Bain: hyperscalers now planning 5GW data center campuses costing $150-200 billion each
Beth_Kindig · x · 2026-10-04
Per Bain, a 50MW facility was considered large five years ago; hyperscalers are now planning data center campuses 100x bigger — 5GW or more — each costing $150-200 billion, reflecting the massive AI infrastructure buildout by Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Oracle and NVIDIA.
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