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GA CapitalJuly 2026

GA Capital · Technology & Infrastructure

Data Center IntelligenceCampuses, Capex, Power

Investment thesis

Not every AI headline is an investment signal. The useful question is which U.S. hyperscaler and AI-lab campuses clear into disclosed dollars, megawatts, and interconnection reality — and how quickly company filings confirm the spend.

SITES · POWER · FILINGS

Campus Spend Clears Through Power Before Headlines Settle

Most investable U.S. data-center risk sits at the intersection of named campuses, interconnection reality, and filing-backed capex. Ambient AI coverage without those anchors should stay noise.

Investment lens
Sites × filings

Underwrite U.S. data-center risk from campus announcements and filing-backed capex signals together. Headline MW without a state, utility, or operator trail should stay provisional.

Constraint map
Power first

Interconnection queues, substation proximity, and utility load programs decide which announced campuses can energize on schedule. Land and tax incentives matter only after power clears.

Watch signals
Capex → MW

Hyperscaler guidance, chip-scale disclosures, and named campus spend show whether AI infrastructure budgets are clearing into buildable U.S. sites — or remaining corporate-level intent.

UNDERWRITING · HYPERSCALERS · STATES

Named Campuses and Capex Filings Set the Investable Map

Underwriting starts where operators name sites, disclose dollars or megawatts, and leave a utility trail. From there, the question is which state footprints and company signals confirm that spend is becoming real.

U.S. data-center investment is not every AI headline. It concentrates where operators name campuses, disclose dollars or megawatts, and commit to utility and construction timelines that can be checked against filings.

This report treats that market as an underwriting problem. It asks which site announcements carry investable location and capital detail, which company infrastructure signals confirm multi-year spend, and which state footprints are densifying fastest under hyperscaler and AI-lab demand.

The live exhibits draw on a seeded research pack of U.S. site announcements and filing-backed company signals, plus a curated wire for fresh power, campus, and capex coverage. They are presented here as an Insights narrative for investment professionals, not as a chat product or Mapbox dashboard clone.

MAP · STATES · PRIORITY SITES

State Footprint Shows Where Announced Capex Is Clustering

Map-visible campuses from the coverage package, with exact city pins separated from state-level proxies. Priority sites rank disclosed investment so the densest capital commitments surface first.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS · OPERATORS · DISCLOSED $

Site Announcements Name Where Capital Is Trying to Land

Campus-level rows for announced and expanding U.S. facilities. Prefer operator, geography, status, and disclosed investment over ambient AI infrastructure chatter.

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CAPEX · CHIPS · UTILITY LOAD

Company Signals Check Whether Site Lists Match Corporate Spend

Filing-backed capex guidance, chip-scale, and infrastructure program disclosures for major AI and cloud operators. Use these to test whether announced campuses clear into multi-year budgets.

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LIVE · POWER · CAMPUSES · CAPEX

Curated Wire Filters Ambient AI From Buildable Signal

This feed keeps items that map onto data-center vocabulary — campuses, interconnection, hyperscaler spend, and MW — rather than dumping every AI headline.

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CONFIDENCE TIERS

Read Sites and Filings First, Then Confirm With the Wire

Close the report with a simple sequence. Read named campus announcements and company infrastructure signals first, then use the curated wire. AI headlines without a site, utility, or filing trail should stay noise.

Tier 1Site announcements

Named campuses with operator, geography, status, and disclosed investment or MW where available. These are the primary map of where capital is trying to land.

Tier 2Company infrastructure signals

10-K, earnings, and operator disclosures on capex guidance, chip scale, utility load, and multi-state programs. Use these to check whether site lists match corporate spend.

Tier 3Curated wire

Fresh coverage of power, interconnection, campus announcements, and hyperscaler buildouts. Ambient AI chatter without a site, utility, or filing trail should stay noise.

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GA Capital. For investment professional use. Not investment advice. Data current as of July 2026.