Society’s growing reliance on digital services, cloud storage and artificial intelligence (AI) is driving the expansion of data centers across the country. Data centers support everything from health care to finance and education. They’re even viewed as a national security priority in the U.S.-China AI race.

Virginia has the country’s most data centers, with over 640. According to Statista, the U.S. has 5,426 data centers as of March 2025. The next country with the most data centers is Germany, at 529, followed by the UK at 523, China at 449, and Russia at 251.

North Dakota has several advantages for attracting data centers, including its central geography, robust fiber networks, abundant energy resources and favorable latency for AI workloads. The cold climate also reduces cooling cos

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