Data Center View - November 11, 2025 - Meta to invest $600B in US AI data centers

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NEWS ROUNDUP

DEVELOPMENT: Meta commits $600 billion to US AI data centers and infrastructure by 2028. Meta is investing over $600 billion in the U.S. by 2028 to advance AI infrastructure, create jobs, and solidify America’s technological leadership. The investment includes building industry-leading AI-optimized data centers, with a focus on sustainability, local impact, and workforce development.

DEVELOPMENT: $12 billion Red Wolf data center project halted. A proposed $12 billion hyperscale data center project by Red Wolf DCD Properties in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has been put on hold following community backlash, protest petitions, and a lawsuit. The development, which would be the largest in the county’s history, includes plans for six buildings totaling 1.8 million square feet across both sides of Parallel Parkway in western Wyandotte County.

DEVELOPMENT: Google eyes outer space data centers. Google has announced Project Suncatcher, a radical plan to launch solar-powered AI data centers into low-Earth orbit. By placing them in a sun-synchronous orbit—where they remain in near-constant sunlight—the company hopes to bypass Earth’s power limitations and generate up to eight times more energy than ground-based solar arrays.

MARKET: Sam Altman reveals OpenAI’s $20 billion ARR and $1.4 trillion in data center commitments. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed that the company is on track to surpass a $20 billion annualized revenue run rate (ARR) by the end of 2025, with expectations to grow that figure into the hundreds of billions by 2030. In a post on X, Altman also disclosed OpenAI’s staggering $1.4 trillion in projected data center commitments over the next eight years—underscoring the company’s aggressive infrastructure expansion to support its AI ambitions.

READ: The future of data centers and AI.

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