Compute Institute — Ratings for AI infrastructure
Compute Institute publishes evidence-backed ratings for AI infrastructure: 39 jurisdictions ranked on the 0–100 Jurisdiction Competitiveness Index (JCI), 194 data-center projects scored for execution risk, and 117,627 MW of tracked capacity across 54,320 monitored source documents — every claim graded on the E1–E5 evidence ladder, 2,675 of them resting on primary (E1–E2) sources. Qatar leads the Jurisdiction Index at 77.4.
Index as of · How these scores are built
The Jurisdiction Index
Full index with evidence coverage →|
Rank
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Jurisdiction
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JCI score
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Δ vs prior run
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Tier
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Outlook
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| #1 | Qatar | 77.4 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #2 | US — Iowa (MISO) | 76.5 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #3 | US — Indiana (MISO) | 72.4 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #4 | US — Texas (ERCOT) | 72.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #5 | United Arab Emirates | 69.7 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #6 | US — Wisconsin (MISO) | 68.5 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #7 | US — Arizona (APS/SRP) | 67.2 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #8 | US — Georgia (Southern/Georgia Power) | 67.2 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #9 | US — Tennessee (TVA federal power / MLGW & local distributors; non-RTO) | 66 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #10 | Saudi Arabia | 65.2 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #11 | US — Louisiana (Entergy Louisiana / SWEPCO / Cleco — MISO South, LRZ 9; regulator: Louisiana Public Service Commission) | 63.5 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #12 | US — North Carolina (Duke Energy) | 63.4 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #13 | US — Rest of US (composite) | 63.4 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #14 | Sweden | 63.1 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #15 | Canada | 62.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #16 | France | 62.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #17 | Australia | 61.9 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #18 | US — Virginia (PJM/Dominion) | 61.6 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #19 | US — Ohio (AEP Ohio / PJM) | 61.2 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #20 | US — Pennsylvania (PJM) | 60.4 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #21 | Denmark | 60.2 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #22 | US — Minnesota (Xcel / MISO) | 59.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #23 | Singapore | 59 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #24 | Malaysia — Johor (Johor-Singapore SEZ) | 58.9 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #25 | Japan | 58.6 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #26 | United Kingdom | 57 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #27 | Germany | 56.7 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #28 | US — Nebraska (OPPD / NPPD / LES, 100% consumer-owned public power; SPP) | 55.7 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #29 | India | 54.9 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #30 | Ireland | 54.1 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #31 | Indonesia | 53.6 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #32 | South Africa | 52.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #33 | Brazil | 50.9 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #34 | Argentina | 50.7 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #35 | Poland | 50.7 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #36 | Netherlands | 50.3 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #37 | South Korea | 49 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #38 | US — Utah (Rocky Mountain Power / PacifiCorp, WECC — non-RTO) | 46.9 /100 | unchanged | ||
| #39 | US — Maryland (BGE / Pepco / Delmarva Power / Potomac Edison — PJM) | 35.3 /100 | unchanged |
Project risk movers
All projects →Project Risk Score (PRS) change between each project's two latest scoring runs, 0–100 (higher is healthier).
Improving
Deteriorating
- Prince William Digital Gateway (QTS / Compass) 10 −46.2
- Meta Altoona Data Center 55 −14.5
- Meta Prometheus (New Albany) 53.8 −14.0
- Stargate UAE (Abu Dhabi) 47.5 −11.0
Tracked capacity
Megawatts of tracked data-center capacity, from stored project records. 102 projects without a disclosed MW figure are excluded from the MW sums.
By status
- Announced (17 projects)
- 36,082 MW
- Planned (11 projects)
- 6,913 MW
- Permitted (8 projects)
- 14,600 MW
- Construction (35 projects)
- 46,091 MW
- Energized (1 project)
- 2,000 MW
- Commissioned (3 projects)
- 533 MW
- Operating (14 projects)
- 6,108 MW
- Stalled (2 projects)
- 4,700 MW
- Cancelled (1 project)
- 600 MW
By jurisdiction
- US — Rest of US (composite) (18)
- 50,742 MW
- US — Texas (ERCOT) (21)
- 38,444 MW
- US — Pennsylvania (PJM) (7)
- 10,920 MW
- France (1)
- 5,000 MW
- US — Minnesota (Xcel / MISO) (1)
- 2,700 MW
- US — Indiana (MISO) (3)
- 1,472 MW
- United Arab Emirates (4)
- 1,330 MW
- US — Arizona (APS/SRP) (4)
- 1,184 MW
- Malaysia — Johor (Johor-Singapore SEZ) (4)
- 1,060 MW
- US — Ohio (AEP Ohio / PJM) (2)
- 992 MW
- US — Virginia (PJM/Dominion) (6)
- 907 MW
- US — Georgia (Southern/Georgia Power) (5)
- 704 MW
- Argentina (3)
- 510 MW
- Germany (1)
- 200 MW
- Australia (1)
- 80 MW
- Netherlands (1)
- 72 MW
- US — North Carolina (Duke Energy) (1)
- 60 MW
- Ireland (1)
- 52 MW
- South Korea (1)
- 36 MW
- Singapore (1)
- 20 MW