Americans Aren't Moving Toward Data Centers, Data Centers Are Coming to Them, Realtor.com® Report Finds

A new report from Realtor.com® finds that the American home-sale market's growing proximity to data centers is being driven by where the industry chooses to build, not by any behavioral shift among homebuyers. The share of U.S. home sales within five miles of a large (50-megawatt or larger) data center has more than doubled since 2018, rising from 0.67% to roughly 1.5% so far in 2026, as the number of large facilities operating nationwide grew more than sevenfold, from 49 to 347. Based on the fu