A 1GW data center now costs over $30B to build, with chips and servers eating $17B+
asusarla · x · 2026-10-13
Per Bloomberg Technology, building a 1-gigawatt data center can now top $30 billion and take 2.5–10 years, with inflation pushing costs higher. Breakdown: chips & servers $17B+, construction $2.4B+, power $3B, cooling $1.6B, networking $1B+, design/engineering $361M+, land $30M–$180M, plus $3.4B in other costs. Material and labor costs ballooned over the past year.
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