United States vs China
Country Comparison
United States vs China
The two largest economies are locked in an AI infrastructure race. The US leads in hyperscaler campus scale and GPU density, while China is building sovereign capacity through state-backed programs and domestic chip development.
Facilities84
Capacity43.6 GW
vs
Facilities7
Capacity1.1 GW
Scale Comparison
Tracked Capacity
United States43.6 GW
China1.1 GW
Facility Count
United States84
China7
Status Breakdown
United States
Operational45
Under Construction21
Planned12
Announced6
China
Operational6
Under Construction1
Energy Mix
United States
Renewable26
Unknown10
Energy procurement not disclosed at facility level9
Mixed8
Nuclear7
Nuclear power supply3
Fossil / Gas2
Clean and renewable energy matched2
Nuclear / PJM grid supply1
Fossil / Gas with CCS1
Grid interconnection with battery, solar, wind, backup gas turbines, and closed-loop cooling1
Clean energy matched1
Zero-emission and renewable energy matched1
Grid / utility infrastructure1
Renewable-power design intent and cool-climate efficiency1
Hydroelectric1
Renewable energy matched at AWS region level1
Renewable / grid1
Facility-level energy not disclosed1
Clean energy procurement; backup diesel disclosed1
Grid / renewable PPAs1
Clean power colocation1
Renewable energy matching1
Grid with Microsoft renewable-energy procurement commitments1
On-site fuel-cell microgrid1
China
Renewable1
Hydroelectric1
Mixed1
Green compute cluster1
Renewable and efficiency measures1
Grid (efficiency-optimized)1
Grid with on-site solar microgrid and efficiency features1
Top Operators in United States
Meta16 facilities
Google13 facilities
Amazon Web Services12 facilities
Microsoft11 facilities
NVIDIA7 facilities
Top Operators in China
Alibaba Cloud1 facility
Huawei Cloud1 facility
DeepSeek1 facility
High-Flyer Quant1 facility
ByteDance1 facility
Largest in United States
Meta Hyperion AI Data Center (Louisiana)5 GWUnited StatesMicrosoft Project Fairwater (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)3.3 GWUnited StatesMeta-Vistra PJM Nuclear Power Agreements2.6 GWUnited StatesAWS US West (Oregon) Region2.4 GWUnited StatesAWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)2.2 GWUnited States
Largest in China
Alibaba Cloud — Zhangbei Super Data Center500 MWChinaHuawei Cloud — Guizhou AI Data Center400 MWChinaDeepSeek — AI Training Cluster100 MWChinaVolcengine Inner Mongolia Horinger Computing Center100 MWChinaBaidu Yangquan Cloud Computing CenterChina
Frequently asked questions
How does United States compare to China in AI data centers?United States has 84 tracked AI data center facilities with 43.6 GW of selected tracked capacity, compared to China's 7 facilities with 1.1 GW. See the full breakdown of status, energy, and operators above.
Which country has more AI data center capacity, United States or China?United States leads with 43.6 GW of selected tracked capacity versus China's 1.1 GW.
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