise digital transformation. The United States remains the region's primary investment hub, with Northern Virginia, Texas, California, and the Pacific Northwest attracting large-scale developments from hyperscale cloud providers and colocation operators. Canada is strengthening its position as a strategic expansion market, benefiting from abundant renewable energy resources, favorable climatic conditions, and growing enterprise cloud adoption.

As AI computing requirements continue to rise, developers are increasingly investing in larger campuses with higher power capacity, advanced cooling technologies, and scalable infrastructure designed to support next-generation digital workloads. North America continues to strengthen its position as the global hub for hyperscale infrastructure, driven by sustained investments from major technology companies including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Apple. As demand for AI computing continues to grow, these companies are expanding larger campuses, increasing power capacity, and deploying dedicated AI computing resources. This investment is accelerating the development of purpose-built AI campuses equipped with high-density GPU clusters, liquid cooling, and multi-hundred-megawatt power infrastructure. Microsoft unveiled its Fairwater AI data center in Wisconsin in September 2025, designed to support hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA GPUs.

The North America data center industry is increasingly aligning with renewable energy as hyperscale operators expand AI and cloud infrastructure. In May 2026, Meta signed an agreement with DESRI for 850 megawatts of solar power purchase agreements across Oklahoma, Texas, and Mississippi, expanding its contracted renewable energy portfolio to more than 2.5 gigawatts. Alongside renewable power procurement, operators are adopting energy-efficient cooling technologies, water conservation measures, and low-carbon building designs to meet corporate net-zero goals while supporting continued growth in AI and cloud infrastructure.

North America remains one of the world's leading digital connectivity hubs, supported by an extensive network of subsea cable systems linking the region with Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. The region is expected to benefit from 27 upcoming subsea cable systems, connecting major landing points with countries including Japan, Australia, South Korea, Indonesia, and Singapore. These investments are strengthening North America's position as a global interconnection hub while supporting growing demand for cloud services, digital content delivery, and international data traffic.

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