Interactive Tool · 2025–2026
Why do data centers go where they go? This tool scores all 50 US states + DC across seven factors and lets you adjust the weight of each one. Change the weights and watch the rankings shift — the gap between the default ranking and the green-weighted one is the renewable energy opportunity most operators ignore.
Factor Weights — drag to adjust, must sum to 100%
Showing all 51 states — highest composite score first. Top 10 highlighted.
| Rank | State | Score | Tax | Water | Fiber | Disaster | Curtailment | Energy Cost | Fortune 500 | Installed MW |
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Sources: Tax — SDI Alliance / NAIOP / Husch Blackwell 2024 · Water — WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · Fiber — FCC Broadband Data Collection (Jun 2025) · Disaster — FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (Dec 2025) · Curtailment — EIA / Modo Energy / Amperon 2024 · Energy Cost — EIA industrial rates 2024 · Fortune 500 — Fortune 2024 list
Scores 1–5 from the data center operator perspective (5 = most favorable). Composite = weighted average. DC market MW from JLL / Cushman & Wakefield H1 2025.