Where America's data processing and hosting sites actually are, by metro

U.S. energy and data centers · Data as of 2026-09-27 · ALEX Intelligence

1,170 Data Processing and Hosting Sites — New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

#	Metro	Data Processing and Hosting Sites
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	1,170
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	815
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	691
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	683
5	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	509
6	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	503
7	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	502
8	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	449
9	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	427
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	403

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 518210 (Data processing, hosting, and related services)
Measure: Data Processing and Hosting Sites, ranked highest first across all U.S. metros (342 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=metropolitan%20statistical%20area%2Fmicropolitan%20statistical%20area%3A%2A&NAICS2017=518210&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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