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Construction · Monthly

AI Infrastructure CapEx

US Data Center Construction Spending

YoY changevs same month, one year ago
Annualized spending
$85.0B
as of Aug 2026
YoY growth
+73.2%
vs same month, 12 months back
YoY pace vs prior 6-mo
+36.2 pp
latest +73.2% · prior-6mo avg +37.0%

What this is

Monthly value of private data center construction put in place in the United States, seasonally adjusted at an annual rate. Reported by the U.S. Census Bureau as a subcategory of "Office" since July 2024, with the historical series reconstructed back to January 2014.

Why it matters

The single cleanest, most objective indicator of real AI infrastructure investment in the United States. Not forecasts, not analyst commentary — physical capital expenditure on the buildings that house hyperscaler servers, updated monthly. A leading indicator for compute supply, power demand, and the addressable market for every name in the AI infrastructure chain.

Source & methodology

Source
US Census Bureau (C30 — Value of Construction Put in Place)
Frequency
Monthly (released 1st business day, ~10:00 ET)
Coverage
Jan 2014 — present (data center subcategory introduced by Census in July 2024 with historical backfill)
Adjustment
Seasonally adjusted, reported as annualized rate
Download raw XLSX
Data source
Publisher
US Census Bureau (C30 — Value of Construction Put in Place)
Dataset
Value of Construction Put in Place (C30), seasonally adjusted time series
Update cadence
Monthly · released ~1st business day of each month (10:00 ET)
Coverage
Jan 2014 — Aug 2026 · data center subcategory introduced by Census in July 2024 with historical backfill
Download raw XLSX (privsatime.xlsx)Census C30 index page

Data is fetched directly from the Census Bureau’s public workbook and refreshed automatically when the next monthly release lands. No third-party intermediaries.