Forscher suchen in Amerika nach versteckten Rechenzentren

A team of researchers at Epoch AI, a non-profit research institute, are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s datacenters. The team pores over satellite imagery, building permits, and other local legal documents to build a map of the massive computer filled buildings springing up across the United States. They take that data and turn it into an [interactive map](https://epoch.ai/data/data-centers/satellite-explorer?ref=404media.co) that lists their costs, power output, and owners.

Massive datacenter construction projects are a [growing and controversial industry](https://www.404media.co/a-small-town-is-fighting-a-1-2-billion-ai-datacenter-for-americas-nuclear-weapon-scientists/) in America. Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are betting the entire American economy on the continued growth of AI, a mission that’ll require spending billions of dollars on datacenters and new energy infrastructure. Epoch AI’s maps act as a central repository of information about the noisy and water hungry buildings growing in our communities.

Information about the datacenters is incomplete. It’s impossible to know exactly how much everything costs and how it will run. State and local laws are variable so not all construction information is public and satellite imagery can only tell a person so much about what’s happening on the ground. Epoch AI’s map is likely only watching a fraction of the world’s datacenters. “As of November 2025, this subset is an estimated 15% of AI compute that has been delivered by chip manufacturers globally,” Epoch AI explained on its website. “We are expanding our search to find the largest data centers worldwide, using satellite imagery and other data sources.”

Read more: [https://www.404media.co/researchers-are-hunting-america-for-hidden-datacenters/](https://www.404media.co/researchers-are-hunting-america-for-hidden-datacenters/)

How long before the administration classes this sort if data collection a risk factor to national security & force them to pull it offline.

So same as everything else they have pulled down by dictatorial governments, make backups & place them out of jurisdiction.