Global Data Center Construction Pipeline Reaches $157.8 Billion in 2025 December 25, 2025 The global data center construction market is experiencing unprecedented growth, fueled by the relentless demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and low-latency connectivity. This expansion underscores the sector's critical role as the foundational infrastructure for worldwide digital transformation, with massive investments signaling long-term confidence from technology giants and investors alike. According to a new industry report, the total value of large-scale data center projects worldwide has reached a staggering $157.8 billion as of the third quarter of 2025. The analysis, which tracks developments valued above $25 million, reveals that approximately 36% of this colossal pipeline is currently in pre-execution or active construction phases. The remaining 64% resides in earlier planning stages, indicating a sustained wave of development poised to continue for years. North America remains the dominant force in this investment surge, largely driven by continued capital expenditure from U.S. hyperscalers like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. These companies are aggressively expanding their massive facilities to handle cloud demand while also accelerating the build-out of edge data centers to support latency-sensitive applications. Regional investment is significantly outpaced by Western Europe, however, which boasts a project pipeline valued at $351.7 billion. North-East Asia follows with a substantial $149.5 billion in planned and active developments. The report also highlights intensified merger and acquisition activity within the sector, as investors and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) increasingly target data center assets. This trend reflects the growing appetite for stable, growth-oriented digital infrastructure. Beyond financial metrics, the study provides detailed rankings of the top 20 construction projects in each region, including their value, development stage, and location, while profiling key industry players from contractors to project owners. For industry stakeholders, from developers to investors, these findings map the high-value opportunities and most active markets worldwide. The data offers crucial insights for strategic capital deployment, workforce planning, and market entry, as the need for resilient and scalable data center capacity is expected to intensify through the end of the decade. Source: constructionowners
Global Data Center Construction Pipeline Reaches $157.8 Billion in 2025
