Shadow Grid: Data Center Power Projects
Shadow Grid records what public documents say about a data center’s power arrangement, project phase and capacity basis. It includes selected utility-supply plans, grid-connected generation and technology trials relevant to data center power research.
Read the source date beside each record. A checked citation does not mean that the project remains in the same stage today. This page does not publish a combined capacity total.
Reviewed project disclosures
| Project and location | Power arrangement | Capacity basis | Stage supported by the source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene AI campus — Abilene, Texas, United States | Grid-connected; natural-gas turbines described as intended backup; source date 2025-08-05 | 1.2 GW — campus design capacity | Initial phase described as live; full-campus operating status not established by the cited passage; source date 2025-12-22 |
| Meta Richland Parish project — Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States | Planned utility generation, transmission and storage support; source date 2026-03-27 | Up to 5 GW — developer expansion potential | Utility infrastructure plans and developer expansion potential announced; source date 2026-03-27 |
| Equinix DB3 hydrogen power trial — Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland | Hydrogen power trial supporting cooling; a reported backup-power application; source date 2026-06-19 | Trial capacity omitted from this record. | Trial described by Equinix; subsequent outcome not established by the cited release; source date 2026-06-19 |
Read the power arrangement precisely
Read the arrangement beside the specific project and phase. A utility infrastructure plan, generation at a campus and a backup-power trial describe different supply roles.
Crusoe identifies a grid connection at Abilene. Entergy describes utility infrastructure plans for the Richland Parish project. Equinix describes a trial at DB3 in Dublin. Each record retains that supported description.
For this tracker, an off-grid classification requires evidence of electrical isolation for the system and phase being discussed. Where the source leaves that relationship unclear, the arrangement remains unverified.
Why there is no combined MW total
The displayed figures describe different things: campus design capacity and developer expansion potential. They do not share a common operational or generation basis. Trial capacity is not included in this record set.
Adding those values would produce a number without a useful common definition. The tracker also does not infer full-campus operation from an announcement that an initial phase is live. Each capacity claim remains attached to its source, qualifier and phase.
What a procurement team can do with a project record
SecondWatt procurement analysis. Use a project disclosure to identify questions for further investigation: who describes the power arrangement, which phase is discussed, what the capacity label means and what equipment duty is actually contemplated.
Before using a record to support a sourcing request, identify the buyer’s own load, electrical interfaces and acceptance requirements. A developer’s capacity ambition is not a generator specification. A technology trial is not evidence of model approval across an operator’s portfolio.
Keep project research separate from availability verification. An announcement, delay or change of plan does not establish that a machine is for sale.
Coverage and research limits
This is a selected set of public disclosures, not a census. Records without sufficient evidence are withheld from the public tracker. Historical stages remain dated; they do not advance automatically when a forecast date passes.
Read the research methodology alongside the cited disclosures. Use the data center market hub for the separate market-level research and the Equinix profile for company-level context.
Research the equipment requirement
Start with the equipment model dossiers. Identify the model, required configuration, condition and supporting documentation before submitting a sourcing request. A reference to a data center or operator does not establish that its equipment is for sale.
Research checked: 2026-09-29. Reporting dates are stated with each observation.