# Data center developers cancel 25 projects in 2025, up from six.

- slug: data-center-developers-cancel-25-projects-in-2025-up-from-six
- date: 2026-04-25
- category: Space & Aerospace

Data center developers canceled 25 projects in 2025, up from six the year before. The ones that survived say the same thing: switchgear lead times hit 60 weeks, and 188 community opposition groups are standing in the way. The AI buildout has a physics problem.

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