Powered By Who is tracking over 2,100 data center projects across the United States, from early proposals to fully operational sites. The interactive map at poweredbywho.com visualizes each project's status, operator, and location, making it immediately obvious that this buildout is not evenly distributed: three states account for roughly 70% of all tracked projects.
The concentration matters. Clustering at this scale strains regional power grids, draws heavily on local water supplies, and raises real questions about who absorbs the costs versus who collects the revenue. The map makes those geographic and political patterns legible in a way that a list of announcements never could, especially when you layer in power generation infrastructure and local regulatory environments.
The original article is worth reading for the links it pulls together: heat island effects from cooling loads, DC power distribution inside facilities, underwater deployments, and orbital data center proposals. The engineering problems created by this buildout are as significant as the political ones, and Powered By Who gives you the geographic foundation to understand both.
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