CloudHQ data centers: 21 sites mapped

CloudHQ, founded in 2016 by former DuPont Fabros chief executive Hossein Fateh, builds large data centers it leases to hyperscale tenants including Meta, Google and Microsoft. The company has 56 data centers operating or in development worldwide, totaling about 1.1 gigawatts, and as of November 2024 had leased 11 of them, with more than 970 megawatts of contracted capacity, more than half still under construction. Its largest US buildings are in Ashburn and Manassas, Virginia.

In Chaska, Minnesota, the city council voted 4-1 in October 2024 for preliminary approval of a 1.4 million square foot, roughly $1 billion building in the West Creek Corporate Center, with a new 200-megawatt substation. Neighbors in the adjacent Clover Ridge neighborhood objected for three hours. "It will impact my quality of life," said Susan Nelson. "This is going to decrease our property values." CloudHQ agreed to build a 30-foot screening berm. The project still needs final site plan approval, and the substation cannot proceed until a system impact study is finished.

In Mount Prospect, Illinois, CloudHQ broke ground on a $2.5 billion, 1.5 million square foot campus on the former United Airlines site, with three data center buildings of more than 80 megawatts each planned and a dedicated ComEd substation. Mayor Paul Hoefer welcomed the project. In Loudoun County, Virginia, a company connected to CloudHQ has asked to raise the allowed data center space on its 96.8-acre Dulles Berry site in Ashburn from about 1.67 million to about 4.05 million square feet.

In France, CloudHQ opened the first phase of its CDG campus in Lisses, south of Paris, whose waste heat is meant to warm up to 7,000 homes in nearby Corbeil-Essonnes. In Germany it is building a 112-megawatt campus in Offenbach, next to Frankfurt, which has drawn criticism over energy use, backup generators and noise, and it plans a separate 276-megawatt campus in the Frankfurt-Hochst industrial park.

Every project above is drawn from public records, filings and local reporting. Each row links to what it is based on. Statuses change, so check the source date before you rely on one. Found something wrong? Write to [email protected] and it gets fixed.