Texas is now the No. 2 data center market in the U.S., behind only Virginia. By the end of 2025, Virginia data centers had leased 8.3 GW of power, while Texas campuses had leased 4.5 GW. At the same time, Texas had about 6.5 GW of data center capacity under construction, more than any other U.S. region.
The growth story is clear, but so is the challenge. Texas continues to attract major campuses because of available powered land, a favorable business climate, and large-scale development potential. But utility timelines, transmission constraints, and interconnection backlogs are becoming more important in determining how quickly projects can actually move from announcement to energization.
Why it matters
- Texas is gaining on Virginia in development momentum, even though Virginia still leads in deployed scale.
- Power delivery is becoming a bigger constraint than land availability alone.
- Transmission availability, large-load interconnection requests, and energization timing now shape where growth can move fastest.
- The market is becoming more regionalized, with Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin, and West Texas facing different timing and infrastructure realities.
What the map shows
A side-by-side comparison of Texas and Virginia data center footprints, with operational transmission power lines shown to frame the infrastructure context behind both markets.
-
Data centers in Texas and Virginia
-
Operational sites in green
-
Under-development sites in red
-
Operational transmission power lines shown for context
-
State totals used in the map: Virginia, 677 data center sites and 9,725 total miles of power lines; Texas, 365 data center sites and 57,707 total miles of power lines
A deeper dive with DataLink
Using Rextag Energy DataLink, users can:
-
Compare Texas and Virginia data center footprints in one view
-
Separate operational and under-development sites to see where growth is already deployed versus still pending
-
Layer transmission infrastructure into the comparison to better understand delivery context
-
Export internal-ready views for site screening, market comparison, or infrastructure planning discussions
Want to see how Rextag’s Energy DataLink works for your team? Click Free Trial to get started, and one of our specialists will walk you through key datasets and workflows.
Canada’s LNG export story reached a new milestone in April 2026 as LNG C...
AI infrastructure demand is starting to reshape longhaul fiber planning ...
