#hyperscale

#hyperscale

The number represents the state's single largest spike in planned data centers in any one year, and a 16% increase from Virginia's 2024 total. Amazon-built data centers represent the bulk of the new construction, with 28 planned facilities, according to Business Insider's count. The tech giant had 177 data centers built or in construction nationwide by the end of 2024, according to the analysis. The new planned data centers in Virginia would grow Amazon's fleet to 205, a 15% increase.

Hyperscale operators would like high bandwidth routes, with low latency (accomplished with the most direct routes possible between locations with limited switching) and very high uptime (accomplished with good physical and cyber security and route redundancy). With the birth of AI, the need for continued improvement in all these categories has accelerated.