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How close is the nearest data center?

Enter your address and we’ll measure the straight-line distance to the nearest U.S. data center facility.

Odds are you’re nearer to one than you’d guess. Data centers are quiet neighbors in nearly every American metro, and steady economic engines for the counties that host them.

38%
of Americans already live within 5 miles of an operational data center.
Pew Research Center, 2026
9 in 10
data centers sit within 5 miles of another one. They cluster where people already live and work.
Pew Research Center, 2026
501,000
Americans worked in data centers by 2023, up more than 60% since 2016.
U.S. Census Bureau
+4–5%
growth in total private employment in counties after their first large data center opens.
Brookings Institution