November 2, 2023--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--In part due its proximity to metropolitan Washington, D.C., Virginia has become a hotspot for data center construction in the U.S. With more than $6.7 billion of data center projects underway there, the state leads the U.S. in the value of these projects. Texas, thanks in large part to two large facilities going up in the city of Temple, follows in a close second position.