Project intelligence

Data center projects we're tracking

Individual data center proposals, followed from rumor to hearing to decision. Each project carries its own sources and a dated intelligence log, and its status is recomputed every day — so a hearing that has passed stops reading “scheduled.”

283projects tracked
135still live
41states
282/283source-verified

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Sorted by urgency — soonest hearing first, settled projects last. Click a column header to re-sort; click again to flip the direction. Stage is derived from each project's milestone dates on every rebuild. Rows marked Unverified have no source on record yet: a lead to check, not a fact to cite.

Project State Locality Who's building it Size Stage Next step Source
900 Conshohocken Road data center (former Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill)PAPlymouth Township (Montgomery County)Brian O'Neill (developer)66 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-17Source
read 2026-08-14
Aligned Data Centers - Pataskala industrial parkOHPataskala (Licking County)Aligned Data Centers200 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-25Source
read 2026-08-07
BCG Cedar Creek CampusTXCedar Creek (Bastrop County)BlackChamber Group2,842 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-24Source
read 2026-08-14
Burkhalter Road data center (4AM Development)GAStatesboro (Bulloch County)4AM Development, LLC (filing LLC)26 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-18Source
read 2026-08-07
Cave City data center (Kentucky Industrial Alliance)KYCave City (Barren County)Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC381 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-07-20Source
read 2026-08-14
Dickerson Data Center Campus (Atmosphere)MDDickerson (Montgomery County)Atmosphere Data Centers110 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-09-10Source
read 2026-08-14
Kearney Data CenterNEKearneyWorldwide Mission Critical368 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-21Source
read 2026-08-19
La OsaAZPinal County (near Eloy)Vermaland1,000 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-26Source
read 2026-08-19
Manse Technology Campus (formerly Project Blackjack)NVPahrump (Nye County)Gigawatt Development900 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-18Source
read 2026-08-14
Plaza 500 (Lincolnia)VALincolnia (Fairfax County)Starwood Capital Group34 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-09-24Source
read 2026-08-07
Posey County data center (Boberg/Hoenert Roads)INPosey County (Boberg & Hoenert Roads, near Mount Vernon)——Awaiting decisionheard 2026-08-04Source
read 2026-08-14
Prime Data Centers — Starpointe Business Park campusPAHanover Township (Washington County)Prime Data Centers450 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-31Source
read 2026-08-14
Project Double Reed (Stream US Data Centers at STAMP)NYAlabama (Genesee County)Stream Data Centers600 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-03Source
read 2026-08-14
Project FlexMILyon Township (Oakland County)Verrus—Awaiting decisionheard 2026-08-24Source
read 2026-08-14
Project Iron SpurNCRural Hall (Forsyth County)Project Iron Spur (filing LLC)129 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-07-30Source
read 2026-08-07
Site Layer 4 Data Center CampusWYWheatland (Platte County)Site Layer 45,344 acAwaiting decisionheard 2026-08-26Source
read 2026-08-14
Smithfield Gateway Data CenterPASmithfield Township (Monroe County)DEPG Mosier Associates LP / DEPG of Shawnee II LP—Awaiting decisionheard 2026-08-12Source
read 2026-08-14
Stonebridge Associates data center campus at Powder Mill WorksPANorth Beaver & Mahoning townships (Lawrence County)Stonebridge Associates—Awaiting decisionheard 2026-08-05Source
read 2026-08-14
TeraWulf Cayuga data center (former Cayuga Power Plant)NYLansing (Tompkins County)TeraWulf300 MWAwaiting decisionheard 2026-04-27Source
read 2026-08-14
Wolcott Data Center (Mid-America Commerce Park)INWhite CountyBlue Ladder Development322 acAwaiting decisionheard 2025-08-11Source
read 2026-09-02
216 Greenfield RoadPALancaster City (Lancaster County)Chirisa Technology Parks—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
AWS Caddo ParishLACaddo ParishAmazon—In review—Source
Accokeek Center data campusVAStafford County——In review—Source
read 2026-09-05
Aligned Shippingport (Project Phoenix)PAShippingport (Beaver County)Aligned Data Centers651 acIn review—Source
Amazon Bridgefield Tech Center (GW campus, Ashburn)VAAshburn (Loudoun County)Amazon (AWS)122 acIn review—Source
read 2026-09-05
Amazon Floydada campusTXFloydada (Floyd County)Amazon Web Services—In review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Andover HPC Data CenterNJAndover Township (Sussex County)National Land Developers97 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Astra data center campus (Digital Realty)KSDe Soto (Johnson County)Digital Realty600 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-08
Atlas Capital BloomfieldCTBloomfieldAtlas Capital Group44 acIn review—Source
Carbon Node East / Panther CreekPANesquehoning Borough (Carbon County)Keel Infrastructure—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Clarksdale hyperscale data center siteMSClarksdale (Coahoma County)—648 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-23
Compass Wakarusa CampusKSShawnee County (Wakarusa area, near Topeka)Compass Datacenters600 acIn review—Source
CoreWeave Marble NCNCMarble (Cherokee County)CoreWeave65 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
DataBank Project IndoGACartersville (Bartow County)DataBank200 MWIn review—Source
Energence Utah Digital Infrastructure CampusUTDuchesne CountySenmiao Technology / Energence Utah LLC1,200 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Goodman Innovation Centre San JoseCASan JoseGoodman Group97 MWIn review—Source
Google Cedar RapidsIACedar RapidsGoogle—In review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Hermantown CampusMNHermantownGoogle278 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Google LincolnNELincolnGoogle141 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google OmahaNEOmahaGoogle237 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google West MemphisARWest MemphisGoogle1,178 acIn review—Source
Hexa Builders data center (Black Horse Pike)NJMonroe Township (Gloucester County)Hexa Builders LLC (filing LLC)—In review—Source
read 2026-08-07
Highridge Data (NorthPoint Development) Project NebiusPAButler Township (Schuylkill County)——In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Inver Grove Heights Data CenterMNInver Grove Heights—5 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Iron Mountain Hutto CampusTXHutto (Williamson County)Iron Mountain500 acIn review—Source
Justified Data CampusKYHawesville (Hancock County)TeraWulf401 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-23
Keystone ConnectPAUpper Burrell Township (Westmoreland County)TECfusions—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Kline Township Data Center DevelopmentPAKline Township (Schuylkill County)Amazon Web Services—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Meta CheyenneWYCheyenneMeta152 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta JeffersonvilleINJeffersonvilleMeta178 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft Person CountyNCPerson CountyMicrosoft1,350 acIn review—Source
Microsoft Three Mile Island (Crane Clean Energy Center)PALondonderry Township (Dauphin County)Constellation Energy835 MWIn review—Source
Monticello Tech data center campusMNMonticello (Wright County)Monticello Tech (filing LLC)547 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Muncy Township Data CenterPAMuncy Township (Lycoming County)DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC—In review—Source
read 2026-08-14
OpenAI Stargate New MexicoNMSanta TeresaOracle—In review—Source
read 2026-08-14
PECO - Limerick Distribution ProjectPAEast Coventry / Lower Pottsgrove / Limerick Townships (Chester / Montgomery County)67 MW—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
PORTS Technology Campus (SoftBank)OHPiketon (Pike County)SB Energy800 MWIn review—Source
Pittsburgh International Race Complex Data CenterPABig Beaver Borough (Beaver County)Wampum I LLC—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Potomac Creek data center (historic cemetery site)VAStafford County—99 acIn review—Source
read 2026-09-05
Project AtlasPASouth Whitehall Township (Lehigh County)Edged US / CDE Acquisitions—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project Bluegrass (Panattoni)KYMercer County / BurginPanattoni Data Centers—In review—Source
Project BluestemKSTonganoxie (Leavenworth County)Cloverleaf Infrastructure600 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Project Boson / Highway Auto Data CenterPAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Kriger Construction Company—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County)GARincon (Effingham County)OpenAI3,200 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-23
Project DeltaNCWalnut Cove (Stokes County)Engineered Land Solutions (ELS)1,800 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Project Forge Data CenterPAEast Whiteland Township (Chester County)Sentinel Green Fig LLC—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project GravityPAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Archbald 25 Developer LLC—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project HazelnutPAHazle Township (Luzerne County)NorthPoint Development—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project MarvelALBessemerLogistics Land Investment700 acIn review—Unverified
Project Red and Project YellowTXHood County (Granbury area)National CRE Holdings LLC; Greenland Capital LLC (filing LLC)677 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Project SperoSCSpartanburg CountyTigerDC / NorthMark Strategies450 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Project Taurus (Raeden)COColorado Springs (El Paso County)Raeden—In review—Source
read 2026-08-07
Project ZoraINWarrick County (reclaimed mine land)—300 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
QTS / Lancium Turkey TXTXTurkey (Hall County)QTS / Lancium—In review—Source
QTS Dane CountyWIDane CountyQTS Data Centers750 MWIn review—Source
QTS SalemPASalem Township (Luzerne County)QTS Data Centers—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Quantica Big Sky CampusMTBroadview (Yellowstone County)Quantica Infrastructure1,000 MWIn review—Source
STAK Energy North Slope CampusAKNorth Slope BoroughSTAK Energy3,000 MWIn review—Source
Sarasota County Data Center (Cattleman Road)FLSarasota County——In review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Saxum Investment Data CenterMSJacksonSaxum Investment Co.230 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Sharon Data Center ProjectPACity of Sharon (Mercer County)Keel Infrastructure—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Springdale Data CenterPASpringdale Borough (Allegheny County)Allegheny DC Property Co. LLC—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
StratosUTBox Elder County (near Brigham City)O'Leary Digital1,100 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
T5@ATL IV (Palmetto)GAPalmetto (South Fulton County)T5 Data Centers300 MWIn review—Source
Terra Nexus data center campus (316 Old Cheraw Highway)NCRockingham (Richmond County)Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC (filing LLC)165 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Triboro Industrial Park Data CenterPAJessup / Olyphant / Throop Boroughs (Lackawanna County)——In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
Tulare County Data Center (moratorium)CATulare County——In review—Source
read 2026-08-19
Urbana Technology HubOHUrbana (Champaign County)Thor Equities230 acIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
Wyalusing Energy CenterPAWyalusing Township (Bradford County)Klondike Digital Infrastructure—In review—Source
read 2026-09-20
xAI QTS AtlantaGAAtlantaSpaceXAI17 MWIn review—Source
read 2026-08-14
AWS Madison County data center campusesMSMadison CountyAmazon Web Services—Proposed—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta Lebanon / LEAP Data Center CampusINBoone CountyMeta1,000 MWProposed—Source
read 2026-09-02
Meta-BlackRock El Paso Data CenterTXEl PasoMeta—Proposed—Source
read 2026-08-19
Pacifico Energy Glass Mountains data center and gas plant (proposed)TXBrewster CountyPacifico Energy8,400 acProposed—Source
read 2026-09-22
Paducah Data Center CampusKYPaducahBrookfield1,800 MWProposed—Source
read 2026-08-19
QTS Van Wert CampusOHVan WertQTS—Proposed—Source
read 2026-08-19
4-3 Salem Township Data CenterPASalem Township (Luzerne County)4-3 Glen Brook Group—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Breaker Street Data CenterPAJessup Borough (Lackawanna County)Breaker Street Associates LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Dickson City Data CenterPADickson City Borough (Lackawanna County)Dickson City Development LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Emaus Ave WarehousePACity of Allentown (Lehigh County)Quantm LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Frackville DataPANew Caste Township (Schuylkill County)KRNL Data Centers—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Gouldsboro Data Center Project / Project GoldPAClifton / Covington Townships (Lackawanna County)Quantm Group LLC / 1778 Rich Pike LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Highlands East Data CenterPALower Swatara / Swatara Townships (Dauphin County)Corscale—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Highlands West Data CenterPASwatara Township (Dauphin County)Corscale—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Hunlock Data CenterPAHunlock Township (Luzerne County)Castleton Commodities—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Linde Data Center / Forest City Energy Center LLCPAClinton Township (Wayne County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Londonderry Data CenterPALondonderry Township (Dauphin County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Lower Mount Bethel Technology CenterPALower Mount Bethel Township (Northampton County)Peron Development—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Mount Carmel Township Data CenterPAMount Carmel Township (Northumberland County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Nescopeck / Valley View Wood Data CenterPANescopeck Township (Luzerne County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Newport Ridge Data CenterPANewport Township (Luzerne County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Outrigger Data CenterPAMifflin Township (Columbia County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project Green MountainPAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Green Mountain 6 LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project HummingbirdPAMonongahela Township (Greene County)International Electric Power—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Project ScottPAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Patrinely-Provident Real Estate—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Recore Digital AI data center inquiryINGrant CountyRecore Digital—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-02
River Pointe Data CenterPAUpper Mount Bethel Township (Northampton County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Scranton Materials Data CenterPARansom Township (Lackawanna County)——Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Spring Mountain Quakake TunnelPASpring Mountain / Packer / Banks Townships (Carbon County)NorthPoint Development—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Sunnyside Road Data CenterPAJessup Borough (Lackawanna County)Sunnyside Road Associates LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
TekPark Data Center ExpansionPAUpper Macungie Township (Lehigh County)TierPoint—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPACenter Township (Indiana County)Homer City Redevelopment LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPAAllen Township (Northampton County)Verdantas / Prologis—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPASugarloaf Township (Luzerne County)LBT Investment Group LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPADorrance Township (Luzerne County)Brewster Land Company LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPATobyhanna Township (Monroe County)Pocono Manor Investors—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPAPlains Township (Luzerne County)KSR—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPACity of Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County)Avison Young—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPAPenn Forest Township (Carbon County)Hendricks—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPAMidland Borough (Beaver County)Fezzik Energy—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CenterPACenter Township (Indiana County)Amazon Web Services—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Unnamed Data CentersPAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Archbald I LLC / Archbald II LLC—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
West Hazelton Data CenterPAWest Hazelton Borough (Luzerne County)One Trinity Real Estate—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Wildcat RidgePAArchbald Borough (Lackawanna County)Pine Line Inc—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
Zediker Station Data CenterPASouth Strabane Township (Washington County)CNX—Rumored—Source
read 2026-09-20
1155 Powers Ferry Place data center (Prime Storage site)GAMarietta (Cobb County)Prime Group Holdings18 MWApproved2026-08-12Source
read 2026-08-14
AWS Falls Township campus (Keystone Trade Center)PAFalls Township (Bucks County)Amazon (AWS)247 acApproved—Source
read 2026-08-14
Amazon Warrenton (Blackwell Road)VAWarrenton (Fauquier County)Amazon (AWS)42 acApproved2023-02-01Source
read 2026-09-05
Antelope Data Campus (Project Antelope)UTIron County (near Cedar City)Pronghorn Development LLC (filing LLC)640 acApproved2026-06-04Source
read 2026-08-14
Baconton power generation facility (data-center-linked, NextEra-linked)GABaconton (Mitchell County)—1,500 MWApproved2026-06-29Source
read 2026-08-14
Black Mountain Energy Fort WorthTXFort WorthBlack Mountain Energy980 MWApproved—Source
Compass Datacenters Red Oak campusTXRed Oak (Ellis County)Compass Datacenters830 acApproved2026-05-12Source
read 2026-08-14
DC Blox Warren Township (Thunderbird Commerce Center)INWarren Township (Indianapolis) / IrvingtonDC Blox—Approved2026-07-15Source
read 2026-09-02
DataOne USA / Nebius Vineland (Microsoft)NJVinelandNebius300 MWApproved2026-08-17Source
read 2026-08-30
EdgeCore Shannon Hill campusVALouisa County (Shannon Hill)EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure1,100 MWApproved—Source
read 2026-08-07
Flexential Kaufman CountyTXTalty (Kaufman County)Flexential108 MWApproved—Source
Fort Meade Data Center CampusFLFort Meade (Polk County)Bohler Places LLC1,300 acApproved—Source
Gemini Sioux Falls Technology ParkSDSioux Falls (Minnehaha County)Gemini Data Center SD LLC500 MWApproved—Source
Google Botetourt (Botetourt Center at Greenfield)VADaleville (Botetourt County)Google312 acApproved2025-06-24Source
read 2026-09-05
Google West Texas campusesTXHaskell County (+ Armstrong Co.)Google—Approved2025-11-14Source
read 2026-08-08
Mason County hyperscale data center campusKYMason County—2,080 acApproved2026-05-22Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta HyperionLARichland ParishMeta5,000 MWApproved2026-01-01Source
read 2026-08-07
Metrobloks Martindale-BrightwoodINMartindale-Brightwood (Indianapolis)Metrobloks14 acApproved2026-05-04Source
read 2026-09-02
Midtown Data CenterMOSt. Louis (Midtown)—120 MWApproved2026-07-30Source
read 2026-08-19
Monarch Data CenterNVYerington (Lyon County)Copia Power1,000 MWApproved2026-08-06Source
read 2026-08-14
Nebius Independence campusMOIndependenceNebius800 MWApproved2026-03-02Source
read 2026-08-23
QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center CampusIACedar Rapids (Linn County)QTS Data Centers612 acApproved2025-01-28Source
read 2026-08-14
Red Ace data center campus (Keyser Road)VACulpeper CountyRed Ace Capital Management69 acApproved2026-07-02Source
read 2026-09-05
STACK Infrastructure Berry Hill megasiteVABerry Hill (Pittsylvania County / Danville)Stack Infrastructure2,990 acApproved2026-05-18Source
read 2026-09-05
Sabey Decatur TownshipINDecatur Township (Indianapolis)Sabey Data Centers250 MWApproved—Source
Social Circle data center complex (Fairplay Drive / Roy Malcom Road tracts)GASocial Circle (Walton County)—450 acApproved—Source
read 2026-08-14
Stargate AbileneTXAbilene (Taylor County)Crusoe1,200 MWApproved—Source
read 2026-08-07
Wildwood Ranch data centerMOJoplin (Jasper County)ReLoad (Scale Microgrids)600 MWApproved2026-02-17Source
read 2026-08-23
xAI ColossusTNMemphis (Shelby County)xAI2,000 MWApproved—Source
read 2026-08-07
AWS BerwickPABerwickAmazon108 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
AWS Salem Township campus (Susquehanna nuclear plant)PASalem Township (Luzerne County)Amazon (AWS)960 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Aligned Data Centers Hale CountyTXHale CountyAligned Data Centers540 MWUnder construction—Source
Amazon Fort Stockton campusTXFort Stockton (Pecos County)Amazon Web Services—Under construction—Source
read 2026-09-22
Amazon Montgomery County Data CenterMOMontgomery CountyAmazon—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-19
Amazon RidgelandMSRidgelandAmazon228 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Applied Digital Harwood NDNDHarwoodApplied Digital280 MWUnder construction—Source
CloudBurst San MarcosTXSan Marcos (Hays/Guadalupe Counties)CloudBurst Data Centers1,200 MWUnder construction—Source
CloudHQ Mount ProspectILMount ProspectCloudHQ—Under construction—Source
Colossus 2TNMemphisSpaceXAI946 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Compass Datacenters MeridianMSMeridianCompass Datacenters500 MWUnder construction—Source
CoreSite DE3 (Denver)COGlobeville-Elyria-Swansea (Denver)CoreSite75 MWUnder construction—Source
Crusoe Abilene ExpansionTXAbileneMicrosoft—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
CyrusOne Bosque CountyTXBosque CountyCyrusOne190 MWUnder construction—Source
CyrusOne FairfieldTXFairfield (Freestone County)CyrusOne760 MWUnder construction—Source
DataBank Red Oak CampusTXRed Oak (Ellis County)DataBank300 MWUnder construction—Source
Google Berkeley CountySCBerkeley CountyGoogle—Under construction—Source
Google Kansas City EastMOKansas CityGoogle105 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google MidlothianTXMidlothianGoogle103 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google PapillionNEPapillionGoogle237 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google The DallesORThe DallesGoogle154 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Hut 8 / Google West Feliciana ParishLAWest Feliciana ParishHut 81,000 MWUnder construction—Source
Matrix Data Center CampusTXSulphur Springs (Hopkins County)MSB Global Services800 MWUnder construction—Source
Meta AikenSCTrenton (Aiken County)Meta142 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta Beaver DamWIBeaver DamMeta—Under construction—Source
Meta HuntsvilleALToney (Madison County)Meta146 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta KunaIDKunaMeta152 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta MontgomeryALMontgomeryMeta153 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta RosemountMNRosemountMeta178 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta SarpyNESpringfield (Sarpy County)Meta80 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft Catawba CountyNCCatawba CountyMicrosoft—Under construction—Source
Microsoft Central Ohio CampusesOHCentral OhioMicrosoft—Under construction—Source
Microsoft La PorteINLa PorteMicrosoft—Under construction—Source
Microsoft Project OsmiumIAWest Des MoinesMicrosoft190 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft SAT14TXSan AntonioMicrosoft47 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft SAT40TXSan AntonioMicrosoft75 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
OpenAI Stargate Doña Ana CountyNMDoña Ana CountyOracle—Under construction—Source
OpenAI Stargate LordstownOHLordstown (Trumbull County)Softbank—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
OpenAI Stargate MichiganMISalineOracle—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
OpenAI Stargate ShackelfordTXShackelford CountyOracle—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
OpenAI Stargate WisconsinWIPort WashingtonOracle—Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
PA Data Center Partners Cumberland CountyPACumberland CountyPA Data Center Partners1,350 MWUnder construction—Source
QTS Eagle MountainUTEagle Mountain——Under construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
QTS Richmond 3VASandston (Henrico County)—144 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
STACK Infrastructure NVA02VAManassas—85 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Vantage FrontierTXShackelford CountyVantage Data Centers1,400 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Vantage NV1 (Storey County)NVStorey County (near Reno)Vantage Data Centers224 MWUnder construction—Source
Vantage TX1TXSan Antonio—32 MWUnder construction—Source
read 2026-08-14
Vantage VA4 FredericksburgVAFredericksburgVantage Data Centers192 MWUnder construction—Source
AWS Northern Indiana expansion (New Carlisle)INNew Carlisle (St. Joseph County)Amazon (AWS)2,400 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Amazon Madison Mega SiteMSCanton (Madison County)Amazon284 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Anthropic Lake MarinerNYBarker (Somerset)AI XPV Platform42 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Anthropic-Amazon New CarlisleINNew CarlisleAmazon910 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Colossus 1TNMemphisSpaceXAI340 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CoreWeave Chester VAVAChester (Chesterfield County)CoreWeave82 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CoreWeave Dalton 1 & 2GADaltonCoreWeave28 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CoreWeave Denton TXTXDentonCoreWeave262 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CoreWeave Ellendale NDNDEllendaleCoreWeave68 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CoreWeave Muskogee OKOKMuskogeeCoreWeave—Operating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Coreweave HeliosTXAfton (Dickens County)CoreWeave132 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
CyrusOne AuroraILAuroraCyrusOne40 MWOperating—Source
GoodnightTXClaude (Armstrong County)Google—Operating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google ArcolaVASterling (Loudoun County)Google77 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google BristowVABristow (Prince William County)Google279 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google ColumbusOHColumbusGoogle303 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Council Bluffs (East)IACouncil BluffsGoogle237 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Fort WayneINFort WayneGoogle—Operating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google LancasterOHLancasterGoogle137 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google MesaAZMesaGoogle90 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google New AlbanyOHNew AlbanyGoogle339 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Pryor (North)OKPryorGoogle53 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Red OakTXRed OakGoogle77 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Google Storey CountyNVStorey CountyGoogle161 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta Eagle MountainUTEagle MountainMeta133 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta GallatinTNGallatinMeta87 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta Los LunasNMLos LunasMeta87 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta PrometheusOHNew AlbanyMeta562 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta TempleTXTempleMeta152 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Meta-QTS Hillsboro 2ORHillsboroMeta180 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft Cheyenne ExpansionWYCheyenneMicrosoft3,200 acOperating—Source
Microsoft Fairwater AtlantaGAFayetteville (Fayette County)Microsoft636 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft Fairwater WisconsinWIMount PleasantMicrosoft369 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Microsoft GoodyearAZGoodyearMicrosoft202 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
NTT VA11 GainesvilleVAGainesvilleNTT Global Data Centers336 MWOperating—Source
OpenAI Stargate MilamTXMilam CountySoftbank—Operating—Source
read 2026-08-14
QTS Richmond 1VASandston (Henrico County)—238 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
QTS Richmond 2VASandston (Henrico County)—180 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Stream PhoenixAZGoodyear—64 MWOperating—Source
read 2026-08-14
Valar Atomics Orangeville SMRUTOrangeville (Emery County)Valar Atomics30 MWOperating—Source
100 Jersey Avenue AI Data CenterNJNew BrunswickPSE&G—Denied2026-02-18Source
read 2026-08-19
Augusta Township data center (Thor Equities)MIAugusta Township (Washtenaw County)Thor Equities500 acDenied2026-08-04Source
read 2026-08-08
Drox Group Rural HallNCRural Hall (Forsyth County)The Drox Group129 acDenied—Source
Dulles Cloud SouthVAPrince William County—2,000 acDenied2026-07-08Source
read 2026-08-19
I-20/Liberty Road Data CenterGADouglas County—700 acDenied2026-07-08Source
read 2026-08-19
King of Prussia campus (MLP Ventures)PAUpper Merion Township (Montgomery County)MLP Ventures (Brian O'Neill)—Denied2026-08-14Source
read 2026-08-19
Mountain Road Technology ParkVAHanover CountyTract427 acDenied2026-05-27Source
read 2026-08-19
Nordson campus data center (Cervenka)OHAmherst (Lorain County)Cervenka Development Partners LLC (filing LLC)—Denied2026-07-30Source
read 2026-08-07
Pennhurst Data Center CampusPAEast Vincent Township (Chester County)Penn Hurst Holdings DE LLC123 acDenied2026-05-21Source
read 2026-08-14
Project TangoFLLoxahatchee (Palm Beach County)——Denied2026-06-01Source
read 2026-08-19
Talen Energy Montour Data CenterPAMontour CountyTalen Energy800 acDenied—Source
West Erwin Street data center (Barrio Resources)TXTyler (Smith County)Barrio Resources LLC (filing LLC)1 acDenied2026-07-07Source
read 2026-08-07
A1 Data Center (Millville)NJMillville—1,400 MWBlocked by ban2026-05-19Source
read 2026-08-30
AWS Calvert Technology CenterMDLusby (Calvert County)Amazon (AWS)—Withdrawn2026-08-04Source
read 2026-08-07
Abei Energy data center proposal (rezoning request)INStarke CountyAbei Energy (data center division)—Blocked by ban—Source
read 2026-09-02
Applied Digital Deuel County (withdrawn)SDToronto (Deuel County)Applied Digital430 MWWithdrawn—Source
Bradenton Crossings Data CenterFLBradenton (Manatee County)—35 acWithdrawn—Source
Cloverdale Solar Farm (EnergyRe)INPutnam CountyEnergyRe150 MWWithdrawn—Source
read 2026-09-02
Decennial Group Akron Data Center Campus (proposed)INFulton County (Akron)Decennial Group500 MWBlocked by ban2026-03-02Source
read 2026-09-02
Deep Green downtown data centerMILansing (Ingham County)Deep Green (UK)24 MWWithdrawn2026-04-06Source
read 2026-08-07
Green Data Socorro campus (New Mexico Tech land)NMSocorro (Socorro County)Green Data Centers2,000 MWWithdrawn2026-06-02Source
read 2026-08-14
Imperial Valley Data CenterCAImperial CountyImperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC330 MWBlocked by ban—Source
Karis Critical Plum Farms Data CenterILHoffman Estates (Cook County)Karis Critical180 acWithdrawn2026-07-01Source
read 2026-08-14
Manchester Township Solar Farm (proposed)INDearborn CountyLinea Energy1,200 acBlocked by ban—Source
read 2026-09-02
NE Edge Millstone (Waterford)CTWaterfordNE Edge-Waterford LLC300 MWWithdrawn—Source
PW Digital GatewayVAPrince William CountyCompass Datacenters / QTS2,100 acWithdrawn2026-04-01Source
read 2026-08-07
Project Nova (Microsoft Caledonia)WICaledonia (Racine County)Microsoft244 acWithdrawn2025-10-08Source
read 2026-08-23
Project Riverjump (Marion)INMarion (Grant County)——Withdrawn2026-08-27Source
read 2026-09-02
Southeast Raleigh Data CenterNCRaleigh——Withdrawn—Source
read 2026-08-19
Stillwater data center campus (Panhandle Road)GALovejoy (Clayton County)The Stillwater Group, LLC (filing LLC)1,250 MWWithdrawn2026-08-06Source
read 2026-08-14

283 projects

As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing

A working set of identified proposals a community can track, not a census — most of the country's activity is not in here yet. Pennsylvania is the exception: its rows are synced from PA DEP's own data-center permit tracker, so the state's coverage is close to complete and carries the permit trail with it. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to reporting or the governing body's own record and were read on that date; rows marked *unverified* have no source on record — a lead to check, not a fact to cite. **Stage is derived, not asserted.** *Hearing scheduled*, *Awaiting decision*, *Approved* and *Withdrawn* are computed from each row's milestone dates on every rebuild, so a hearing date that has passed stops reading 'scheduled'. Hearings get moved and projects re-file under new names — treat a scheduled date as the earliest to act by, and confirm with the clerk before relying on it. Leads are mined into data/project_candidates.json and promoted here only after a human reads a primary source.

Project dossiers

The full record for each project, with ownership, the next thing to do, and the sourced timeline of what has happened so far.

900 Conshohocken Road data center (former Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill) Awaiting decision

Plymouth Township (Montgomery County), PA · 66 ac · Owner: Brian O'Neill (developer) · Filing LLC: 900 Conshohocken Road LLC

900 Conshohocken Road LLC, an entity of developer Brian O'Neill, seeks a special exception from Plymouth Township's zoning hearing board to convert the recently closed Cleveland-Cliffs steel mill — 10 existing buildings totaling about 2 million sq ft on 66 acres along the Schuylkill River — into a data center. The Aug. 6 hearing nearly filled a 750-seat auditorium; Conshohocken Borough was granted party status while Norristown was denied. The board set a procedural-only session for Aug. 17, with testimony continuing in September; an opposition petition has topped 4,000 signatures.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-17; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2025-10-01vote
    The Plymouth Township Planning Agency voted 4-0 not to recommend a special exception to allow a data center at 900 Conshohocken Road. · source
  • 2025-10-20protest
    A resident petition opposing the proposal had reached more than 400 signatures, led by Patricia Smith, citing environmental, proximity, and utility-cost concerns; the article noted the Cleveland-Cliffs mill was scheduled to close the following month. · source
  • 2025-11-17withdrawal
    A zoning hearing ended abruptly Monday night when the developer withdrew its application; the township solicitor said the applicant lacked legal standing because the agreement of sale had not been finalized. · source
  • 2026-05-01filing
    Plymouth Township announced it had received a resubmitted zoning application from an entity tied to developer Brian O'Neill seeking a special exception for a data center in the Heavy Industrial district at 900 Conshohocken Road. · source
  • 2026-06-08announcement
    Plymouth Township Council issued a formal statement setting out its perspective on the proposed 900 Conshohocken Road data center and the zoning proceedings, and noted the public hearing set for June 25 at Colonial Middle School. · source
  • 2026-06-25hearing
    The zoning hearing kicked off at Colonial Middle School focused on procedural matters; party status was granted to Plymouth Township, the property owner's representatives, nearby residents, and the Borough of Conshohocken Authority, with no testimony taken. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    Council Chair Lynne Viscio accused developer Brian O'Neill of bullying, saying the township would not be bullied or intimidated; O'Neill called the accusations a 'bold-faced lie,' and he challenged the validity of the township's zoning ordinance. · source
  • 2026-08-06hearing
    Zoning hearing board session at Colonial Middle School drew a nearly full 750-seat auditorium; the applicant's engineer began testimony comparing the data center to permitted heavy-industrial uses, and party-status requests from neighboring municipalities and residents were taken up. · source
  • 2026-08-06hearing
    At the Zoning Hearing Board session, residents booed and cursed as a witness testified data centers resemble manufacturing; the board rejected several legal motions filed by opponents and indicated it would continue the case in September. · source
  • 2026-08-17hearing
    Hearing continued to Aug. 17 for procedural matters only, with no witness testimony; further testimony to be scheduled. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.110, -75.290 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Aligned Data Centers - Pataskala industrial park Awaiting decision

Pataskala (Licking County), OH · 200 MW · Operator: Aligned Data Centers

200 MW campus in three buildings on ~89 acres at Broad St SW & Mink St SW. Planning & Zoning recommended rejection 5-2 after protests filled City Hall; City Council decides Aug 25, 2026 (5:30 p.m.). Council has separately advanced a ballot measure that could ban large data centers.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-25; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2023-01-01financing
    Aligned Data Centers purchased three parcels totaling about 89.4 acres at 6770 Mink St. in Pataskala for $13.9 million (year reported as 2023). · source
  • 2025-11-01filing
    Aligned filed its site plan application with the City of Pataskala to begin the review process for the three-building data center campus (reported as November 2025). · source
  • 2026-03-04hearing
    Pataskala Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on the Aligned Data Centers proposal, one of several commission hearings prior to the June 3 recommendation vote. · source
  • 2026-04-01hearing
    Residents packed a standing-room-only Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in Pataskala, voicing skepticism about the proposed data center and calling for a pause before any approval; resident Grace Franklin said she would support a statewide ballot amendment and help collect signatures. · source
  • 2026-05-04public-comment
    Pataskala City Council's development committee reported that Planning and Zoning had offered feedback to inform criteria the council may use for future data center developer plans. · source
  • 2026-06-03vote
    Pataskala Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5-2 to recommend that City Council reject Aligned's site plan, hours after residents rallied on the City Hall lawn. · source
  • 2026-06-04coverage
    Ohio Free Press reported that residents at the June 3 zoning meeting raised concerns the campus would use Bloom Energy fuel cells requiring roughly 15,000 decatherms of natural gas and cited noise from a comparable Aligned facility in Sandusky, Ohio. · source
  • 2026-06-26protest
    Pataskala organizers reported a petition drive underway to put a charter amendment banning data centers with peak load over 25 megawatts on the ballot, needing at least 310 valid signatures (goal 500) and planning to submit them the week of July 6. · source
  • 2026-06-30coverage
    The Columbus Dispatch reported that Pataskala planning and zoning staff had recommended approval of Aligned's 200-megawatt plan, but the planning and zoning commission voted 5-2 to recommend rejection, sending the decision to City Council's Aug. 25 hearing. · source
  • 2026-08-03vote
    Pataskala City Council passed an ordinance placing a charter amendment that could ban large data centers on the November ballot, expediting the vote to meet the Aug. 5 filing deadline for the Nov. 3 ballot. · source
  • 2026-08-25meeting
    Pataskala City Council public hearing on the site plan, 5:30 p.m., council chambers - the decisive vote. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.990, -82.670 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

BCG Cedar Creek Campus Awaiting decision

Cedar Creek (Bastrop County), TX · 2,842 ac · Operator: BlackChamber Group · Filing LLC: Black Chamber Partners

Black Chamber Partners (a BlackChamber Group affiliate) and co-developer Pacifico Energy plan a 2,842-acre data center campus at 382 Earl Callahan Road near Cedar Creek with a 710 MW gas-fired energy facility, a ~$2.2 billion investment with two 100% county tax-abatement applications under review; construction is estimated for September 2026 through October 2028. Neighboring property owners filed motions July 20 asking TCEQ to overturn two construction stormwater permits issued in mid-July.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-24; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2026-06-18permit
    Pacifico's engineer submitted two mass-grading permit applications to Bastrop County (one for the data center campus, one for the power facility), both in preliminary review. · source
  • 2026-06-24filing
    Pacifico Cedar Creek LLC filed an application with the Texas Comptroller for a JETI (Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act) agreement, listing a $2.2 billion investment, 25 permanent jobs and $6.2 million in annual payroll. · source
  • 2026-07-15coverage
    Community Impact published its first detailed report on the proposed 2,842-acre, $2.2 billion Cedar Creek data center and 710 MW gas power campus near Earl Callahan Road, with two 100% county tax-abatement applications under review. · source
  • 2026-07-20filing
    Neighboring property owners (the Jenkins and Lewis families) filed motions asking TCEQ to overturn two construction stormwater permits issued to Black Chamber and Pacifico Energy for the BCG Cedar Creek Campus. · source
  • 2026-07-22protest
    More than 100 residents attended a town hall at Bastrop's Hampton Inn and Suites, organized by the League of Independent Voters of Texas, calling for guardrails on data center development including the Cedar Creek projects; attorney Nick Lealos proposed a 'Bastrop Bill of Rights' framework. · source
  • 2026-07-23permit
    Bastrop County issued a site-preparation permit to Pacifico Energy for the gas-fired power facility component of the Cedar Creek campus. · source
  • 2026-07-27hearing
    A Bastrop County Commissioners Court public hearing was scheduled on proposed tax-abatement guidelines that would require companies to disclose environmental impacts and create at least 25 local jobs. · source
  • 2026-07-28coverage
    The Cool Down published a national report on bipartisan backlash against AI data centers in Bastrop County, noting Texas has overtaken Virginia as the world's largest data center market, with over 700 facilities potentially added in the next decade. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    The Elgin Courier reported on the community-led town hall calling for greater data center oversight in Bastrop County, noting that the Pacifico Energy data center proposal remained under county review alongside the EdgeConneX campuses. · source
  • 2026-08-03moratorium
    Gov. Abbott directed PUC of Texas and ERCOT to audit roughly 250-300 data-center projects seeking grid interconnection statewide, pausing new approvals; Texas Tribune coverage specifically cites the Pacifico Energy/BlackChamber Cedar Creek project among those under scrutiny, though its on-site gas generation may make it behind-the-meter and exempt from the ERCOT interconnection audit. · source
  • 2026-08-10hearing
    Bastrop County commissioners tabled a resolution requesting expanded county authority over large-scale industrial projects; it returns at the Aug 24 meeting, 9 a.m., Bastrop County Courthouse. · source
  • 2026-08-11coverage
    Community Impact reported that the Black Chamber stormwater permit lists an estimated construction period of September 1, 2026 through October 1, 2028 for the 304-acre BCG Cedar Creek Campus portion of the 2,842-acre development, and that TCEQ generally has 45 days to act on the motions to overturn or they are denied by default. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-23
    Bastrop County issued a site-preparation permit to Pacifico Energy for the gas-fired power facility component of the Cedar Creek campus. · source
  • 2026-06-18
    Pacifico's engineer submitted two mass-grading permit applications to Bastrop County (one for the data center campus, one for the power facility), both in preliminary review. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 30.090, -97.500 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Burkhalter Road data center (4AM Development) Awaiting decision

Statesboro (Bulloch County), GA · 26 ac · Filing LLC: 4AM Development, LLC

Two-story 230,000 sq ft data center plus a 32,000 sq ft substation on ~26.5 acres at 6539 Burkhalter Road (R-4 residential to Office & Business rezoning). Planning Commission recommended approval 5-1; City Council decides Aug 18, 2026. Bulloch County, separately, has been extending data-center moratoriums.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-18; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2023-12-15filing
    4AM Development LLC, the applicant on the Burkhalter Road rezoning, was registered with the State of Georgia on December 15, 2023, with a principal office in Appling, Georgia and authorizing member Bobby Bagwell. · source
  • 2024-01-01rezoning
    In January 2024, Four Guys Development LLC obtained city annexation of the roughly 26.94-acre Burkhalter Road parcel, then proposing a 'cottage court' subdivision of about 87 homes (later rezoned R-4). · source
  • 2025-01-10filing
    On January 10, 2025, Habersham Development Group purchased the Burkhalter Road property for approximately $2.75 million. · source
  • 2025-08-29filing
    On August 29, 2025, 4AM Development LLC acquired the roughly 27-acre Burkhalter Road parcel from Habersham Development Group in a zero-dollar transfer. · source
  • 2026-02-01announcement
    A February 2026 intergovernmental agreement between Statesboro and Bulloch County established the jointly funded Burkhalter Road / Highway 67 corridor improvement project. · source
  • 2026-02-17vote
    On February 17, 2026, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution imposing a 90-day moratorium on the permitting of data centers in unincorporated Bulloch County. · source
  • 2026-05-01report
    An economic impact study commissioned by the Development Authority of Bulloch County, dated May 2026, forecast the Burkhalter Road data center would draw $1.2 billion in total investment over 10 years while creating only 12 jobs with a $1.2 million annual payroll. · source
  • 2026-05-05vote
    On May 5, 2026, the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners voted 5-0 to extend its data center moratorium through December 31, 2026, and voiced opposition to data centers in the unincorporated county. · source
  • 2026-06-02vote
    On June 2, 2026, Statesboro City Council approved its Data Center Ordinance on second reading in a 3-1 vote, with Councilwoman Shari Barr opposing. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    Statesboro Planning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of 4AM Development LLC's rezoning of ~26.5 acres at 6539 Burkhalter Road (chair dissenting), with a condition dedicating a 10-ft frontage strip for future road work. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    On August 4, 2026, Statesboro City Council (morning meeting) and the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners (evening meeting) each authorized negotiations with Kimley-Horn & Associates to design jointly funded Burkhalter Road corridor upgrades. · source
  • 2026-08-08protest
    Dozens of Bulloch County residents gathered outside Statesboro City Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2026, carrying signs and chanting to oppose the proposed Burkhalter Road data center rezoning, citing noise, air pollution, water usage and wildlife concerns. · source
  • 2026-08-18meeting
    Statesboro City Council scheduled to consider the rezoning request - the decisive vote. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.450, -81.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Cave City data center (Kentucky Industrial Alliance) Awaiting decision

Cave City (Barren County), KY · 381 ac · Owner: Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC · Filing LLC: Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC

Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC proposes a data center on a 381-acre project site within its 600+ acres at 2001 Doyle Avenue, about 10 miles from Mammoth Cave National Park; it submitted an application May 11, 2026, and sued the city on June 8 after Cave City adopted a one-year moratorium. The city moved to dismiss on June 29, arguing no actual development plan was ever filed; a July 20 preliminary-injunction hearing was scheduled. Residents fear runoff through the karst into the Mammoth Cave system.

Next step: Heard 2026-07-20; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2024-09-11rezoning
    Cave City Council approved the ordinance annexing approximately 245 acres of the former Branstetter property into the city limits, the land later tied to the proposed data center. · source
  • 2026-04-30hearing
    The Joint City-County Planning Commission unanimously approved proposed data center regulations during a public hearing and forwarded them to the Cave City Council. · source
  • 2026-05-11filing
    Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC submitted a development application for a data center on its 600+ acre property at 2001 Doyle Avenue in Cave City. · source
  • 2026-05-18hearing
    Cave City held the first of two special meetings regarding data centers. · source
  • 2026-05-20vote
    Cave City held a second special meeting and subsequently enacted a 12-month moratorium on data centers. · source
  • 2026-06-08filing
    Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC sued Cave City, the City Council, and the Joint City-County Planning Commission in Barren County Circuit Court, arguing the one-year data center moratorium violates due process. · source
  • 2026-06-09vote
    The Cave City Council voted to hire outside legal counsel to defend against Kentucky Industrial Alliance's lawsuit. · source
  • 2026-06-29filing
    Cave City's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the company never submitted an actual development plan under city ordinances. · source
  • 2026-06-30lawsuit
    Kentucky Industrial Alliance filed a second lawsuit in Barren Circuit Court seeking to void Cave City's September 2024 annexation of about 245 acres, alleging the Shaw Cemetery parcel's owner did not consent as required by KRS 81A.412(1). · source
  • 2026-07-01filing
    The Joint City-County Planning Commission filed its response in the moratorium suit, stating no development plan accompanied the application and that it would take no further action until the litigation concludes. · source
  • 2026-07-18protest
    Cave City residents held a protest against the proposed hyperscale data center near Mammoth Cave National Park. · source
  • 2026-07-18filing
    Attorney Thomas Davis filed the Joint City-County Planning Commission's response to the annexation lawsuit, requesting dismissal with prejudice so the commission could decide applications under its rules and applicable state law. · source
  • 2026-07-20hearing
    A Barren County Circuit Court hearing was scheduled on Kentucky Industrial Alliance's request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block enforcement of the moratorium. · source
  • 2026-07-21hearing
    A community town hall on the proposed data center was scheduled for July 21 at Austin Tracy Elementary School. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.140, -85.960 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Dickerson Data Center Campus (Atmosphere) Awaiting decision

Dickerson (Montgomery County), MD · 110 ac · Operator: Atmosphere Data Centers

Atmosphere Data Centers (which took over the project from Terra Innovations, whose initial conditional-use application dates to January 2024) proposes a five-building data center campus on 110 acres at the decommissioned Dickerson Generating Station coal plant site; a major modification to the conditional use was filed in December 2025 and amended plans are on Montgomery Planning's development database. On 2026-07-28 the Montgomery County Council approved an 18-month moratorium on new data center approvals that encompasses this proposal; Office of Zoning and Administrative Appeals hearings had been scheduled for Sept 10-11, 2026.

Next step: Heard 2026-09-10; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-12-04ruling
    As reported December 4, 2025, the county hearing examiner had granted Terra Energy conditional use approval (case CU 24-13) for a data center complex at the Dickerson site, with the number and square footage of buildings left to future modifications. · source
  • 2026-02-03protest
    A community forum on data centers was held in Rockville amid the debate over the Dickerson proposal, around the time County Executive Elrich first raised the possibility of a moratorium. · source
  • 2026-02-24hearing
    At a County Council hearing on data centers, approximately 30 speakers testified and 218 written testimonies were submitted; Atmosphere's proposal is described as a 300-megawatt campus on 110 acres seeking a Potomac River withdrawal cap of 500,000 gallons per day. · source
  • 2026-05-26filing
    The Final Statement of Case and Operations in case CU 24-13(a)(A) for the Atmosphere Dickerson data center amendment is dated May 26, 2026, per the OZAH case record. · source
  • 2026-06-12announcement
    Atmosphere CEO Chuck McBride issued a statement saying the company respects the county's desire to take time to evaluate data center policies and appreciates the opportunity for public discussion. · source
  • 2026-06-13moratorium
    County Executive Marc Elrich announced a six-month moratorium on data center permits by executive order at a Friday afternoon news conference, saying it creates time to establish clear rules before applications move through permitting. · source
  • 2026-07-16lawsuit
    County Executive Marc Elrich, at his weekly media briefing, acknowledged that Atmosphere Data Centers had filed an appeal of his data center moratorium with the county's Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings. · source
  • 2026-07-28vote
    Montgomery County Council approved an 18-month moratorium halting new data center approvals and applications, encompassing the Atmosphere proposal for a 110-acre, 5-building campus in Dickerson. · source
  • 2026-07-28coverage
    After the Council passed the 18-month moratorium, Atmosphere CEO Chuck McBride said the company was disappointed and would take time to fully evaluate the Council's action. · source
  • 2026-07-30hearing
    County Planning Board review of the project scheduled for July 30, 2026. · source
  • 2026-09-10hearing
    Office of Zoning and Administrative Appeals hearings on the conditional-use modification scheduled for Sept 10-11, 2026. · source
  • 2026-11-12hearing
    The Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings lists the hearing on case CU 24-13(a)(A) (Atmosphere Dickerson Property Owner, LLC; conditional use holder Terra Energy, LLC) as scheduled for Thursday and Friday, November 12 and 13, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.260, -77.420 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Kearney Data Center Awaiting decision

Kearney, NE · 368 MW · Operator: Worldwide Mission Critical

368 MW; CUP discussed at Planning Commission Aug 21. Staff recommended approval.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-21; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-08-21hearing
    Planning Commission to discuss CUP; staff recommends approval. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Kearney planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Kearney property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.700, -99.080 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

La Osa Awaiting decision

Pinal County (near Eloy), AZ · 1,000 MW · Operator: Vermaland

Originally 59 data centers + 2 gas plants on 3,300 acres; scaled back 80% to 11 data centers (1 GW) after ~60 verbal comments and 50 emails all opposing.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-26; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-05-28hearing
    Board heard rezoning; ~60 verbal comments and 50 emails all opposed. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Arizona Corporation Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.740, -111.550 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Manse Technology Campus (formerly Project Blackjack) Awaiting decision

Pahrump (Nye County), NV · 900 ac · Operator: Gigawatt Development

Gigawatt Development proposes a ~900-acre, multi-phase technology campus south of Carpenter Canyon Road along SR-160 at the south end of Pahrump Valley, pledging closed-loop cooling using under 300 acre-feet of water per year (~1.5% of the Pahrump Basin's annual yield) on water rights it already owns, with no tax abatements sought; the application predates the county's June 2026 temporary moratorium on new data center applications. The 'August vote' was on Nye County Bill 2026-11, a proposed ban on data centers in communities without elected town boards: at the Aug 4 commission meeting it did not come to a vote, and commissioners instead moved toward putting the question to voters, with a possible special election (earliest January 2027) to be discussed Aug 18.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-18; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2026-07-15filing
    Manse Technology Campus LLC was formed as a Nevada limited liability company, the entity behind Gigawatt Development's proposed Pahrump data center campus. · source
  • 2026-07-18protest
    Several dozen Pahrump residents rallied at the intersection of Highway 160 and Highway 372 as part of the AI Data Center National Day of Protest, citing concerns about the town's sole-source aquifer, electricity costs, and noise. · source
  • 2026-07-18report
    Pahrump resident Justyne Lobello hosted an 'AI and Data Centers: 101' educational presentation at the Pahrump Community Library at 1 p.m., drawing a large crowd of concerned residents amid the proposed data center development. · source
  • 2026-07-21announcement
    Manse Technology issued a press release announcing project details, describing an estimated $18.4 billion technology campus with no property tax abatements proposed. · source
  • 2026-07-25hearing
    Nye County held a town hall/forum on the proposed Manse Technology Campus at the commission building in Pahrump; a large crowd attended inside and outside the venue, with residents opposing the project chiefly over water use. · source
  • 2026-08-03hearing
    The Manse Technology Campus team scheduled a public informational meeting for August 3 at 6 p.m. at the Pahrump Nugget Events Center to present the project and take questions. · source
  • 2026-08-04hearing
    Nye County Bill 2026-11, a proposed ban on data centers in areas without elected town boards, did not come to a vote; Commissioner Jabbour successfully moved to pursue a ballot question instead, with a possible special election to be discussed Aug 18. Over 3,400 people signed a petition supporting the ban and hundreds attended, most speaking against data center development. · source
  • 2026-08-06hearing
    The Nye County Water District Governing Board held a roughly two-and-a-half-hour discussion on August 6 featuring a presentation on the proposed Manse Technology Campus by Russ Meads of Double M Construction. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.210, -115.980 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Plaza 500 (Lincolnia) Awaiting decision

Lincolnia (Fairfax County), VA · 34 ac · Operator: Starwood Capital Group

By-right data center on the 34-acre 6299 Edsall Road site; the required substation faces a Fairfax County Planning Commission Public Facilities (2232) review on Sept 24, 2026 amid organized opposition.

Next step: Heard 2026-09-24; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (25 events)
  • 2022-01-01financing
    An affiliate of Starwood Capital Group purchased the 34-acre Plaza 500 property at 6299 Edsall Road for $165 million in 2022. · source
  • 2024-07-26filing
    Dominion Energy filed its application with Virginia's State Corporation Commission for the Edsall transmission line connecting the future substation to the Van Dorn substation. · source
  • 2024-09-01rezoning
    In September 2024 the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted new data center zoning restrictions, though the Plaza 500 site plan was exempt from them due to prior acceptance. · source
  • 2024-11-01filing
    The Virginia SCC scheduled a local public hearing in Fairfax County on Dominion Energy's application (Case PUR-2024-00135) to build 230 kV transmission Lines #210 and #243 Extension and the Edsall Substation serving the Plaza 500 data center. · source
  • 2024-12-02public-comment
    Annandale Today reported that HOAs for Bren Pointe, Jefferson Green, Overlook, and the Ridges of Edsall hired an attorney to oppose Dominion's proposed Edsall substation and transmission line at the upcoming SCC hearings. · source
  • 2024-12-05hearing
    The Virginia SCC held a local public hearing at North Springfield Elementary School (7-10 p.m.) to receive testimony on Dominion Energy's proposed Edsall substation and transmission line (Case PUR-2024-00135). · source
  • 2025-08-08ruling
    The Virginia State Corporation Commission issued its Final Order approving Dominion Energy's Edsall-to-Van Dorn transmission line project. · source
  • 2025-10-01vote
    In October 2025 the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved recommendations for new substation zoning rules including a 200-foot residential setback (up from 100 feet) and a special-exception process for substations adjacent to homes. · source
  • 2025-12-09vote
    The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing and vote on new substation zoning restrictions — expanded 200-foot setbacks, special-exception reviews, and co-location requirements — that could affect the Edsall substation's compliance. · source
  • 2026-07-16filing
    Starwood Capital filed permit applications and building plans for Plaza 500 South, the first of two data center buildings on the 34-acre 6299 Edsall Road site (by-right, no rezoning hearing required). · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    Northern Virginia Magazine reported that Starwood Capital filed permit applications for two data centers at Plaza 500, with the first phase a 226,469-sq-ft, 75-foot-tall building and estimated shell construction cost of $5 million. · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    Commercial Observer reported that Starwood Capital advanced its 226,469-square-foot Plaza 500 South data center in Fairfax County, noting the 34-acre site was acquired for $165 million in 2022. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    ALXnow reported that Alexandria officials and residents are pushing back against Starwood Capital Group's planned Plaza 500 data center at 6299 Edsall Road near the city line. · source
  • 2026-07-28protest
    About 100 residents attended the Mason District Land Use Committee meeting on July 28 where Dominion Energy presented the proposed Edsall Road substation, and community members spoke out against it. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    NBC Washington reported that about 100 residents attended an information session where they grilled Dominion Energy over the proposed Edsall Road substation, raising concerns about noise, water quality, and electricity rates. · source
  • 2026-07-30news
    Rep. Don Beyer sent an official letter dated July 30 to the Fairfax County Planning Commission requesting denial of the 2232 permit application for Dominion's proposed Edsall Road substation. · source
  • 2026-07-30hearing
    Dominion Energy presented its substation plans to the Mason District Land Use Committee at 7:30 p.m. at the Mason District Governmental Center; opposition noted the Van Dorn substation alternative would cost Dominion roughly $50 million more. · source
  • 2026-07-31ruling
    The Virginia SCC issued a final order directing Dominion Energy to develop a policy assigning high-voltage transmission and substation costs to data centers and large-load users rather than spreading them across all ratepayers. · source
  • 2026-08-03news
    In a letter dated Aug. 3, Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins wrote on behalf of the City Council to ask the Fairfax County Planning Commission to deny the Edsall Data Center Substation 2232 application. · source
  • 2026-08-04news
    Rep. Don Beyer, Alexandria's mayor and city council, and residents pressed Fairfax County to deny the substation that would power the campus - proposed within ~100 ft of homes. · source
  • 2026-08-05coverage
    ALXnow reported that Mayor Alyia Gaskins and the full Alexandria City Council submitted a letter to Fairfax County's Planning Commission requesting denial of the Edsall substation, citing incompatibility of heavy industrial use with residential areas and health risks from diesel generator emissions. · source
  • 2026-08-06coverage
    Alexandria Brief reported that Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez asked the Planning Commission to deny the Edsall substation, noting the proposed site is only 67 feet from homes — violating the county's 100-foot setback standard adopted in 2025. · source
  • 2026-08-07news
    Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez called on the Fairfax County Planning Commission to reject the proposed Edsall Road substation serving the Plaza 500 data center. · source
  • 2026-09-22hearing
    The Mason District Land Use Committee is scheduled to decide whether to recommend the Edsall Road substation to the Planning Commission at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22. · source
  • 2026-09-24meeting
    Fairfax County Planning Commission Public Facilities (2232) review of the Edsall Road substation, 7 p.m. - the decisive vote residents can weigh in on. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.810, -77.150 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Posey County data center (Boberg/Hoenert Roads) Awaiting decision

Posey County (Boberg & Hoenert Roads, near Mount Vernon), IN · — · Ownership not yet identified

Commissioners stated at an Aug 4, 2026 meeting in Mount Vernon that they will vote no on the proposed data center near Boberg and Hoenert Roads, while continuing to evaluate proposals elsewhere in the county. The developer is unnamed; commissioners disclosed they signed an NDA despite no official proposal. Residents submitted hundreds of opposition letters and requested a two-year moratorium; no formal vote has been reported.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-04; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2026-06-03protest
    Approximately 100 Posey County residents packed the Alexandrian Public Library in Mount Vernon to oppose a potential data center at Boberg and Hoenert Roads; organizers Melanie McDowell and Kristyn Tromley led the meeting and residents asked the county to extend the existing solar/wind moratorium to cover data centers. · source
  • 2026-07-09hearing
    Posey County area planning commission held a four-hour public meeting to discuss setting ordinances for data centers after continued public outcry; committee said it would revise draft ordinances and hold another special meeting. · source
  • 2026-07-13hearing
    Posey County Board of Zoning Appeals and Area Plan Commission met in Mount Vernon for nearly four hours to review proposed zoning ordinance revisions for data centers; APC President Joe Marvel said four groups had inquired about zoning rules and that a moratorium must come from the county commission, not zoning boards. · source
  • 2026-07-21coverage
    At a Tuesday commissioners meeting, Commission President Bill Collins disclosed that commissioners signed a non-disclosure agreement with an unnamed development company regarding a potential data center; he stated they have had nothing formally proposed to them yet. Residents including geologist Penny Padget raised concerns about water depletion and requested a two-year moratorium. · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    WNIN public radio reported that Posey County Commissioners signed an NDA with an unnamed data center developer; farmer David Esche said he was approached about his land and turned down the offer. Some residents suggested the retired A.B. Brown Generating Station site as an alternative location with river water access. · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    The Bullet (WWBL) reported that Posey County commissioners signed an NDA with a development company and that Commissioner Bill Collins said no developments have been formally proposed; the Area Plan Commission scheduled a special session for Monday evening to discuss data centers. · source
  • 2026-07-27hearing
    The Posey County Area Plan Commission held a special meeting at the Hovey House in Mount Vernon that reached capacity; attendees in red 'Protect Posey County' and 'No Data Center' shirts commented on proposed amendments to the county's Unified Development Ordinance for data centers. · source
  • 2026-07-28rezoning
    At a Monday special meeting, the Posey County Area Plan Commission revised its draft data center ordinance: redefined minor data centers as 100,000 sq ft or less, set maximum building height at 30 feet after fire department input about lack of ladder trucks, and increased property setbacks to 1,000 feet from non-industrial-zoned properties. · source
  • 2026-07-31coverage
    14News reported that farmers near Boberg and Hoenert Roads, including 75-year-old Dennis Herrenbruck (whose family has farmed the land since 1849), were approached by an unnamed major tech company to purchase their farmland for a data center; Herrenbruck refused, saying there is not enough money to buy his land. · source
  • 2026-08-04hearing
    Commissioners met at Hovey House in Mount Vernon; residents packed the room and delivered hundreds of opposition letters. Commissioners said they will vote no on the Boberg/Hoenert Roads data center but are still looking at proposals in other areas. · source
  • 2026-08-07hearing
    Posey County government posted notice of an Area Plan Commission special meeting scheduled for August 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM at the Posey County 4-H Community Center to continue discussion of data center ordinance amendments. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.020, -87.870 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Prime Data Centers — Starpointe Business Park campus Awaiting decision

Hanover Township (Washington County), PA · 450 MW · Operator: Prime Data Centers · Filing LLC: Prime Data Centers LLC

Prime Data Centers filed a conditional-use application in May 2026 for a seven-building, ~1.7 million sq ft data center campus with an attached behind-the-meter 450 MW gas-fired power plant on roughly 126 acres of reclaimed strip-mine land in the Starpointe Business Park (land owned by ALTIAN Development LLC), near the Pavilion at Starlake. The Aug. 5 conditional-use hearing drew 200+ residents; about three dozen won party status, and residents' attorneys argued the application belongs before the zoning hearing board rather than the supervisors, so the hearing was continued to Aug. 31 without Prime presenting.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-31; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • undatedfiling
    Prime Data Centers LLC filed a conditional-use application in May 2026 for a seven-building data center with an attached power generation facility in the Starpointe Business Park. · source
  • 2026-03-01rezoning
    Hanover Township adopted an ordinance regulating data center development during a meeting in March 2026, before Prime Data Centers LLC submitted its Starpointe application. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    CBS Pittsburgh reported that residents were mounting an 11th-hour fight against the proposed Starpointe data center ahead of the Aug. 5 hearing, citing health concerns from infrasound, noise and emissions and criticizing the township's data center ordinance as insufficiently protective on setbacks and noise. · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    Conditional-use hearing before Hanover Township supervisors drew hundreds of residents; roughly three dozen were granted party standing, and residents' attorneys argued the zoning hearing board must first determine the data center's comparable use, so the hearing was continued to Aug. 31. · source
  • 2026-08-31hearing
    Continued conditional-use hearing scheduled for 6 p.m. at the Hanover VFD Firehall. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.350, -80.440 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Double Reed (Stream US Data Centers at STAMP) Awaiting decision

Alabama (Genesee County), NY · 600 MW · Operator: Stream Data Centers · Filing LLC: Stream US Data Centers LLC

Stream US Data Centers proposes a $19.46 billion, three-building, roughly 600 MW data center campus at the STAMP site in the Town of Alabama, Genesee County. The Town Planning Board reviewed site-plan conditions (annual noise monitoring, heat-island mitigation, a dedicated code enforcement officer) and was expected to vote July 6, but both July meetings were cancelled after GCEDC, the SEQRA lead agency, could not complete environmental-review documentation; the next scheduled Planning Board meeting was Aug 3, 2026. GCEDC's CEO says the project keeps moving unless New York's passed-but-unsigned statewide data center moratorium becomes law.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-03; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2025-02-03hearing
    A GCEDC public hearing was held February 3, 2025 on the original Stream/Project Double Reed incentive proposal at STAMP, ahead of staff bringing a recommendation to the STAMP committee and full board. · source
  • 2025-03-06vote
    The GCEDC Board of Directors approved the original 900,000-square-foot, 250-megawatt Project Double Reed data center plan for Stream U.S. Data Centers at STAMP on March 6, 2025. · source
  • 2025-07-13lawsuit
    The Tonawanda Seneca Nation and the Sierra Club filed suit in New York State Supreme Court alleging GCEDC violated SEQRA by awarding $472 million in subsidies to Stream U.S. Data Centers without conducting a full environmental review or requiring detailed project plans. · source
  • 2025-09-18withdrawal
    The GCEDC board voted to withdraw the State Environmental Quality Review determination for the approved 900,000-square-foot project after Stream said it had identified an opportunity to secure additional capacity and increase the project's scale, with Stream to submit an amended, larger application; a Tonawanda Seneca chief called the withdrawal a win. · source
  • 2026-02-18filing
    Stream submitted a revised GCEDC SEQR application dated February 18, 2026 increasing the campus to a $19.46 billion, roughly 500 MW, 2.2 million-square-foot three-building project on about 90 acres, with roughly 125 permanent jobs. · source
  • 2026-03-31hearing
    At a March 31, 2026 meeting, a Wendel Companies engineer walked the Town of Alabama Planning Board through the Stream site plan (water, sanitary sewer, noise studies, generators, roads, emergency services, parking); the board made no decisions and scheduled a public hearing for April 20 at the Alabama Fire Department. · source
  • 2026-05-04hearing
    The Alabama Planning Board held a public hearing on the $19.46 billion Stream project at the Alabama Fire Hall with almost 75 speakers, a majority opposed over noise, water, wetlands and impacts near the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, while some trades union representatives supported it; Stream design manager Colm Curran presented the project. · source
  • 2026-06-02hearing
    On June 2, 2026, Wendel Companies engineers updated the Alabama Planning Board on draft site-plan conditions dated May 26, 2026 covering annual noise readings, construction traffic routes, a heat-island memorandum, stormwater, grading, utilities and safety; the board chair said there was no deadline for a decision. · source
  • 2026-06-16hearing
    Alabama Planning Board met for over 3.5 hours on the Stream site plan amid resident opposition; conditions discussed included lifetime annual noise monitoring and a one-year construction-start deadline, with a site-plan approval vote expected July 6. · source
  • 2026-07-02announcement
    Town supervisor announced the July 6 and July 20 Planning Board meetings were cancelled - GCEDC could not complete SEQRA documentation in time - with the next regular meeting set for Aug 3, 2026. · source
  • 2026-07-14lawsuit
    The Tonawanda Seneca Nation and the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the zoning agreement between the Town of Alabama and the GCEDC that underpins development at the STAMP industrial park. · source
  • 2026-07-14ruling
    Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on July 14, 2026 establishing New York's first statewide moratorium of up to one year, pausing the Department of Environmental Conservation from issuing discretionary environmental permits for new hyperscale data centers while the state builds a regulatory framework and Community Investment Framework. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    On July 29, 2026 Governor Hochul held a roundtable in Henrietta defending the one-year data center moratorium she signed July 14, saying New York does not need to be first but wants to be the first to get it right and that developers should bear infrastructure costs; coverage tied the pause to Stream's proposed $19.5 billion STAMP campus in the Town of Alabama. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 43.100, -78.390 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Flex Awaiting decision

Lyon Township (Oakland County), MI · — · Operator: Verrus

Verrus (with Walbridge as general contractor) is developing the Project Flex data center on Milford Road in Lyon Township. The Planning Commission gave initial approval on Sept 8, 2025; final site-plan approval review is anticipated at the commission's Aug 24, 2026 meeting. Verrus is offering a $10M community benefits package and its attorney has warned of legal action if approval is further delayed; residents organized as 'No Data Center Lyon Township' oppose the project.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-24; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2025-08-07filing
    Walbridge submitted the Project Flex site plan application to Lyon Township planning authorities for the 1.8-million-square-foot, 172-acre data center campus. · source
  • 2025-09-08vote
    Lyon Township Planning Commission gave initial approval to Project Flex. · source
  • 2025-12-01protest
    In December 2025 a Facebook opposition group titled 'NO DATA CENTER in Lyon Township' grew to roughly 2,000 members, citing concerns about electricity infrastructure, water usage, and environmental impacts. · source
  • 2025-12-11announcement
    Lyon Township issued an official press release/statement addressing questions about the Project Flex data center site plan. · source
  • 2026-01-07report
    Consulting firm Kimley-Horn completed a noise study for Project Flex, a condition of the site-plan approval. · source
  • 2026-01-08coverage
    Lyon Township issued a statement indicating the Planning Commission may be revisiting the conditional site-plan approval, saying final approval depends on independent review of the sound study and energy audit. · source
  • 2026-01-12protest
    About 125 residents attended a Lyon Township Planning Commission meeting to voice opposition to the 1.8-million-square-foot data center. · source
  • 2026-01-22hearing
    Lyon Township held a study/informational meeting on the Project Flex data center; residents staged a protest outside before the meeting. · source
  • 2026-03-02vote
    The Lyon Township Board of Trustees enacted a six-month moratorium on new data centers and facilities over 100,000 square feet, running through September 8, 2026, while it reviews ordinances. · source
  • 2026-04-27filing
    The Oakland County Election Commission approved recall petition language targeting all seven Lyon Township trustees, an effort organizers tied to opposition to Project Flex. · source
  • 2026-05-27filing
    An attorney for Verrus submitted a Final Site Plan response letter arguing the project meets township codes and warning of legal action if approval is further delayed. · source
  • 2026-06-08hearing
    At a Lyon Township Planning Commission meeting, dozens of residents, including State Sen. Jim Runestad, spoke during public comment opposing Project Flex. · source
  • 2026-07-01vote
    In July 2026 Lyon Township postponed a decision on the data center, including whether to accept a $10 million community-benefits offer from Verrus. · source
  • 2026-08-24hearing
    Final approval review anticipated at the Lyon Township Planning Commission meeting. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.510, -83.650 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Iron Spur Awaiting decision

Rural Hall (Forsyth County), NC · 129 ac · Filing LLC: Project Iron Spur

~129-acre hyperscale campus proposed across from Rural Hall town hall; Forsyth County Planning Board recommended denial. Commissioners held the public hearing July 30, 2026 - decision pending.

Next step: Heard 2026-07-30; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2026-03-17announcement
    Charlotte-based developer Drox Group LLC presented its proposed hyperscale data center on roughly 129 acres in Rural Hall at a March community meeting, where residents raised concerns about noise, pollution, and energy and water demands. · source
  • 2026-04-13vote
    The Rural Hall Town Council unanimously passed a resolution in April opposing the rezoning needed for the Drox Group data center. · source
  • 2026-06-11vote
    The Forsyth County (City-County) Planning Board voted on Thursday, June 11 to recommend denying Drox Group's rezoning request for the $3 billion, 129-acre project, with staff citing potential significant offsite impacts to nearby residents. · source
  • 2026-06-23vote
    The Rural Hall Town Council voted to withdraw its opposition and back the project after Mayor Terry Bennett said the developer made a written promise that, if the county approved rezoning, the town could annex the site and collect tax revenue; the resolution carries no legal weight in the county process. · source
  • 2026-07-28news
    Forsyth County Planning Board recommended denial, citing scale and intensity that 'could result in significant offsite impacts to nearby residents.' Rural Hall town officials reversed their opposition after a tax-revenue annexation offer. · source
  • 2026-07-30meeting
    County commissioners held the public hearing on the rezoning after months of resident opposition; a final decision was pending as of this record. · source
  • 2026-07-30vote
    The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to deny the rezoning request for Project Iron Spur, with only Don Martin and Gloria Whisenhunt voting in support, following six months of review, over 400 emails, and dozens of public speakers. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.240, -80.290 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Site Layer 4 Data Center Campus Awaiting decision

Wheatland (Platte County), WY · 5,344 ac · Operator: Site Layer 4

Site Layer 4, a New York-based firm, has applied to rezone 5,344 acres of ranchland on the Lazy V Six Ranch northeast of Wheatland for a $26 billion data center campus with co-located utility-scale energy generation. The project promises 300 jobs and substantial tax revenue but neighbors are concerned about water, wildlife, and viewshed impacts. More than 400 public comments were received. Planning and Zoning Commission hearing rescheduled to August 26, 2026, with County Commissioners hearing on September 2.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-26; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-07-13announcement
    Rezoning application revealed for 5,344-acre data center campus on Lazy V Six Ranch. · source
  • 2026-08-26hearing
    Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing at Agriplex, Wheatland. · source
  • 2026-09-02hearing
    Platte County Commissioners public hearing at Agriplex, Wheatland. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.050, -104.950 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Smithfield Gateway Data Center Awaiting decision

Smithfield Township (Monroe County), PA · — · Operator: DEPG Mosier Associates LP / DEPG of Shawnee II LP · Filing LLC: DEPG Mosier Associates LP

Two 250,000 sq ft data center buildings proposed at Smithfield Gateway behind St. Luke's and Wawa on Route 209. Developer filed a curative amendment application; township initiated a 180-day review period starting May 6, 2026. Township is proposing a new H-1 (Heavy Industrial) Zoning District where data centers would be the only permitted conditional use, removing them from ED and M-1 districts. Board of Supervisors held public hearing and vote on Aug 12, 2026.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-12; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2025-10-22vote
    The township held a public hearing on its data center ordinance on October 22, 2025, and the ordinance passed. · source
  • 2025-11-01filing
    In November 2025 DEPG submitted the initial sketch plan application and supporting documents for the Smithfield Gateway data center (Phases 1B, 2A, and 2B). · source
  • 2025-12-01filing
    In December 2025 the Township Engineer issued Sketch Plan Review No. 1 after the applicant submitted a conceptual site plan, grading plans, and cross-section plans. · source
  • 2026-02-02filing
    The applicant resubmitted revised sketch plan materials, including revised conceptual plans, preliminary renderings, a sound study, and response letters to the Township Engineer. · source
  • 2026-02-11filing
    The Township Engineer issued Sketch Plan Review No. 2 for the Smithfield Gateway data center sketch plan. · source
  • 2026-02-14protest
    A Change.org petition titled 'Stop the massive data center in Stroudsburg, PA' opposing the Smithfield Gateway Project was launched, citing energy use, deforestation, noise and light pollution, and questioning promised job benefits. · source
  • 2026-03-12coverage
    DataCenterDynamics reported the Smithfield Gateway project, discussed by the Planning Commission in mid-February, would consist of two 250,000 sq ft data centers linked to Legend Properties with no disclosed end-user, and that an opposition petition had passed 800 signatures. · source
  • 2026-04-03filing
    DEPG Mosier Associates LP and DEPG of Shawnee II LP submitted the conditional use application for a two-building data center at Smithfield Gateway, including a statement of purpose, conditional use plan, environmental impact summary, traffic statement, and sound emissions study. · source
  • 2026-04-22hearing
    The township scheduled an April 22, 2026 6:00 p.m. hearing on a data center ordinance amendment. · source
  • 2026-05-06filing
    Curative amendment application filed; 180-day MPC review period begins. · source
  • 2026-06-01filing
    In June 2026 the Township Engineer (T&M Associates) issued Review No. 1 on the data center conditional use application. · source
  • 2026-06-03hearing
    The township scheduled a Board of Supervisors meeting for June 3, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School to discuss data center ordinance updates. · source
  • 2026-08-11filing
    The applicant resubmitted the conditional use application with revised documents, including conditional use plans, a Kaplin-Stewart resubmission letter, traffic memorandum, acoustical evaluation, emergency response plan, detailed load study report, and water and sewer letters. · source
  • 2026-08-12hearing
    Board of Supervisors public hearing and curative amendment vote at JT Lambert Intermediate School. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    Fox56 covered the public hearing at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School where residents voiced opposition to the proposed data center zoning, quoting resident Joel Raffaeli saying the community could come up with something better. · source
  • 2026-08-13hearing
    Township newsletter states the Planning Commission will review the conditional use application for the proposed data center and vote on a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. · source
  • 2026-09-09hearing
    Township newsletter announces the Board of Supervisors will open the conditional use hearing on the proposed data center on Wednesday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m. at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School, where party status requests are due. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.000, -75.180 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Stonebridge Associates data center campus at Powder Mill Works Awaiting decision

North Beaver & Mahoning townships (Lawrence County), PA · — · Operator: Stonebridge Associates

Maryland-based Stonebridge Associates has applied to build a data center campus at the Powder Mill Works commercial development site spanning North Beaver and Mahoning townships in Lawrence County, PA. The application was rejected administratively because a required $3,000 Lawrence County escrow check was missing, and back-to-back zoning hearings in early August 2026 argued over whether the application was validly filed - which determines whether older April or newer June zoning rules apply. The zoning board deferred its ruling, expected within 45 days.

Next step: Heard 2026-08-05; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2026-04-14rezoning
    Mahoning Township Board of Supervisors passed a data center zoning ordinance restricting data centers to industrial districts, despite significant resident opposition at a packed public hearing; supervisors also authorized a noise and vibration study. · source
  • 2026-06-02filing
    S.S. Penn LLC (Stonebridge affiliate) delivered a box of preliminary land development plans to Mahoning Township for a 15- to 16-building data center campus on 568-569 acres at the Powder Mill Works site, along with checks to Mahoning Township and Lawrence County but missing the required $3,000 county escrow fee. · source
  • 2026-06-24rezoning
    Mahoning Township Board of Supervisors passed three additional ordinances regulating data centers, power generation, and battery storage in industrial districts, tightening setback, noise, and vibration restrictions beyond the April ordinance. · source
  • 2026-06-27filing
    New Castle News reported the preliminary land development plan by S.S. Penn LLC for 16 buildings on 569 acres at the Powder Mill Works site; planning commission reviews were scheduled for early July in both townships and Lawrence County. · source
  • 2026-07-08hearing
    Stonebridge principal Douglas Firstenberg presented data center plans to approximately 40 residents at a North Beaver Township planning commission meeting, projecting 400-500 permanent jobs, over $1 billion investment, and $10 million annual tax revenue for Mahoning Township. · source
  • 2026-07-16lawsuit
    Attorney Louis Perrotta, representing both townships, announced he would file motions to quash lawsuits brought by S.S. Penn LLC challenging the timing of revised zoning ordinance amendments; a hearing was set before Judge Bradley Olson in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court. · source
  • 2026-07-16coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reported Stonebridge plans to invest over $15 billion on the 16-building campus at the former dynamite factory site, with Penn Power providing electricity and a six-year build-out; a petition against the project had gathered 170 signatures. · source
  • 2026-07-20lawsuit
    WFMJ reported Stonebridge is suing both North Beaver and Mahoning townships, arguing zoning restrictions adopted after it submitted its plans should not apply under the pending-ordinance doctrine; township solicitor Perrotta contended the application was incomplete and underfunded. · source
  • 2026-07-21protest
    Approximately 150 residents packed a Stonebridge public meeting in New Castle, chanting opposition; Firstenberg outlined 16 buildings over six years, 3,000 construction and 400 permanent jobs, a 2029 construction start, and potential tenants Meta, Oracle, and Amazon AWS (none confirmed). · source
  • 2026-07-21coverage
    WFMJ reported residents voiced strong frustration at the Stonebridge public presentation in New Castle, with attendees demanding design plans and criticizing the company's claims about health and environmental impacts. · source
  • 2026-08-04hearing
    North Beaver Township held a zoning hearing on the Stonebridge application, focusing on whether fees were paid correctly and whether the application was timely; Stonebridge lawyer Shawn Gallagher said if the June regulations apply rather than April's, the company 'might not have a project.' · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    Second zoning hearing (Mahoning Township) on whether Stonebridge's application was filed correctly and on time; the filing had been rejected over a missing $3,000 county escrow fee, and the board deferred its decision, indicating a ruling within 45 days. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.990, -80.430 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

TeraWulf Cayuga data center (former Cayuga Power Plant) Awaiting decision

Lansing (Tompkins County), NY · 300 MW · Operator: TeraWulf

TeraWulf leases 183 acres of the 434-acre former Cayuga Power Plant site on Cayuga Lake in Lansing, NY, proposing ~125 acres of development: Phase 1 of 150 MW across three buildings plus a Phase 2 of another 150 MW. On April 27, 2026 the Lansing Planning Board deemed the site-plan application incomplete and requested lease details, construction-traffic data, and landscaping clarification; environmental groups' lawsuit over the Zoning Board's permit interpretation survived a standing challenge on April 29.

Next step: Heard 2026-04-27; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-08-14financing
    Concurrent with the August 14, 2025 lease announcement, TeraWulf reported securing a multi-billion-dollar investment from Google tied to its expansion, with the Lansing site projecting about $400 million in redevelopment investment, roughly 500 temporary construction jobs, and 100 permanent positions. · source
  • 2025-09-22hearing
    On September 22, 2025 the Lansing Town Board held a public hearing on a proposed year-long development moratorium that would have paused major construction while the town rewrote its zoning laws; the final vote was deferred to a later meeting. · source
  • 2025-11-05vote
    On November 5, 2025 the Lansing Town Board voted 3-2 not to withdraw its proposed construction moratorium, before reversing course later that month. · source
  • 2025-11-14lawsuit
    As reported November 14, 2025, a letter from TeraWulf's representatives called for withdrawal of the proposed moratorium and demanded the immediate resignation of Town Supervisor Ruth Groff and board member Joseph Wetmore, alleging Open Meetings Law, FOIL, and Lobbying Act violations. · source
  • 2025-11-19vote
    On November 19, 2025 the Lansing Town Board unanimously voted to withdraw its proposed one-year land-use moratorium, without discussion or explanation, clearing a path for the TeraWulf project to advance. · source
  • 2025-12-22vote
    On December 22, 2025 the Town of Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to classify TeraWulf's Cayuga site as 'general processing,' allowing the data center to proceed without additional rezoning or variances; it was the company's third appeal after prior rejections of 'scientific research laboratory' and 'warehouse' classifications. · source
  • 2026-01-30lawsuit
    On January 30, 2026, Cayuga Lake Environmental Action Now (CLEAN) and FLX Strong filed an Article 78 petition in New York State Supreme Court against the Lansing Zoning Board of Appeals and TeraWulf, seeking to annul the ZBA's December 2025 'general processing' classification as containing errors of law and procedural violations. · source
  • 2026-04-27hearing
    Lansing Planning Board reviewed TeraWulf's site-plan application, deemed it incomplete, and requested additional documentation (lease details, construction traffic data, landscaping clarification). · source
  • 2026-04-29ruling
    Court ruled that petitioners in the environmental groups' January lawsuit challenging the Zoning Board's permit interpretation have standing to proceed; arguments scheduled for June 18, 2026. · source
  • 2026-06-17protest
    On June 17, 2026 a coalition of Finger Lakes organizations held a press event outside Lansing town hall to deliver the 'Reject the Development of an AI Data Center on Cayuga Lake' petition, which had gathered roughly 20,000 signatures (about 17,000 from New York State residents). · source
  • 2026-06-25protest
    Opposition groups No Data Center FLX and FLX Strong hosted a public presentation on June 25, 2026 at the First Unitarian Society in Ithaca about data-center harms and the Lansing proposal. · source
  • 2026-07-14moratorium
    As reported July 14, 2026, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 establishing a statewide moratorium halting state permitting for data centers of 50+ MW pending a Department of Public Service environmental review; the order exempts local-government permits, and TeraWulf said it does not change its Lansing plans. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.570, -76.530 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Wolcott Data Center (Mid-America Commerce Park) Awaiting decision

White County, IN · 322 ac · Operator: Blue Ladder Development

Proposed data center at Mid-America Commerce Park, Wolcott, at the intersection of U.S. 24 and CR 1100 West. Site plans describe up to four data halls (~327,612 sq ft each), a 50,000 sq ft office building, and a 100,000 sq ft warehouse, with full build-out projected for 2029 and ~1,000 construction jobs over the build-out period; the developer's own site describes it as a 'closed-loop, minimal-water' campus seeking no incentives. Rezoning covers ~184 acres (per an Aug 2025 lawsuit) within a larger ~322-acre parcel. The rezoning applications were filed by the White County Redevelopment Commission rather than the property owners (BOWS4CRM and Liebengood Family Partnership) -- neighboring landowners Bart and Amy Snyder sued in Aug 2025 alleging the redevelopment commission lacked a notarized letter authorizing it to act as agent and that no site plan was submitted with the rezoning application, both allegedly required under White County's zoning ordinance. As of a June 2026 community open house, the project was still moving forward despite the moratorium and the pending lawsuit; White County Economic Development Organization President Randy Strasser confirmed the open house was authentic and co-hosted with the commissioners.

Next step: Heard 2025-08-11; decision pending. Call the board clerk for the vote date and get on the notification list.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-08-01lawsuit
    Bart and Amy Snyder sue the White County commissioners, the White County Redevelopment Commission, and property owners BOWS4CRM and Liebengood Family Partnership to overturn the rezoning, alleging procedural defects (no notarized agency letter, no site plan). · source
  • 2025-08-11hearing
    Area Plan Commission public hearing on the ~184-acre Mid-America Commerce Park rezoning; officials admitted no site plan had been submitted. · source
  • 2025-10-20moratorium
    White County Commissioners vote 2-1 (Davis, Pass for; Smolek against) to adopt a 12-month moratorium on data center development, expiring Oct 20, 2026. · source
  • 2026-06-29community-meeting
    Blue Ladder Development and White County commissioners co-host a public open house on the proposed data center at the Monticello Best Western. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.760, -87.040 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

216 Greenfield Road In review

Lancaster City (Lancaster County), PA · — · Operator: Chirisa Technology Parks

PA DEP has finished reviewing this project's environmental permits (2 issued). That is a permit milestone, not a local land-use approval.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2025-05-14permit
    Minor Facility Plan Approval MACT Air Toxics Minor application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (36-05169A / eFACTS auth 1527342) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-05-14
    Minor Facility Plan Approval MACT Air Toxics Minor application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (36-05169A / eFACTS auth 1527342) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.049, -76.259 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Caddo Parish In review

Caddo Parish, LA · — · Operator: Amazon · Owner: Amazon

$12B multi-site data center investment in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (21 events)
  • 2025-10-01filing
    Memorandums of purchase and sale filed for two tracts totaling over 810 acres for what became the AWS/STACK campuses — one at Resilient Technology Park in west Shreveport, the other along State Line Road near Blanchard. · source
  • 2025-12-01incentive
    Caddo Parish Commission voted in support of a PILOT incentive package to help attract the AWS data center campus. · source
  • 2025-12-03denial
    Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission denied the special use permit for the then-unnamed data center project at the Resilient Technology Park campus. · source
  • 2025-12-18vote
    Shreveport City Council voted 7-0 to overturn the Planning Commission denial and approve the special use permit for the west Shreveport data center. · source
  • 2026-01-01lawsuit
    Three plaintiffs filed suit in Caddo Parish District Court seeking judicial review of the City Council decision overturning the Planning Commission denial, putting the west Shreveport project in legal limbo for roughly 90 days. · source
  • 2026-02-23announcement
    Gov. Landry and Amazon publicly announced a $12 billion, multi-site AWS data center buildout across Caddo and Bossier Parishes developed with STACK Infrastructure; expected to create 540 direct jobs and support 1,710 additional FTE positions. · source
  • 2026-02-23incentive
    Amazon detailed state incentives including LED FastStart workforce training, High Impact Jobs Program, Data Center Sales Tax Exemption, plus commitments to pay 100% of its own electricity costs and invest roughly $400 million in public water infrastructure. · source
  • 2026-02-23utility
    AEP/SWEPCO stated that no costs associated with serving the new Amazon data centers would be passed along to existing utility ratepayers. · source
  • 2026-02-24coverage
    Local coverage confirmed the specific campus locations spanning Bossier and Caddo Parishes, including the Resilient Technology Park and Stateline Road sites. · source
  • 2026-02-25public-comment
    Shreveport residents raised concerns at public meetings over the Amazon data center impact on utilities, water supply and the environment, including questions about roughly 7.5 million gallons of water per day. · source
  • 2026-03-01protest
    Community organizers held a town hall The Truth About Data Centers drawing nearly 100 attendees opposed to the project over environmental impact, infrastructure strain and lack of oversight. · source
  • 2026-03-18hearing
    Bossier Parish Police Jury held a two-hour-plus public hearing on the final property allocation for the $6 billion Bossier campus; residents pressed officials on water usage, contamination risk, noise, and NDA use during site-selection. · source
  • 2026-03-19vote
    Bossier Parish Police Jury formally backed the Amazon data center project, approving the property allocation. · source
  • 2026-04-20ruling
    Judge Ramon Lafitte dismissed the lawsuit challenging the City Council approval of the special use permit for the Resilient Technology Park campus, clearing the way for construction. · source
  • 2026-07-13report
    Reporting highlighted that Caddo Parish has no comprehensive land-use/zoning blueprint for unincorporated areas, meaning the parish cannot enforce typical land-use regulations on data center development. · source
  • 2026-07-30public-comment
    Amazon and STACK held informational briefings for Bossier and Shreveport officials including public safety representatives. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    Reporting detailed a proposal to freeze new data center tax breaks in Caddo Parish while officials study long-term fiscal and infrastructure effects. · source
  • 2026-08-17moratorium
    Commissioner John-Paul Young introduced Resolution 53 proposing a two-year moratorium on new data center developments, expansions, and tax incentive agreements in unincorporated Caddo Parish; would not affect the AWS campus already under construction. · source
  • 2026-08-18hearing
    At a Caddo Parish Commission work session, commissioners clashed over data center oversight resolutions; an attempt to fast-track failed 8-3 and commissioners voted 11-0 to refer both measures to committee. Parish attorney warned the proposed moratorium cannot legally be enacted by resolution. · source
  • 2026-08-18announcement
    AWS announced a third data center campus for Shreveport/Resilient Technology Park, a $6 billion addition bringing total NW Louisiana investment to $18 billion; adds 210 direct jobs (up to 750 across all campuses) plus up to $400M in public water infrastructure. · source
  • 2026-08-18coverage
    Shreveport civic and business leaders characterized the additional $6 billion Amazon investment as a milestone for the region. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Accokeek Center data campus In review

Stafford County, VA · — · Ownership not yet identified

Rezoning with proffers plus a conditional use permit for a substation. The Planning Commission recommended approval on separate 4-3 votes in late Aug 2026; the Board of Supervisors had not voted as of Sep 1, 2026, the night it instead directed letters seeking a state special session and a temporary pause on large-scale approvals.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-08-26vote
    Stafford Planning Commission recommended, on separate 4-3 votes, that the Board of Supervisors approve the Accokeek Center rezoning with proffers and the conditional use permit for its substation (late August 2026; the recommendation was reported Aug 28 and Sep 1). · source
  • 2026-09-01meeting
    The Board of Supervisors took no vote on Accokeek; it directed staff to draft letters to Gov. Spanberger asking for a special session on data center rules and, failing that, a temporary pause on new large-scale approvals. Supervisor Vanuch: 'I don't want us to be in a situation where we approve now and regulate later.' · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.450, -77.380 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Aligned Shippingport (Project Phoenix) In review

Shippingport (Beaver County), PA · 651 ac · Operator: Aligned Data Centers · Owner: Frontier Group of Companies

Nearly 2M sq ft, ~$10B natural-gas-powered data center campus on the former Bruce Mansfield coal plant site; land deal ($223.15M) closed July 29, 2026.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2022-01-01coverage
    Frontier Group acquired the former Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant site (660 acres) from Energy Harbor Corp, cleared coal piles, and began marketing the property as Shippingport Industrial Park. · source
  • 2025-01-01filing
    Shippingport Borough solicitor began drafting the borough initial data-center zoning ordinance in anticipation of large-scale proposals at the former Bruce Mansfield site. · source
  • 2025-03-01vote
    Shippingport Borough Council passed a new data-center zoning ordinance establishing use and permitting rules ahead of Aligned formal application. · source
  • 2025-08-01coverage
    A Vistra subsidiary purchased a 74-acre farm in nearby Hookstown for $4.2 million, underscoring the broader wave of AI/data-center-driven land acquisition around Shippingport and Beaver Valley. · source
  • 2025-09-01public-comment
    Residents and officials raised transparency concerns about Frontier Group plans at a Shippingport borough meeting, prompting Gov. Shapiro to later say too many such projects have been shrouded in secrecy. · source
  • 2025-10-01financing
    BlackRock led a roughly $40 billion deal to acquire Aligned Data Centers, the developer behind the proposed Shippingport Project Phoenix campus. · source
  • 2025-12-05filing
    Aligned Data Centers filed a conditional-use application with Shippingport Borough for Project Phoenix on the former Bruce Mansfield power plant site. · source
  • 2025-12-15hearing
    Aligned held its first public information meeting in Shippingport to present Project Phoenix to residents; a company representative apologized for confusion surrounding the proposal. · source
  • 2026-01-28vote
    Shippingport Borough Council approved most of Aligned conditional-use permit for up to three data center buildings totaling roughly 2 million square feet plus an on-site natural gas power plant; only about four residents attended. · source
  • 2026-02-05announcement
    Coverage detailed Aligned roughly $10 billion Shippingport Industrial Park campus plan on the ~660-acre former Bruce Mansfield site, with conditional use permits approved and the project in pre-construction planning. · source
  • 2026-02-08coverage
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Beaver Valley becoming a regional data-center target, noting Aligned natural gas plan alongside a separate Vistra-Meta power purchase agreement tied to the Beaver Valley nuclear plant. · source
  • 2026-02-09report
    Detailed site-plan figures: 593 acres, three two-story buildings up to 59 feet tall (1.95 million sq ft combined), a 70-acre natural gas power-generation pad, and 250 parking spaces; six parcels still needed acquisition. · source
  • 2026-02-09permit
    Aligned/Frontier applied for mass grading, NPDES, and stormwater permits plus variances for 59-ft building height, up to 75% woodland clearing, 65-dB operational noise limits, and round-the-clock construction noise. · source
  • 2026-02-09utility
    Frontier Group plan to convert adjacent former Bruce Mansfield coal units to natural gas generation (up to 3.6 GW, ~$3.2 billion via EQT and National Fuel Gas) cited as the eventual power source for the Aligned campus. · source
  • 2026-02-09public-comment
    Mixed local reaction: some welcomed jobs while Beaver County economic development president cautioned that blindly chasing data centers is not the way to go; residents cited property-value and mine-subsidence concerns. · source
  • 2026-06-25vote
    Pennsylvania House voted 197-5 to pass HB 2198 repealing the state Computer Data Center Equipment sales-tax incentive program, projected to cost $188.4 million in FY2026-27 growing to $517 million by 2030. · source
  • 2026-07-29financing
    Aligned Data Centers closed its purchase of 650.89 acres in Shippingport from Frontier Group for $223,150,865 to build its nearly 2-million-square-foot data center campus. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-02-09
    Aligned/Frontier applied for mass grading, NPDES, and stormwater permits plus variances for 59-ft building height, up to 75% woodland clearing, 65-dB operational noise limits, and round-the-clock construction noise. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Bridgefield Tech Center (GW campus, Ashburn) In review

Ashburn (Loudoun County), VA · 122 ac · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: Amazon Data Services · Tenant: Amazon (AWS) · Filing LLC: Amazon Data Services

Four data center buildings (about 800,000 sq ft per WTOP; Northern Virginia Magazine reports ~400,000 sq ft plus three parking garages) on George Washington University's Virginia Science and Technology campus, filed as a site plan under 1972-era zoning so it would need no Planning Commission review, public hearing or Board vote. The county says data centers are not by-right there and will require special-exception review. Construction cannot start until GW vacates, up to five years. 'rezoning_filed' here is the site-plan filing date.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-03-17announcement
    Amazon Data Services bought George Washington University's Ashburn campus for $427 million. Economic development director Buddy Rizer: "At no time has the Board of Supervisors envisioned data centers on that property," and the county said any data center there needs special-exception review before the Board of Supervisors, not by-right approval. · source
  • 2026-07-31filing
    Amazon Data Services filed a site plan for four two-story data center buildings and three parking garages on the 122-acre campus. Supervisor Juli Briskman (Algonkian): "Replacing the George Washington University campus with four massive data center buildings would be a profound loss for our community." · source
  • 2026-08-04meeting
    Amazon presented the 'Bridgefield Tech Center' plan (about 800,000 sq ft in four buildings) to residents. The application relies on 1972 zoning to proceed as a site plan with no Planning Commission review, public hearing or Board vote. Briskman called it too close to homes, Bles Park and the Potomac; residents described the area as becoming "a concrete jungle." · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.050, -77.460 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Floydada campus In review

Floydada (Floyd County), TX · — · Operator: Amazon Web Services · Owner: Amazon · Filing LLC: Amazon Data Services

Amazon Data Services filed TDLR registrations for three data center buildings (B, C, D; 189,060 sq ft and ~$300 million each) near Floydada, about 45 miles northeast of Lubbock, with construction planned August 2026 through April 2027. The filings were part of an August 2026 wave totaling 16 buildings and at least $4.8 billion across Floydada, a new Fort Stockton (Pecos County) campus, and six added buildings at Amazon's existing Boling (Wharton County) campus.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-08-05coverage
    All Ag News reported that Floyd County commissioners plan to use a Chapter 312 tax-abatement agreement as leverage over the proposed Amazon data center campus, citing limited regulatory and zoning authority over private property as the reason for turning to incentive conditions to protect water and power resources. · source
  • 2026-08-06coverage
    RFD-TV reported that Floyd County commissioners are considering a Chapter 312 tax-abatement agreement for the proposed Amazon campus (valued at over $1 billion, seven buildings across ~485 acres), with conditions requiring air-cooled systems to reduce groundwater demand and on-site electricity generation to avoid competing with local homes, farms, and businesses during shortages. · source
  • 2026-08-07filing
    Amazon Data Services' TDLR filings for three 189,060 sq ft, ~$300M data center buildings near Floydada were reported, with construction planned August 2026-April 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.980, -101.340 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Andover HPC Data Center In review

Andover Township (Sussex County), NJ · 97 ac · Owner: National Land Developers · Filing LLC: Andover HPC Development

National Land Developers registered Andover HPC Development in December 2025 at 248 Stickles Pond Road, a 97-acre former airport site. Andover Township first allowed data centers in a redevelopment zone along Route 206 (September 2025) and raised the height limit to 65 feet (April 2026), but after a chaotic May 2026 meeting with 300 residents, the township passed Ordinance 2026-13 banning data centers township-wide. No formal site plan was ever filed. National Land Developers sued in Sussex County Superior Court on July 10, 2026, challenging the ban.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (19 events)
  • 2021-09-01rezoning
    In September 2021 the Township Committee adopted Resolution 2021-91, designating approximately 812 acres along the Route 206 corridor (43 tax lots, including the Stickles Pond Road parcel) as a Non-Condemnation Area in Need of Redevelopment. · source
  • 2024-01-01permit
    In 2024 the 97-acre property at 248 Stickles Pond Road received approval for a 660,000-square-foot warehouse development with little public opposition. · source
  • 2025-08-01announcement
    In August 2025 township officials first publicly discussed a potential data center at a committee meeting. · source
  • 2025-09-01filing
    Township passes ordinance allowing data centers in Route 206 redevelopment zone. · source
  • 2025-10-01financing
    Approximately 33 days after the September 2025 ordinance permitting data centers, the property owner satisfied a $1.28 million mortgage on the Stickles Pond Road parcel. · source
  • 2025-12-01announcement
    Andover HPC Development LLC registered at 248 Stickles Pond Road address. · source
  • 2026-04-01vote
    Township committee votes to raise height limit to 65 feet in redevelopment zone. · source
  • 2026-04-24filing
    Attorney Anand Dash, representing community group Andover Responsible Development (a fiscally sponsored member of the NJ Highlands Coalition), filed a legal notice challenging Ordinances 2025-15 and 2026-08 as violations of state Municipal Land Use Law, threatening suit if they were not rescinded by May 7. · source
  • 2026-05-07hearing
    Chaotic meeting with ~300 residents opposing data center; police confrontation. · source
  • 2026-05-07vote
    At the same contentious meeting, the Township Committee voted 4-1 to introduce an ordinance creating additional data center standards including closed-loop water cooling, noise controls, and electric substation requirements; five days later they reversed course and introduced a ban instead. · source
  • 2026-05-08coverage
    NJTODAY reported that the township attorney confirmed preliminary PILOT financial discussions had taken place behind closed doors, and identified recently formed entities Bridge AIX LLC and Bridge AI Group LLC linked to the project through Delaware registrations. · source
  • 2026-05-09announcement
    Mayor Tom Walsh posted a video statement saying the Township Committee had directed the township attorney to draft an ordinance repealing data centers as a permitted use. · source
  • 2026-05-12vote
    At a special meeting the Township Committee introduced Ordinance 2026-13, a township-wide data center ban that would repeal the two prior ordinances permitting them. · source
  • 2026-05-19hearing
    The Andover Township Land Use Board found Ordinance 2026-13 consistent with the township's master plan. · source
  • 2026-05-28vote
    The Township Committee unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-13, prohibiting data centers as a use in all zones townshipwide. · source
  • 2026-07-10filing
    National Land Developers files lawsuit in Sussex County Superior Court challenging Ordinance 2026-13 banning data centers. · source
  • 2026-07-16coverage
    Andover officials said they intend to vigorously defend the ordinance, have no interest in settling, and expect to file a response to the complaint within about 30 days. · source
  • 2026-07-19report
    The Sussex County Democratic Committee issued a written statement criticizing township officials over the ordinance's vulnerability to the developer's lawsuit. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    Insider NJ reported Mayor Walsh stated the township has funding in place to defend the ordinance; Sussex County Republican chair Joseph LaBarbera denied Democratic allegations that the GOP was lobbying for data centers, calling the claim a deliberate lie. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-01-01
    In 2024 the 97-acre property at 248 Stickles Pond Road received approval for a 660,000-square-foot warehouse development with little public opposition. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • New Jersey DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • NJDEP DataMinerSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.980, -74.740 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Astra data center campus (Digital Realty) In review

De Soto (Johnson County), KS · 600 MW · Operator: Digital Realty · Owner: Digital Realty

Digital Realty bought ~1,435 acres in the Astra Enterprise Park (the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant) to develop a ~600 MW campus across Astra North and South; first phase ~$4B excluding equipment, customer undisclosed. The second major data center proposed near the $4B Panasonic battery plant.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-08

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2026-04-30financing
    Digital Realty's operating partnership closed the acquisition of approximately 1,440 acres at Astra Enterprise Park in De Soto for approximately $475 million in cash and operating partnership units, as disclosed in the company's June 22 press release. · source
  • 2026-06-04hearing
    Digital Realty presented preliminary plans for the Astra North data center campus to the De Soto City Council, describing nine buildings on 280 acres requiring 600 MW of power and up to 1 million gallons of water per day. · source
  • 2026-06-09coverage
    Ingram's reported Digital Realty unveiled plans for a $4 billion data center campus at Astra Enterprise Park in De Soto with 600 MW capacity across nine buildings, noting the land was purchased in April 2026 from Sunflower Redevelopment. · source
  • 2026-06-10proposal
    Digital Realty unveiled preliminary plans for a ~600 MW, ~1,435-acre campus at Astra Enterprise Park near the Panasonic battery plant. · source
  • 2026-06-22announcement
    Digital Realty officially announced the Astra Enterprise Park acquisition in an investor press release, disclosing the $475 million price, the Evergy Energy Service Agreement for 600 MW by early 2028 scalable to 2 GW, and that planning and phased development is underway. · source
  • 2026-06-23coverage
    KCUR reported De Soto Mayor Rick Walker welcomed data center growth as an opportunity to fund city functions, while resident Toni Caldwell raised concerns about lack of environmental impact studies and rapid development pace. · source
  • 2026-06-25coverage
    Commercial Property Executive reported Digital Realty entered the Kansas City market with its $475 million acquisition of 1,440 acres at Astra Enterprise Park, noting it secured an Evergy energy service agreement for 600 MW by early 2028. · source
  • 2026-06-29coverage
    Johnson County Post reported the Digital Realty campus would be De Soto's second data center, that the land is already zoned for data centers so no public hearing is required for site plan review, and that Digital Realty committed to fund over $300 million in power transmission upgrades. · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    The New Lede reported on De Soto residents organizing against data center development, including a national Facebook group 'Say NO to data centers' with 175,000 members run by De Soto-based resident Dally Holloway. · source
  • 2026-07-23hearing
    Digital Realty held a community information session from 5-7 pm at DYM Event Space in De Soto; residents attended with questions about water usage, noise, and the approval process, and some noted the company was more transparent than other Kansas data center developers. · source
  • 2026-07-23filing
    On its Q2 2026 earnings call, Digital Realty referenced its expansion into the Kansas City metro with 600 MW of utility power beginning to ramp in early 2028 and a long-term runway of up to 2 GW. · source
  • 2026-08-01permit
    Digital Realty submitted a site plan application for the Astra North campus to De Soto, with the Planning Commission expected to review it in August 2026; city staff review is underway. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-01
    Digital Realty submitted a site plan application for the Astra North campus to De Soto, with the Planning Commission expected to review it in August 2026; city staff review is underway. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.980, -94.970 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Atlas Capital Bloomfield In review

Bloomfield, CT · 44 ac · Operator: Atlas Capital Group

Proposed 1M-sq-ft data center at 132 Griffin Road North; surfaced at a June 26, 2026 Town Plan and Zoning Commission meeting.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2025-06-26hearing
    Atlas Capital Group gave an informal, conceptual presentation to the Bloomfield Town Plan and Zoning Commission about a potential 1-million-square-foot data center at 132 Griffin Road North. · source
  • 2025-07-01coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reported that Atlas Capital Group, a New York/LA real estate investment firm, may develop a roughly 1 million-square-foot data center in Bloomfield, Connecticut. · source
  • 2025-07-01utility
    Atlas Capital representative said the project planned 127,000-square-foot open-air substation is required for a facility of this size and that the company has had preliminary talks with Eversource. · source
  • 2025-07-01coverage
    Stamford Advocate reported on the New York developer proposal for a massive data center in Bloomfield, covering the 44-acre former tobacco-field site and project scope. · source
  • 2025-07-01report
    Sentry Commercial reported conceptual plans for a roughly 1 million-square-foot data center in Hartford County, detailing the 900,000-square-foot data hall and 127,000-square-foot substation on a 44-acre parcel. · source
  • 2025-07-03announcement
    The Town of Bloomfield issued a public news release announcing Atlas Capital Group conceptual data center proposal for the Griffin Road North site. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Connecticut DEEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Connecticut DEEP for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Bloomfield planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Bloomfield property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Carbon Node East / Panther Creek In review

Nesquehoning Borough (Carbon County), PA · — · Operator: Keel Infrastructure

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (3 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-02-25permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD130057 / eFACTS auth 1567677) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-13permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E1302226-001 / eFACTS auth 1562782) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-04-29permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD130057 / eFACTS auth 1567677) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-07-03permit
    New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-13917022-3 / eFACTS auth 1575562) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (4 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (4)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-03
    New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-13917022-3 / eFACTS auth 1575562) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-04-29
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD130057 / eFACTS auth 1567677) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-13
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E1302226-001 / eFACTS auth 1562782) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-02-25
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD130057 / eFACTS auth 1567677) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.856, -75.877 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Clarksdale hyperscale data center site In review

Clarksdale (Coahoma County), MS · 648 ac · Ownership not yet identified

Clarksdale rezoned a 648-acre site between the Sunflower River and Tallahatchie Street for a possible hyperscale campus, attaching conditions but naming no developer. No agreement has been signed and the end user is unknown.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-03-10announcement
    Clarksdale officials confirmed they were considering a hyperscale data center proposal on agricultural land inside the city, with the Crossroads Economic Partnership saying only that the counterparty is a global company. · source
  • 2026-03-18public-comment
    Residents of the Delta town, one of the poorest in Mississippi, described the prospect as a potential lifeline, while others pressed for guarantees on utility costs and jobs. · source
  • 2026-03-23rezoning
    The Clarksdale Board of Commissioners voted to rezone the 648-acre site with conditions: a $5 million impact fee paid before construction, developer-funded utility upgrades, emissions permits, and a 1,000-foot buffer from residential districts. Only the mayor and two commissioners were present. Mayor Orlando Paden stressed the vote does not approve a data center. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.200, -90.570 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Compass Wakarusa Campus In review

Shawnee County (Wakarusa area, near Topeka), KS · 600 ac · Operator: Compass Datacenters

10-building data center campus proposed on ~600 acres of light-industrial land southwest of Topeka; conditional use permit filed July 24, 2026, county flagged application 'incomplete' Aug 4.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2026-05-12rezoning
    Shawnee County Planning Commission recommended zoning changes requiring conditional use permits for data centers, energy storage systems, and utility structures (previously only a building permit was required). · source
  • 2026-06-10rezoning
    Shawnee County Commission approved zoning changes (HR2026003) formally defining data centers as requiring a conditional use permit; more than two dozen residents attended a standing-room-only meeting to oppose development and call for a moratorium. · source
  • 2026-06-11protest
    Residents packed a Shawnee County Commission meeting holding No data centers signs, citing water/electricity use, pollution, and health-risk concerns. · source
  • 2026-07-02filing
    Shawnee County Commission approved a resolution raising conditional use permit fees for data centers from $700 to $15,000, shifting the cost of expert technical review to applicants. · source
  • 2026-07-07public-comment
    Topeka City Council held a study session drawing roughly 100 residents; city staff acknowledged Topeka had no zoning framework for data centers, and a council member said she learned of preliminary talks with a developer only after directly asking staff. · source
  • 2026-07-14moratorium
    Topeka City Council unanimously approved a 12-month moratorium on new data center and battery-storage facility applications within city limits to allow time to study impacts. · source
  • 2026-07-24filing
    Compass Datacenters submitted a CUP application to Shawnee County for a data center campus on roughly 600+ acres near SW 85th/77th and Burlingame Road in the Wakarusa area, consisting of 10 single-story buildings built in phases. · source
  • 2026-07-28public-comment
    Compass held a public open house at Washburn Rural High School; attendees reported overcrowding, scripted answers, and frustration over transparency, with a City Councilwoman calling the event really disappointing. · source
  • 2026-08-04filing
    Shawnee County Land Use division determined Compass CUP application was incomplete; Compass given until August 28 to resubmit. · source
  • 2026-08-04filing
    Shawnee County commissioners issued an RFQ to hire an independent engineering/technical consulting firm to review data center applications. · source
  • 2026-08-11vote
    Topeka City Council amended its moratorium language, adding provisions on utility allowances for projects outside city limits, specifically addressing the Compass site near city limits. · source
  • 2026-08-13moratorium
    Shawnee County Commission voted 2-1 to approve a six-month moratorium on new data center applications through February 17, 2027; does not block Compass pending application from continuing review but no final approval can occur until it expires. · source
  • 2026-08-19hearing
    Topeka City Council held a special meeting where Compass and Evergy presented and fielded 90 minutes of questions on the proposed 400-MW-class project; Mayor confirmed the city moratorium remains in effect. · source
  • 2026-08-20rezoning
    Topeka Planning Commission discussed a proposed text amendment creating specific zoning standards for data centers (including hyperscale facilities), prompted by the Compass proposal. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Marble NC In review

Marble (Cherokee County), NC · 65 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~65 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2025-07-07announcement
    Core Scientific announced a definitive agreement for CoreWeave to acquire it in an all-stock deal implying roughly $9.0 billion equity value (0.1235 CoreWeave shares per Core Scientific share), giving CoreWeave about 1.3 GW of gross power across Core Scientific's national data center footprint. · source
  • 2025-10-30withdrawal
    Core Scientific announced termination of its merger agreement with CoreWeave after stockholders did not provide the votes necessary to approve the deal, saying it would remain a publicly traded company on Nasdaq under ticker CORZ. · source
  • 2026-01-01vote
    At a Cherokee County commissioners meeting in January 2026, commissioner Ben Adams urged colleagues to renew an expired cryptocurrency moratorium and add AI data centers to the restricted businesses; the proposal did not pass. · source
  • 2026-04-10coverage
    WUNC reported on Cherokee County resident opposition to the conversion of the Marble crypto mine into an AI data center, noting the site plan submitted to the county specified more than 170 diesel generators and that the facility draws water from the municipal supply plus three onsite wells. · source
  • 2026-05-14coverage
    Grist reported on the conversion of the former American Thread plant in Marble from crypto mining to an AI data center consuming as much power as a medium-sized town, noting the site plan included more than 170 diesel generators and that the Core Scientific–CoreWeave merger had fallen through the prior October. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.150, -83.950 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

DataBank Project Indo In review

Cartersville (Bartow County), GA · 200 MW · Operator: DataBank

200MW, $2.4B, 1.1M sq ft data center campus at 218 Industrial Park Road near Atlanta; filed a Development of Regional Impact application and a 288MW grid interconnection request.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-06-22filing
    DataBank Holdings filed a Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for 'Project Indo,' a proposed 200 MW data center campus on 69 acres at 218 Industrial Park Road, Cartersville, seeking a 288 MW utility grid connection; full build-out is estimated at $2.4 billion with first phase targeted for 2032. · source
  • 2026-06-25rezoning
    DataBank filed a rezoning request with the City of Cartersville to change the 218 Industrial Park Road site from HI (heavy industrial) to T (technology district) to permit the ~1 million-sq-ft data center and on-site power substation; city planner David Hardegree said the request would go before the Planning Commission on August 11, with projected annual tax revenue of $23 million and 60 full-time jobs. · source
  • 2026-07-07coverage
    Northwest Georgia News reported further details on Project Indo, including a DRI-estimated water use of roughly 5,082 gallons per day; Bartow County Administrator Peter Olson and Commissioner Steve Taylor downplayed traffic and water impacts and framed the project as a tax-revenue benefit for the county. · source
  • 2026-08-11hearing
    Cartersville Planning Commission scheduled hearing on DataBank's rezoning request (HI to Technology district) for the Project Indo data center campus at 218 Industrial Park Road. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Energence Utah Digital Infrastructure Campus In review

Duchesne County, UT · 1,200 MW · Operator: Senmiao Technology / Energence Utah LLC · Owner: Energence Utah LLC · Filing LLC: Energence Utah LLC

Massive 5,046-acre multi-use campus with 475-acre data center area (expandable to 1,000+ acres), 200-acre energy center, and ~1,440 acres of solar. Targets 100 MW by Year 2, 700 MW by Year 4, up to 1.2 GW firm / 1.9 GW total by Year 6. Senmiao Technology (NASDAQ: AIHS) entered a non-binding LOI for $5M staged investment for 51% equity in Energence Utah. Campus already has active conditional-use permits and 100,000 MMBTU/day gas commitment. Very early stage (LOI, not binding) and highly speculative given micro-cap sponsor.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-03-20incentive
    Utah Inland Port Authority Board officially adopted the 2,780-acre Black Gold Project Area in Duchesne County and Roosevelt City, creating an economic development zone that the Energence Utah campus would later cite as its location. · source
  • 2026-08-11announcement
    Senmiao Technology enters LOI for $5M investment for 51% stake in Energence Utah; 100 MW targeted in initial 2-year phase. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    Pulse 2.0 reported additional details from the LOI: the 5,046-acre campus already holds active conditional-use permits for the data campus, gas generation, energy storage, and solar PV, and has secured an initial natural gas commitment of 100,000 MMBTU per day, with Elio Energy Group serving as the development services provider. · source
  • 2026-08-14filing
    Senmiao Technology filed its 10-Q with the SEC disclosing that starting in 2026 the company began evaluating expansion into AI infrastructure, appointed David Nichols as strategic advisor for power infrastructure and capital formation, and in July 2026 formed Nebula Matrix AI LLC (90% owned) with Constant Energy Construction Corp. to develop AI data centers in the U.S. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.160, -110.400 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose In review

San Jose, CA · 97 MW · Operator: Goodman Group

Two-building, 414,000 sq ft data center campus (97MW) on 45.8-acre infill site bought for $200M; expected operational 2028.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2023-04-03environmental
    City of San Jose released an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the 350 West Trimble Road Project, covering a rezoning and Planned Development Permit for a 208,000 sq ft manufacturing and assembly building on the 10.9-acre parcel. · source
  • 2023-08-16rezoning
    San Jose Planning Commission approved LBA Realty industrial project at 350 West Trimble Road: a 208,000 sq ft manufacturing/assembly building with 15 loading docks, removing 57 trees. · source
  • 2025-10-02financing
    A Goodman Group affiliate bought the 45.8-acre site at 350 and 370 West Trimble Road from an LBA Realty affiliate in an all-cash $200 million deal. · source
  • 2025-10-30announcement
    Goodman Group announced plans to redevelop the acquired Trimble Road site into the Goodman Innovation Centre San Jose, a two-building data center campus totaling roughly 414,000 sq ft with up to 97.3 MW of power available by 2028. · source
  • 2026-08-13coverage
    KQED reported that a proposed data center on West Trimble Road in San Jose would remove 224 trees to build a facility with 21 backup generators and a private electrical substation, cited amid broader resident concerns over water, power-grid strain, and health impacts. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search San Jose planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search San Jose property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Cedar Rapids In review

Cedar Rapids, IA · — · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

None

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2024-03-21announcement
    Cedar Rapids officials publicly confirmed that Google was the company behind the previously unnamed, proposed ~$576 million, 1,396-acre data center project on the city's southwest side. · source
  • 2025-01-28vote
    The Cedar Rapids City Council approved a development agreement/urban renewal ordinance for Google's data center in the Big Cedar Industrial Center, setting terms including a minimum $576 million investment, construction start within three years, and at least 31 new full-time jobs. · source
  • 2025-05-30announcement
    Google held a celebration event in Cedar Rapids to officially confirm its data center project at Alliant Energy's Big Cedar Industrial Center and announced an additional $7 billion investment in Iowa over the next two years for cloud and AI infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-05-30financing
    Google announced $7 billion in Iowa investment covering the new Cedar Rapids data center and expansion of its existing Council Bluffs facility, plus a workforce-development partnership with the electrical training ALLIANCE aimed at increasing Iowa's electrical workforce pipeline by 95%. · source
  • 2026-06-22coverage
    The Cedar Rapids City Council was set to vote on an indemnification agreement giving Google a temporary certificate of occupancy for the first data center building while impacts were evaluated — the concern centered on heat and steam plumes potentially interfering with landings at the nearby Eastern Iowa Airport. · source
  • 2026-07-23coverage
    Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O'Donnell denied allegations that council members received kickbacks tied to the Google and QTS data center projects; reporting found the city manager and utilities business manager had signed NDAs with Google and QTS early in the projects' development. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.930, -91.700 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Hermantown Campus In review

Hermantown, MN · 278 ac · Operator: Google

26 parcels / 278 acres in SW Hermantown. Community pushback forced a redo of the environmental review; second public comment period on draft AUAR + mitigation plan opened June 12, 2026 (closed Jul 16).

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2025-10-01filing
    Initial Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) adopted. · source
  • 2026-06-12filing
    Second public comment period opened on revised Draft AUAR and Mitigation Plan after community pushback forced a redo of the environmental review. Comment period closed July 16. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Hermantown planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Hermantown property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 46.800, -92.240 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Lincoln In review

Lincoln, NE · 141 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Epoch AI estimates ~141 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2019-07-10filing
    Agate LLC, a Delaware-based company described as a front company for an undisclosed entity, filed site plans with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Department for a data center with at least two buildings on approximately 590 acres at 56th and I-80 north of Lincoln. · source
  • 2019-08-26rezoning
    The Lincoln City Council agenda included proposals by Agate LLC to annex approximately 576 acres near I-80 and Highway 77 and rezone from AG Agriculture to I-3 Employment Center District for a planned data center; council members were tight-lipped but indicated substantial economic development, and Google was widely suspected as the operator. · source
  • 2019-11-06filing
    Agate LLC, the shell company behind the Lincoln data center, purchased approximately 600 acres northwest of the 56th Street exit on I-80 for over $18.6 million; filings projected 160 full-time employees by 2022, 480 by 2025, and 960 by 2040. · source
  • 2023-08-22announcement
    Google announced it will build its third data center in Nebraska, located north of Lincoln at the northwest corner of 56th Street and Interstate 80; the announcement was made at Google's Papillion campus with Rep. Mike Flood, Sen. Deb Fischer, and Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird present. · source
  • 2026-07-20incentive
    Governor Jim Pillen signed an executive order halting tax subsidies to large-scale data centers in Nebraska and established a data center task force to investigate environmental and water impacts; the article identifies the Google Lincoln facility at North 56th and Highway 77 as a $1.2 billion project with construction actively ongoing. · source
  • 2026-08-06coverage
    Google representatives and Lincoln city leaders discussed the data center's operational status; facility manager Jake Laney said a couple hundred workers are on site, and Chief Sustainability Officer Kim Morrow said the city is not looking to add any more data centers to Lincoln for the foreseeable future. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Lincoln planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Lincoln property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.760, -96.650 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Omaha In review

Omaha, NE · 237 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v6e. Epoch AI estimates ~237 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2019-10-04announcement
    Google held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first Nebraska data center in Papillion, confirming a $600 million investment; Governor Pete Ricketts attended. · source
  • 2022-04-21announcement
    Google announced a $750 million investment to build a new data center near State Street and Blair High Road in northwest Omaha, its first in the city proper, creating 120 jobs; Governor Ricketts and Mayor Stothert attended the event at the Papillion facility. · source
  • 2023-01-03rezoning
    Westwood Solutions LLC, representing Google, filed to rezone an additional 187 acres adjoining the existing 270-acre northwest Omaha site (totaling ~460 acres) for a data center campus of over 2.2 million gross square feet with 24/7 operations; the developer agreed to donate $100,000 for destruction of a 5-acre virgin prairie. · source
  • 2023-08-22announcement
    Google announced $1.2 billion in 2023 Nebraska investment, confirming a new $600 million Lincoln data center and Papillion expansion; the northwest Omaha campus was described as 'soon to be operational.' · source
  • 2024-11-25announcement
    Google reported $930 million in 2024 capital investment across its Nebraska data center campuses in Papillion, Omaha, and Lincoln, bringing its five-year cumulative Nebraska investment to over $4.4 billion. · source
  • 2026-03-13filing
    Flatwater Free Press reported Google proposed a new Nebraska data center requiring 1,000-3,000 MW (more than all of Lincoln's 800 MW peak demand), targeting 2029 online date; Tenaska optioned 2,600+ acres across Gage, Lancaster, Cass, and Otoe counties, and Governor Pillen introduced LB1261 to allow private energy generation for the project. · source
  • 2026-06-02vote
    Governor Pillen signed LB1261, permitting private companies to develop on-site electrical generation for industrial customers requiring over 1,000 MW, creating an exception to public power districts' exclusive authority; the law takes effect July 18, 2026. · source
  • 2026-06-03environmental
    Google awarded a $3 million grant to Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD) to install acoustic leak-detection sensors across 500 miles of water lines, part of a $17 million nationwide water stewardship initiative; MUD projects the system could save up to 1 billion gallons annually. · source
  • 2026-07-08coverage
    Flatwater Free Press reported Google's Nebraska data centers consumed approximately 732 million gallons of water in 2025, up from 46.6 million gallons in 2022; new legislation LB1010 will require data center companies to disclose annual water consumption and power demand. · source
  • 2026-07-20incentive
    Governor Pillen signed an executive order suspending taxpayer-funded tax incentives for data centers and establishing a task force to identify safeguards protecting Nebraska's natural resources from data center operations. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Omaha planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Omaha property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.160, -96.080 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google West Memphis In review

West Memphis, AR · 1,178 ac · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

$4B, 1,178-acre campus with 5 buildings in West Memphis, Arkansas. Under construction.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2024-11-01filing
    Groot LLC, a Google-linked entity, paid $16.5 million to buy roughly 1,117 acres of agricultural land on Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County. · source
  • 2025-05-15vote
    West Memphis City Council unanimously approved a MOU, development agreement, and PILOT incentive package with Groot LLC for a project valued at up to $10 billion, with potential for up to $50 billion in personal-property tax abatements over 30 years. · source
  • 2025-09-01filing
    Entergy Arkansas and Google jointly sought Arkansas Public Service Commission approval of a special electricity rate contract to power the West Memphis data center. · source
  • 2025-09-05coverage
    Reporting confirmed Google (via Groot LLC) as the company behind the planned $10 billion, five-building data center campus on 1,178 acres south of Bollinger Road, dubbed Project Pyramid. · source
  • 2025-10-02announcement
    Google, Governor Sarah Sanders, and state/local officials formally announced a $4 billion AI/cloud data center project in West Memphis — Google first data center in Arkansas — with a $25 million Energy Impact Fund for low-income households in Crittenden County. · source
  • 2025-10-02utility
    Entergy Arkansas announced it would power the Google project with a 600 MW Cypress Solar project and 350 MW of battery storage, with Google saying the deal would deliver over $1.1 billion in net benefits to Entergy customers. · source
  • 2025-11-17hearing
    Arkansas PSC held a hearing on the special rate contract between Entergy and Google; the public was asked to leave during portions covering confidential contract details, drawing transparency criticism. · source
  • 2025-12-05ruling
    Arkansas PSC approved Entergy special rate contract with Google but denied the utility requested ratemaking treatment and deferred a decision on investment tax credit treatment for the Cypress Solar facility. · source
  • 2025-12-12coverage
    Arkansas Advocate reported state officials were largely declining to scrutinize fiscal and environmental tradeoffs of the data center boom out of fear of losing investment to other states. · source
  • 2026-01-01ruling
    Arkansas PSC issued a follow-up order reversing itself to allow investment tax credits from the Cypress Solar facility to be used in pricing under the Google contract. · source
  • 2026-02-26coverage
    Google began actively hiring for electrical engineer and facilities technician roles at the West Memphis data center, which remained under construction with an expected 18-24 month build timeline. · source
  • 2026-05-03coverage
    Reporting revealed Google and Entergy were keeping the full terms of their energy rate contract sealed/confidential, raising transparency concerns among ratepayer advocates. · source
  • 2026-06-04financing
    Reporting detailed that bond issuances tied to the West Memphis Google data center PILOT financing could total as much as $60 billion in permanent financing authority over the deal 30-year term. · source
  • 2026-07-29public-comment
    At an Arkansas PSC hearing on Entergy proposed residential rate increase, speakers including the Little Rock NAACP chapter head cited the sealed Google contract as evidence of a lack of transparency. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Hexa Builders data center (Black Horse Pike) In review

Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ · — · Filing LLC: Hexa Builders LLC

Previously-approved warehouse project at 3043 South Black Horse Pike amended in early April 2026 to include a 1,000,000 sq ft data center. Two weeks later the township council stripped data-center permissions from the site and banned data centers township-wide; the planning board then deemed the amended application incomplete. Hexa is now suing the township for $300M+. Not dead - the litigation decides it.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (30 events)
  • 2019-09-23rezoning
    Monroe Township Council adopted Resolution R:221-2019, declaring the Commercial Corridor Rehabilitation Area along Black Horse Pike (Block 8401, Lots 8, 9, and 10, approximately 158 acres) an area in need of redevelopment. · source
  • 2023-02-01rezoning
    Monroe Township adopted Ordinance O:04-2023, approving the Hexa Builders Redevelopment Plan (revised November 15, 2022) permitting warehouse, storage, and distribution uses on the 158-acre site; data centers were not included as a permitted use. · source
  • 2023-03-16hearing
    The New Jersey Pinelands Commission published a public notice and scheduled a hearing on Monroe Township Ordinance O:04-2023 to determine whether the Hexa Builders Redevelopment Plan conformed with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan. · source
  • 2025-03-12rezoning
    Monroe Township Council adopted Ordinance O:02-2025, amending the Hexa Builders Redevelopment Plan to add data centers and associated infrastructure (electrical systems, cooling equipment, network infrastructure, emissions control) as a permitted use. · source
  • 2025-12-23filing
    Residents within 200 feet of the Hexa Builders redevelopment site received certified mail notice of a January 8, 2026 planning board meeting regarding a 1.6-million-square-foot warehouse proposal at 3043 South Black Horse Pike. · source
  • 2026-01-08meeting
    At a January 8 Monroe Planning Board meeting, residents objected to the data center proposal, but the board approved Hexa's project that evening. · source
  • 2026-01-28vote
    On January 28 the Monroe Township Council directed the planning board to develop stricter data center standards, citing resident opposition. · source
  • 2026-02-02ruling
    On February 2 the Monroe Planning Board memorialized its approval of Hexa's project in a written resolution. · source
  • 2026-03-11meeting
    More than 100 residents packed a Monroe Township Council meeting lasting five hours; environmental groups including CRAN, Sustain South Jersey, Pinelands Alliance, and Food and Water Watch attended and raised concerns about the data center's water, energy, and noise impacts. · source
  • 2026-03-16announcement
    Mayor Gregory Wolfe announced in a Facebook video that a data center would not be coming to Monroe Township and that the council would remove data centers as a permitted use from the Hexa Redevelopment Plan at the March 25 meeting. · source
  • 2026-03-25vote
    At a March 25 council meeting, Monroe Township leaders heard resident concerns and approved a motion to change the ordinance so data centers could not be built in the community. · source
  • 2026-03-25filing
    Council introduced Ordinance O:20-2026 to eliminate data center use from the Hexa Builders Redevelopment Plan; all council members except John Valentine voted to introduce it, with Valentine wanting a broader ban and better public notification instead. · source
  • 2026-04-01filing
    Hexa Builders filed an amended application in early April 2026 converting one approved warehouse into a 1M sq ft data center at 3043 South Black Horse Pike. · source
  • 2026-04-08vote
    The Monroe Township council and ordinance committee voted to introduce a separate township-wide data center ban ordinance, with a final adoption vote scheduled for April 22. · source
  • 2026-04-22vote
    Township council passed two ordinances: one stripping data-center permissions from the specific site, the other banning data centers township-wide. · source
  • 2026-05-08coverage
    CBS Philadelphia reported on the ban, quoting Mayor Wolfe stating that Monroe Township has now banned any data center use from ever coming to the township. · source
  • 2026-05-12meeting
    Planning board unanimously deemed the amended site-plan application incomplete - blocking the project without rejecting it on the merits. · source
  • 2026-05-12ruling
    At the completeness review, township planner Christopher Dochney cited multiple application deficiencies including a missing environmental assessment, no Pinelands Certificate of Filing, unsigned plans, absent stormwater maintenance schedule, and incomplete electrical infrastructure documentation covering 3+ acres. · source
  • 2026-05-13operational
    Monroe Township's data center ban officially took effect on May 13. · source
  • 2026-05-13public-comment
    A coalition of 60 environmental, labor, and community organizations sent a letter to Governor Sherrill urging her to use emergency powers to impose a statewide moratorium on data centers consuming 20+ megawatts; Monroe Township resident Aleasha Whipple was quoted as a local organizer. · source
  • 2026-05-22hearing
    On May 22 Hexa presented its still-pending application, including the data center component, at a packed special planning board meeting attended by opposed residents. · source
  • 2026-06-05lawsuit
    On June 5 Hexa Builders filed a 104-page, 20-count lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging First and 14th Amendment and state-law violations and seeking $300 million after Monroe denied its application. · source
  • 2026-07-06filing
    On July 6 the case was moved from New Jersey Superior Court to federal court in Camden; the Superior Court case closed. · source
  • 2026-07-09meeting
    At a July 9 planning board session, resident John Romano questioned how Hexa's application advanced and raised concerns about potential noise and pollution impacts on his property. · source
  • 2026-07-14hearing
    A case management conference was held in the Hexa Builders LLC and 3043 Williamstown Urban Renewal LLC v. Monroe Township case (Docket No. GLO-L-805-26). · source
  • 2026-07-17coverage
    Township Solicitor Sandra Graise stated the municipality is committed to vigorously and zealously defending the lawsuit while protecting residents' interests. · source
  • 2026-07-28filing
    On July 28 Monroe attorney Todd Gelfand filed a four-page letter seeking dismissal, arguing the ban does not regulate the content of speech, a speaker, a message, or the plaintiffs' ability to engage in expressive activity. · source
  • 2026-07-30ruling
    Hexa Builders sued Monroe Township for more than $300 million in damages over the ban and the completeness review. · source
  • 2026-08-01filing
    On August 1 Hexa's attorney Jim Maley asked the federal judge to reject Monroe Township's request to dismiss the lawsuit. · source
  • 2026-08-03filing
    Hexa attorney Jim Maley filed a letter requesting remand of the non-constitutional state-law claims back to New Jersey Superior Court, arguing state courts have more expertise on local land use laws. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • New Jersey DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • NJDEP DataMinerSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.680, -74.990 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Highridge Data (NorthPoint Development) Project Nebius In review

Butler Township (Schuylkill County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending, 2 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-05-08permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E5402222-003 / eFACTS auth 1569076) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-05-18permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030 / eFACTS auth 1570051) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-08-07permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030-A1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-08-07permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030 A-1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (4 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (4)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-07
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030-A1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-08-07
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030 A-1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-18
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540030 / eFACTS auth 1570051) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-05-08
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E5402222-003 / eFACTS auth 1569076) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.739, -76.310 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Inver Grove Heights Data Center In review

Inver Grove Heights, MN · 5 MW · Ownership not yet identified

55,000 sq ft / 5 MW; 1-year moratorium passed 3-2 after 700+ petition signatures. Developer threatening $150M+ lawsuit.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-06-26vote
    Council voted 3-2 for 1-year moratorium. Developer threatened $150M+ suit. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 44.850, -93.050 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Iron Mountain Hutto Campus In review

Hutto (Williamson County), TX · 500 ac · Operator: Iron Mountain

Seven-building data center campus proposed outside Austin near the Samsung Taylor plant, with on-site substation; exploring behind-the-meter natural gas to speed up power availability.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2026-03-12hearing
    Iron Mountain presented the proposed seven-building Taylor Meadows data center campus (~500 acres off FM 3349) to Hutto City Council, requesting wastewater service (~30,200 gallons/day). City Manager said the city would require substantial community benefits in exchange for service. · source
  • 2026-03-12incentive
    Iron Mountain offered Hutto potential financial benefits in exchange for wastewater service access, including a possible payment usable for debt service or to lower resident tax/utility rates. No dollar amount or finalized terms disclosed; City Council took no action. · source
  • 2026-03-19announcement
    Trade press reported Iron Mountain plan for a seven-building hyperscale Taylor Meadows campus on roughly 500 acres near Hutto — the company first Texas data center. First grid-connected buildings targeted for around 2030. · source
  • 2026-03-19coverage
    Community Impact reported the site was previously entitled for a residential subdivision of nearly 1,900 homes, and that the data center projected water use is lower than that build-out would have required. · source
  • 2026-03-19environmental
    Reporting noted that replacing the previously-approved ~1,900-home residential development with the data center campus is projected to reduce sanitary sewer/water demand. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Justified Data Campus In review

Hawesville (Hancock County), KY · 401 MW · Operator: TeraWulf · Owner: Raylan Data Holdings LLC · Tenant: Anthropic · Filing LLC: Raylan Data Holdings LLC

TeraWulf is redeveloping Century Aluminum's idled Hawesville smelter into a data campus leased to Anthropic for 20 years, reusing the smelter's existing 482 MW grid connection for 401 MW of critical IT load.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-02-01financing
    TeraWulf closed on the 750-acre former Century Aluminum smelter site for $200 million; the smelter had been idled since 2022 and Century retained a 6.8% non-dilutive stake in the redevelopment entity, Raylan Data Holdings LLC (February 2026). · source
  • 2026-07-06announcement
    TeraWulf signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic for the Justified campus, expected to generate roughly $19 billion of contracted revenue over the initial term; TeraWulf shares rose sharply on the news. · source
  • 2026-08-18utility
    TeraWulf filed an energy plan with the Kentucky Public Service Commission and the Energy and Environment Cabinet, saying the project meets the governor's new limits on environmental and energy impact and will not shift costs onto other electricity customers. · source
  • 2026-08-21public-comment
    The developer said it is committing to the state's data center requirements, submitted a support letter from Hancock County Judge-Executive Johnny Roberts, and scheduled another public meeting at Hancock County Elementary School; it projects about 1,000 construction jobs and 100 permanent positions. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.900, -86.750 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Keystone Connect In review

Upper Burrell Township (Westmoreland County), PA · — · Operator: TECfusions

PA DEP has finished reviewing this project's environmental permits (4 issued). That is a permit milestone, not a local land-use approval.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2025-01-31permit
    Minor IW Facility without ELG application submitted to PA DEP under WPC NPDES (PA0000469 / eFACTS auth 1514997) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-05permit
    Storage Tank Registration/Permitting application submitted to PA DEP under Storage Tanks (65-25233 2 / eFACTS auth 1515070) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-19permit
    WQM Minor and Non-NPDES Industrial Waste Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (6570201 / eFACTS auth 1516950) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-19permit
    WQM Minor and Non-NPDES Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (6570401 / eFACTS auth 1516965) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-08-20permit
    Minor Source Operating Permit application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (65-01147 / eFACTS auth 1540303) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (5 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (5)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-08-20
    Minor Source Operating Permit application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (65-01147 / eFACTS auth 1540303) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-02-19
    WQM Minor and Non-NPDES Industrial Waste Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (6570201 / eFACTS auth 1516950) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-19
    WQM Minor and Non-NPDES Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (6570401 / eFACTS auth 1516965) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-05
    Storage Tank Registration/Permitting application submitted to PA DEP under Storage Tanks (65-25233 2 / eFACTS auth 1515070) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-01-31
    Minor IW Facility without ELG application submitted to PA DEP under WPC NPDES (PA0000469 / eFACTS auth 1514997) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.549, -79.647 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Kline Township Data Center Development In review

Kline Township (Schuylkill County), PA · — · Operator: Amazon Web Services

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (2 pending, 4 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2025-11-26permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E5402222-001 / eFACTS auth 1550954) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26permit
    GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP05540221-006) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26permit
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26permit
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance /Testing / Repair / Rehabilitation / Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-01-20permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 / eFACTS auth 1365919) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-19permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-19permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-05permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-05permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (9 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (9)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-05-05
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-05
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-2) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-19
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025-A1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-19
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 A-1) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-01-20
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD540025 / eFACTS auth 1365919) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E5402222-001 / eFACTS auth 1550954) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26
    GP-05 Utility Line Stream Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP05540221-006) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-26
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance /Testing / Repair / Rehabilitation / Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP115402221-011 / eFACTS auth 1550957) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.880, -76.014 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Cheyenne In review

Cheyenne, WY · 152 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~152 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2023-11-07permit
    The Cheyenne Public Services Committee approved a development agreement for 'Project Cosmo,' a data center development by Goat Systems LLC on 945 acres in the High Plains Business Park. · source
  • 2024-05-09coverage
    As of this date Meta had not yet been publicly named as the company behind Project Cosmo/Goat Systems LLC, though Fortis Construction had roughly 800 workers on site clearing the 945-acre parcel and a public announcement was planned for early July 2024. · source
  • 2024-07-02announcement
    Meta formally announced its Cheyenne data center: an $800 million, 715,000-square-foot campus at High Plains Business Park expected to support about 100 jobs, with over 1,000 construction workers at peak and a 2027 online target, built by Fortis Construction with Black Hills Energy supplying grid resources. · source
  • 2025-05-26vote
    Cheyenne City Council voted 8-1 against a proposed 12-month moratorium on new data center development, after nearly four hours of public comment citing water supply, noise, farmland conversion, and pace-of-change concerns. · source
  • 2026-01-15environmental
    The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities discovered white bacterial colonies during routine wastewater system testing, later traced to Meta's Cheyenne Data Center contractor. · source
  • 2026-02-23environmental
    The Wyoming Public Health Laboratory identified the bacteria found in Cheyenne's reclaimed water system as Cupriavidus gilardii, an unusual soil bacterium. · source
  • 2026-03-24environmental
    Investigators confirmed the same bacteria was present at Meta's predischarge storage tank, and Cheyenne's Board of Public Utilities revoked Goat Systems LLC's industrial discharge permit for the Meta data center. · source
  • 2026-06-26environmental
    The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities issued its first public statement on the contamination, about four months after the bacteria was first discovered, citing the Meta data center operator for 'serious noncompliance' with wastewater discharge standards and a $10,000 fine. · source
  • 2026-07-02environmental
    The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities announced it would stop accepting industrial wastewater from data-center fill-and-flush and closed-loop cooling operations citywide following the Meta contamination incident. · source
  • 2026-07-20lawsuit
    Meta/Goat Systems filed a six-page appeal disputing the source of the bacteria contamination, asking the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities for a contested-case hearing and a refund of the $10,000 fine. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2023-11-07
    The Cheyenne Public Services Committee approved a development agreement for 'Project Cosmo,' a data center development by Goat Systems LLC on 945 acres in the High Plains Business Park. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Cheyenne planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Cheyenne property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.140, -104.820 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Jeffersonville In review

Jeffersonville, IN · 178 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~178 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2024-01-25announcement
    Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced Meta will build an $800 million, roughly 700,000-square-foot data center campus at River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Meta's 18th U.S. and 22nd global data center. · source
  • 2024-01-25coverage
    Construction on the Jeffersonville facility was set to begin that month and be complete in 2026, supporting more than 1,250 construction jobs and 100 permanent tech jobs. · source
  • 2025-10-04protest
    Community groups including Hoosier Action and Clark County Moms held a meeting to organize opposition to the Meta data center, citing concerns the facility could use up to 5 million gallons of water daily and raise local utility costs. · source
  • 2025-10-07coverage
    Meta said it had contributed nearly $500,000 to schools and nonprofits since its 2024 groundbreaking and announced a new Community Action Grants program for Clark County, amid community concerns over a Duke Energy 11% residential rate increase set to take effect in early 2026. · source
  • 2026-08-03moratorium
    The Jeffersonville City Council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on new data center development (suspending normal rules to push it through three readings in one session), but the Meta facility already under construction at River Ridge is exempt due to federal/state control of the former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant site. · source
  • 2026-08-03coverage
    The city disclosed that Meta paid $4 million upfront in wastewater capacity fees and is projected to generate $300,000-$400,000 in monthly recurring sewer utility revenue once the facility is operational. · source
  • 2026-08-04public-comment
    At the moratorium hearing, residents including Rachel Wurfel (living ~1.3 miles from the Meta site) and James McPherson (a retired IT/data-center engineer) raised construction-related foundation damage, light pollution, and heat/HVAC-cost concerns tied to the ~400 MW Meta facility; resident William Hunt argued the project's 2022 tax abatement was 'an extremely wrong deal.' · source
  • 2026-08-26coverage
    Louisville Public Media explained how the Meta data center was approved outside normal city zoning: Jeffersonville's 2022 development agreement with 'Blocke LLC' (a Meta shell entity) let the project proceed because the River Ridge Development Authority, not the city, controls land use at the former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant site; Jeffersonville approves development plans there but has no zoning say. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.280, -85.740 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Person County In review

Person County, NC · 1,350 ac · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

Multi-billion dollar data center campus on 1,350 acres in Person County, North Carolina.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2024-10-01announcement
    Person County announced Microsoft had purchased roughly 1,350 acres in Woodsdale Township for approximately $26.85 million, forming the Person County Mega Park site; the buyer identity and intended use were not disclosed at the time. · source
  • 2025-11-19public-comment
    Clean Water for NC, Appalachian Voices, and Sierra Club organized a community meeting in Roxboro where residents voiced frustration over the county lack of transparency about the Microsoft project. · source
  • 2025-12-10coverage
    The Carolinian reported the deal had been roughly 18 months in the making; Person County economic development director cited expected benefits of job creation and tax-base growth. · source
  • 2026-02-10utility
    Duke Energy signed an agreement to supply power to Microsoft and Compass North Carolina data center campuses, pushing Duke total contracted data-center load from 3 GW to 4.5 GW. · source
  • 2026-02-24announcement
    WRAL reported Microsoft moving forward with Person County data center and planning to begin formal permitting later in 2026; Microsoft pledged to pay its own way on electricity and minimize/replenish water use. · source
  • 2026-03-12coverage
    Spectrum News covered ongoing resident concerns about why county officials remained bound by an NDA even after the land purchase became public; Appalachian Voices highlighted water usage and transparency as top concerns. · source
  • 2026-04-01coverage
    WRAL surveyed how central NC counties were handling data center development pressure, situating Person County within a regional wave of local pauses and scrutiny. · source
  • 2026-04-13hearing
    A public hearing on a proposed Duke Energy base-rate hike (16-18%) was held at the Person County Courthouse; residents connected the increase to Duke gas-plant buildout for data centers and said they should not subsidize Microsoft electricity costs. · source
  • 2026-06-01report
    The Assembly NC published an investigative piece revealing county officials signed NDAs and were preparing for the Microsoft project well before residents were informed. · source
  • 2026-06-17filing
    Economic development director completed the rezoning application covering the Microsoft parcels; the abstract named the parcels but did not name the client or intended use. · source
  • 2026-06-30public-comment
    Microsoft hosted a community meeting in Woodsdale amid statewide AI tensions (Elon University poll found only 24% of NC residents support data centers in their community); Roxboro City Councilor Coggins said the company gave a lot of canned responses on water extraction. · source
  • 2026-07-11hearing
    Person County planning board held its public hearing on the Microsoft-related rezoning application. · source
  • 2026-08-05rezoning
    Person County commissioners voted to approve the rezoning for the Microsoft data center parcels, passing with little friction under generic bureaucratic language. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Three Mile Island (Crane Clean Energy Center) In review

Londonderry Township (Dauphin County), PA · 835 MW · Operator: Constellation Energy · Owner: Constellation Energy · Tenant: Microsoft

$1.6B power purchase agreement to restart TMI Unit 1 (renamed Crane Clean Energy Center) by 2028; Microsoft will buy 100% of the 835MW nuclear output for 20 years to power its AI data centers.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (19 events)
  • 2024-09-04protest
    Pennsylvania anti-nuclear activists began organizing to oppose the restart, citing safety and evacuation concerns tied to the 1979 TMI-2 accident. · source
  • 2024-09-20announcement
    Constellation Energy announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to restart the 835 MW Three Mile Island Unit 1, renamed the Crane Clean Energy Center, to supply carbon-free power for Microsoft data centers; the deal is expected to create ~3,400 jobs and add $16 billion to Pennsylvania GDP. · source
  • 2024-09-25coverage
    Local reporting captured mixed community reactions in Londonderry Township/Dauphin County, with labor groups voicing support while some residents raised fear of another accident. · source
  • 2024-10-25hearing
    Constellation laid out its reopening timeline at a public hearing, telling regulators and residents it aimed to have Unit 1 producing power again by 2027-2028. · source
  • 2024-11-04filing
    Constellation submitted its initial restart application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for Three Mile Island Unit 1 (Crane Clean Energy Center). · source
  • 2025-03-20environmental
    Constellation began evaluating the environmental impacts of the restart as part of the NRC review process, covering water use from the Susquehanna River, air quality, and spent fuel management. · source
  • 2025-04-03lawsuit
    Activist Gene Stilp sued Dauphin County commissioners and the Public Safety Department, alleging misuse of taxpayer funds to promote the plant restart. · source
  • 2025-05-06filing
    The NRC formally accepted Constellation restart request for Three Mile Island Unit 1 for detailed technical review. · source
  • 2025-08-01public-comment
    Residents told federal regulators the NRC review process feels like a charade, pressing concerns about safety, evacuation planning, and environmental impact at a public forum near the plant. · source
  • 2025-08-06hearing
    The NRC held a second public meeting, this one virtual, allowing community members nationwide to comment on the proposed restart of the Crane Clean Energy Center reactor. · source
  • 2025-08-15filing
    NRC staff issued a Request for Additional Information (RAI) to Constellation as part of the technical review of the Unit 1 restart application. · source
  • 2025-09-15filing
    Constellation submitted its response to the NRC Request for Additional Information regarding the Crane Clean Energy Center restart. · source
  • 2025-10-06filing
    NRC docket correspondence addressed to Constellation Energy regarding the Crane Clean Energy Center restart review. · source
  • 2025-11-18financing
    The U.S. Department of Energy closed a $1 billion loan to Constellation Energy to help finance the roughly $1.6 billion restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1/Crane Clean Energy Center. · source
  • 2025-12-18coverage
    U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright touted the $1 billion DOE loan for the Three Mile Island restart as delivering on the Trump administration nuclear energy promises. · source
  • 2026-04-21filing
    PJM independent market monitor Monitoring Analytics filed comments with FERC opposing Constellation requested tariff waivers for the Crane restart. · source
  • 2026-06-01ruling
    FERC approved a waiver allowing Constellation to transfer 760 MW of Capacity Interconnection Rights from its Eddystone plant to the Crane Clean Energy Center, over the objection of PJM independent market monitor. · source
  • 2026-07-28report
    The NRC issued draft environmental assessment findings that the Crane Clean Energy Center restart would have no significant environmental impact, opening a public comment period. · source
  • 2026-07-28coverage
    Reporting noted continued community concern as the Crane nuclear plant restart progressed toward its targeted 2027 date, including concerns about reliance on the Susquehanna River amid climate-driven flood risk. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Monticello Tech data center campus In review

Monticello (Wright County), MN · 547 ac · Filing LLC: Monticello Tech

Monticello Tech, led by Frattalone Companies CEO Nick Frattalone, filed a land-use application with the City of Monticello, Minnesota on 2026-07-07 seeking rezoning to a Data Center Planned Unit Development district plus preliminary plat and conditional use permit approvals for a site south of 85th Street NE and east of Highway 25. The application describes 547 acres (364 developable), up to 3 million sq ft, as many as 8 principal buildings, about 75,000 gallons/day of water, and a connection to Xcel Energy's 345 kV system; the developer projects about $7 million in annual property tax at full buildout, with construction possibly starting Q1 2028. The eventual operator is not identified. City staff had until 2026-08-21 to determine whether the application is complete; Minnesota law then allows a 60-day review, extendable to 120 days.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2025-08-19hearing
    The Monticello Planning Commission opened a public hearing on a proposed data center zoning ordinance (DCPUD) at the Mississippi Room of the Monticello Community Center, drawing large crowds. · source
  • 2025-09-02hearing
    The Monticello Planning Commission held a continued public hearing on the DCPUD zoning ordinance; the hearing closed without a vote and the ordinance was tabled. · source
  • 2025-11-01environmental
    In November 2025, the City of Monticello published the Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) for a 550-acre industrial area and opened a 30-day public comment period running November 18 through December 18, 2025. · source
  • 2026-01-26vote
    The Monticello City Council unanimously adopted the Final AUAR and Mitigation Plan for the 550-acre Monticello Industrial area, covering two development scenarios including a 3-million-square-foot technology campus. · source
  • 2026-02-03vote
    The Monticello Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the DCPUD (Data Center Planned Unit Development) zoning ordinance to the City Council. · source
  • 2026-02-25lawsuit
    The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) filed suit in Wright County District Court (Case No. 86-CV-26-1130) against the City of Monticello and Monticello Tech LLC, challenging the adequacy of the AUAR environmental review. · source
  • 2026-03-08protest
    Close to 500 Monticello residents gathered at a local park to sign a statutory citizen petition seeking additional environmental review of the proposed Monticello Tech data center project. · source
  • 2026-04-27vote
    The Monticello City Council approved the DCPUD zoning ordinance in a 4-1 vote, establishing setback, screening, infrastructure, and environmental standards for data center development; Council Member Charlotte Gabler cast the sole dissenting vote. · source
  • 2026-04-28coverage
    MPR News reported on the newly approved Monticello DCPUD ordinance, noting data centers face new restrictions while the ordinance opens the door to building in Monticello. · source
  • 2026-04-30ruling
    Wright County District Court Judge Suzanne Bollman issued a scheduling order in the MCEA v. Monticello lawsuit, setting discovery to conclude by October 15, 2026 and a pretrial conference for December 29, 2026. · source
  • 2026-06-29coverage
    Monticello Times reported that Monticello Tech was targeting a July application for its proposed data center site, with the city confirming no formal application had yet been submitted and pre-application discussions were ongoing. · source
  • 2026-07-07filing
    Monticello Tech submitted its formal data center application to the City of Monticello, Minnesota, ahead of the Planning Commission's tentative Aug. 4 agenda. · source
  • 2026-07-20filing
    The City of Monticello issued a nine-page letter deeming Monticello Tech's July 6 land-use applications incomplete, citing inconsistencies in applicant information, missing survey certifications, incomplete project narratives, and absent engineering and environmental documentation. · source
  • 2026-08-03filing
    Monticello Tech submitted a revised application with hundreds of pages of engineering plans and technical studies, detailing a 547-acre campus (364 acres developable) with up to 3 million sq ft across eight buildings, air-cooled design using approximately 75,000 gallons of water daily, and an estimated $73.5 million in infrastructure costs funded by the developer. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 45.310, -93.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Muncy Township Data Center In review

Muncy Township (Lycoming County), PA · — · Owner: DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC · Filing LLC: Fishlips LLC

DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC filed a zoning permit application on April 15, 2026, and a conditional use application on April 28, for three data center buildings along John Brady Drive near Yetter Road, about two miles east of the closed Lycoming Mall. The township failed to hold the required hearing within 60 days, and the developer published a legal notice in July claiming 'deemed approval' under the state Municipalities Planning Code. Supervisors imposed a nine-month moratorium on data center submissions in June 2026. The legal status of the deemed-approval claim is unresolved.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-04-15filing
    Zoning permit application filed by DANKO Holdings II / Fishlips LLC. · source
  • 2026-04-28filing
    Conditional use application filed for three data center buildings. · source
  • 2026-06-01vote
    Township supervisors impose nine-month moratorium on data center submissions. · source
  • 2026-07-01filing
    Developer publishes legal notice claiming deemed approval due to township's failure to hold hearing within 60 days. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.200, -76.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate New Mexico In review

Santa Teresa, NM · — · Operator: Oracle · Owner: Oracle · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2025-02-25announcement
    Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a partnership with BorderPlex Digital Assets to build a $5 billion digital infrastructure campus in Santa Teresa, expected to create 1,000 jobs — the first announcement of the site that would become Project Jupiter. · source
  • 2025-09-19vote
    Dona Ana County Board of County Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve an ordinance authorizing issuance of up to $165 billion in Industrial Revenue Bonds for Project Jupiter, including an initial $50 billion investment within five years, a 30-year property-tax abatement offset by PILOT payments, $50 million for water/wastewater infrastructure, and a $6.9 million community investment fund. · source
  • 2025-09-23announcement
    TechCrunch reported OpenAI is building five new Stargate data centers with Oracle and SoftBank, bringing Stargate's planned capacity to 7 gigawatts; Dona Ana County, New Mexico was named as one of three new sites being developed with Oracle. · source
  • 2025-09-25coverage
    El Paso Matters reported OpenAI and Oracle had confirmed their partnership on the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center in Santa Teresa as part of the Stargate initiative, with $50 billion planned over five years, 2,500 construction jobs, and 750 permanent jobs. · source
  • 2026-03-01public-comment
    Food and Water Watch reported that community members submitted over 7,000 comments to the New Mexico Environment Department regarding Project Jupiter's initial proposed gas plant (March 2026). · source
  • 2026-05-07permit
    The Bureau of Land Management used emergency permitting authority to fast-track a construction review of the Green Chile natural gas pipeline, shortening the federal environmental review from about a year to 14 days; the ~18-mile, $60 million pipeline would carry 400 million cubic feet of gas per day to serve Project Jupiter. · source
  • 2026-07-01hearing
    The New Mexico Environment Department announced it would hold a public hearing on the air permit application for Project Jupiter's microgrid in response to community opposition (July 2026). · source
  • 2026-07-28protest
    A Dona Ana County Commission meeting on Project Jupiter escalated into a physical confrontation: Commission Chair Manny Sanchez capped public comment at 30 speakers despite roughly 60 signed up; a Security Concepts guard pushed a woman to the ground, and she and two others were arrested. The guard was referred for potential felony assault charges, which prosecutors later declined to file. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-05-07
    The Bureau of Land Management used emergency permitting authority to fast-track a construction review of the Green Chile natural gas pipeline, shortening the federal environmental review from about a year to 14 days; the ~18-mile, $60 million pipeline would carry 400 million cubic feet of gas per day to serve Project Jupiter. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.350, -106.760 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

PECO - Limerick Distribution Project In review

East Coventry / Lower Pottsgrove / Limerick Townships (Chester / Montgomery County), PA · — · Operator: 67 MW

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending, 1 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-02-18permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4601226-004 / eFACTS auth 1559464) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-07-10permit
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC461072) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-10
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC461072) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-02-18
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4601226-004 / eFACTS auth 1559464) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.231, -75.593 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

PORTS Technology Campus (SoftBank) In review

Piketon (Pike County), OH · 800 MW · Operator: SB Energy · Owner: SoftBank Group · Tenant: OpenAI

Leased land on DOE's former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site. Billed as potentially world's largest AI data center at 10GW full buildout (phase 1 is 800MW), paired with 9.2GW on-site gas plant ($33.3B) and $4.2B in new AEP Ohio transmission.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2025-04-03announcement
    DOE announced a Request for Information identifying 16 federal sites, including the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant near Piketon, Ohio, as candidates for rapid AI data center and energy infrastructure development on DOE land. · source
  • 2025-08-01filing
    New Day Data Centers LLC was registered with the State of Ohio, later revealed as the entity behind the proposed data center campus at the Portsmouth site. · source
  • 2025-12-02coverage
    WOUB reported that a data center was proposed at the former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site near Piketon under the working name New Day Data Centers, with most details confidential under NDAs and DOE/local officials declining to share lease terms. · source
  • 2025-12-29coverage
    Local officials confirmed data center plans were in the works for Piketon, with the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative saying more details would be shared in coming weeks. · source
  • 2026-01-12coverage
    Scioto County officials began discussing the proposed new AI data center project affecting the region around Piketon. · source
  • 2026-02-01announcement
    DOE, SoftBank/SB Energy, and AEP Ohio formally announced a partnership to develop the PORTS Technology Campus, pairing a 10GW data center with up to 9.2GW of new natural gas generation on the Portsmouth site. · source
  • 2026-03-20announcement
    Federal officials and SoftBank Chairman Masayoshi Son held a groundbreaking ceremony for the PORTS Technology Campus, a 10GW data center project billed as potentially the world's largest, part of a $500B investment tied to the U.S.-Japan Strategic Trade and Investment Agreement, including $33.3B in Japanese-backed funding for the natural gas generation component. · source
  • 2026-03-20incentive
    AEP Ohio announced it will partner with SB Energy on $4.2 billion in new 765kV electric transmission infrastructure for the Piketon data center campus, with SB Energy covering the full cost to avoid raising customer rates; power expected to begin flowing to the site in 2029. · source
  • 2026-03-21coverage
    Statehouse News Bureau reported on the newly announced natural gas plant and data center project for southern Ohio, including scale and federal involvement. · source
  • 2026-04-03filing
    Ohio petitioners (Conserve Ohio) received approval to begin gathering signatures for a proposed constitutional amendment banning data centers with peak load over 25 megawatts, a response partly driven by projects like PORTS. · source
  • 2026-04-21utility
    AEP Ohio proposed a roughly 50-mile, 765kV transmission line (Piketon Area Improvements Project) through Pike, Jackson, and Gallia counties, including a new Baku Substation near Piketon, to serve the PORTS data center; application expected to be filed with the Ohio Power Siting Board in summer 2026. · source
  • 2026-04-27environmental
    Local 12's investigative 'Fallout' report detailed decades of radioactive contamination at the Portsmouth site (including historic 'midnight rocket' venting releases), elevated local death rates, and DOE's continued assertion of 'no health threat' even as contaminated properties were being sold for industrial redevelopment tied to the data center project. · source
  • 2026-04-30public-comment
    Ohio Capital Journal reported the data center ban campaign (Conserve Ohio) had collected about 25,000 of the 413,000 signatures needed by the July 1 deadline to qualify for the November 2026 ballot. · source
  • 2026-06-19coverage
    Organizers confirmed the proposed Ohio constitutional amendment to ban large data centers would not make the November 2026 ballot after falling short of the signature threshold; said they would continue for a possible 2027 ballot attempt. · source
  • 2026-08-17coverage
    WOSU/WOUB reported OpenAI would join the data center venture at the former nuclear enrichment site in Pike County as a major tenant. · source
  • 2026-08-18financing
    OpenAI announced an agreement to secure roughly 8GW-IT of capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus under a 20-year lease with SB Energy, committing $40M to a local community grant fund and $84M in Codex/ChatGPT credits for Ohio college students; the deal projects 35,000 construction jobs, 2,500 long-term jobs, a six-year buildout through 2032, and first 800MW available in 2028. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Pittsburgh International Race Complex Data Center In review

Big Beaver Borough (Beaver County), PA · — · Operator: Wampum I LLC · Filing LLC: Wampum I LLC

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-09permit
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC040210) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-09
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC040210) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.849, -80.346 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Potomac Creek data center (historic cemetery site) In review

Stafford County, VA · 99 ac · Ownership not yet identified

99-acre proposal deferred by the Board of Supervisors in Jul 2026 over a roughly 200-year-old cemetery of enslaved people on the property.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-07hearing
    Stafford supervisors deferred the 99-acre Potomac Creek data center after residents and historians raised the presence of a 200-year-old cemetery of enslaved people on the site (meeting the week of Jul 7, 2026; reported Jul 9). · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.380, -77.360 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Atlas In review

South Whitehall Township (Lehigh County), PA · — · Operator: Edged US / CDE Acquisitions

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (3 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2025-10-24permit
    Sewage Facilities Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-01-28permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3902226-002 / eFACTS auth 1556659) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-11permit
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Received. · source
  • 2026-03-30permit
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-06-12permit
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (39-00117A / eFACTS auth 1574924) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-08-04permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD390390 / eFACTS auth 1578878) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (6 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (6)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-04
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD390390 / eFACTS auth 1578878) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-06-12
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (39-00117A / eFACTS auth 1574924) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-30
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-11
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Received. · source
  • 2026-01-28
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3902226-002 / eFACTS auth 1556659) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-10-24
    Sewage Facilities Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.643, -75.537 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Bluegrass (Panattoni) In review

Mercer County / Burgin, KY · — · Operator: Panattoni Data Centers

Developer sought annexation into City of Burgin to escape Mercer County's one-year data center moratorium; residents cited environmental and utility-rate concerns.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2025-03-27incentive
    Kentucky enacted HB 775, expanding sales-and-use tax exemptions for qualified data centers statewide (effective July 1, 2025). · source
  • 2026-02-18public-comment
    Over 200 residents attended a Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, an early public airing of concerns about Project Bluegrass impact on farmland, wellbeing, and resource consumption. · source
  • 2026-07-09vote
    Burgin City Council voted 3-2 to advance a first reading of an ordinance to annex more than 1,000 acres of farmland, roughly doubling the city size, to enable Panattoni proposed hyperscale data center to bypass Mercer County zoning. · source
  • 2026-07-16vote
    Mercer County Fiscal Court voted to begin drafting an ordinance establishing a moratorium on new data center construction in the county. · source
  • 2026-07-20withdrawal
    Burgin canceled a scheduled special city council meeting on the annexation ordinance amid mounting public opposition and objections from neighboring Harrodsburg over water-supply capacity. · source
  • 2026-07-24public-comment
    Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission held a roughly two-hour public comment session on a proposed 17-page county data-center ordinance that would cap data-center zoning at 1,500 acres countywide. · source
  • 2026-07-30hearing
    Mercer County Fiscal Court gave first reading to the data-center moratorium ordinance; a related follow-up public meeting was held at Campbellsville University Harrodsburg Athletic Center. · source
  • 2026-08-06ruling
    Governor Andy Beshear signed Executive Order 2026-494, requiring data-center developers statewide to submit energy plans protecting ratepayers, pay their full share of taxes, and directing state agencies to deny permits causing negative environmental impacts. · source
  • 2026-08-12moratorium
    Mercer County Fiscal Court unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on new data-center applications in unincorporated parts of the county — a moratorium that would not apply if the project site is annexed into Burgin. · source
  • 2026-08-13public-comment
    Burgin City Council held its first public-comment session on the data center; 14 residents spoke against the project (an overflow room was needed) and the council deferred the annexation vote. · source
  • 2026-08-13report
    Reporting described Project Bluegrass as a proposed four-building, 900-acre data center campus up to 1,300 MW, with the developer claiming 1,500+ construction jobs, 100 permanent jobs, and $25-30 million in projected annual tax revenue for local schools. · source
  • 2026-08-17coverage
    Statewide public-radio reporting placed the Burgin/Mercer County fight in the context of more than a dozen Kentucky data-center proposals since the 2025 tax-incentive law, alongside moratoriums in Oldham County and Louisville Metro. · source
  • 2026-08-18coverage
    Kentucky Lantern analyzed whether Beshear data-center executive order has legal teeth absent enabling state legislation, in the context of the Burgin/Mercer County fight. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Bluestem In review

Tonganoxie (Leavenworth County), KS · 600 MW · Operator: Cloverleaf Infrastructure · Owner: Cloverleaf Infrastructure

Cloverleaf Infrastructure proposes Project Bluestem, a 600 MW hyperscale data center on approximately 1,000 acres of former Tailgate Ranch land south of Tonganoxie. The Leavenworth County Commission passed a 90-day moratorium on data center applications in May 2026, which expired in August. On August 5, commissioners voted 3-2 against extending the moratorium. On August 13, officials reversed course and directed planning and zoning to delay regulation recommendations until after a joint work session before the September meeting. No formal application has been submitted.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2026-03-18hearing
    Leavenworth County residents pack public forum on proposed data center. · source
  • 2026-03-26announcement
    Coverage identified Cloverleaf Infrastructure as the developer of Project Bluestem, a conceptual 1,000-acre data center near Tonganoxie that could require up to 1.2 gigawatts of power and would receive a 100% sales and use tax abatement for 20 years, with no formal applications yet submitted. · source
  • 2026-04-26protest
    The opposition group Citizens Against Bluestem held its inaugural meeting at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home, drawing roughly 150 attendees; speakers included County Commissioner Mike Stieben and a Sierra Club representative. · source
  • 2026-05-01vote
    Leavenworth County Commission passes 90-day moratorium on data center applications. · source
  • 2026-05-19protest
    The Tongie Data Center Watch Dog Group planned to present a petition to the Tonganoxie City Council at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 19, seeking an 18-month moratorium on data center development. · source
  • 2026-06-09meeting
    Project Bluestem representatives held an open house at 304 Venue in Tonganoxie to address resident concerns about the proposed data center. · source
  • 2026-08-05vote
    Commission votes 3-2 against extending moratorium; moratorium expires. · source
  • 2026-08-13vote
    Officials reverse course, direct P&Z to delay recommendations until joint work session in September. · source
  • 2026-08-14hearing
    About 100 protesters organized by the Tongie Data Center WatchDog Group packed the Leavenworth County planning meeting, where the planning commission voted 8-1 to revisit data center regulations. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.100, -95.090 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Boson / Highway Auto Data Center In review

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Kriger Construction Company

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-03-02permit
    Sewage Facilities Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-02permit
    Act 537 Sewage Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-35804048-3) — DEP status: Returned. · source
  • 2026-04-02permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD350071) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-04-02permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD350071 / eFACTS auth 1575507) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (4 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (4)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-04-02
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD350071) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-04-02
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD350071 / eFACTS auth 1575507) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-02
    Sewage Facilities Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-03-02
    Act 537 Sewage Planning application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-35804048-3) — DEP status: Returned. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.512, -75.558 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Camellia (OpenAI Effingham County) In review

Rincon (Effingham County), GA · 3,200 MW · Operator: OpenAI · Owner: OpenAI · Tenant: OpenAI · Filing LLC: Octans GA, LLC

$20B OpenAI campus on 1,400 acres of the Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub, with 3.2 GW contracted from Georgia Power. The incentive deal was signed the day before the public learned of it.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2026-02-02filing
    An OpenAI infrastructure official circulated a mutual non-disclosure agreement to Effingham County officials, asking them to sign before receiving confidential briefings on the project — the start of negotiations conducted outside public view. · source
  • 2026-07-21incentive
    The Effingham County Industrial Development Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with Octans GA, LLC, an OpenAI affiliate, granting a 50% property tax abatement for 15 years locked to the 2026 millage rate. · source
  • 2026-07-22announcement
    County leaders publicly announced the $20 billion, 1,400-acre campus one day after the tax agreement was signed, projecting up to 1,000 permanent jobs, an $80 million community investment fund, and revenue that could underwrite the county's plan to eliminate homestead property taxes. · source
  • 2026-07-24utility
    Reporting confirmed OpenAI had contracted 3.2 gigawatts from Georgia Power for the site, delivered over roughly four years, despite public backlash over the secrecy of the deal. · source
  • 2026-08-08coverage
    An open-records investigation reconstructed how the deal moved from NDA to signed abatement without a public hearing, with residents learning the buyer's identity only after the incentives were locked in. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.290, -81.240 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Delta In review

Walnut Cove (Stokes County), NC · 1,800 ac · Operator: Engineered Land Solutions (ELS)

Hyperscale data center on 1,800 acres near Dan River; 998 acres developable, rest is floodplain. Originally approved by commissioners Jan 2026 but rescinded in April after a lawsuit (SCSJ/SELC) challenged the public hearing notice. ELS reapplied in late July 2026. Planning board voted 5-2 to recommend denial on Aug 14, 2026. Commissioners make the final decision. Closed-loop cooling and possible on-site generation planned.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-11-01announcement
    Project Delta hyperscale data center proposed near Walnut Cove. · source
  • 2025-12-01vote
    The Stokes County planning board recommended denial of the Project Delta rezoning for the first time, in December 2025, before commissioners later approved it anyway. · source
  • 2026-01-12vote
    Stokes County commissioners approve rezoning despite planning board denial and public opposition. · source
  • 2026-03-12filing
    Community groups and residents file lawsuit challenging the rezoning (SCSJ/SELC). · source
  • 2026-04-01vote
    Commissioners vote to rescind January rezoning approval after lawsuit revealed notice violations. · source
  • 2026-06-04hearing
    Engineered Land Solutions held a community information session on Project Delta on June 4, 2026, according to the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. · source
  • 2026-07-08hearing
    Engineered Land Solutions held a second community information session on Project Delta on July 8, 2026, per the Southern Coalition for Social Justice. · source
  • 2026-07-09vote
    The Stokes County planning board voted 6-1 to recommend a six-month moratorium on data center development to give the county time to study impacts. · source
  • 2026-07-13vote
    Stokes County commissioners voted 3-2 to reject the planning board's recommended six-month data center moratorium and approved text amendments regulating data centers in the county. · source
  • 2026-07-20filing
    ELS submits new conditional use application for Project Delta. · source
  • 2026-08-14vote
    Planning board votes 5-2 to recommend denial of Project Delta conditional use application. · source
  • 2026-09-08hearing
    Stokes County commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing on September 8, 2026 to make the final decision on the Project Delta rezoning. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.300, -80.140 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Forge Data Center In review

East Whiteland Township (Chester County), PA · — · Operator: Sentinel Green Fig LLC · Filing LLC: Sentinel Green Fig LLC

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (2 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2024-11-01permit
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC150395) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-03-25permit
    Act 537 Waiver application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-03-25permit
    Act 537 Waiver application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (1-15925-426-E) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (3 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (3)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-03-25
    Act 537 Waiver application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-03-25
    Act 537 Waiver application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (1-15925-426-E) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2024-11-01
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC150395) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.039, -75.587 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Gravity In review

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Archbald 25 Developer LLC · Filing LLC: Archbald 25 Developer LLC

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (2 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2025-10-24permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3502225-006 / eFACTS auth 1546852) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-11-03permit
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC350210) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-11-03
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC350210) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-10-24
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3502225-006 / eFACTS auth 1546852) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.525, -75.562 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Hazelnut In review

Hazle Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: NorthPoint Development

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (2 pending, 13 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2024-12-03permit
    GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002224-010 / eFACTS auth 1508486) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2024-12-31permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013 / eFACTS auth 1511183) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-12permit
    Erosion & Sediment Control Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (ESP024025001) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-14permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093 / eFACTS auth 1516086) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-05-22permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400099 / eFACTS auth 1528154) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-08-26permit
    GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002225-006 / eFACTS auth 1538847) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-08-26permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093-A1 / eFACTS auth 1538832) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-10-08permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013A / eFACTS auth 1544936) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-10-20permit
    New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-40940187-3 / eFACTS auth 1546661) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-12permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400107 / eFACTS auth 1548884) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-02-20permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-007 / eFACTS auth 1560084) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-02-20permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-008 / eFACTS auth 1560115) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-24permit
    WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026401 / eFACTS auth 1563856) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-30permit
    WQM Major Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4008405 / eFACTS auth 1564528) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-30permit
    WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026402 / eFACTS auth 1564521) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (15 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (15)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-03-30
    WQM Major Sewage Treatment Plants application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4008405 / eFACTS auth 1564528) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-30
    WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026402 / eFACTS auth 1564521) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-03-24
    WQM Sewer Extensions application submitted to PA DEP under WPC State Water Pollution Control (4026401 / eFACTS auth 1563856) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-02-20
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-007 / eFACTS auth 1560084) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-02-20
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-008 / eFACTS auth 1560115) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-11-12
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400107 / eFACTS auth 1548884) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-10-20
    New Land Development Plan App Component 3-Commercial application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Act 537 Municipal Sewage Planning (2-40940187-3 / eFACTS auth 1546661) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-10-08
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013A / eFACTS auth 1544936) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-08-26
    GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002225-006 / eFACTS auth 1538847) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-08-26
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093-A1 / eFACTS auth 1538832) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-05-22
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400099 / eFACTS auth 1528154) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-14
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400093 / eFACTS auth 1516086) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-02-12
    Erosion & Sediment Control Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (ESP024025001) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2024-12-31
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002224-013 / eFACTS auth 1511183) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2024-12-03
    GP-08 Temporary Road Crossings application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP084002224-010 / eFACTS auth 1508486) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.957, -76.035 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Marvel In review

Bessemer, AL · 700 ac · Operator: Logistics Land Investment

$14B, 700-acre campus; rezoning delayed amid opposition from residents and county officials.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Unverified

Intelligence log (31 events)
  • 2025-02-01filing
    NDA covering Project Marvel becomes effective, signed by Bessemer mayor, city attorney, and chief of staff (expires February 2027); its existence only became public in July 2026. · source
  • 2025-03-01announcement
    Project Marvel first reported: a 4.5M-sq-ft, ~700-acre, 18-building hyperscale data center campus proposed for Bessemer by Logistics Land Investment LLC (affiliate of Atlanta TPA Group). · source
  • 2025-03-18vote
    Bessemer Planning and Zoning Commission votes unanimously to add data centers as a permitted zoning use, clearing a procedural path for the project. · source
  • 2025-04-14lawsuit
    Neighboring residents file suit against the City of Bessemer seeking a TRO, alleging inadequate public notice, NDA-driven lack of transparency, and threats to watercress darter/bald eagle habitat and Little Blue/Five Mile creeks. · source
  • 2025-04-15withdrawal
    Bessemer City Council pulls the Project Marvel zoning request from its meeting agenda without discussion or a vote, pausing the proposal amid the new lawsuit. · source
  • 2025-04-16ruling
    Judge David Hobdy grants a temporary restraining order halting the city rezoning process (valid for 10 days). · source
  • 2025-04-24ruling
    Judge Hobdy dissolves the TRO, allowing Bessemer to restart the project through planning and zoning; outstanding motions continued to August hearing. · source
  • 2025-05-14coverage
    Alabama Reflector reports Bessemer residents demanding answers about the proposed 4-million-square-foot data center and the secrecy surrounding it. · source
  • 2025-06-16environmental
    Inside Climate News details the threatened watercress darter fish habitat that could be affected by the data center construction and water use. · source
  • 2025-07-14coverage
    Inside Climate News reports Bessemer could face further legal action over the project environmental impacts. · source
  • 2025-07-25coverage
    Inside Climate News publishes a fact-check of competing claims (water use, jobs, tax revenue) about the proposed hyperscale data center. · source
  • 2025-07-27coverage
    Alabama Reflector examines how the proposed hyperscale data center could affect Bessemer, covering water, power, and noise concerns. · source
  • 2025-08-07hearing
    Court hearing before Judge Hobdy on the city motion to dismiss and plaintiffs motion for expedited discovery in the rezoning lawsuit. · source
  • 2025-08-21coverage
    Alabama Reflector reports the project hits a speed bump amid continued community opposition. · source
  • 2025-11-16coverage
    Alabama Reflector reports new obstacles: a conflict with the planned Northern Beltline highway route and continued endangered-fish concerns. · source
  • 2025-11-18rezoning
    Bessemer City Council votes 5-2 to adopt the rezoning ordinance converting roughly 700 acres from A-1 Agricultural to I-1 Light Industrial, approving Project Marvel over transparency and environmental objections. · source
  • 2025-11-19coverage
    Alabama Reflector and Southern Environmental Law Center report on the council approval of the rezoning despite unresolved environmental concerns. · source
  • 2025-12-09ruling
    Judge Hobdy orders plaintiffs to amend their complaint within 14 days and schedules a final hearing for March 19, 2026. · source
  • 2025-12-10coverage
    WBRC reports the ongoing lawsuit could force the city to disclose documents council members reviewed before the rezoning vote. · source
  • 2026-01-14filing
    Developer announces it will request rezoning of an additional roughly 900 acres, expanding the campus footprint and shifting it away from the Northern Beltline corridor. · source
  • 2026-01-20announcement
    City of Bessemer announces the developer is acquiring additional land to create larger residential buffer zones around the expanded campus plan. · source
  • 2026-02-03hearing
    Bessemer City Council sets a public hearing to amend the city industrial zoning ordinance for the Project Marvel expansion. · source
  • 2026-02-18vote
    Bessemer Planning and Zoning Commission votes 6-1 to recommend rezoning an additional 914 acres for light-industrial use, bringing the total campus to roughly 1,600 acres and 18 buildings (1.2GW capacity). · source
  • 2026-03-03public-comment
    Public hearing held on amending the city industrial zoning ordinance for the expanded Project Marvel footprint. · source
  • 2026-03-19hearing
    Final scheduled hearing before Judge Hobdy in the original rezoning lawsuit. · source
  • 2026-04-21rezoning
    After a public hearing where dozens of residents spoke (one called the project "an invasion"), Bessemer City Council votes 5-2 to approve rezoning of roughly 900-914 additional acres for the expanded Project Marvel campus. · source
  • 2026-06-22ruling
    Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Hobdy grants a joint stipulation of dismissal, ending the original rezoning lawsuit with prejudice. · source
  • 2026-07-01announcement
    QTS Data Centers (owned by Blackstone) confirms it is the developer behind Project Marvel, after an affiliate purchased the property in land deals worth more than $870 million. · source
  • 2026-07-13report
    Southern Environmental Law Center and Alabama Rivers Alliance publicly question the Project Marvel NDA after obtaining it via Open Records Act; NDA required officials to destroy communications with the developer. · source
  • 2026-07-17coverage
    WBRC reports on questions raised about a comparable massive QTS data center in Georgia as the company simultaneously pursues Bessemer. · source
  • 2026-08-19report
    Inside Climate News finds proposed Alabama data centers including Project Marvel could collectively use more electricity than all Alabama homes combined; Alabama Power says data centers must pay the full, fair cost to serve. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Bessemer planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Bessemer property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Alabama Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.400, -86.950 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Red and Project Yellow In review

Hood County (Granbury area), TX · 677 ac · Filing LLC: National CRE Holdings LLC; Greenland Capital LLC

Two proposed data center campuses covering 677 acres on the grounds of the existing Wolf Hollow power generating complex in Hood County. District Judge Bryan Bufkin of the 355th Judicial District Court granted the county's plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed with prejudice the developers' suit arguing the projects were automatically approved because the county missed a 30-day statutory deadline; the judge found the submissions did not meet the state's definition of 'development plans.' Commissioners had twice delayed voting on the projects pending more disclosure and compliance with new county development regulations. Reporting identifies National CRE Holdings LLC as a Starwood Capital Group entity and Greenland Capital LLC as the owner of MARA Holdings, which already operates two bitcoin mining sites in the county.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2026-02-10vote
    Hood County Commissioners Court rejected a proposed six-month moratorium on new data center and industrial permits in a 3-2 vote; County Judge Massingill and Commissioners Andrews and Wilson voted against, Commissioners Samuelson and Eagle voted in favor. · source
  • 2026-02-10coverage
    State Sen. Paul Bettencourt and State Rep. Jared Patterson sent a letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton shortly before the moratorium vote urging him to investigate counties seeking data center moratoriums, arguing counties lack constitutional authority to issue them. · source
  • 2026-02-24vote
    Hood County Commissioners Court rejected a second data center moratorium proposal in a 3-2 vote with the same split; commissioners voted instead to request a formal opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton on whether the county has legal authority to enact such a ban. · source
  • 2026-03-10vote
    Hood County Commissioners unanimously adopted amended Section One Development Permit Regulations requiring data center developers to demonstrate committed water resources, submit complete power generation concept plans, certify compliance with the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, and limit building coverage to 10% of a property (down from 50%). · source
  • 2026-03-24vote
    Hood County Commissioners unanimously voted to postpone action on the Project Red and Project Yellow concept plans pending receipt of additional information; the meeting revealed MARA Holdings' connection to both developments through a joint venture with Starwood, and residents raised concerns about environmental impacts and noise from existing MARA bitcoin mining operations. · source
  • 2026-06-02coverage
    The Texas Tribune reported that Hood County faces eight proposed data center projects spanning over 7,600 acres, including the 677-acre Project Red and Project Yellow on grounds neighboring the Wolf Hollow power plants; commissioners had twice delayed voting on those two projects pending more disclosure, prompting the developers to sue claiming automatic approval. · source
  • 2026-07-15filing
    National CRE Holdings LLC and Greenland Capital LLC filed notice of appeal of Judge Bufkin's dismissal to the Second Court of Appeals. · source
  • 2026-07-15ruling
    District Judge Bryan Bufkin of the 355th Judicial District Court granted Hood County's plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit by National CRE Holdings LLC and Greenland Capital LLC, ruling their concept plan submissions did not meet the statutory definition of 'development plans' that would trigger automatic approval under the 30-day deadline. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.430, -97.830 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Spero In review

Spartanburg County, SC · 450 MW · Operator: TigerDC / NorthMark Strategies · Owner: Valara Holdings

$3B facility seeking 450 MW (Phase 1 up to 100 MW) at Tyger River Industrial Park-North. Residents filed lawsuit demanding public planning review (Jul 8); SC PSC held oral arguments Aug 5 over whether project needs state-level review — largest PSC turnout since 2018.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-01-27announcement
    TigerDC / NorthMark Strategies / Valara Holdings announced $3B, 450 MW data center at Tyger River Industrial Park-North. · source
  • 2026-07-08filing
    Residents filed lawsuit demanding public planning review of the project. · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    SC Public Service Commission held oral arguments over whether the project needs state-level review; largest PSC hearing turnout since 2018. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.950, -81.930 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Taurus (Raeden) In review

Colorado Springs (El Paso County), CO · — · Operator: Raeden

Retrofit of an existing building on Garden of the Gods Road into the city's first AI data center, by California-based Raeden. Administratively approved by city staff in June 2026; the planning commission denied residents' appeals after a marathon hearing; two new appeals now send it to City Council, whose hearing must fall between Aug 29 and Sept 28 (likely mid-September - date not yet set). Chelsea Glen neighbors cite power, water, and noise from a prior Bitcoin operation at the site.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2026-04-01announcement
    KKTV reported that Oakland, California-based Raeden proposed 'Project Taurus,' a roughly 50-megawatt data center to replace a former Intel manufacturing plant near Garden of the Gods, and that a neighborhood meeting to hear resident concerns was scheduled for April 7, 2026, at the Hyatt Place hotel. · source
  • 2026-06-01filing
    City planning department administratively approved the Project Taurus application in June 2026; neighbors immediately announced an appeal. · source
  • 2026-06-11filing
    KRDO reported the city Planning Department administratively approved the Development Plan Modification on June 11, 2026, for the 21.96-acre former Intel site at 1565 High Tech Way, with residents given until 5 p.m. on June 22 to file appeals. · source
  • 2026-06-15coverage
    KRDO reported Raeden COO Jason Green said the company made voluntary modifications including generator relocation, enhanced noise monitoring, a $1 million bond, and third-party post-construction audits, while Integrity Matters' Dana Duggan criticized that residents were not notified until a day after the June 11 approval. · source
  • 2026-06-22protest
    Per Integrity Matters, a citizen petition requesting a moratorium on data center approvals had gathered 5,349 signatures as of June 22, 2026, and a coalition of 33 appellants led by Katherine Kent and Ron Graham-Becker filed a formal appeal (City File No. DEPN-26-0039) challenging the Project Taurus approval. · source
  • 2026-06-23filing
    Five appeals - including one from Chelsea Glen residents and the transparency group Integrity Matters - met the city's requirements to proceed. · source
  • 2026-07-23vote
    Planning Commission denied the citizens' appeals after a ~14-hour hearing, upholding the approval 6-2. · source
  • 2026-08-03filing
    Two new appeals filed, sending the decision to City Council - the final local authority. Hearing must occur between Aug 29 and Sept 28, 2026. · source
  • 2026-08-11hearing
    KRDO reported the Colorado Springs City Council announced its special meeting to hear the Project Taurus appeal would be held September 17, 2026, at 9 a.m. at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, with up to 120 speakers allowed two minutes each. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.900, -104.850 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Zora In review

Warrick County (reclaimed mine land), IN · 300 ac · Ownership not yet identified

Developer controls roughly 1,200 acres of reclaimed mine land in northern Warrick County; the preliminary concept would develop about 300 acres and leave 900 as buffer. County officials met the Project Zora development team on July 30, 2026, emphasizing no votes, commitments, or NDAs were signed and that the developer's capacity/cost claims are unverified. The end user is expected to be publicly identified by end of 2026, with no permit applications before January 2027; commissioners held an Aug 11, 2026 special meeting on data-center zoning-code amendments.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2025-12-06coverage
    Local media reported that Sourcecolo, a Utah-based data center consulting firm, was scheduled to present an informational presentation on data centers to the Warrick County Area Plan Commission on December 8, 2025; the company had already contacted CenterPoint utility about energy generation capacity, and a 'Just Say No to Data Centers' Facebook event drew nearly 80 interested attendees. · source
  • 2025-12-08hearing
    The Sourcecolo data center presentation to the Warrick County APC was postponed from December 8 to February 9, 2026, to allow board members and county officials time to conduct their own research and prepare questions; APC Executive Director Molly Barnhill said the February meeting would be informational only. · source
  • 2026-05-21hearing
    The Warrick County APC scheduled a public hearing for June 8 to discuss proposed ordinance regulations establishing definitions and regulations for small, medium, and large data centers; background noted the Sourcecolo presentation had been postponed multiple times since late 2025. · source
  • 2026-07-13hearing
    Nearly 200 residents attended a 3.5-hour Warrick County APC public hearing on a proposed data center ordinance classifying facilities as small (under 10,000 sq ft), medium (10,001-40,000 sq ft), and large (over 40,000 sq ft), with large data centers not a permitted use; the board voted 5-2 to table the ordinance for four months. · source
  • 2026-07-13moratorium
    At the same APC meeting, the board voted 4-3 to draft an additional ordinance placing a moratorium on all data center projects through December 2026, to be forwarded to the County Commissioners as a recommendation. · source
  • 2026-07-15coverage
    Wisdom 92.1 (WZDM) reported on data center opposition in Warrick County following the approximately 200-person APC hearing, noting residents' concerns about water use, noise, pollution, and loss of farmland, while proponents emphasized jobs and apprenticeship opportunities in the construction trades. · source
  • 2026-07-30announcement
    Warrick County officials and Economic Development representatives met with the Project Zora development team; no votes, commitments, or NDAs signed. Developer described control of ~1,200 acres of reclaimed mine land with ~300 acres proposed for development. · source
  • 2026-07-31announcement
    Warrick County Commissioners announced a special public meeting for August 11 at the Friedman Park Event Center in Newburgh to consider the APC's recommendation on amending the zoning code for data centers; commissioners disclosed the Project Zora developer expects to identify the end user by end of 2026 and will not submit permit applications before January 2027. · source
  • 2026-08-10hearing
    At a Monday APC meeting, Warrick County residents pushed back against Project Zora as details emerged about the proposed data center on 1,200 acres of reclaimed mine land; commissioners confirmed they refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the developers and that no formal application or site review had been submitted. · source
  • 2026-08-11moratorium
    Warrick County Commissioners unanimously voted to enact a 180-day moratorium pausing all data center development, stating the pause would allow time for research and regulation development; residents at the meeting expressed concerns about water usage, noise, light pollution, and wildlife disruption, with some calling for a permanent ban rather than a temporary pause. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.090, -87.270 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS / Lancium Turkey TX In review

Turkey (Hall County), TX · — · Operator: QTS / Lancium

$10B+ GW-scale data center campus in Turkey, Texas.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2025-06-05public-comment
    Lancium held a town hall in Turkey, Texas drawing dozens of residents for a three-and-a-half-hour discussion; CEO Michael McNamara answered questions. · source
  • 2025-06-09incentive
    Hall County Commissioners Court unanimously approved a property tax abatement for Lancium Clean Campus: 75% abatement phased across 10 annual increments, below the 85% Lancium had originally requested. · source
  • 2026-07-13announcement
    QTS and Lancium formally announced a joint $10B+ data center campus on Lancium Clean Campus near Turkey: up to 11 buildings across ~465 acres, 1GW grid connection, Lancium supplying dedicated solar/battery and funding 100% of energy infrastructure; closed-loop cooling designed to use no water. · source
  • 2026-07-13coverage
    Trade and local press (DatacenterDynamics, Baxtel, ABC7 Amarillo) covered the QTS/Lancium Hall County announcement, reiterating the 11-building, 465-acre, 1GW, $10B campus figures. · source
  • 2026-07-17coverage
    NewsChannel 10 reported on the project, quoting Hall County Judge Ray Powell and noting water would come from onsite wells rather than Turkey municipal supply. · source
  • 2026-08-05moratorium
    Gov. Abbott ordered PUC of Texas and ERCOT to audit every data center in the interconnection queue (~1,800 projects) before further grid-connection approvals, affecting all pending Texas data center interconnections including large-load projects like Lancium Turkey campus. · source
  • 2026-08-10coverage
    Lancium issued a statement supporting Gov. Abbott transparency/accountability push, with CEO McNamara pledging verified power/water reporting, full grid-upgrade funding, and closed-loop cooling. · source
  • 2026-08-12public-comment
    ABC7 Amarillo reported Hall County residents raising concerns about water usage and housing-cost strain; QTS responded closed-loop buildings would use ~50,000 gallons/month each (about five single-family homes) and most workers housed on-site. · source
  • 2026-08-14public-comment
    QTS and Lancium held a community engagement meeting at Valley High School (5:30-7:30 PM) to address resident concerns on tax revenue, school/workforce partnerships, and infrastructure support. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Dane County In review

Dane County, WI · 750 MW · Operator: QTS Data Centers

Multi-billion dollar, 750MW renewable-powered data center campus in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2025-07-09announcement
    QTS Data Centers began exploring a multi-building data center campus on a 615-acre property in the Town of Vienna, Dane County, holding a public drop-in meeting to introduce the concept. · source
  • 2025-07-31public-comment
    Local residents and officials raised early questions about the scale, water use, and energy demand of the proposed QTS data center campus in rural Dane County. · source
  • 2025-10-20environmental
    Dane County energy office director told Madison sustainability committee the proposed Vienna data center could use about 2.5 times the electricity that all of Dane County currently consumes. · source
  • 2025-11-01filing
    QTS planned to submit a formal zoning/annexation application to the DeForest Village Board, triggering village staff due diligence with outside legal and development experts. · source
  • 2025-11-14announcement
    QTS and UW-Madison announced a $1.5 million Advancing Data Center Sustainability research partnership with the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, funding 14 faculty research projects. · source
  • 2025-11-18announcement
    QTS announced a $12 billion, up-to-1,600-acre data center campus in Dane County (Town of Vienna/DeForest), partnering with the Building Trades Council for up to 5,000 union construction jobs and pledging a $50 million community commitment. · source
  • 2026-01-07protest
    More than four hours of public comment at a packed DeForest Village Hall meeting drew opposition to the QTS annexation; a citizen petition sought to require large annexations to go to referendum. · source
  • 2026-01-13moratorium
    Madison Common Council approved a temporary one-year moratorium on zoning approvals for new data centers larger than 10,000 square feet. · source
  • 2026-01-27report
    DeForest village staff recommended the Village Board reject QTS annexation petition, concluding the data center proposal was not feasible in DeForest after QTS declined pre-annexation requirements including a 70%-renewable energy commitment. · source
  • 2026-01-28withdrawal
    QTS withdrew its data center project from consideration in the Village of DeForest following staff recommendation against annexation and sustained community opposition. · source
  • 2026-01-28utility
    Alliant Energy adjusted plans tied to the QTS Greater Madison project as the DeForest annexation collapsed, having previously committed to developing 750 MW of renewable generation. · source
  • 2026-02-03vote
    The DeForest Village Board voted unanimously 7-0 to reject QTS petition to annex nearly 1,600 acres of Town of Vienna farmland, formally ending the DeForest route for the project. · source
  • 2026-02-12coverage
    Democratic state lawmakers proposed a statewide data center moratorium bill and held a day of action, citing the DeForest/QTS fight as a driver of the broader Wisconsin data center policy debate. · source
  • 2026-04-06moratorium
    The Town of Westport (Dane County) enacted a one-year moratorium restricting new data centers to no more than 10,000 square feet, part of a wave of local moratoriums following the QTS controversy. · source
  • 2026-05-15filing
    A resolution was introduced on the Dane County Board establishing an 18-month moratorium on receiving or issuing zoning permits for hyperscale data centers in unincorporated areas. · source
  • 2026-06-04moratorium
    The Dane County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an 18-month moratorium on zoning permits for hyperscale data centers in unincorporated county areas, running until December 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Salem In review

Salem Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: QTS Data Centers

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (5 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-12-08permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400114 / eFACTS auth 1560602) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-02-17permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400116 / eFACTS auth 1560309) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-22permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-011 / eFACTS auth 1570648) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-07-29permit
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (40-00162A / eFACTS auth 1578397) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (4 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (4)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-29
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (40-00162A / eFACTS auth 1578397) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-22
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E4002226-011 / eFACTS auth 1570648) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-02-17
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400116 / eFACTS auth 1560309) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2025-12-08
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD400114 / eFACTS auth 1560602) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.070, -76.171 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Quantica Big Sky Campus In review

Broadview (Yellowstone County), MT · 1,000 MW · Operator: Quantica Infrastructure

5,000-acre campus; NorthWestern Energy committed up to 1,000 MW to Quantica as of July 2026, with Phase I construction slated for 2026.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (27 events)
  • 2015-01-01filing
    Invenergy requested interconnection to NorthWestern Energy's Broadview substation, the earliest step in what would become the Big Sky Campus site's grid access. · source
  • 2020-01-01financing
    Broad Reach Power purchased the Broadview interconnection project from Invenergy, with Daniel Zolnikov serving as local developer. · source
  • 2023-08-01financing
    ENGIE acquired Broad Reach Power, folding the Broadview-area power project into its portfolio ahead of the Quantica spinout. · source
  • 2024-01-01announcement
    Montana Property LLC quietly acquired roughly 5,000 acres (about eight square miles) south of Broadview, later revealed as the land assembly for Quantica's Big Sky Campus. · source
  • 2025-02-01utility
    NorthWestern Energy announced a $25-30 million transmission line project tied to the Broadview substation area, with expected completion in 2028. · source
  • 2025-07-30utility
    NorthWestern Energy signed a letter of intent to serve Quantica Infrastructure's Montana data center development, committing to a Phase 1 load of 500 MW growing to 1 GW, with initial service possible as early as 2026. · source
  • 2025-07-31hearing
    Montana's Energy and Technology Interim Committee met to study the state's power generation capacity amid data-center growth, launching studies due by September 2026. · source
  • 2025-08-01coverage
    Montana Public Radio/MEIC reported NorthWestern's proposed 1,000 MW commitment is roughly equivalent to the power used to serve 800,000 homes, more than all of NorthWestern's residential customers combined. · source
  • 2025-08-04announcement
    Quantica Infrastructure introduced Big Sky Digital Infrastructure (BSDI) as its flagship Montana development platform for the 5,000-acre Big Sky Campus, with construction planned to begin in 2026. · source
  • 2025-12-01ruling
    The Montana Public Service Commission decided to keep NorthWestern Energy's letters of intent with three data-center developers confidential as trade secrets. · source
  • 2026-01-16filing
    The Butte-Silver Bow Council of Commissioners sent a letter to the PSC advocating separate rate classifications to shield existing ratepayers from data-center-driven boom-bust risk. · source
  • 2026-02-12environmental
    AP/Montana Free Press reported Quantica does not yet hold water rights for the Broadview site and is evaluating zero-water air cooling, deep aquifer wells, treated greywater, and direct-to-chip liquid cooling. · source
  • 2026-02-20public-comment
    A coalition including Earthjustice, MEIC, NW Energy Coalition, and Honor the Earth sent a letter to the Montana PSC demanding disclosure of NorthWestern's talks with 11 additional data-center developers. · source
  • 2026-02-23report
    Daily Montanan reported NorthWestern Energy was in talks with at least 11 additional data-center entities beyond Atlas, Sabey, and Quantica, which combined could draw enough power for 1.6 million homes. · source
  • 2026-03-01utility
    Quantica's July 2025 letter of intent with NorthWestern progressed into a signed development agreement by roughly the first quarter of 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-12protest
    Broadview-area residents divided; resident Cari Olson founded Just One Montanan to push for a three-year statewide construction moratorium on data centers pending legislative action. · source
  • 2026-03-13lawsuit
    Earthjustice filed a motion before the Montana PSC on behalf of seven groups challenging the December 2025 decision keeping NorthWestern's data-center letters of intent confidential. · source
  • 2026-05-20filing
    Quantica filed interconnection applications with NorthWestern Energy seeking to expand generation capacity at the Big Sky Campus roughly seven-fold, from about 1,000 MW to 7,235 MW. · source
  • 2026-06-12filing
    Broadview resident Kassi Solberg submitted a citizen ballot initiative petition to Yellowstone County requiring two-thirds voter approval before any data center could be built or expanded. · source
  • 2026-06-17announcement
    Quantica signed an agreement with a Montana union federation covering the Big Sky Campus project, though coverage criticized it for being thin on enforceable labor details. · source
  • 2026-06-25filing
    The Yellowstone County attorney's office approved the ballot language for the citizen data-center initiative, allowing signature gathering to proceed toward the November ballot. · source
  • 2026-06-30coverage
    Daily Montanan reported on a growing citizen movement across Montana counties seeking direct voter oversight of data-center construction. · source
  • 2026-07-09hearing
    Yellowstone County commissioners held a meeting at which details of a planned lawsuit challenging the legality of the citizen data-center ballot initiative were distributed. · source
  • 2026-07-13ruling
    Yellowstone County asserted this date was the actual legal deadline for signature collection on the data-center ballot initiative, after officials said they learned of a 2025 election-statute change following contact from Quantica's attorney. · source
  • 2026-07-28filing
    Yellowstone County commissioners proposed a new policy restricting signature-gathering for citizen initiatives, amid the ongoing dispute over the data-center ballot measure. · source
  • 2026-08-03ruling
    Yellowstone County commissioners announced the true signature-gathering deadline had already passed on July 13, effectively blocking the initiative from the November ballot. · source
  • 2026-08-15ruling
    A Yellowstone County District Court judge ruled the signature-collection deadline had passed, keeping the two-thirds-voter-approval data-center initiative off the November ballot despite over 12,000 of the required 16,650 signatures collected. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

STAK Energy North Slope Campus In review

North Slope Borough, AK · 3,000 MW · Operator: STAK Energy

$500M, up to 3GW natural-gas-powered AI data center campus on 715 leased acres ~26 mi south of Deadhorse; received preliminary state land-lease approval, construction targeted summer 2026.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-11-01filing
    Stak Energy submitted its initial application to Alaska DNR Division of Oil and Gas for a 50-year state land lease (ADL 422741) covering 715.4 acres off the Dalton Highway near Milepost 390 for a natural-gas-powered AI data center campus; DNR solicited competing bids and none came in. · source
  • 2026-03-12filing
    Stak Energy filed a revised application amending its original lease submission to the Division of Oil and Gas. · source
  • 2026-05-12ruling
    Alaska DNR issued a preliminary best-interest finding for the proposed 50-year land lease to Stak Energy, granting preliminary approval for the 715-acre parcel. · source
  • 2026-05-14coverage
    Alaska Beacon broke the story of the proposed $500 million, up-to-3GW natural-gas-powered Stak Energy data center campus on the North Slope. · source
  • 2026-05-18coverage
    Anchorage Daily News expanded coverage detailing the 715-acre footprint, dry-air cooling advantage, and lack of a firm natural-gas supply deal at time of filing. · source
  • 2026-05-26coverage
    Alaska Public Media reported on the proposal, noting Stak Energy Alaska roots and staffing plans. · source
  • 2026-05-28report
    Northern Alaska Environmental Center published an analysis of the lease documents identifying unresolved risks: incomplete wetland delineation, no permafrost thermal modeling, no bird/caribou surveys, undisclosed lease financial terms, and estimated gas consumption of 128-183 billion cubic feet per year. · source
  • 2026-06-01environmental
    The Alaska Center publicized environmental concerns including potential heat-island warming effects extending up to 6.2 miles, the need for 7 million cubic yards of gravel to raise the site 5-7 feet, and fuel consumption potentially exceeding twice urban Alaska electrical generation; urged residents to file public comments. · source
  • 2026-06-15public-comment
    Original public comment deadline on the DNR preliminary best-interest decision for the Stak Energy lease. · source
  • 2026-07-03protest
    Coverage reported Alaskans had flooded the state comment docket with opposition, including submissions reading "HELL NO! To ANY DATA CENTERS" and "NO AI," ahead of the extended comment deadline. · source
  • 2026-07-07report
    Anchorage Daily News reported more than 500 public comments submitted to DNR, with fewer than a dozen supporting the project and the vast majority opposed; Stak Energy characterized most as form letters. · source
  • 2026-07-17public-comment
    Extended deadline (4:30 p.m.) for public comments on the proposed 50-year land lease; DNR said it would assess comments before issuing a final lease decision. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Regulatory Commission of Alaska — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Sarasota County Data Center (Cattleman Road) In review

Sarasota County, FL · — · Ownership not yet identified

Unnamed company eyed Cattleman Road; county responded with unanimous 1-year moratorium (5-0). Commissioner: 'not now, never.'

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-09vote
    Commission voted 5-0 for 1-year moratorium. Joins Citrus, Nassau, Hernando counties. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Florida Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 27.340, -82.470 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Saxum Investment Data Center In review

Jackson, MS · 230 ac · Operator: Saxum Investment Co.

230-acre rezoning request (agricultural/residential to heavy industrial) on Forest Ave in northwest Jackson. Hearing postponed May 27 after community pushback; City Council paused all DC construction June 23 pending new regulations.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-05-27hearing
    Rezoning hearing postponed after organized community pushback. · source
  • 2026-06-23vote
    Jackson City Council paused all data center construction pending new regulations. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Jackson planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Jackson property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.350, -90.250 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Sharon Data Center Project In review

City of Sharon (Mercer County), PA · — · Operator: Keel Infrastructure

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-04-28permit
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD430004) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-05-18permit
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Received. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-05-18
    Notice of Intent to Remediate (Act 2) application submitted to PA DEP under Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields — DEP status: Received. · source
  • 2026-04-28
    Chapter 102 Individual NPDES Permit application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAD430004) — DEP status: Pending. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.244, -80.504 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Springdale Data Center In review

Springdale Borough (Allegheny County), PA · — · Operator: Allegheny DC Property Co. LLC · Filing LLC: Allegheny DC Property Co. LLC

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (3 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-12-08permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E02-145 / eFACTS auth 1551380) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E02-231 / eFACTS auth 1551370) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08permit
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP110216248 / eFACTS auth 1551375) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08permit
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance /Testing / Repair / Rehabilitation / Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP110216248 / eFACTS auth 1551375) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (4 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (4)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-12-08
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E02-145 / eFACTS auth 1551380) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E02-231 / eFACTS auth 1551370) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance, Testing, Repair, Rehabilitation or Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP110216248 / eFACTS auth 1551375) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2025-12-08
    BWM-GP-11 Maintenance /Testing / Repair / Rehabilitation / Replacement General Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (GP110216248 / eFACTS auth 1551375) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.538, -79.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Stratos In review

Box Elder County (near Brigham City), UT · 1,100 MW · Operator: O'Leary Digital

O'Leary Digital, chaired by Kevin O'Leary, proposes the Stratos campus in unincorporated Box Elder County near Brigham City: eleven 100 MW data center buildings plus a 7.5-9 GW natural gas plant and a 500 MW solar array on roughly 40,000 acres across three sites. Renderings were released 2026-05-19; the county commission approved an interlocal agreement with the Military Installation Development Authority in early May 2026. State environmental permitting could take about two years, with a 30-day public comment period and hearing required, and over 40 protests have been filed on its water rights application.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2026-04-24vote
    MIDA's board of directors approved four resolutions and a tax ordinance creating the Stratos Project Area, before Box Elder County had formally consented; critics later alleged MIDA also signed a development agreement the same morning. · source
  • 2026-05-04vote
    Box Elder County Commission approved Resolutions 26-11 and 26-12 consenting to the MIDA Stratos Project Area and an interlocal agreement, at a contentious meeting at the county fairgrounds in Tremonton with hundreds of opponents present and sheriff's deputies controlling the crowd. · source
  • 2026-05-07withdrawal
    The holder of an 1904-vintage water right withdrew a change application seeking to convert 1,900 acre-feet from agricultural to industrial use for the Stratos project, after more than 3,700 formal protests were filed at $15 each; the developer stated it fully intends to refile. · source
  • 2026-05-12coverage
    Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz said he did not attend the meeting Kevin O'Leary described on Fox News and only learned of the project in early April 2026; the Deseret News reported the project's estimated cost exceeds $100 billion. · source
  • 2026-05-14protest
    Approximately 400 to 500 people rallied at the Utah Capitol against the Stratos project, delivering an opposition letter signed by over 7,500 people calling on Governor Cox, House Speaker Schultz, and Senate President Adams to order independent water and fiscal studies. · source
  • 2026-05-18environmental
    Grist reported the project would raise Utah's carbon emissions by 64 percent and that a physics professor calculated 16 gigawatts of waste heat could spike Hansel Valley nighttime temperatures by as much as 28 degrees Fahrenheit. · source
  • 2026-05-19announcement
    O'Leary Digital released renderings of the proposed Stratos campus in Box Elder County; state environmental approvals were estimated at roughly two years, with air monitoring required for one year before a permit application. · source
  • 2026-05-23protest
    Hundreds of Utahns rallied at the state Capitol a second time demanding a halt to the Box Elder data center plan, calling on state leaders to protect water, air, and land. · source
  • 2026-05-28denial
    Box Elder County Attorney Stephen Hadfield rejected three referendum applications challenging the May 4 commission vote, ruling the resolutions were irrevocable administrative actions rather than newly created laws and thus not referable to voters. · source
  • 2026-05-28coverage
    Governor Spencer Cox declared the Stratos project will 'never' run solely on natural gas, stating the first phase would use gas but subsequent phases should use nuclear, geothermal, and solar power. · source
  • 2026-06-03lawsuit
    Alliance for a Better Utah and five Box Elder County residents filed suit in Utah's 3rd District Court challenging MIDA's constitutionality and seeking to void the Stratos approval, also alleging Senate President Adams had a conflict of interest from a $135,000 PAC donation. · source
  • 2026-06-03lawsuit
    Box Elder Accountability Referendum (BEAR) filed an appeal in Utah 1st District Court in Brigham City challenging the county attorney's rejection of referendum applications on Resolutions 26-11 and 26-12, arguing the approvals were legislative acts subject to voter referendum. · source
  • 2026-06-04announcement
    O'Leary agreed to cut the project area from roughly 40,000 acres to 20,000 acres, removing the Locomotive Springs and I-84 parcels and keeping only the Hansel Valley parcel, with 10,000 acres designated as open space. · source
  • 2026-06-10moratorium
    Box Elder County commissioners unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on new data centers and power plants on unincorporated land, but explicitly exempted the Stratos project whose land-use authority had been transferred to MIDA for 50 years. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    Kevin O'Leary said design work on the Stratos data center is 'full steam ahead' while MIDA remains on 'pause' awaiting permit requests for the project. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.510, -112.020 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

T5@ATL IV (Palmetto) In review

Palmetto (South Fulton County), GA · 300 MW · Operator: T5 Data Centers

New multi-building Atlanta-area campus scalable to 300MW with on-site substation, expected operational in 2026.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2024-06-12filing
    T5 Data Centers filed a preliminary Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application with the Atlanta Regional Commission for a two-building, 495,000-sq-ft data center campus off I-85 and Gullatt Road near Fairburn, its third south-Atlanta-area campus at the time. · source
  • 2024-07-16withdrawal
    T5 withdrew its original DRI application, which by that point had grown to a proposed 2.95 million-sq-ft, 300MW campus across seven buildings. · source
  • 2024-08-28announcement
    T5 finalized acquisition of the 91-acre Palmetto/South Fulton County site and publicly announced the ATL IV campus, describing it as scalable up to 300MW with an on-site substation targeted for 2026 operation and liquid cooling to support AI workloads. · source
  • 2025-05-05filing
    T5 submitted a revised, scaled-down DRI application for ATL IV consisting of three data center buildings totaling up to 1,320,000 sq ft along Gullatt Road, with supporting access roads, parking, utilities, and stormwater infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-11-01report
    The Atlanta Regional Commission completed its Development of Regional Impact review of the revised ATL IV application, a milestone reported as clearing the way toward construction; the Fairburn portion of the site already held full zoning/permits under existing industrial designation. · source
  • 2026-01-07hearing
    The City of Palmetto held a special city council session that advanced discussion of a potential economic development agreement tied to the T5 project. · source
  • 2026-03-01moratorium
    The Palmetto City Council unanimously approved a rewritten industrial zoning code that permanently excludes data centers from the city, following community concern that had built up around the T5 project and area data-center growth; Mayor Teresa Thomas-Smith cited an "overall disinterest" in the warehouse-like structures. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Terra Nexus data center campus (316 Old Cheraw Highway) In review

Rockingham (Richmond County), NC · 165 ac · Filing LLC: Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC

Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC asked Rockingham to rezone ~165 acres at 316 Old Cheraw Highway from high-density residential (R-7) to conditional light industrial for a $1.2B, ~30-job data center campus — Richmond County's third. The Planning Board unanimously recommended approval on Aug 4; a City Council public hearing must precede any vote, but fetched coverage (as of Aug 13) gives no confirmed hearing date.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2025-05-13rezoning
    Rockingham City Council unanimously approved the voluntary annexation and rezoning of 69.23 acres on Old Cheraw Highway (the Clontz property) from rural residential to high-density residential for a planned housing subdivision by Sage Equity. · source
  • 2025-08-15filing
    Ben and Amber Moss petitioned Rockingham to annex their adjacent 93.305-acre parcel on Old Cheraw Highway, citing interest from an entity planning a residential subdivision. · source
  • 2025-10-14rezoning
    Rockingham City Council approved the annexation and rezoning of the Moss property (93.305 acres on Old Cheraw Highway) from rural residential (R-20) to high-density residential (R-7). · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    The Rockingham Planning Board reviewed Terra Nexus Land Fund I, LLC's request to rezone ~165 acres at 316 Old Cheraw Highway from high-density residential to conditional light industrial and unanimously recommended that the City Council approve it. · source
  • 2026-08-09coverage
    Richmond County commissioners responded to resident data center concerns; Commissioner Andy Grooms noted the Old Cheraw Highway site falls under Rockingham city jurisdiction and said the county has no authority over it, adding he does not want additional data centers. · source
  • 2026-08-10coverage
    WSOC-TV reported neighbors are split on the proposed third data center for Richmond County at Old Cheraw Highway; NC state Rep. Ben Moss, who once owned the land, called for transparency and public discussion before any decision. · source
  • 2026-08-13coverage
    The Richmond County Daily Journal reported that the Rockingham City Council will schedule a public hearing on the Terra Nexus conditional rezoning request; city council cannot vote until after the hearing is held. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.940, -79.770 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Triboro Industrial Park Data Center In review

Jessup / Olyphant / Throop Boroughs (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 pending, 1 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-04-28permit
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC350120) — DEP status: Issued. · source
  • 2026-08-25permit
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3502221-006) — DEP status: Pending. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-25
    Water Obstruction & Encroachment Pmt application submitted to PA DEP under WRM Water Obstructions & Encroachments (E3502221-006) — DEP status: Pending. · source
  • 2026-04-28
    Chapter 102 General NPDES Permit (PAG-02) application submitted to PA DEP under WPC Erosion & Sediment Control (PAC350120) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.449, -75.576 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Tulare County Data Center (moratorium) In review

Tulare County, CA · — · Ownership not yet identified

County Supervisors passed a 45-day moratorium on new data centers in August 2026, pausing all pending applications countywide.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-08-01vote
    Tulare County Board of Supervisors passed 45-day moratorium on new data center applications. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.230, -119.320 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Urbana Technology Hub In review

Urbana (Champaign County), OH · 230 ac · Operator: Thor Equities · Owner: Thor Equities · Filing LLC: Urbana Investment Group LLC

Thor Equities assembled approximately 230 acres near Ohio 55 and US 68 for a 460,000 sq ft, $1B+ data center campus called the Urbana Technology Hub. A site plan application was submitted February 13 but deemed incomplete by city staff. The BZA unanimously denied Thor's appeal. The city council then adopted new zoning codes removing data centers as a permitted use in the M-1 manufacturing district. Thor Equities filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. A charter amendment petition and mayor recall effort are also underway.

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (30 events)
  • 2025-04-22rezoning
    Urbana City Council approved a zoning code modification permitting data centers in the M-1 Light Manufacturing District and annexed Thor Equities' property. · source
  • 2025-08-22financing
    Urbana Owner I LLC (linked to Thor Equities) purchased a 47.6-acre parcel near the proposed site for $2,143,665. · source
  • 2025-11-01incentive
    In November 2025, city council approved a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA2) tax abatement agreement for the data center site after three readings. · source
  • 2025-11-18financing
    Highland55 Investments LLC purchased 85.6 acres southwest of Urbana for $3,210,712.50, the second major land assembly for the campus. · source
  • 2026-01-23announcement
    City Director of Administration Spencer Mitchell publicly confirmed for the first time that a property owner had approached the city about developing a data center. · source
  • 2026-02-04hearing
    Council members discussed data center concerns at a regular meeting and directed Law Director Feinstein to prepare moratorium legislation for the February 17 meeting. · source
  • 2026-02-13filing
    Site plan application submitted by Choice One Engineering on behalf of Thor Equities; deemed incomplete by city staff. · source
  • 2026-02-17vote
    City council voted 5-2 to remove a proposed 12-month data center moratorium from the agenda; approximately 50 residents attended the meeting. · source
  • 2026-02-18announcement
    Data center plans revealed at city meeting. · source
  • 2026-02-23announcement
    Thor Equities issued a public statement on the proposed data center, describing it as a $1 billion private investment and pledging water conservation, stable electric rates, and community investment. · source
  • 2026-03-03vote
    Urbana City Council passed a 12-month moratorium on new data centers by a 6-1 vote, with Audra Bean the sole dissenter; about 40 residents spoke afterward mostly in support. · source
  • 2026-03-04coverage
    Ideastream reported the moratorium left the $1 billion proposal in limbo and identified CyrusOne as a project partner alongside Thor Equities; an online petition opposing the project had gathered over 4,000 signatures within two weeks. · source
  • 2026-03-20filing
    Thor Equities formally appeals city's determination that application was incomplete. · source
  • 2026-04-01vote
    BZA unanimously denies Thor's appeal, upholding city determination that site plan application was incomplete. · source
  • 2026-04-21announcement
    Thor Equities launched a project information website, urbanaohiodatacenter.com, with a project overview, economic-benefit claims, and a contact form. · source
  • 2026-05-01report
    Thor Equities publicized economic-impact figures for the project: over $1 billion investment, more than $5.8 million in annual local tax revenue, over 1,000 construction jobs, and 30 to 80 permanent positions. · source
  • 2026-05-21vote
    City council adopts new zoning codes removing data centers as permitted use in M-1 district. · source
  • 2026-06-05financing
    Thor Equities purchased approximately 97 acres from Organ Farms LLC for about $3.4 million, adding a southern access point from U.S. Highway 68 to the proposed campus. · source
  • 2026-06-09hearing
    A public hearing was held on the proposed ordinance to reverse the 2025 zoning amendment and remove data centers as a permitted use in the M-1 district. · source
  • 2026-06-16vote
    City council unanimously passed Ordinance 4635-26, restoring the pre-2025 zoning code and completing the removal of data centers as a permitted M-1 use; residents applauded the vote. · source
  • 2026-06-19filing
    Thor Equities files federal lawsuit against City of Urbana in US District Court, Southern District of Ohio. · source
  • 2026-07-01coverage
    In July 2026, Thor Equities launched a direct mail, television, and digital advertising campaign aimed at Urbana residents, describing it as an educational effort to counter misinformation about the project. · source
  • 2026-07-07protest
    Two Urbana residents launched petitions: Nicole Nawman began a charter-amendment petition to bar hyperscale data centers, and James Cropper began a petition to recall Mayor Bill Bean over alleged lack of transparency. · source
  • 2026-07-08announcement
    City Law Director Mark Feinstein submitted his resignation to Mayor Bean, effective August 7, 2026, citing a new legal opportunity and family priorities; the city began recruiting a replacement. · source
  • 2026-07-15filing
    Nicole Nawman turned in the charter-amendment petition packet to the Champaign County Board of Elections, saying signatures well surpassed the required minimum. · source
  • 2026-07-17vote
    The Champaign County Board of Elections reported the mayoral recall petitions collected enough valid signatures for the recall question to appear on the November 3 general election ballot. · source
  • 2026-07-20ruling
    A Champaign County Common Pleas judge ordered the city to provide a complete transcript of the April 13 BZA hearing and set briefing deadlines through October 2026; the ruling did not decide the merits of the case. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    Urbana City Council approved emergency Ordinance No. 4640-26, sending the proposed data-center-ban charter amendment to the November 3, 2026 ballot, suspending rules to meet the August 5 filing deadline. · source
  • 2026-08-05filing
    Three candidates filed petitions by the August 5 deadline to replace Mayor Bean if he is recalled; Eugene Fields Jr. and Nicole Nawman met the 169-signature threshold while Taylor Armstrong fell four signatures short. · source
  • 2026-08-07ruling
    The Champaign County Board of Elections forwarded the charter-amendment petition to the Ohio Secretary of State after finding a typographical error referencing Article VII instead of Article VIII, leaving its ballot status uncertain. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.110, -83.750 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Wyalusing Energy Center In review

Wyalusing Township (Bradford County), PA · — · Operator: Klondike Digital Infrastructure

Environmental permits under review at PA DEP (1 issued).

Next step: Application filed. Ask the planning office for the hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2024-12-27permit
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (08-0006A / eFACTS auth 1511828) — DEP status: Issued. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-12-27
    Minor Facility Plan Approval New Source Performance Std application submitted to PA DEP under Air Quality (08-0006A / eFACTS auth 1511828) — DEP status: Issued. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.654, -76.235 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

xAI QTS Atlanta In review

Atlanta, GA · 17 MW · Operator: SpaceXAI · Owner: SpaceXAI

Chip types: H100,A100. Epoch AI estimates ~17 MW.

Next step: An application is in the record. Ask the planning office for the next hearing date and request formal notice.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2024-01-23incentive
    Development Authority of Fulton County considered a $700,000,000 inducement and final bond resolution for X Corp. (f/k/a Twitter, Inc.) to acquire and install high-performance computing and AI infrastructure at 1025 Jefferson Street NW, Atlanta (QTS DC2), with the project described as competing with Portland and other locations. · source
  • 2024-01-23vote
    Development Authority of Fulton County approved X Corp.'s $700M bond resolution 6-2 (Long and Lamont voting no), subject to a satisfactory corporate citizenship agreement, after X Corp. representatives confirmed the transaction covers equipment only and would retain 24 jobs plus 50 vendor employees. · source
  • 2024-01-23public-comment
    Howell Station Neighborhood Association president Arthur Toal submitted to the DAFC board a Georgia Tech AI PhD candidate's analysis arguing X Corp.'s $700M equipment refit would not deliver the claimed economic benefits because the investment involves no new construction. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Atlanta planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Atlanta property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.780, -84.410 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Madison County data center campuses Proposed

Madison County, MS · — · Operator: Amazon Web Services · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: Amazon Web Services

AWS announced on 2024-01-25 a $10 billion investment and at least 1,000 jobs to build data center complexes in two Madison County industrial parks, then the largest capital investment in Mississippi history. On 2026-04-09 Amazon announced an additional $11 billion Madison County expansion and 700 more jobs, part of a $25 billion statewide total (also covering $3 billion in Warren County/Vicksburg and $1 billion at the former Delphi plant in Clinton, Hinds County) and more than 2,000 jobs. No per-campus megawatt or acreage figure is given in the sources fetched.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2024-01-25announcement
    Mississippi Development Authority announced AWS would invest $10 billion to establish data center complexes in two Madison County industrial parks, creating at least 1,000 jobs. · source
  • 2026-04-09announcement
    Governor Tate Reeves announced Amazon would add $11 billion and 700 jobs in Madison County, bringing Amazon's planned Mississippi investment to $25 billion and 2,000+ jobs. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.630, -90.030 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Lebanon / LEAP Data Center Campus Proposed

Boone County, IN · 1,000 MW · Operator: Meta · Tenant: Meta

1500-acre, 1GW, $10B+ Meta campus at the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District. Multiple sources (WISH-TV, WRTV, Data Center Dynamics, IndyStar) place this site on land annexed into the City of Lebanon as part of the state-sponsored LEAP district -- NOT unincorporated Boone County and NOT the Town of Advance. This conflicts with the task baseline description citing the Town of Advance; flagging for the tracker maintainer to reconcile (see research_notes). Either way, all reporting agrees this project is exempt from the county's unincorporated-land moratorium. First proposed publicly around Nov 2024 (~$800M), then expanded to the current $10B/1GW scope announced Feb 2026; groundbreaking construction reported ongoing through mid-2026 with resident complaints about light/noise pollution.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2024-11-25announced
    Meta proposes ~$800 million data center in Lebanon, Indiana. · source
  • 2026-02-11announced
    Meta officially announces expanded $10B, 1GW data center campus at LEAP District in Lebanon. · source
  • 2026-06-15moratorium
    Boone County passes a 1-year moratorium on new data centers in unincorporated county land; county officials and press confirm this does not affect the Meta LEAP/Lebanon project because it sits on annexed City of Lebanon land, not unincorporated county land. · source
  • 2026-07-08community-impact
    IndyStar reports ongoing construction disruption for neighbors (light pollution, noise) during Meta campus build-out. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.049, -86.464 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta-BlackRock El Paso Data Center Proposed

El Paso, TX · — · Operator: Meta · Owner: BlackRock · Tenant: Meta

$10B+ Meta-BlackRock strategic venture; 4,000 peak construction jobs, capacity beginning 2028.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-01announcement
    Meta announced $10B+ strategic venture with BlackRock to develop data center in El Paso; 4,000 peak construction jobs, capacity beginning 2028. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search El Paso planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search El Paso property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 31.760, -106.440 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Pacifico Energy Glass Mountains data center and gas plant (proposed) Proposed

Brewster County, TX · 8,400 ac · Operator: Pacifico Energy

Pacifico Energy, which is developing the GW Ranch gas plant for Amazon's Pecos County campus, presented Brewster County Commissioners Court with a concept for an off-grid data center powered by gas turbines (possibly with solar and batteries) on a roughly 8,400-acre ranch in the Glass Mountains owned by James Ahern. No filing, tenant, size or development agreement yet; the company's own cost range is $5 billion to $60 billion.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-09-22

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-09-15meeting
    Brewster County Commissioners Court special meeting, agenda item 5: 'Review and discuss presentation by Pacifico Energy; no action required.' Pacifico's senior director of development, director of land services and a water adviser attended; there was no formal presentation because the company called the project very early. · source
  • 2026-09-18coverage
    Marfa Public Radio reported the company described an off-grid data center and gas plant employing 100 to 200 people, possibly with worker housing, costing $5 billion to $60 billion, with one to two years of planning before construction. County Judge Greg Henington said 'we're not taking this, like a lay down' and raised water and noise; about 10 residents spoke against it over air quality, noise, dark skies, housing and the region's identity. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 30.420, -103.330 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Paducah Data Center Campus Proposed

Paducah, KY · 1,800 MW · Operator: Brookfield

1.8 GW campus on former DOE Paducah uranium-enrichment site; $100B+ private investment, 2 GW gas plant + 2.6 GW battery. NextEra building energy infra. ~600 permanent / 8,000 construction jobs. KY PSC approval pending. Completion target 2031.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-29announcement
    DOE announced Brookfield selected to develop 1.8 GW data center campus on the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site; NextEra Energy building 2 GW gas plant + 2.6 GW battery storage. $100B+ private investment. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Paducah planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Paducah property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.080, -88.600 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Van Wert Campus Proposed

Van Wert, OH · — · Operator: QTS

~$10B capital investment in northwest Ohio; first building operational ~2029, full buildout ~2032.

Next step: Early stage. File a public-records request for the application and site plan.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-05-29announcement
    City of Van Wert and QTS announced data center campus in northwest Ohio; ~$10B capital investment, first building ~2029, full buildout ~2032. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Van Wert planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Van Wert property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.870, -84.580 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

4-3 Salem Township Data Center Rumored

Salem Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: 4-3 Glen Brook Group

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.081, -76.197 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Breaker Street Data Center Rumored

Jessup Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Breaker Street Associates LLC · Filing LLC: Breaker Street Associates LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.475, -75.551 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Dickson City Data Center Rumored

Dickson City Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Dickson City Development LLC · Filing LLC: Dickson City Development LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.469, -75.643 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Emaus Ave Warehouse Rumored

City of Allentown (Lehigh County), PA · — · Operator: Quantm LLC · Filing LLC: Quantm LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.567, -75.475 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Frackville Data Rumored

New Caste Township (Schuylkill County), PA · — · Operator: KRNL Data Centers

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.774, -76.238 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Gouldsboro Data Center Project / Project Gold Rumored

Clifton / Covington Townships (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Quantm Group LLC / 1778 Rich Pike LLC · Filing LLC: Quantm Group LLC / 1778 Rich Pike LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.249, -75.515 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Highlands East Data Center Rumored

Lower Swatara / Swatara Townships (Dauphin County), PA · — · Operator: Corscale

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.231, -76.794 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Highlands West Data Center Rumored

Swatara Township (Dauphin County), PA · — · Operator: Corscale

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.231, -76.794 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Hunlock Data Center Rumored

Hunlock Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: Castleton Commodities

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.230, -76.100 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Linde Data Center / Forest City Energy Center LLC Rumored

Clinton Township (Wayne County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.645, -75.451 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Londonderry Data Center Rumored

Londonderry Township (Dauphin County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.187, -76.677 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Lower Mount Bethel Technology Center Rumored

Lower Mount Bethel Township (Northampton County), PA · — · Operator: Peron Development

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.804, -75.110 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Mount Carmel Township Data Center Rumored

Mount Carmel Township (Northumberland County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.808, -76.447 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Nescopeck / Valley View Wood Data Center Rumored

Nescopeck Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.038, -76.170 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Newport Ridge Data Center Rumored

Newport Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.181, -76.053 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Outrigger Data Center Rumored

Mifflin Township (Columbia County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.014, -76.305 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Green Mountain Rumored

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Green Mountain 6 LLC · Filing LLC: Green Mountain 6 LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.508, -75.524 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Hummingbird Rumored

Monongahela Township (Greene County), PA · — · Operator: International Electric Power

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.837, -79.935 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Scott Rumored

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Patrinely-Provident Real Estate

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.517, -75.564 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Recore Digital AI data center inquiry Rumored

Grant County, IN · — · Operator: Recore Digital

An inquiry, not an application. Recore Digital approached the Grant County Area Plan Commission in July 2026 about converting an existing cryptocurrency mining operation in the county into what it describes as a 'quiet, permanent AI Data Center'. The county's 24-month moratorium (Ordinance 4-2026) bars improvement-location permits for data centers in unincorporated areas until March 2028 or until the APC's data center ordinance is adopted, so the live question is what that ordinance will require; a seven-member subcommittee (four APC members, three residents) finished its first review of the draft in August 2026. Site, size, power and water figures have not been published. Coordinates are the county centroid.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2025-12-01meeting
    Grant County Area Plan Commission began outlining a data center ordinance — annual energy and water reporting, client-category disclosure, infrastructure offsets, and rules for standby diesel generators and cooling noise were among the items discussed (minutes on the county's APC minutes server; secondary account at citizenportal.ai). · source
  • 2026-03-16moratorium
    Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 4-2026, a 24-month moratorium on data center improvement-location permits in unincorporated Grant County, 3-0, after county attorney Martin Harker read it aloud. · source
  • 2026-07-11proposal
    Chronicle-Tribune reported that Recore Digital wants to bring a 'quiet, permanent AI Data Center' to Grant County and had approached the Area Plan Commission; the APC's data center subcommittee is seven volunteers — four commission members and three from the public. · source
  • 2026-07-25coverage
    Chronicle-Tribune opinion column (Tom Marine) described the inquiry as a proposal to convert an existing cryptocurrency mining operation and argued the first applicant should not write the county's rulebook. · source
  • 2026-08-08meeting
    The APC's data center subcommittee met to complete its initial review of the draft data center ordinance; the Chronicle-Tribune described the county as 'one step closer to finalizing a data center ordinance'. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.510, -85.660 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

River Pointe Data Center Rumored

Upper Mount Bethel Township (Northampton County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.912, -75.100 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Scranton Materials Data Center Rumored

Ransom Township (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Ownership not yet identified

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.443, -75.702 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Spring Mountain Quakake Tunnel Rumored

Spring Mountain / Packer / Banks Townships (Carbon County), PA · — · Operator: NorthPoint Development

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.920, -75.920 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Sunnyside Road Data Center Rumored

Jessup Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Sunnyside Road Associates LLC · Filing LLC: Sunnyside Road Associates LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.468, -75.551 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

TekPark Data Center Expansion Rumored

Upper Macungie Township (Lehigh County), PA · — · Operator: TierPoint

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
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Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.545, -75.656 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Center Township (Indiana County), PA · — · Operator: Homer City Redevelopment LLC · Filing LLC: Homer City Redevelopment LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.512, -79.198 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Allen Township (Northampton County), PA · — · Operator: Verdantas / Prologis

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.701, -75.479 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Sugarloaf Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: LBT Investment Group LLC · Filing LLC: LBT Investment Group LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.971, -76.073 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Dorrance Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: Brewster Land Company LLC · Filing LLC: Brewster Land Company LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.095, -75.997 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Tobyhanna Township (Monroe County), PA · — · Operator: Pocono Manor Investors

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.121, -75.518 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Plains Township (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: KSR

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.270, -75.810 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

City of Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: Avison Young

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.245, -75.882 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Penn Forest Township (Carbon County), PA · — · Operator: Hendricks

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.964, -75.619 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Midland Borough (Beaver County), PA · — · Operator: Fezzik Energy

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.631, -80.236 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Center Rumored

Center Township (Indiana County), PA · — · Operator: Amazon Web Services

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.512, -79.199 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Unnamed Data Centers Rumored

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Archbald I LLC / Archbald II LLC · Filing LLC: Archbald I LLC / Archbald II LLC

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.525, -75.554 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

West Hazelton Data Center Rumored

West Hazelton Borough (Luzerne County), PA · — · Operator: One Trinity Real Estate

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.965, -76.013 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Wildcat Ridge Rumored

Archbald Borough (Lackawanna County), PA · — · Operator: Pine Line Inc · Filing LLC: Pine Line Inc

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.500, -75.587 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Zediker Station Data Center Rumored

South Strabane Township (Washington County), PA · — · Operator: CNX

On PA DEP's tracker as proposed — no permit applications received yet. DEP records the location as approximate.

Next step: Rumored only. Confirm with the planning office and file a records request to pin down what is real.

Source
read 2026-09-20

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.159, -80.177 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

1155 Powers Ferry Place data center (Prime Storage site) Approved

Marietta (Cobb County), GA · 18 MW · Owner: Prime Group Holdings

Marietta City Council voted 5-2 on Aug 12, 2026 to approve rezoning for an 18 MW, 90,000 sq ft data center at Prime Storage's ~11-acre Powers Ferry Place property near I-75 and Delk Road — the city's second data center. Conditions include silencers on coolers/generators, an independent sound study, no connection to municipal water, and Prime Storage agreeing not to build data centers at its other Marietta sites. The application predated the six-month moratorium the council passed July 8.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2026-07-01endorsement
    The Cobb Chamber of Commerce approved the Prime Group data center project in July 2026, according to Atlanta News First. · source
  • 2026-07-02coverage
    East Cobb News reported that a request to rezone 10.7 acres at 1155 Powers Ferry Place to allow an 18-megawatt data center in the existing Prime Storage building, with about 21,570 square feet of mission-critical space, was set to be heard by the city; the applicant's name was blacked out on the zoning application. · source
  • 2026-07-08vote
    The council passed a six-month moratorium on new data center applications (through Dec. 31, 2026); the 18 MW Powers Ferry Place application, filed before the freeze took effect, was not covered by it. · source
  • 2026-07-08vote
    At the July 8 council meeting, Councilwoman Cheryl Richardson moved to table the Powers Ferry Place data center proposal, citing noise and asking for a sound and light study plus additional buffer space; the proposal was tabled until August 12. · source
  • 2026-07-08coverage
    Atlanta Press Collective reported the Marietta Planning Commission voted 4-3 to recommend approval of the 1155 Powers Ferry Place data center rezoning, a shift from previous data center approvals that had passed unanimously, amid growing community opposition. · source
  • 2026-07-14coverage
    CRE Daily reported residents pushing back on Prime Group's plan, noting the Marietta Planning Commission had endorsed the project about a week before the council delayed its decision and imposed a six-month moratorium through December 31. · source
  • 2026-07-28protest
    Community organizers, including the group Marietta BLU, scheduled a town hall for July 28 near the proposed data center site. · source
  • 2026-08-12vote
    After more than two hours of public comment at a capacity meeting, the council approved the rezoning 5-2, with conditions including silencers, an independent sound study, site monitoring, and no municipal water/electricity connection. · source
  • 2026-08-12protest
    During the Marietta City Council meeting some protesters were escorted out by police, and residents raised concerns about noise and environmental pollution, especially to the nearby Rottenwood Creek. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.950, -84.550 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Falls Township campus (Keystone Trade Center) Approved

Falls Township (Bucks County), PA · 247 ac · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: NorthPoint Development (Keystone Trade Center) · Tenant: Amazon (AWS)

Second initial site of Amazon's $20B+ Pennsylvania investment: a data center at NorthPoint Development's Keystone Trade Center (1,800-acre former U.S. Steel Fairless Works site), including conversion of a planned 1M sq ft distribution building on a 247-acre parcel at 1 Ben Fairless Drive and a broader ~2M sq ft, 10-structure digital infrastructure campus. Falls Township supervisors approved revised preliminary/final land development plans for the data center use in March 2025.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • undatedvote
    In March 2025, Falls Township supervisors approved revised preliminary and final land development plans converting the planned Building 6 distribution center at 1 Ben Fairless Drive to data center use. · source
  • 2025-06-09announcement
    Falls Township announced Amazon will open a data center at the NorthPoint Development Keystone Trade Center site as part of Amazon's $20 billion Pennsylvania investment, with 1,250 jobs expected locally. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.170, -74.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Warrenton (Blackwell Road) Approved

Warrenton (Fauquier County), VA · 42 ac · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: Amazon Web Services, Inc. · Tenant: Amazon (AWS) · Filing LLC: Amazon Data Services

220,000 sq ft data center on a 42-acre parcel at Blackwell Road and Lee Highway bought by AWS in Sep 2021 for about $40M; roughly $550M investment. Special use permit approved 4-3 by the Town Council in Feb 2023 after an application filed Apr 2022 and sustained opposition; town staff approved the site development plan in Apr 2024 on its fourth review, with 27 conditions.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2022-04-01filing
    Amazon Data Services filed its special use permit application with the Town of Warrenton in April 2022. · source
  • 2023-02-01vote
    Warrenton Town Council approved the special use permit 4-3 in February 2023 for a 220,000 sq ft data center at Blackwell Road and Lee Highway, ending the public approval process despite opposition. · source
  • 2024-04-01permit
    Town staff approved the site development plan for the 220,000 sq ft campus on the 42-acre plot after a fourth review, with 27 conditions and requirements (April 2024). · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-04-01
    Town staff approved the site development plan for the 220,000 sq ft campus on the 42-acre plot after a fourth review, with 27 conditions and requirements (April 2024). · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.720, -77.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Antelope Data Campus (Project Antelope) Approved

Iron County (near Cedar City), UT · 640 ac · Filing LLC: Pronghorn Development LLC

Iron County Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit on 2026-06-04 for Pronghorn Development LLC's five-building campus (up to 6.75M sq ft, with an on-site natural gas plant of up to 1.5 GW) on 640 acres along Antelope Springs Road, about 8 miles west of Cedar City, with 62 conditions covering water rights, wastewater, noise, lighting and site restoration. The application was vested before a county moratorium on new data center applications adopted the month prior; additional permits are still required before construction. Buildout is proposed in phases over 8-10 years.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2025-03-01rezoning
    Iron County Planning Commission held a public hearing in March 2025 on proposed Ordinance 2025-4, which would add Chapter 17.37 to the county land use code and amend the Table of Uses and Definitions to create provisions for permitting data centers. · source
  • 2025-04-03hearing
    Iron County Planning Commission held a public hearing on April 3, 2025 at Festival Hall in Parowan to receive public comment on proposed data center zoning amendments (Ordinance 2025-4). · source
  • 2025-11-01filing
    Pronghorn Development LLC submitted a conditional use permit application in November 2025 for the 640-acre Antelope Data Campus, months after the county amended its zoning ordinance to allow data centers. · source
  • 2026-02-20public-comment
    Iron County posted a public notice for a conditional use permit for a data center and data center power plant on 640 acres, scheduling a Planning Commission informational session for March 5 at Festival Hall in Cedar City (no action to be taken). · source
  • 2026-03-04coverage
    SUU News reported growing resident concerns ahead of the March 5 hearing, citing drought fears, potential utility price increases, and loss of farmland from the proposed 640-acre data center. · source
  • 2026-03-05hearing
    Approximately 350 residents packed Festival Hall in Cedar City for a Planning Commission hearing on the Antelope Data Center; over three hours of public comment were heard, with only one of more than 15 speakers expressing support, and concerns focused on water, air quality, noise, and wildlife. · source
  • 2026-04-02coverage
    KUTV reported the Antelope Data Center could bring 670 direct jobs and reduce Iron County property tax rates by approximately 55%; Commissioner Mike Bleak said he shifted from skepticism to support after touring existing facilities. · source
  • 2026-04-06coverage
    Baxtel reported plans had emerged for the 640-acre Antelope Data Center with five buildings totaling 1.35 million sq ft and an on-site 1.5 GW natural gas power plant; no formal action or public hearing occurred at a late-March Planning Commission meeting. · source
  • 2026-05-27moratorium
    Iron County Commission adopted a 180-day moratorium (Ordinance 2026-13) on new data center, power plant, and solar plant applications to review zoning regulations; the existing Pronghorn application was exempted because it had already been deemed complete. · source
  • 2026-06-03coverage
    KJZZ reported the Antelope Data Center faced an uncertain path ahead of the June 4 Planning Commission vote; the commission could approve, deny, modify conditions, or continue the item, and Commissioner Bleak noted the project could still be several years from breaking ground. · source
  • 2026-06-04vote
    Iron County Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit for the Antelope Data Campus with 62 conditions; the application was vested under existing ordinance ahead of the county's data center moratorium. · source
  • 2026-06-05coverage
    Utah Public Radio reported the Iron County Planning Commission unanimously approved the data center's conditional permit one week after the county paused all new applications; construction is planned over 8 to 10 years, and a 480-page impact report is publicly available. · source
  • 2026-06-06coverage
    The Salt Lake Tribune reported the Iron County Planning Commission approved the conditional use permit for the Antelope Data Center, which would include a 1.5-gigawatt natural gas power plant approximately 15 miles northwest of Cedar City. · source
  • 2026-06-07coverage
    KSL reported the unanimous approval of the Antelope Data Campus CUP for up to five buildings on 640 acres with phased construction over 8-10 years; Pronghorn Development stated the permit 'validates the trust we've built with our neighbors.' · source
  • 2026-06-08coverage
    Iron County Today reported the approval followed months of debate and a packed March public hearing; conditions included dozens of protections, and Planning Commission Chair Erick Cox said they did their 'very best to protect the people in Iron County.' · source
  • 2026-06-10announcement
    Pronghorn Development issued a press release via Utah Policy announcing it secured the conditional use permit for the 1.5 GW Antelope Data Campus, projecting thousands of construction jobs, hundreds of permanent positions, and billions in economic impact. · source
  • 2026-06-10coverage
    Spectrum & Daily News (SUNews) reported the approval cleared a major hurdle but noted additional permits and regulatory approvals are still required before construction can begin; Governor Cox's Executive Order 2026-03 was signed days before the June 4 vote. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.680, -113.060 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Baconton power generation facility (data-center-linked, NextEra-linked) Approved

Baconton (Mitchell County), GA · 1,500 MW · Ownership not yet identified

On June 29, 2026 Mitchell County commissioners rezoned ~300 acres of agricultural land to industrial near Baconton, clearing the way for a 1,500 MW power generation facility linked in reporting to NextEra Energy and described by residents as intended to supply data centers across southwest Georgia — the rezoned project is a power plant, not a data center itself (size_mw is generation capacity). Residents are pursuing a referendum on the rezoning, a one-year data center moratorium petition, and recalls of commissioners.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-06-29vote
    Mitchell County commissioners voted to rezone approximately 300 acres of agricultural land to industrial near Baconton, enabling a 1,500-megawatt power generation facility linked to NextEra Energy. · source
  • 2026-07-18announcement
    About 400 residents gathered at the American Legion to sign two petitions: a referendum on the power-generating facility and a one-year moratorium on all proposed data centers. · source
  • 2026-08-10filing
    Recall organizers submitted the first 100 required signatures against District 5 Commissioner David Griner, the first formal step under Georgia's recall law. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 31.380, -84.160 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Black Mountain Energy Fort Worth Approved

Fort Worth, TX · 980 MW · Operator: Black Mountain Energy

187-acre campus with 980-MW substation off Lon Stephenson Road; approved by Fort Worth Zoning Commission in April 2026 despite neighbor opposition; city later passed a 90-day citywide data center moratorium that exempts already-approved projects.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-01-01rezoning
    Fort Worth City Council initially rezoned the 187-acre site at Lon Stephenson Road and Forest Hill Drive from agricultural to light industrial/Planned Development for the future Black Mountain data center campus. · source
  • 2026-03-01hearing
    Fort Worth City Council tabled a request to add roughly 80 additional acres to the Black Mountain data center project pending further review. · source
  • 2026-03-12public-comment
    A residents' meeting was held on the proposed Black Mountain Energy data center, where nearby residents raised concerns about pollution, traffic, noise and lack of communication from the project's operating partner. · source
  • 2026-04-08vote
    Fort Worth Zoning Commission unanimously recommended City Council approval of Black Mountain's amended 187-acre site plan for a 980MW data center campus (four buildings, 2.2M sq ft, 68 ft tall, dedicated Oncor substation), with conditions including a 150-foot setback from residential zoning and closed-loop water recycling. · source
  • 2026-04-15environmental
    Coverage noted the project still requires Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) air-quality permits, amid resident concerns about cancer rates and pollution from a nearby landfill and the proposed data center. · source
  • 2026-05-12hearing
    Fort Worth City Council tabled its scheduled vote on the Black Mountain site plan less than three hours before the meeting, pushing the decision to June 23. · source
  • 2026-05-20coverage
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram profiled the Black Mountain project's projected tax revenue, ERCOT grid implications, and political headwinds; CEO Rhett Bennett leads the Fort Worth-based energy consortium (Houston-based BCEI developing, Kimley-Horn engineering). · source
  • 2026-06-02report
    Fort Worth City Council received a staff briefing on data center infrastructure and regulation ahead of further votes on the Black Mountain project and citywide policy. · source
  • 2026-06-23hearing
    Fort Worth City Council again postponed its vote on the Black Mountain site plan, rescheduling to August 25, amid continued resident opposition over environmental, water and power impacts. · source
  • 2026-08-11moratorium
    Fort Worth City Council voted unanimously to begin the process for a 90-day citywide data center moratorium, created an 11-member Data Center and Infrastructure Commission, and required new applicants to show PUCT/ERCOT grid interconnection approval; the moratorium exempts projects with zoning applications already filed, including Black Mountain. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    Coverage noted the moratorium would not take effect until required public hearings and commission findings were completed, with a possible final vote around February 2027 and the 90-day pause running into May 2027, extendable to August 2027. · source
  • 2026-08-25hearing
    Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to vote on the Black Mountain 187-acre site plan, its third scheduled date after two prior postponements. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Fort Worth planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Fort Worth property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Compass Datacenters Red Oak campus Approved

Red Oak (Ellis County), TX · 830 ac · Operator: Compass Datacenters

Red Oak City Council voted 4-1 to rezone ~830 acres of agricultural land ~20 miles south of Dallas to a planned development for a Compass data center campus of nearly a dozen buildings plus substations, after a marathon May 11 meeting that ran past midnight with 150+ residents present and ~1,600 petition signatures against; the planning and zoning board had recommended denial in late April. Conditions include lighting shields, decibel limits, a cryptocurrency-mining ban, closed-loop cooling with no city water draw, and $72 million in electric grid reinforcements; a 10-year, $2.82 million tax abatement passed on a separate 4-1 vote.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2020-01-29announcement
    Compass Datacenters announced it purchased 225 acres in Red Oak, Texas for a second Dallas-area campus capable of delivering 350+ MW of IT load, with a 6 MW facility scheduled for Q2 2020 delivery. · source
  • 2023-05-01announcement
    Compass Datacenters acquired 375 additional acres of vacant agricultural land in Red Oak, with plans to construct up to sixteen buildings on the new property, which a broker called potentially one of the largest campuses in the country. · source
  • 2023-11-05incentive
    Ellis County and the City of Red Oak partnered with Compass Datacenters on a tax abatement for Phase 2 construction of the Red Oak campus, which would double production capacity. · source
  • 2023-11-14announcement
    Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters announced a $3 billion five-year partnership to manufacture prefabricated modular data centers, including a 110,000 sq ft integration facility to be built adjacent to the Red Oak campus. · source
  • 2024-06-20operational
    Schneider Electric held a ribbon cutting for its 105,000 sq ft data center integration facility adjacent to the Compass Red Oak campus, expected to create over 200 jobs and produce 240 power centers in 2025. · source
  • 2025-10-29financing
    Compass Datacenters secured a $326 million refinancing (maturing 2050) on five fully leased hyperscale data centers at its Red Oak campus totaling 180 MW, with three additional facilities planned at a combined $300 million construction budget. · source
  • 2026-04-27vote
    Red Oak's Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-2 to recommend denial of the rezoning request for the proposed 830-acre Compass data center campus after a lengthy hearing with large community turnout. · source
  • 2026-05-11hearing
    Over 150 residents packed Red Oak City Hall (capacity 136, with 70+ waiting outside) for a marathon council meeting on the 830-acre Compass rezoning; public comment ran past 10 p.m. and the meeting lasted nearly five hours. · source
  • 2026-05-12vote
    City council approved the rezoning 4-1 around midnight following the May 11 meeting, with a separate 4-1 vote approving a tax abatement; over 150 residents attended and the council held an hour-long executive session before voting. · source
  • 2026-05-12coverage
    KERA reported that on the same day Red Oak approved the Compass rezoning, Somervell County commissioners voted unanimously on a non-binding resolution to restrict future data centers, highlighting a regional divide over data center growth. · source
  • 2026-05-26coverage
    At least eight Red Oak residents received code violation notices for posting 'No Data Center' yard signs; after CBS Texas coverage, the city acknowledged citing the wrong code and closed all related cases. · source
  • 2026-06-02announcement
    Compass Datacenters announced a $15 million commitment to build a new Ellis County animal shelter, calling itself a '100-year neighbor'; the grant requires approval by the Ellis County Commissioners Court. · source
  • 2026-06-23withdrawal
    Compass Datacenters withdrew its county tax abatement request for the proposed 890-acre Red Oak property before the June 23 Ellis County Commissioners Court meeting, with CEO Chris Crosby citing growing community 'noise' around the project. · source
  • 2026-06-30announcement
    Compass Datacenters and Texas State Technical College held a ribbon cutting for a $12.6 million, 40,000 sq ft training facility on the Red Oak campus for the MEI Data Center Pathway Program, a 12-week curriculum for career changers. · source
  • 2026-06-30coverage
    The Waxahachie Sun reported that the nonprofit Say NO MORE Data Centers (rebranding as Save Our Red Oak) is financing a legal challenge to Red Oak data centers through car show fundraisers and has retained legal counsel. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    CRE Daily reported Red Oak has seven data center sites at various stages with a projected $13 billion total investment expected to quadruple the city's taxable land value; Google, Compass, and DataBank each received 10-year tax breaks. · source
  • 2026-07-27coverage
    NBC DFW reported Red Oak residents are petitioning the state for a data center moratorium and that the Texas Senate Finance Committee examined tax incentives and oversight of the state's 138 data centers. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.520, -96.800 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

DC Blox Warren Township (Thunderbird Commerce Center) Approved

Warren Township (Indianapolis) / Irvington, IN · — · Operator: DC Blox · Owner: DC Blox

Up to $2.2B (incl. IT equipment) campus at 305 Fintail Drive in the Thunderbird Commerce Center (former Ford Visteon plant site), near S. Kitley Ave. and the Pennsy Trail. Originally 3 buildings; scaled back on July 8, 2026 to 2 buildings, 25 fewer backup diesel generators, and 28 MW less power demand after community pushback. Exempted from Indianapolis's Aug. 19, 2026 citywide data-center moratorium as a previously-approved project. DC Blox says the project creates 35 permanent high-wage jobs.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2026-04-27public-comment
    A community forum at Downey Avenue Christian Church drew Irvington/Warren Township residents to question the proposed $2 billion DC Blox data-center campus. · source
  • 2026-05-22coverage
    WFYI reported residents pushing back on the DC Blox proposal, citing noise, water use and energy-demand concerns on Indy's east side. · source
  • 2026-06-11hearing
    The MDC hearing examiner held a hearing on the DC Blox petition; residents said they felt they lacked a voice in the decision-making process. · source
  • 2026-07-08coverage
    DC Blox announced a scaled-back plan -- two buildings instead of three, 25 fewer backup diesel generators, and a wider buffer south of the Pennsy Trail -- citing community feedback. · source
  • 2026-07-15vote
    The Metropolitan Development Commission voted 6-1 to approve the scaled-back DC Blox data-center campus despite dozens of protesters outside the City-County Building. · source
  • 2026-08-19moratorium
    DC Blox was one of three already-approved Indianapolis projects explicitly exempted from the citywide data-center moratorium the MDC adopted 6-0. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.766, -85.990 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

DataOne USA / Nebius Vineland (Microsoft) Approved

Vineland, NJ · 300 MW · Operator: Nebius · Owner: Nebius · Tenant: Microsoft · Filing LLC: NEP Real Estate of Vineland NJ Urban Renewal LLC; applicant changed to DataOne USA LLC in July 2025

South Jersey's largest data center: 2,647,628 sq ft approved in four phases over twelve years off South Lincoln and Sheridan avenues, built by DataOne USA for Nebius, whose GPU capacity here is contracted to Microsoft under a $17.4B five-year deal. Phase one was already operating before an environmental impact statement was published (Feb 2026). Three live disputes: NOISE - a county noise violation in March 2026 and a federal nuisance class action that was voluntarily dismissed on jurisdictional grounds in June 2026, not on the merits; POWER - the board approved 300 MW of behind-the-meter Bloom Energy fuel cells plus a 1.5-million-gallon LNG tank on Aug 17, 2026, after two city stop-work orders for building that equipment without permits; AIR - NJDEP says it has issued no permits and has no applications under review for power generators at the site, while thermal drone imagery published Aug 27, 2026 showed at least 45 of 62 gas generators running. Water figures conflict: the applicant's Aug 2026 case put annual use near 8 million gallons; a 2024 Vineland water department estimate cited by opponents put it above 1.1 billion gallons a year. Vineland has no data center moratorium; neighbouring Millville banned them outright in May 2026.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-30

Intelligence log (32 events)
  • 2024-08-08vote
    The Vineland Planning Board approved Resolution 6652, authorizing NEP Real Estate of Vineland NJ Urban Renewal LLC to build 2,647,628 square feet of data centers in four phases over twelve years on the site off South Lincoln and Sheridan avenues. · source
  • 2025-03-05announcement
    Nebius announced a phased New Jersey data center expandable up to 300 MW total capacity, with first capacity expected as early as summer 2025 and 100 MW targeted by end of 2025. · source
  • 2025-07-09vote
    The Vineland Planning Board approved Resolution 6720, amending the site plan to change the applicant to DataOne USA LLC and adding three power generation buildings to the campus. · source
  • 2025-09-10financing
    Nebius signed a five-year GPU infrastructure supply deal with Microsoft worth $17.4 billion (up to $19.4 billion with added services), initially providing dedicated GPU capacity at its Vineland, New Jersey data center from later in 2025. · source
  • 2025-12-09vote
    The Vineland City Council tabled a proposed UEZ revolving-fund loan for the DataOne project after significant public opposition at its December 9 meeting. · source
  • 2025-12-23vote
    The Vineland City Council on December 23 approved a roughly $6.2 million ($6,198,786) Urban Enterprise Zone revolving-fund loan to help fund cranes for the DataOne construction project. · source
  • 2026-01-21protest
    Residents packed a heated town hall at the Landis Theater in Vineland on January 21 to voice environmental concerns about the data center. · source
  • 2026-01-22coverage
    The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that South Jersey's largest data center was under construction in Vineland with completion expected November 2026, and that some residents said they had had no say in the process. · source
  • 2026-02-24environmental
    DataOne released an environmental impact statement for the Vineland data center facility, after phase-one construction was already underway and partially operational. · source
  • 2026-03-01vote
    The Vineland City Council approved a resolution reducing public comment speaking time from five minutes to three minutes, after four months of longer-than-usual meetings driven by data center opposition. · source
  • 2026-03-10ruling
    The Cumberland County Department of Health inspected the DataOne site and issued a Notice of Violation for noise exceeding 50 decibels between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. · source
  • 2026-03-21protest
    About 100 residents rallied at Giampietro Memorial Park in Vineland against the data center; the event was organized by congressional candidate Bayly Winder and advocacy group Sustain SJ. · source
  • 2026-03-23hearing
    The Vineland Planning Board postponed a special meeting on DataOne's phase-two expansion (originally scheduled for March 26) to May 28, 2026, to give the company time to share plans with the public. · source
  • 2026-05-01permit
    DataOne withdrew its NJDEP air permit application for more than 30 Bergen gas-burning engines in May 2026 after the department found multiple deficiencies in it, and pivoted to Bloom Energy fuel cells. · source
  • 2026-05-16public-comment
    More than 60 environmental, labor, and community organizations signed a letter to Governor Sherrill calling for a moratorium on new data centers consuming at least 20 MW of electricity, citing Vineland among their concerns. · source
  • 2026-05-21financing
    Nebius announced a ten-year master agreement with Bloom Energy worth up to $2.6 billion covering an initial 328 MW of solid-oxide fuel cells; Bloom shares rose about 12% on the news. · source
  • 2026-05-26lawsuit
    Residents Scott Montgomery and Michael Gentile filed a class-action lawsuit (Case 1:26-cv-05972) in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against DataOne USA LLC, alleging private nuisance, public nuisance, and negligence from continuous noise affecting approximately 1,013 households within one mile. · source
  • 2026-05-27announcement
    Governor Mikie Sherrill announced a four-pillar comprehensive plan to regulate data centers in New Jersey, including fair-share energy rules, transparency requirements, community benefit agreement standards, and prevailing wage mandates. · source
  • 2026-06-19ruling
    The Montgomery v. DataOne USA class-action lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice after the court issued an order to show cause questioning subject-matter jurisdiction on June 12. · source
  • 2026-07-29environmental
    NJDEP inspectors observed natural gas power-generating equipment operating at the DataOne site. The department later confirmed it has issued no permits, and has no applications under review, for power generators at the facility. · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    The Vineland Planning Board held a hearing at the Landis Theatre on DataOne's amended site plan for a phase-two expansion (adding a 587,980-square-foot building) to the 300 MW Nebius campus; opponent Helen Petrites presented 2,900 signatures and the board issued no decision that night. · source
  • 2026-08-06hearing
    A roughly six-hour Vineland Planning Board hearing on DataOne's proposed on-site fuel-cell power generation concluded around midnight on August 6 with no vote; the board said it would announce a date for a second hearing for further public comment. · source
  • 2026-08-06hearing
    NJBIA research analyst Jack Ramirez submitted written testimony to the Vineland Planning Board in support of the data center development. · source
  • 2026-08-06permit
    The City of Vineland issued a stop-construction order for an LNG tank being installed at the DataOne site without prior approvals or permits. · source
  • 2026-08-10permit
    The City of Vineland issued a second stop-construction order at the DataOne site, halting Bloom Energy fuel-cell installation work that was proceeding with no prior approvals, plans, or permits; violations carry $2,000 penalties per violation per day. · source
  • 2026-08-11coverage
    DA Davidson analyst Gil Luria cut the Nebius (NBIS) price target from $250 to $175, citing construction delays at the Vineland facility that he said may remove potential upside from 2026 guidance. · source
  • 2026-08-13coverage
    On Nebius's Q2 2026 earnings call, management said switching Vineland to Bloom fuel cells significantly enhances the 300 MW project and would have no significant impact on the timeline. · source
  • 2026-08-17vote
    After a second hearing at the Landis Theatre, the Vineland Planning Board approved the amended site plan 8-1, to boos from the audience: 300 MW of on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells (Bloom's largest single-site deployment), a 1.5-million-gallon LNG storage tank, 400-plus cooling fans and a misting system. Dozens of residents spoke against it and none spoke for it; board member John Casadia cast the lone no vote, saying the plan needed a thorough investigation. State permits from NJDEP are still required. · source
  • 2026-08-18environmental
    Floodlight flew a thermal drone over the DataOne campus and counted at least 45 of the site's 62 tractor-trailer-sized gas generators running simultaneously; earlier footage from late June showed 25 running. · source
  • 2026-08-27coverage
    Floodlight, in partnership with The Guardian, published the drone investigation. Bruce Buckheit, former head of EPA air enforcement, said the unpermitted generators violate federal law and that the company should stop operating them and pay a fine; he expected administrative enforcement action. DataOne said it is committed to meeting all applicable environmental and permitting requirements; Nebius and Microsoft did not comment. · source
  • 2026-08-28public-comment
    Stand.earth and allied community groups called on Microsoft to halt operations at the Vineland facility over the unpermitted generators. · source
  • 2026-09-22ruling
    NJDEP issued an Administrative Order and Notice of Civil Administrative Penalty Assessment (EA ID PEA260001-75894) fining DataOne $1,072,000 for installing and operating 62 Caterpillar G3516H 1,982 kW natural-gas engines without a preconstruction permit or operating certificate, found at a July 29, 2026 inspection. DataOne must submit permit applications within 45 days of receipt or cease operating the engines; it may request a hearing within 20 days, which does not stay the order. DataOne said it disagrees with the 'temporary generator determination' but will apply for the permits. · source
Find the paper trail (3 filed · 13 places to look)

Permits already on file (3)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-10
    The City of Vineland issued a second stop-construction order at the DataOne site, halting Bloom Energy fuel-cell installation work that was proceeding with no prior approvals, plans, or permits; violations carry $2,000 penalties per violation per day. · source
  • 2026-08-06
    The City of Vineland issued a stop-construction order for an LNG tank being installed at the DataOne site without prior approvals or permits. · source
  • 2026-05-01
    DataOne withdrew its NJDEP air permit application for more than 30 Bergen gas-burning engines in May 2026 after the department found multiple deficiencies in it, and pivoted to Bloom Energy fuel cells. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • New Jersey DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • NJDEP DataMinerSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.490, -75.030 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

EdgeCore Shannon Hill campus Approved

Louisa County (Shannon Hill), VA · 1,100 MW · Operator: EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

697 acres purchased in the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park for a 3.9M sq ft, 1.1+ GW campus - a $17B+ investment announced June 2025, phased over several years. No construction start date or tenants disclosed at announcement. Part of a data-center surge in a small county that already hosts an AWS campus.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (24 events)
  • 2019-02-19vote
    Louisa County Board of Supervisors voted 6-1 to authorize a $2,620,000 budget supplement (Resolution RES-2019-40) for the purchase of approximately 700 acres in the Shannon Hill area for a regional business park, having previously voted to exercise purchase options on January 22, 2019. · source
  • 2019-03-01filing
    Louisa County completed its purchase of 684 acres at the Shannon Hill exit off I-64 for $2.6 million to establish the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park, as reported in March 2019. · source
  • 2022-01-13incentive
    Virginia awarded Louisa County $300,000 through the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program for site readiness at the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park. · source
  • 2023-01-23incentive
    Louisa County received an $11.5 million state grant to bring water infrastructure to the 700-acre Shannon Hill Regional Business Park, the third-largest such grant awarded by the state. · source
  • 2024-04-01permit
    The James River Water Authority received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in April 2024, following an April 8 Memorandum of Agreement, clearing construction of a raw water intake, pump station, and four-mile pipeline on the James River that will serve Shannon Hill Regional Business Park among other areas. · source
  • 2024-09-04financing
    EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure completed a $1.9 billion equity raise led by Partners Group, its third financing transaction of 2024 bringing total capital raised that year to over $4 billion, to support hyperscale data center development across its portfolio including Virginia campuses. · source
  • 2025-06-01news
    EdgeCore announced the land purchase (697 ac, Shannon Hill Regional Business Park) and $17B+ phased campus plan in June 2025; construction timing and tenants undisclosed. · source
  • 2025-06-25announcement
    EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure announced the purchase of 697 acres at Shannon Hill Regional Business Park for $42 million and plans for a 1.1+ GW, 3.9 million sq ft data center campus with $17 billion total investment. · source
  • 2025-06-25announcement
    Governor Youngkin praised the EdgeCore deal; a spokesperson confirmed the commonwealth provided no state incentives, though Virginia had previously awarded $300,000 in site-readiness funds in 2022. · source
  • 2025-06-25coverage
    Bisnow reported Louisa County had invested approximately $29.5 million in utilities infrastructure at Shannon Hill using $13.6 million in grants and $17 million in debt, with the county purchasing the land in 2018 for $2.6 million and rezoning it in 2019 for technology uses. · source
  • 2025-06-25coverage
    CBS19 reported EdgeCore plans a closed-loop air-cooled system with minimal water usage and significant landscape buffers; Rappahannock Electric Cooperative and its affiliate Hyperscale Energy Services will provide power. · source
  • 2025-06-25coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reported EdgeCore's Louisa County campus would total 1.1 GW across 3.1 million square feet and six buildings on 697 acres, with power provided by Rappahannock Electric Cooperative. · source
  • 2025-06-26coverage
    Information Charlottesville reported the Shannon Hill sale closed for $42 million; IDA Chairman Dustin Madison stated the announcement marks a realization of the park's full benefits; proceeds will pay down county debt early. · source
  • 2025-06-30coverage
    Local newsletter reported that EdgeCore's Shannon Hill campus will draw water from the James River via a pipeline expected mid-2026, not from the local Northeast Creek Reservoir, differentiating it from the concurrent AWS proposal. · source
  • 2025-07-14protest
    Louisa County residents mobilized against data center expansion with a Facebook group of nearly 500 members, a petition with over 660 signatures, and yard signs reading 'Don't Loudoun my Louisa'; opposition focused on the concurrent AWS proposal but reflected broader concern about all data center development in the county including EdgeCore. · source
  • 2025-10-27coverage
    Engage Louisa reported that EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure plans to develop a third data center campus at Shannon Hill Regional Business Park, in the context of the Board of Supervisors unanimously approving a separate performance agreement with AWS. · source
  • 2025-12-01vote
    Louisa County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a performance agreement with EdgeCore providing annual performance grants of 15% of real and business personal property tax revenue, capped at $15 million total, with payments from 2027 through 2041. · source
  • 2025-12-01coverage
    The Piedmont Environmental Council listed the December 1 Louisa County Board of Supervisors meeting agenda as including a resolution to approve a local performance agreement with EdgeCore, the data center company developing Shannon Hill Regional Business Park. · source
  • 2025-12-02coverage
    GovTech reported Louisa County sold Shannon Hill to EdgeCore and proceeded with the project despite resident concerns, contrasting it with Amazon's separate withdrawal under stronger community opposition. · source
  • 2026-01-13announcement
    EdgeCore reported entering 2026 with 1.8 GW of capacity delivered or under development across six markets including Louisa County, with $5.9 billion in equity and debt committed and $16.1 billion planned for future development. · source
  • 2026-04-06financing
    Louisa County Board of Supervisors moved to appropriate $33 million from Shannon Hill sale proceeds for water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades -- $11.5 million for a clarifier at Ferncliff Water Treatment Plant and $21.5 million for New Bridge Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion -- paying cash rather than issuing new debt. · source
  • 2026-06-22coverage
    Louisa County Supervisor Manning Woodward stated EdgeCore will operate behind-the-meter power generation at Shannon Hill rather than drawing from the grid; gas-fired generation is the near-term option, with small modular reactors described as far off. · source
  • 2026-06-29incentive
    Virginia's state budget deal preserved the data center sales tax exemption through 2035, while introducing a new energy consumption tax of 1.1 cents per kilowatt-hour capped at $600 million annually; Louisa County Board Chair Duane Adams praised the decision as maintaining the state's commitment to the industry. · source
  • 2026-08-01permit
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District published public notice NAO-2025-00089 / MRC-2026-1381 for EdgeCore Louisa Phase 2, proposing fill of 4.20 acres of wetlands and 6,302 linear feet of stream for three data center buildings and substations on 187 acres, filed via EDI Louisa 1, LLC. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-01
    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District published public notice NAO-2025-00089 / MRC-2026-1381 for EdgeCore Louisa Phase 2, proposing fill of 4.20 acres of wetlands and 6,302 linear feet of stream for three data center buildings and substations on 187 acres, filed via EDI Louisa 1, LLC. · source
  • 2024-04-01
    The James River Water Authority received a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in April 2024, following an April 8 Memorandum of Agreement, clearing construction of a raw water intake, pump station, and four-mile pipeline on the James River that will serve Shannon Hill Regional Business Park among other areas. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.870, -78.080 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Flexential Kaufman County Approved

Talty (Kaufman County), TX · 108 MW · Operator: Flexential

Fourth and largest Flexential DFW-area facility; 110-acre site supports up to three 36MW buildings (108MW total); Phase 1 is 375,000 sq ft / 36MW, site work starting early 2027.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2026-01-01filing
    The Flexential project site near Talty was released from the City of Talty extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) under Texas state law after a petition was filed with Kaufman County, leaving Talty with no regulatory authority over the site. · source
  • 2026-07-01coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reported Flexential acquisition of 110 acres outside Dallas for a planned 108 MW campus, noting the design targets closed-loop cooling with zero water usage. · source
  • 2026-07-28announcement
    Flexential announced it purchased 110 acres in Kaufman County near Talty to build its fourth and largest Dallas-area data center campus, with Phase 1 comprising a 375,000 sq ft, 36 MW building and full build-out potential of 108 MW across three buildings. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    Connect CRE reported Flexential land acquisition for a 375,000 sq ft, 36 MW first-phase data center about 20 minutes east of Dallas in Talty, citing Cushman and Wakefield ranking of Dallas as the world top data center market. · source
  • 2026-08-01coverage
    Unite.AI reported Flexential had secured 36 MW of power for the first building — exceeding the combined electrical capacity of its three existing Dallas-area facilities (28.4 MW). · source
  • 2026-08-06coverage
    Local press reported Talty officials say the city has no regulatory authority over the Flexential site because the property was released from the city ETJ earlier in 2026 after a Kaufman County petition. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Fort Meade Data Center Campus Approved

Fort Meade (Polk County), FL · 1,300 ac · Operator: Bohler Places LLC

4.4M sq ft hyperscale campus on former phosphate-mine land, $2.6-2.8B investment; city commissioners approved developer agreement April 14, 2026.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-06-10rezoning
    Fort Meade City Commission voted 5-0 to approve land-use and zoning changes on roughly 1,164 acres to permit data center development, paired with a 10-year, $150 million tax incentive package. · source
  • 2026-02-20protest
    About a dozen protesters gathered outside Fort Meade City Hall opposing the proposed Stonebridge/Bohler Places data center project. · source
  • 2026-03-10hearing
    Commissioners reclassified the development agreement from a resolution to an ordinance, requiring 10 days notice, first/second readings, and additional public hearings after Earthjustice raised procedural objections and ~20 residents opposed the project. · source
  • 2026-04-07hearing
    Fort Meade Planning and Zoning Board held a public hearing on the Stonebridge/Bohler Places development agreement. · source
  • 2026-04-08vote
    Fort Meade Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend the 20-year development agreement with Stonebridge; hearing covered 1.2 GW power needs, 100% backup generator capacity, and revised water-use figure of 50,000 gallons/day via closed-loop cooling. · source
  • 2026-04-14environmental
    Southwest Florida Water Management District adopted a new rule requiring a separate permit approval for the project water use. · source
  • 2026-04-15vote
    Fort Meade City Commission unanimously approved a 20-year, $2.6-2.8 billion development agreement with Bohler Places LLC/Stonebridge for an 8-building, up to 4.4 million sq ft hyperscale data center campus on 1,300 acres of former phosphate mine; 40 of 41 public commenters opposed it. · source
  • 2026-04-16coverage
    Governor DeSantis administration publicly criticized Fort Meade handling of the project, citing concerns about utility rates and water use. · source
  • 2026-04-17report
    Florida Commerce Secretary J. Alex Kelly sent a letter calling the project fundamentally flawed, saying developer water estimates were woefully underestimated and flagging the lack of a disclosed end-user/operator. · source
  • 2026-05-14lawsuit
    Five Fort Meade residents filed two lawsuits seeking to void the city approval, alleging procedural violations, inadequate notice, and incompatibility with the comprehensive plan; trial projected for November 2027. · source
  • 2026-06-01protest
    The Watchdogs of Fort Meade began circulating recall petitions against Mayor Jaret Williams, Vice Mayor Petrina McCutchen, and Commissioner Matthew Taylor over the data center approval. · source
  • 2026-07-17filing
    Recall Committee Chairman Michael Bennett and supporters delivered recall petitions with over 1,000 signatures to Fort Meade City Hall, to be verified by the Polk County Supervisor of Elections. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Florida Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Gemini Sioux Falls Technology Park Approved

Sioux Falls (Minnehaha County), SD · 500 MW · Operator: Gemini Data Center SD LLC

500MW hyperscale campus on 164 acres next to Xcel's Split Rock Substation; received unanimous rezoning approval from Sioux Falls City Council on January 6, 2026.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source

Intelligence log (18 events)
  • 2023-12-01financing
    Gemini Data Center SD LLC acquired roughly 164 acres from Xcel Energy adjacent to Xcel Split Rock Substation in northeast Sioux Falls, laying groundwork for the proposed 500 MW Sioux Falls Technology Park. · source
  • 2025-08-06vote
    Sioux Falls City Council approved reclassifying the property from Tier III to Tier I growth-priority area, an unusual leapfrogging of the normal phased growth sequence. · source
  • 2025-08-15announcement
    SDPB reported LA-based Gemini Capital through Gemini Data Center SD LLC is seeking to build a hyperscale data center on land bought from Xcel Energy; project representative Kyle Peters confirmed an internal 500 MW capacity target contingent on state tax incentives. · source
  • 2025-10-07vote
    City Council voted 7-0 to annex approximately 164 acres east of Veterans Parkway for the Gemini project; city filed a notice of claim making Gemini responsible for future infrastructure costs if it walks away. · source
  • 2026-01-06hearing
    City Council held a nearly six-hour public hearing on the rezoning with overflow attendance; more than 50 speakers, mostly opposed, raised concerns about energy consumption, water use, electronic waste, and lack of community benefit. · source
  • 2026-01-06rezoning
    Council voted 7-0 to rezone roughly 145.6 acres from agricultural to light industrial with conditions: 200-ft setback, ~17 acres conservation, closed-loop cooling, domestic-only water use, city noise standards. · source
  • 2026-01-08protest
    Following the rezoning vote, opponents shouted expletives and criticism at the dais, prompting a five-minute recess; local coverage captured the outrage. · source
  • 2026-01-10public-comment
    Grassroots group Let Sioux Falls Vote launched a petition drive seeking to force a citywide referendum on the rezoning, needing 6,704 valid signatures by January 29. · source
  • 2026-01-26coverage
    Reporting confirmed Gemini completed its interconnection application and system impact study with Xcel Energy and is funding a facility study; a formal power agreement (subject to PUC review) still to be negotiated. · source
  • 2026-01-29filing
    Let Sioux Falls Vote submitted 378 petition sheets to the city clerk after more than 100 volunteers canvassed for 20 days in sub-zero temperatures. · source
  • 2026-01-30ruling
    City announced the referendum petition contained only 5,012 valid signatures, about 1,700 short of the 6,704 required; the petition was rejected and the rezoning remained in effect. · source
  • 2026-02-04vote
    SD House State Affairs Committee voted 9-3 to kill HB 1005, which would have granted data centers a 50-year sales-and-use tax exemption; an amendment offering a tiered 10-35 year exemption also failed. · source
  • 2026-02-18vote
    SD Senate committee advanced SB 135, the Data Center Bill of Rights for Citizens, requiring large data centers to cover costs tied to meeting their power demands including exit costs if a project falls through. · source
  • 2026-02-19lawsuit
    A1 Development Solutions (Gemini local consulting firm) sued its own project representative Kyle Peters (Gov. Noem son-in-law) alleging he covertly diverted the data-center client and others while still under contract. · source
  • 2026-02-20vote
    SD Senate passed SB 135 34-0 after striking language that would have banned state/local tax exemptions for data centers. · source
  • 2026-03-02coverage
    Gemini launched a public website for the Sioux Falls Technology Park describing Gemini Family Office role in land ownership, planning, permitting, and coordination. · source
  • 2026-03-05vote
    SD House passed SB 135 60-7 with amendment applying the law to data centers with 10 MW or greater peak electrical use, requiring those projects to cover power-demand costs. · source
  • 2026-03-30incentive
    Governor signed SB 135, the Data Center Bill of Rights, into law — statewide cost-protection rules for large data center power demands (10 MW+) applicable to the Gemini project eventual Xcel service agreement. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Botetourt (Botetourt Center at Greenfield) Approved

Daleville (Botetourt County), VA · 312 ac · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

312 acres bought from the county for $14.06M (Jun 20, 2025) plus $4M in grants; performance agreement approved by the EDA Jun 20 and the Board of Supervisors Jun 24, 2025. First building due 2028; first-building cooling announced as air-cooled after a fight over drawing from Carvins Cove. A board-appointed water study commission (Jul 28, 2026, 3-1) reports within six months. Grading permit issued Aug 2026.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2024-11-26rezoning
    Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission, in a joint public hearing, unanimously approved a zoning ordinance text amendment defining data centers and permitting them in the Research and Advanced Manufacturing (RAM) district — the only zoning in the county that allows one. · source
  • 2025-06-20announcement
    Google closed on 312 acres at Botetourt Center at Greenfield for $14,055,406 ($45,000/acre) and committed $4M in grants to county projects over five years; the Economic Development Authority approved the performance agreement the same day. · source
  • 2025-06-24vote
    Board of Supervisors approved the performance agreement: construction of the first data center to start in 2026 and the first building fit for occupancy in 2028, with a grant whenever Google's business personal property tax exceeds an effective $2.40 per $100. · source
  • 2026-07-28vote
    Supervisors voted 3-1 to create a five-member, board-appointed commission — no Google or county affiliation — to study the data center's impact on regional water resources within six months. Supervisor Linda Rottman dissented, calling it 'a gigantic middle finger to everyone in the crowd.' · source
  • 2026-08-28permit
    The county issued Google a Land Disturbance Permit allowing phased grading of the 312-acre site. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-08-28
    The county issued Google a Land Disturbance Permit allowing phased grading of the 312-acre site. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.410, -79.920 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google West Texas campuses Approved

Haskell County (+ Armstrong Co.), TX · — · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google

Part of Google's $40B Texas investment through 2027: AI data-center campuses in Haskell County (one paired with a new Intersect/TPG solar + battery storage plant) and Armstrong County, plus additional sites in Pampa and Wilbarger Counties. Company-owned and proceeding, not a contested local rezoning.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-08

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2024-12-10financing
    Intersect Power announced a strategic partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate, backed by over $800 million in funding, to co-locate data centers with clean energy generation, with the first project (later identified as Quantum in Haskell County) expected operational in 2026. · source
  • 2025-05-01construction
    Crusoe Energy began construction in May 2025 on Google's Armstrong County data center campus on 1,300 acres near Claude, Texas, according to Armstrong County Judge Adam Ensey. · source
  • 2025-11-04coverage
    KTXS reported that Google had purchased multiple properties near Lake Stamford for a data center, and that three new RV parks had been built in the past year to house workers, though Google had not yet formally announced the project. · source
  • 2025-11-14announcement
    Google announced a $40B Texas investment through 2027, including AI data-center hubs in Haskell and Armstrong Counties. · source
  • 2025-11-14announcement
    Governor Abbott and Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google's $40 billion Texas investment at an event in Midlothian, calling it Google's largest investment in any U.S. state, with three new data center campuses in Haskell and Armstrong Counties. · source
  • 2025-11-24coverage
    ABC7 Amarillo reported that Google's Armstrong County data center is being built by Crusoe Energy on 1,300 acres near Claude, TX, with construction underway since May 2025, 80-100 jobs expected, and completion targeted for late 2028 or early 2029. · source
  • 2025-11-25coverage
    Haskell County leaders gave mixed reactions to Google's plan: Mayor Isbell welcomed economic growth, while County Judge Thompson acknowledged concerns about agricultural land conversion but said renewable energy resources drove Google's site selection. · source
  • 2025-11-26coverage
    NewsChannel 6 reported that Haskell County's tax base of $800 million was expected to more than double from the Google data centers, with County Judge Kenny Thompson and Mayor Christina Isbell citing growth potential for the 3,000-person town. · source
  • 2026-02-05hearing
    Google held a two-hour community open house at the Museum of the West Texas Frontier in Stamford, fielding questions on water, roads, housing, and environmental impacts of its two Haskell County data centers. · source
  • 2026-02-24announcement
    Google announced a new air-cooled data center in Wilbarger County, Texas, co-located with AES clean energy generation under 20-year PPAs, as part of its broader West Texas expansion. · source
  • 2026-05-27coverage
    Stamford Mayor James Decker said the city is experiencing its first simultaneous multi-house construction since the 1980s, with rezoning for triplexes and revenue directed to street, water, sewer, and park improvements. · source
  • 2026-06-01operational
    The Quantum Clean Energy Project (640 MW solar, 1.3 GWh battery storage) in Haskell County began operations in June 2026, co-located with a Google data center campus. · source
  • 2026-06-04announcement
    Google and Intersect announced the Meitner Energy Center in Gray and Roberts Counties, a 1 GW-plus co-located data center and wind/solar/battery generation complex, with construction running through December 2027. · source
  • 2026-06-23construction
    Construction began on the Journey 2A data center building (210,420 sq ft) at the Haskell County 'Journey' campus, with a target completion in late October 2026. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.160, -99.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Mason County hyperscale data center campus Approved

Mason County, KY · 2,080 ac · Ownership not yet identified

The Mason County Fiscal Court gave final approval on May 22, 2026 to rezone 28 properties (2,080 acres, A-2 agricultural to I-3 industrial) outside Maysville for a hyperscale data center campus; the application's development plan shows six data center buildings, three utility substations, and 15 detention ponds on ~1,975 net acres. The developer's identity remains undisclosed, and a legal challenge by residents group We Are Mason County was pending at approval.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-03-25hearing
    The joint planning commission scheduled public hearings for March 25-26 at Maysville Community and Technical College on the zoning map amendment to take 2,080 acres from A-2 agricultural to I-3 industrial for a six-building hyperscale data center campus with three substations. · source
  • 2026-05-22vote
    The Mason County Fiscal Court gave final approval to rezone the 28 properties outside Maysville for data center construction; the company behind the project remains undisclosed and a We Are Mason County lawsuit over the process was pending. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.600, -83.820 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Hyperion Approved

Richland Parish, LA · 5,000 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta / Blue Owl · Tenant: Meta

Approved and under construction - a ~5 GW, ~$27B campus. Louisiana approved new Entergy natural-gas generation to serve it; ratepayer cost allocation is the live fight, not the siting.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2024-12-04announcement
    Gov. Jeff Landry and Meta announced on December 4, 2024 that Meta will build a $10 billion AI data center on a 2,250-acre site in Richland Parish, described as Meta's largest data center, with construction continuing through 2030. · source
  • 2025-08-20vote
    The Louisiana Public Service Commission approved Entergy Louisiana's application on August 20, 2025 to construct three new gas plants and related transmission to power Meta's Richland Parish data center, despite opposition. · source
  • 2025-10-16construction
    Heavy construction equipment was documented at the Meta data center site in Holly Ridge, Louisiana on October 16, 2025. · source
  • 2025-12-01construction
    Entergy Louisiana broke ground on December 1, 2025 on a pair of gas power plants at the Franklin Farms Power Station in Richland Parish to serve Meta's data center, with the complex expected operational in late 2028. · source
  • 2025-12-01report
    In December 2025 the PSC adopted a regulatory framework aligned with Gov. Landry's 'Lightning Speed Initiative' to expedite approvals for large industrial projects; tensions between commissioners surfaced at the meeting. · source
  • 2026-01-01news
    Campus scaled to ~5 GW and ~$27B (up from an announced $10B); Entergy's plan for ten new gas units to serve it advanced through the Louisiana PSC (early 2026). · source
  • 2026-01-14filing
    Earthjustice filed a motion on January 14, 2026 requesting that the PSC investigate the Meta-Blue Owl financing deal's impact on ratepayer protections. · source
  • 2026-02-25denial
    The Louisiana PSC declined on February 25, 2026 to investigate Meta's financing arrangement with Blue Owl Capital, alarming consumer and environmental groups. · source
  • 2026-04-15vote
    The Louisiana PSC voted on April 15, 2026 to adopt a fast-track schedule for Entergy Louisiana's application to build seven additional gas plants for the Hyperion project, with a final decision scheduled for December 2026. · source
  • 2026-07-28announcement
    Meta announced in late July 2026 that it is expanding its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity at a total cost of more than $50 billion, more than double the previous $27 billion budget. · source
  • 2026-08-12ruling
    The Louisiana PSC voted 3-1 on August 12, 2026 to reject an administrative law judge's recommendation, allowing Meta to avoid complying with subpoenas and keep Richland Parish data center details confidential. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.420, -91.760 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Metrobloks Martindale-Brightwood Approved

Martindale-Brightwood (Indianapolis), IN · 14 ac · Operator: Metrobloks · Owner: Metrobloks

$500M, two-building, ~168,000 sq ft data-center campus at 2505 N. Sherman Ave. on the site of a long-abandoned drive-in theater, in a neighborhood with a documented history of lead-contaminated soil. Uses a closed-loop cooling system (water added once, then recirculated) and buys power from AES Indiana rather than the residential grid. MDC approved 3 variances + a rezoning 6-2 on April 1, 2026; City-County Council gave final rezoning approval May 4, 2026. Exempted from the Aug. 19, 2026 citywide moratorium as a previously-approved project. Residents' group Protect Martindale Brightwood said it was exploring legal options to challenge the approval. District councilor Ron Gibson's home was shot 13 times on April 7, 2026, days after he publicly backed the project; a note reading 'No Data Centers' was left at the scene.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2026-01-15hearing
    A scheduled MDC rezoning decision on the Metrobloks petition was delayed to allow for a further public hearing. · source
  • 2026-02-12hearing
    The MDC hearing examiner recommended the Metrobloks data-center project for approval. · source
  • 2026-03-11coverage
    The Indianapolis NAACP reversed its earlier opposition to the Metrobloks project. · source
  • 2026-04-01vote
    The Metropolitan Development Commission approved three variances and a rezoning for the $500 million Metrobloks data center on a 6-2 vote, over objections from Martindale-Brightwood residents citing the area's industrial-contamination history. · source
  • 2026-04-07protest
    District 8 Councilor Ron Gibson's home was shot 13 times overnight; a note reading 'No Data Centers' was left at his door, days after he publicly supported the Metrobloks approval. · source
  • 2026-05-04vote
    The City-County Council approved the Metrobloks rezoning request; the same day, Councilor Jesse Brown's non-binding resolution urging a temporary stay on high-impact data-center approvals also passed. · source
  • 2026-08-19moratorium
    Metrobloks was one of three already-approved Indianapolis projects explicitly exempted from the citywide data-center moratorium the MDC adopted 6-0. · source
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State environmental permits

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  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

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Midtown Data Center Approved

St. Louis (Midtown), MO · 120 MW · Ownership not yet identified

120 MW / $3B campus near the Armory; CUP upheld with conditions (no diesel testing on bad air days, on-site renewables) after 11-hour hearing.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-30vote
    Board of Adjustment unanimously upheld CUP with air-quality and renewables conditions. · source
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State environmental permits

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Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

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  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Monarch Data Center Approved

Yerington (Lyon County), NV · 1,000 MW · Operator: Copia Power

Lyon County commissioners voted 3-1 (Commissioner Hockaday opposed; Commissioner Cassinelli abstained) to approve the planned unit development rezoning for Copia Power's ~505-acre, 4.6 million sq ft, 1,000 MW Monarch campus in Mason Valley north of Yerington, which includes a 500 MW natural-gas backup plant and battery energy storage, after 6+ hours of comment from a mostly opposed crowd of nearly 300. The approval covers zoning only: final PUD/design approval, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and State Engineer permits, and completion of Copia's land purchase remain, and tribal members vowed legal action over cultural resources and sacred sites.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-07-14vote
    Lyon County Planning Commission voted 4-3 (Loomis, Irvin, Allan opposed) to advance the Monarch project to county commissioners; over 200 people participated and a strong majority spoke against it, including tribal members citing lack of Paiute consultation. · source
  • 2026-08-06vote
    Lyon County commissioners approved the planned unit development rezoning 3-1 with one abstention after more than six hours of discussion with dozens of opposing commenters; final PUD filing (one-year deadline), state permits, and environmental approvals remain before construction. · source
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Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

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  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Nebius Independence campus Approved

Independence, MO · 800 MW · Operator: Nebius · Owner: Nebius

Nebius' first gigawatt-scale US campus: ~2.5M sq ft on 398 acres near Route 78 and Little Blue Parkway, powered by a privately financed plant at the retired Blue Valley Power Plant site. Council approved Chapter 100 abatement 5-2 and the company has broken ground.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-12-16announcement
    Nebius, a Dutch AI infrastructure company, was revealed as the buyer of 398 acres near NorthPoint's EastGate Commerce Center, proposing an 8-to-10-building campus that would roughly triple Independence's power capacity. · source
  • 2026-02-27hearing
    Independence weighed a Chapter 100 tax abatement for the hyperscale campus, with residents raising concerns about electricity costs and the scale of the commitment ahead of the council vote. · source
  • 2026-03-02vote
    Independence City Council approved the Chapter 100 tax abatement 5-2, alongside two series of taxable industrial development revenue bonds for the project. · source
  • 2026-03-02utility
    The city set out a power structure under which Independence Power Partners builds a privately financed generating facility at the retired Blue Valley Power Plant, delivering an initial 200 MW and 600 MW more at full operation plus 300 MW reserve, with the city taking on no debt. · source
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State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

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  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.090, -94.420 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Approved

Cedar Rapids (Linn County), IA · 612 ac · Operator: QTS Data Centers · Owner: Blackstone · Filing LLC: QTS Cedar Rapids LLC

QTS (a Blackstone portfolio company) is building a seven-building campus on 612 acres of Alliant Energy's Big Cedar Industrial Center; the Cedar Rapids City Council approved the development agreement with QTS Cedar Rapids LLC on 2025-01-28 with a minimum $750M investment, later announced by QTS as a $10B campus. The agreement includes up to $18M over 20 years to a Community Betterment Fund, tax increment financing rebates, and water-free cooling; the development agreement requires construction to begin within three years and finish within six.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2025-01-28vote
    Cedar Rapids City Council approved a development agreement with QTS Cedar Rapids LLC for a minimum $750 million data center on 612 acres of the Big Cedar Industrial Center. · source
  • 2025-02-12announcement
    The City of Cedar Rapids, Alliant Energy and QTS announced the data center campus, described by the mayor as the largest economic development investment in the city's history. · source
  • 2025-08-08announcement
    QTS announced the Cedar Rapids campus as a $10 billion, seven-building development with water-free cooling and carbon-free energy sourcing in partnership with Alliant Energy. · source
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State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

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  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.980, -91.670 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Red Ace data center campus (Keyser Road) Approved

Culpeper County, VA · 69 ac · Operator: Red Ace Capital Management · Owner: Red Ace Capital Management

69.19 acres of farmland at Nalles Mill and Keyser roads rezoned Rural to Light Industrial 4-3 on Jul 2, 2026 after being tabled in June: two four-story, 290,000 sq ft buildings (1.16M sq ft total) plus a substation, about $350M, completion not before 2028. Approved under the county's Sep 2025 rule that industrial-land data centers need a conditional use permit.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-06-01vote
    In June the Board of Supervisors tabled the Red Ace rezoning. · source
  • 2026-07-02vote
    Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning 4-3 (Deal, Durr, Gugino, Underwood for; Bates, Lee, Rosenberger against) for 69.19 acres from Rural to Light Industrial for a two-building, 1.16M sq ft campus with an electrical substation. · source
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State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

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  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.490, -77.970 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

STACK Infrastructure Berry Hill megasite Approved

Berry Hill (Pittsylvania County / Danville), VA · 2,990 ac · Operator: Stack Infrastructure · Owner: Blue Owl / IPI Partners

Up to 2,990 of the 3,528-acre Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill, owned by the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facility Authority. Performance agreement: $73.5B minimum investment and 2,050 jobs at $80,500 average, against a stated $100B over 30 years; the county says the deal depends on Virginia keeping its data center sales-tax exemption to 2035. The county's 1991 zoning code does not mention data centers.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-09-05

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-02-20incentive
    The Regional Industrial Facility Authority backed an incentives deal for a data center developer at the Berry Hill megasite. · source
  • 2026-05-18vote
    The Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority unanimously approved STACK Infrastructure's local performance agreement: $100B over 30 years and 2,500 jobs at a minimum $80,500, with penalties if targets are missed. Economic development director Matt Rowe said the project 'is dependent upon the state honoring its commitments', including the sales-and-use tax exemption's 2035 expiry. · source
  • 2026-07-21vote
    Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution supporting the campus over resident objections that industrial siting decisions were being made before the comprehensive plan and without public access to the RIFA and IDA strategy reports. Chairman Robert Tucker: 'four to five hundred million dollars of revenue' moving through the economy. · source
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State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.550, -79.530 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Sabey Decatur Township Approved

Decatur Township (Indianapolis), IN · 250 MW · Operator: Sabey Data Centers

Two-building, 900,000+ sq ft, $4B campus near Camby Rd/Kentucky Ave. Approved by Metropolitan Development Commission in March 2026 via industrial-zoning adjustment; ~90 residents protested. Residents later sued; case helped drive Indianapolis's data-center moratorium push.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-12-18announcement
    Seattle-based Sabey Data Centers sought city approval for a roughly 130-acre, two-building data center campus on industrially-zoned land near Camby Road and Kentucky Avenue in Decatur Township, telling residents the project could generate more than $20M/year in property tax revenue at full buildout. · source
  • 2025-12-18public-comment
    Residents packed a Decatur Township Civic Council meeting at Decatur Central High School to question Sabey CEO John Sabey about the proposed data center; no speaker during public comment supported the project. · source
  • 2026-01-29hearing
    The Metropolitan Development Commission's hearing examiner held a petition hearing on Sabey's request for a variance of use to allow the data center campus on industrially-zoned land in Decatur Township. · source
  • 2026-02-26hearing
    The MDC hearing examiner recommended approval of Sabey's 130-acre Decatur Township data center proposal, advancing it to the full commission despite community opposition. · source
  • 2026-02-26protest
    About 90 Decatur Township residents demonstrated outside the City-County Building against the Sabey data center, citing noise, energy demand, water use, and property-value concerns; 1,400+ had signed an opposition petition vs. 24 supporters. · source
  • 2026-03-18vote
    The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission voted to approve Sabey's variance-of-use request for a $4B, two-building, 900,000+ sq ft, ~250MW data center campus on 130 acres, making it Indianapolis's first hyperscale data center. · source
  • 2026-04-17lawsuit
    The Decatur Township Civic Council and more than half a dozen residents filed a petition for judicial review in Marion County Superior Court to overturn the MDC's approval, arguing the variance violated state law and due-process rights and amounted to a 'disguised rezoning.' · source
  • 2026-04-20coverage
    Coverage confirmed Decatur Township residents sued to block the $4B Sabey data center, citing noise, energy demand, water use, lack of permanent jobs, and property-value impacts. · source
  • 2026-06-15filing
    Attorneys for Sabey and the MDC filed a motion to dismiss the residents' judicial-review petition, arguing the citizens' petition failed to meet statutory requirements. · source
  • 2026-07-10coverage
    Council President Maggie A. Lewis announced she would seek a citywide data-center moratorium, citing the Sabey fight among the drivers of the push. · source
  • 2026-08-10moratorium
    Indianapolis City-County Council voted 23-1 to advance a moratorium pausing approval of new data centers in Marion County through 2028, partly driven by the Sabey fight; the measure exempts the three already-approved projects including Sabey's. · source
  • 2026-08-19moratorium
    The Metropolitan Development Commission voted 6-0 to give final approval to the citywide data-center moratorium (through Dec. 31, 2027); Sabey's Decatur Township campus was one of three already-approved projects explicitly exempted under state law. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Social Circle data center complex (Fairplay Drive / Roy Malcom Road tracts) Approved

Social Circle (Walton County), GA · 450 ac · Ownership not yet identified

A data center complex assembled from three tracts totaling more than 450 acres on the southeast side of Fairplay Drive and Roy Malcom Road, from Social Circle Parkway to Hawkins Academy Road. The Social Circle Planning Commission voted unanimously at a called April 2026 meeting to recommend annexation, rezoning, special-use permitting and a future land use map change for the final 123-acre tract at 1402 Roy Malcom Road (concept plan: two buildings of about 248,600 sq ft each); the city council then approved all four requests 3-0 at a meeting reported May 1, 2026. Engineering firm Thomas & Hutton represents the property owner; project representatives say an unnamed 'end user' is already lined up and construction could begin in fall 2026.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2025-09-16vote
    Council approved a special-use permit for a data center on a 181-acre tract along Fairplay Drive at Social Circle Parkway; councilmembers deadlocked 2-2 and Mayor David Keener broke the tie in favor. At the same meeting the council imposed a moratorium on new data center requests. · source
  • 2026-01-27vote
    The data center moratorium ended when the council approved comprehensive new data center regulations, including noise and lighting limits, emergency drills, time limits on special-use permits, and special-use permitting even in heavy industrial zoning. · source
  • 2026-02-09filing
    Annexation, rezoning, special-use and future land use map change requests were filed for the 123-acre tract at 1402 Roy Malcom Road, the first such filing considered under the city's new data center regulations. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.660, -83.720 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Stargate Abilene Approved

Abilene (Taylor County), TX · 1,200 MW · Operator: Crusoe · Owner: OpenAI / Oracle / SoftBank (Stargate) · Tenant: OpenAI / Oracle

The flagship Stargate site, built by Crusoe on Lancium's Clean Campus - the most complete Stargate location, with roughly four of eight buildings operational (~0.3 GW live) as of mid-2026. OpenAI and Oracle capped the site at 1.2 GW in March 2026, dropping further expansion amid grid-interconnection delays exceeding a year. Power is a mix of on-site natural gas and grid supply.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (24 events)
  • 2021-12-21incentive
    Taylor County Commissioners approved a Chapter 312 tax abatement for Lancium's $2.4 billion 'Project Artemis' data center campus, the largest project in Abilene/Taylor County history, starting at 200 MW with a goal to expand to 1 GW. · source
  • 2024-07-18announcement
    Crusoe and Lancium announced a partnership to build an initial 200 MW AI data center at the Lancium Clean Campus near Abilene, with plans to expand to 1.2 GW; two buildings totaling 980,000 square feet were expected to be energized in 2025. · source
  • 2024-11-19announcement
    The Development Corporation of Abilene, City of Abilene and Taylor County announced Crusoe's 998,000-square-foot data center at Lancium's Clean Campus, a combined estimated $3.4 billion investment on about 90 leased acres, to be leased to a Fortune 100 tenant in 2025. · source
  • 2025-01-21announcement
    At the White House on January 21, 2025, Trump announced the Stargate joint venture (OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank) with up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure investment; Time reported construction had already begun on the Abilene, Texas data center that will house part of Stargate. · source
  • 2025-02-05hearing
    The Abilene City Council held a public hearing on a second 20-year tax abatement for Lancium covering 940.89 acres, abating 85% of tax liability while retaining 15%, projected to return $70-90 million to Abilene taxpayers over the term. · source
  • 2025-02-11hearing
    Taylor County residents raised concerns at a commissioners meeting about Lancium's tax breaks, citing energy viability, environmental hazards from heavy metals, and questioning whether Lancium should be classified as a data center rather than an energy grid; the final agreement vote was set for February 25. · source
  • 2025-02-13vote
    The Abilene City Council voted to approve the amended tax abatement agreement for Lancium, with Mayor Weldon Hurt stating the data center would use less than 1% of Abilene's daily water consumption. · source
  • 2025-03-18construction
    Crusoe announced it had begun second-phase construction at the Lancium Clean Campus, expanding the Abilene site to eight buildings, about 4 million square feet and 1.2 gigawatts, targeting completion by mid-2026. · source
  • 2025-03-24financing
    Crusoe secured 4.5 GW of natural gas power through a joint venture with Engine No. 1, including seven GE Vernova turbines acquired by Engine No. 1 and Chevron to generate behind-the-meter power for AI data centers including Abilene. · source
  • 2025-05-21financing
    Crusoe, Blue Owl Capital and Primary Digital Infrastructure announced the second phase of a $15 billion joint venture to fund the 1.2 GW Abilene campus, jointly sponsoring construction of six new buildings; a JPMorgan-led consortium provided a $7.1 billion construction loan. · source
  • 2025-07-17filing
    As of July 2025, Oracle was contesting Taylor County's roughly $200 million appraised valuation of the first phase of the Abilene data center, despite already holding an 85% property tax abatement. · source
  • 2025-09-29announcement
    OpenAI and partners announced five new Stargate data center sites (including in Milam and Shackelford counties, Texas), with the Abilene flagship campus described as already running and delivering NVIDIA GB200 racks, as part of a pipeline totaling nearly 7 GW. · source
  • 2025-09-30operational
    Crusoe announced the first phase of the Abilene campus is live and running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with Oracle having begun delivering NVIDIA GB200 racks in June 2025. · source
  • 2025-11-18construction
    Crusoe topped out the eighth and final building at the Abilene Stargate campus, acknowledging 7,000 tradespeople who contributed; the full campus encompasses approximately 4 million square feet with 1.2 GW total power capacity. · source
  • 2025-12-22coverage
    Crusoe's Abilene AI data center won 'North American Data Center Project of the Year' at the 2025 DCD Global Awards, cited for rapid 12-month modular delivery and direct-to-chip liquid cooling at 1.2 GW scale. · source
  • 2026-01-26coverage
    Texas Standard reported the $3.5 billion Stargate campus had about 6,000 construction workers on site, received an 85% property tax abatement over 10 years, and was expected to create roughly 300 permanent jobs upon completion. · source
  • 2026-02-04coverage
    Time reported Abilene's average monthly rent had risen to $2,395 (up about $1,000 year-over-year), the Abilene Housing Authority documented a pre-existing deficit of approximately 5,600 housing units exacerbated by the Stargate worker influx, and voucher placement rates had dropped from 80% to about 50%. · source
  • 2026-03-01news
    In March 2026 OpenAI and Oracle capped the Abilene site at 1.2 GW, dropping expansion plans amid grid delays of more than a year; later buildings have run behind their permitted schedules. · source
  • 2026-03-05coverage
    KTXS reported Lancium and Crusoe executives briefed Abilene city leaders that construction on the roughly 4-million-square-foot, eight-building campus will run through the first quarter of 2027, with about 9,000 craft workers on site daily and a closed-loop liquid-cooling design. · source
  • 2026-03-27announcement
    Crusoe announced a new 900 MW AI factory campus adjacent to the existing Abilene site to support Microsoft, with two buildings (each 336 MW critical IT) and a 900 MW on-site power plant, bringing total projected Abilene capacity to 2.1 GW; site prep was already underway with the first building expected energized mid-2027. · source
  • 2026-04-08financing
    Speaking to the Kiwanis Club of Abilene, Lancium CEO Michael McNamara said the site is fully financed long-term, citing a 15-year Oracle lease and a 20-year Microsoft lease, per KTXS. · source
  • 2026-06-04protest
    Local outlet KEYJ reported that Abilene residents launched a 'Save Abilene' website to organize opposition, citing concerns about housing costs, infrastructure strain, water usage, electric demand, and tax incentives relative to community benefits. · source
  • 2026-06-17report
    Distilled Earth reported that Crusoe's third and fourth Abilene buildings, begun in March 2025 and permitted for completion by March 2026, were still not online as of June 2026; Crusoe's CEO disclosed costs of $19.2 billion per GW including gas plants, and the site experienced multi-day winter outages from power and cooling equipment failures. · source
  • 2026-08-12coverage
    KUT/Texas Public Radio reported the Stargate build has driven an Abilene housing crisis, with average monthly rents near $2,600 (up roughly 50% year over year), about 9,000 construction workers on site, and about 1,000 permanent jobs expected once operational. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.450, -99.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Wildwood Ranch data center Approved

Joplin (Jasper County), MO · 600 MW · Operator: ReLoad (Scale Microgrids) · Filing LLC: Wildwood Ranch, LLC

Joplin annexed 540 acres and rezoned roughly 600 acres to heavy industrial for a gigawatt-scale campus with a co-located gas plant. A Wildwood Ranch homeowner is suing to void the rezoning, and an opposition group is pushing a 12-month moratorium.

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-02-17vote
    Joplin City Council, meeting at the MSSU Corley Auditorium after a session that ran roughly seven hours, passed Council Bill 2026-256 annexing the land 6-3 and Council Bill 2026-257 rezoning it from single-family residential to heavy industrial 7-2. · source
  • 2026-02-17hearing
    Residents testified for hours about water resources, ecological impact and utility costs; Mayor Keenan Cortez acknowledged the council was improvising a process for a decision of this scale. · source
  • 2026-03-18lawsuit
    Joplin attorney Derek Snyder, who lives in Wildwood Ranch, and his wife asked a Jasper County judge to review and void the rezoning, arguing it was unreasonable and violated a development agreement requiring owners to preserve the land's natural state (reported March 18, 2026; the filing date was not stated). · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.080, -94.510 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

xAI Colossus Approved

Memphis (Shelby County), TN · 2,000 MW · Operator: xAI · Tenant: xAI

Operating and expanding (~$20B, ~2 GW ambition). The live fight is air quality: on-site gas turbines in southwest Memphis - an area already failing federal ozone standards - drew a Clean Air Act suit. Environmental groups' tracking put unpermitted turbines at 27 in Feb 2026, growing to 59 by mid-2026 across the Colossus complex (incl. Colossus 2 in Southaven, MS).

Next step: Approved — pivot from stopping it to a binding CBA: enforceable caps on noise, water and cost, plus a community benefit.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2024-12-04announcement
    At the Greater Memphis Chamber's Annual Chairman's Luncheon, xAI announced an expansion of its Colossus supercomputer to a minimum of one million GPUs, described as the largest capital investment in the region's history. · source
  • 2025-06-17filing
    The Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the NAACP, filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue xAI over at least 35 unpermitted combustion turbines at the Colossus data center near Memphis. · source
  • 2025-07-01filing
    In July 2025, after SELC threatened a citizen suit, the Shelby County Health Department issued an air permit covering 15 of the 30+ turbines then operating unpermitted at the Memphis site. · source
  • 2025-12-15ruling
    After a seven-hour hearing at the University of Memphis attended by hundreds, the Memphis and Shelby County Air Pollution Control Board dismissed the appeal of xAI's air permit on grounds of mootness. · source
  • 2026-01-08financing
    xAI announced a more than $20 billion investment in a Southaven, Mississippi data center (MACROHARDRR) that would bring its computing power to nearly 2 gigawatts; the Mississippi Development Authority approved xAI for its Data Center Incentive program. · source
  • 2026-02-13filing
    Earthjustice and the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of the national NAACP and its Mississippi State Conference, sent a 60-day notice of intent to sue xAI over 27 unpermitted gas turbines in Southaven powering the Colossus 2 data center. · source
  • 2026-03-03permit
    xAI filed a permit for a $659.3 million, 75-foot, four-story building of roughly 312,000 square feet on a parcel adjacent to its Colossus 2 site on Tulane Road, reported March 3, 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-10permit
    The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board unanimously approved a PSD construction permit allowing xAI affiliate MZX Tech to install 41 permanent methane gas turbines at its Southaven plant powering the Memphis data center operations. · source
  • 2026-04-14ruling
    NAACP, represented by Earthjustice and SELC, filed a Clean Air Act suit against xAI and MZX Tech (N.D. Miss.) over unpermitted gas turbines serving the Colossus complex. · source
  • 2026-05-06filing
    The NAACP asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi for a preliminary injunction to halt xAI's gas turbines at its Southaven facility while the Clean Air Act lawsuit proceeds, as reported May 6, 2026. · source
  • 2026-06-16filing
    The U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in the NAACP's Clean Air Act suit and urged the court to dismiss it, arguing that shutting off xAI's Southaven turbines would harm national, economic and energy security because the Grok AI model supports Department of War military operations, including recent strikes involving Iran. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-03-10
    The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board unanimously approved a PSD construction permit allowing xAI affiliate MZX Tech to install 41 permanent methane gas turbines at its Southaven plant powering the Memphis data center operations. · source
  • 2026-03-03
    xAI filed a permit for a $659.3 million, 75-foot, four-story building of roughly 312,000 square feet on a parcel adjacent to its Colossus 2 site on Tulane Road, reported March 3, 2026. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Tennessee TDECThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • TDEC DataviewersSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.060, -90.150 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Berwick Under construction

Berwick, PA · 108 MW · Operator: Amazon · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: Anthropic

Part of Project Rainier. Chip types: Trainium2. Epoch AI estimates ~108 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (18 events)
  • 2024-03-04announcement
    AWS acquired Talen Energy's Cumulus Data campus adjacent to the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Salem Township, Luzerne County, PA for $650 million ($350M at closing, $300M at milestones), gaining access to a 960 MW data center campus directly connected to the 2,520 MW nuclear plant. · source
  • 2024-05-30rezoning
    AWS was granted a 1,600-acre rezoning request and announced plans for a 15-building data center campus at the Pennsylvania nuclear site in Salem Township. · source
  • 2024-11-01ruling
    FERC voted 2-1 to reject PJM's proposed interconnection agreement that would have expanded Amazon's co-located data center load at Susquehanna from 300 MW to 480 MW, citing concerns about cost fairness and grid reliability precedent. · source
  • 2025-04-11ruling
    FERC upheld its rejection of the proposed interconnection agreement between AWS's data center and the Susquehanna nuclear plant, denying Talen Energy's rehearing request. · source
  • 2025-06-09announcement
    Governor Shapiro announced at a Berwick event that Amazon plans to invest at least $20 billion in Pennsylvania data centers, the largest private-sector investment in state history, with Salem Township (Luzerne County) and Falls Township (Bucks County) as the first two identified sites, creating at least 1,250 jobs. · source
  • 2025-06-11financing
    Talen Energy and AWS announced a restructured 17-year, $18 billion power purchase agreement for up to 1,920 MW from Susquehanna nuclear station, converting the behind-the-meter arrangement to a grid-connected front-of-the-meter model to comply with FERC's ruling, with full volume delivery by 2032. · source
  • 2025-10-10construction
    Amazon reported that data center campus construction in Salem Township was proceeding at a rapid pace. · source
  • 2025-12-19coverage
    Nonprofit Quarterly published an investigative feature titled 'A Canary in a Coal Mine: Amazon's Luzerne County Data Center,' examining community and environmental concerns including energy demand, water quality, tax exemptions, and employment claims. · source
  • 2026-03-12utility
    The Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved an increase in consumptive water use for the Amazon data center in Salem Township from 60,000 to 129,000 gallons per day (reduced from the initial request of 277,000 gpd), sourced from PA American Water (Berwick). · source
  • 2026-03-17announcement
    Blackstone-owned QTS spent $580 million to acquire land in Salem Township for a separate data center campus adjacent to the Amazon site, with plans for 12 to 17 data centers. · source
  • 2026-03-18announcement
    96 Salem Township landowners completed a historic 1,700-acre land sale to QTS for more than $500 million for a major data center campus adjacent to the Amazon site, with Salem Township receiving a $9 million community benefit agreement. · source
  • 2026-03-19coverage
    WNEP reported that the community of Salem Township is now encircled by new data center developments, with multiple campuses under construction or planned in the area. · source
  • 2026-06-09incentive
    Amazon donated $250,000 to the Bloomsburg Area YMCA for a new STEM lab as data center construction near Berwick continued. · source
  • 2026-06-15coverage
    The Citizens' Voice reported that a third data center in Salem Township could generate $1.2 billion for landowners, reflecting the scale of data center land acquisition in the area. · source
  • 2026-06-23coverage
    The Center Square reported on the role of big money and enforced silence (NDAs) in Pennsylvania's data center push, covering the Salem Township/Amazon development. · source
  • 2026-07-29moratorium
    Salem Township paused new data center projects pending a zoning amendment, responding to community concerns about the pace of development. · source
  • 2026-07-30coverage
    State representatives were denied access to the Amazon data center in Salem Township, as reported by the Citizens' Voice. · source
  • 2026-08-14environmental
    PA DEP published notice inviting public comments (deadline September 14, 2026) on an air quality permit for 84 backup diesel generators, 2 auxiliary emergency generators, and fuel storage tanks for an expansion of the existing Amazon data center in Salem Township. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Berwick planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Berwick property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.060, -76.240 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Salem Township campus (Susquehanna nuclear plant) Under construction

Salem Township (Luzerne County), PA · 960 MW · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: Amazon (AWS) · Tenant: Amazon (AWS)

One of two initial sites in Amazon's announced $20B+ Pennsylvania data-center investment: a campus alongside the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station nuclear plant, where majority owner Talen Energy agreed to supply 960 MW. The original behind-the-meter connection drew FERC scrutiny and was blocked in 2024. The 960 MW figure is the contracted power supply, not built capacity.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2024-03-06announcement
    Talen Energy disclosed in an investor presentation that AWS acquired the 1,200-acre Cumulus data center campus co-located with the Susquehanna nuclear plant for $650 million ($350M at closing, $300M escrowed pending zoning milestones), with plans to develop up to 960 MW. · source
  • 2024-05-28rezoning
    Salem Township supervisors voted to rezone approximately 1,582 acres into a new industrial Special Data Center Overlay District, enabling AWS to build up to 15 data center buildings; the township also agreed to a 10-year LERTA tax break at a 70 percent discount for Amazon. · source
  • 2024-06-03filing
    PJM Interconnection filed with FERC for an amended interconnection service agreement to increase behind-the-meter power delivery from the Susquehanna nuclear plant to the co-located AWS data center from 300 MW to 480 MW. · source
  • 2024-06-24filing
    American Electric Power and Exelon filed a protest with FERC challenging the amended ISA, arguing the co-location deal could shift up to $140 million in annual transmission costs onto other PJM ratepayers. · source
  • 2024-08-23financing
    Talen Energy announced that the $300 million escrowed portion of the Cumulus campus purchase price was released after completion of zoning milestones allowing development of the AWS campus to 960 MW. · source
  • 2024-11-01ruling
    FERC voted 2-1 to reject the amended interconnection service agreement that would have increased behind-the-meter power from Susquehanna to the AWS data center from 300 MW to 480 MW, finding PJM failed to justify the departure from its standard agreement. · source
  • 2024-12-23filing
    FERC issued an order deferring Talen Energy's November 20, 2024 rehearing request on the Susquehanna ISA rejection, stating it would address the request in a future order. · source
  • 2025-01-16lawsuit
    Talen Energy filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit challenging FERC's November 2024 order rejecting the behind-the-meter interconnection agreement for the AWS data center at Susquehanna. · source
  • 2025-04-10ruling
    FERC upheld its rejection of the amended interconnection service agreement between PJM and Susquehanna Nuclear on rehearing, reaffirming its November 2024 order blocking expanded behind-the-meter power sales to the AWS data center. · source
  • 2025-06-01coverage
    Spotlight PA reported in June 2025 that Amazon's data centers qualify for Pennsylvania's sales tax exemption on data center equipment (enacted 2016, expanded 2021), with the state projecting $43 million in lost revenue for fiscal year 2025-26; critics noted no mandatory reporting of exempt transaction costs. · source
  • 2025-06-09announcement
    Amazon and Gov. Shapiro announced at least $20 billion for data center campuses in Pennsylvania, with initial sites in Salem Township (alongside the Susquehanna nuclear plant, with Talen Energy agreeing to provide 960 MW) and Falls Township, creating at least 1,250 permanent jobs. · source
  • 2025-06-11financing
    Talen Energy and Amazon finalized a restructured 17-year, $18 billion power purchase agreement supplying up to 1,920 MW from Susquehanna via a grid-connected front-of-meter retail structure, bypassing the rejected behind-the-meter model; deliveries to ramp to 840-1,200 MW by 2029 and 1,680-1,920 MW by 2032. · source
  • 2025-10-01filing
    FERC argued in an October 2025 brief to the Fifth Circuit that Talen's lawsuit should be dismissed as moot because the company had already contracted to abandon the behind-the-meter co-location arrangement at issue in the appeal. · source
  • 2026-03-25construction
    QTS (owned by Blackstone) completed acquisition of approximately 1,700 acres from 96 Salem Township landowners for over $500 million, planning a 12-to-17 building data center campus adjacent to the AWS site using water-free cooling technology. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.060, -76.200 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Aligned Data Centers Hale County Under construction

Hale County, TX · 540 MW · Operator: Aligned Data Centers

$5B, 540MW campus with 6 facilities in Hale County, Texas. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2026-02-27public-comment
    Aligned Data Centers held a community meeting at Interstate 27 and FM 54 north of Abernathy where executives addressed resident concerns about infrastructure, jobs, electricity and water use; Abernathy Mayor Harold Bufe said the city would not risk its drinking water and floated possible city annexation of the site. · source
  • 2026-04-09announcement
    Aligned Data Centers publicly announced Project Caprock, a 540 MW, 313-acre, six-facility data center campus in Hale County just outside Abernathy, projected to bring $5 billion into the regional economy. · source
  • 2026-04-09construction
    Aligned Data Centers broke ground on Project Caprock in Hale County, with Ryan Companies as general contractor and the first building targeted for Q1 2027. · source
  • 2026-04-09utility
    Aligned announced a partnership with Xcel Energy for Project Caprock electrical infrastructure, with Aligned building and funding the dedicated power infrastructure itself to shield local ratepayers from added costs. · source
  • 2026-04-09environmental
    Aligned said Project Caprock will use its closed-loop DeltaFlow liquid cooling system paired with air-cooled heat rejection that recirculates water, produces no wastewater, and is designed to protect the Ogallala Aquifer. · source
  • 2026-07-18coverage
    National coverage of AI data center backlash in rural Texas featured the future data center site near Abernathy as part of reporting on divisions among rural Republicans over water and power impacts. · source
  • 2026-08-03moratorium
    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the PUCT and ERCOT to pause new data center grid interconnections statewide pending an audit — a statewide freeze affecting new-project connections including the Texas Panhandle/South Plains region where Project Caprock sits. · source
  • 2026-08-05report
    Reporting noted regulators and lawmakers still lack clear data on how much water and power data centers statewide consume. · source
  • 2026-08-10coverage
    President Trump publicly criticized Gov. Abbott data center moratorium as a mistake; Abbott responded by touting cooperation with tech companies including Meta and OpenAI. · source
  • 2026-08-14report
    Follow-up reporting found Texas data center audit still lacked specifics on scope and methodology; ERCOT indicated the audit would begin shortly after August 20 and last several months. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Fort Stockton campus Under construction

Fort Stockton (Pecos County), TX · — · Operator: Amazon Web Services · Owner: Amazon · Filing LLC: Amazon Data Services

Amazon Data Services filed TDLR registrations for three data center buildings (A, B, C; 189,060 sq ft and ~$300 million each) at a site 11 miles north of Fort Stockton, with construction scheduled August-December 2026, part of an August 2026 filing wave totaling 16 buildings and at least $4.8 billion across Fort Stockton, Floydada, and Amazon's existing Boling (Wharton County) campus. Amazon confirmed it is financing the GW Ranch gas plant being developed by Pacifico Energy in Pecos County (35 turbines, 7.65 GW) to power the campus; its permitted emissions of over 30 million metric tonnes of GHG per year would exceed any single source currently operating in the US.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-09-22

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2025-08-20announcement
    Pacifico Energy announced the GW Ranch project, an off-grid power generation campus on 8,000+ acres in Pecos County combining natural gas turbines and battery storage to deliver 5 GW for hyperscale data centers, with 1 GW targeted for 2028 and full capacity by 2030. · source
  • 2026-01-26permit
    Pacifico Energy announced it secured a TCEQ air permit for 7.65 GW of gas-fired power generation at GW Ranch, described as the largest air permit granted in the United States, with Phase 1 to deliver 1 GW in the first half of 2027. · source
  • 2026-02-04coverage
    The Big Bend Sentinel reported a massive AI data center campus coming to Pecos County on Highway 18 north of Fort Stockton, with Pecos County Judge Joe Shuster and Economic Development Director Remie Ramos expressing support for the project's economic benefits. · source
  • 2026-06-22hearing
    Pecos County Commissioners Court held a public hearing to designate and establish the GW Ranch Reinvestment Zone under Texas Tax Code Chapter 312 and considered approving a tax abatement agreement with Pacifico GW LLC. · source
  • 2026-07-24construction
    Airbus satellite imagery captured on this date showed land clearing already underway at the GW Ranch site north of Fort Stockton, as reported by Cleanview on August 7. · source
  • 2026-08-03announcement
    Governor Greg Abbott announced a moratorium on new data center approvals pending an ERCOT and PUCT audit of energy, water, and community impacts; off-grid projects like Amazon's Pecos County campus were noted as largely unaffected since they bypass grid interconnection. · source
  • 2026-08-06coverage
    RFD-TV reported that Floyd County commissioners plan to use a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement to impose conditions on a proposed Amazon data center campus valued at over $1 billion in Floydada, part of the same August 2026 Amazon filing wave that includes the Fort Stockton campus. · source
  • 2026-08-07filing
    Amazon Data Services' TDLR filings for three 189,060 sq ft, ~$300M data center buildings 11 miles north of Fort Stockton were reported, with construction scheduled August-December 2026. · source
  • 2026-08-07coverage
    The New Republic reported that Amazon's GW Ranch gas plant in Pecos County, permitted for 33 million tons of CO2 annually, would be the biggest single pollution source in the United States, exceeding the nation's largest coal power plant. · source
  • 2026-08-08announcement
    Amazon confirmed it is financing the 7.65 GW, 35-turbine GW Ranch gas plant (developer Pacifico Energy) in Pecos County to power its new data center campus there, per reporting on Cleanview's analysis connecting Amazon's construction permits to the plant. · source
  • 2026-08-10coverage
    The San Antonio Current reported the Amazon campus on 8,400 acres along Highway 18, approximately 17 miles north of Fort Stockton, could become the nation's largest polluter, noting concerns about proximity to Big Bend National Park and Amazon's net-zero 2040 pledge. · source
  • 2026-08-11coverage
    E&E News by Politico reported on Amazon's off-grid gas plant in Pecos County, quoting Environment Texas executive director Luke Metzger warning that data centers will 'build gas plants and increase climate and local air pollution' rather than using cleaner grid electricity. · source
  • 2026-08-13coverage
    The Fort Stockton Pioneer published a report on community debate over the data center proposal's impact on Fort Stockton land, water, and future growth. · source
  • 2026-09-18coverage
    Marfa Public Radio reported that Pacifico Energy, the developer of the GW Ranch plant powering this campus, pitched Brewster County officials on a second off-grid data center and gas plant on about 8,400 acres in the Glass Mountains of Brewster County, estimated at $5 billion to $60 billion. County Judge Greg Henington said the county was 'not taking this, like a lay down'; about 10 residents spoke against it, citing air quality, noise and dark skies. · source
  • 2026-09-22coverage
    During Climate Week NYC, Democracy Now! broadcast from outside Amazon's New York office with Bill McKibben (350.org, Third Act) and Kavita Sthanumurthy of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, who targeted the 35-turbine Pecos County gas plant. Sthanumurthy said the group's own research put Amazon's actual renewable share 'closer to 22%', against the company's 100% renewable claim; that figure is the group's, not an audited number. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-01-26
    Pacifico Energy announced it secured a TCEQ air permit for 7.65 GW of gas-fired power generation at GW Ranch, described as the largest air permit granted in the United States, with Phase 1 to deliver 1 GW in the first half of 2027. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 30.890, -102.880 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Montgomery County Data Center Under construction

Montgomery County, MO · — · Operator: Amazon

Multibillion-dollar Amazon DC; announced amid statewide regulatory debate (HB 3362 failed).

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2024-11-01filing
    Administrative review completed for the Amazon-linked Project Green data center land-use proposal in Montgomery County near New Florence. · source
  • 2024-12-01vote
    Montgomery County Commission approved the still-unnamed Project Green development (later confirmed as Amazon). · source
  • 2025-12-03rezoning
    Montgomery County Commission approved land for two large-scale data center projects (Project Green/Amazon ~1,000 acres and Project Spade/Google ~780 acres) at the I-70/Highway 19 interchange. · source
  • 2025-12-19incentive
    Montgomery County Commission voted unanimously to approve a tax abatement framework for the AWS data center (min. $8.5B capital investment, 4-17 buildings, projected $326M-$1.5B in property tax revenue, min. 150 FT jobs at ~$85,000/yr). · source
  • 2026-01-01public-comment
    A town hall on the Google/Amazon data center projects drew hundreds of residents to Montgomery County High School, with attendees voicing uncertainty and fear. · source
  • 2026-02-16lawsuit
    Preserve Montgomery County LLC sued Montgomery County and the Missouri DED alleging roughly a dozen Missouri Sunshine Law violations tied to the Amazon data center approval — closed-door sessions, NDAs with Amazon, improper meeting notice. Sought invalidation of the county agreements. · source
  • 2026-02-26filing
    Missouri Reps. Wellenkamp and Costlow introduced HB 3362, the AI Infrastructure, Grid Integrity and Water Resources Protection Act, requiring large-load customers to cover grid-infrastructure costs, obtain DNR permits for large water use, and including a grid-emergency kill switch provision. · source
  • 2026-03-01hearing
    Missouri House committee held a hearing on HB 3362 with almost exclusively supportive testimony; Montgomery County resident Sylvia Kueny testified about community concerns. The bill never advanced to a floor vote. · source
  • 2026-04-09lawsuit
    A separate citizens group Wake Up JeffCo filed its own lawsuit challenging data-center development processes in the region. · source
  • 2026-06-15announcement
    Amazon and Gov. Kehoe announced a $10 billion AWS data center campus (~1,000 acres) in Montgomery County: 400+ direct jobs, Amazon covering 100% of grid connection costs, and over $7 million in community contributions. Announcement came while Sunshine Law litigation was still pending. · source
  • 2026-06-16construction
    Gov. Kehoe attended a groundbreaking event for the Amazon data center project in Montgomery City. · source
  • 2026-06-18protest
    About 100 protesters rallied in Jefferson City ahead of a data-center policy summit, citing the Amazon Montgomery County announcement and warning officials they would be voted out over inadequate corporate tax contributions. · source
  • 2026-06-23public-comment
    Amazon hosted a public information open house at Montgomery County Middle School while the Missouri Rural Crisis Center held a concurrent press conference outside voicing opposition. · source
  • 2026-06-29report
    St. Louis Public Radio reported the Missouri legislature passed no data-center regulation this session despite HB 3362/HB 3390, and that a House Special Committee hearing is set for September 2026. · source
  • 2026-07-02coverage
    Missouri Independent reported that data-center backlash spilled into Missouri primary races, with GOP candidates demanding stronger regulation and fair tax contribution from developers. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.950, -91.500 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Ridgeland Under construction

Ridgeland, MS · 228 MW · Operator: Amazon · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: Anthropic

Part of Project Rainier. Chip types: Trainium2. Epoch AI estimates ~228 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2024-01-25incentive
    Mississippi lawmakers passed three bills (SB 2001 'Project Atlas', HB 1, HB 2) during a special session, approving incentives for AWS's $10 billion investment to build two data center complexes in Madison County, including a site in Ridgeland near Tougaloo College. · source
  • 2024-05-20construction
    AWS held a ceremonial groundbreaking in Madison County for the $10 billion data center project, attended by Governor Tate Reeves and U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith. · source
  • 2024-09-18construction
    Construction was underway on both Madison County sites (which began fall 2023), with three general contractors building roughly 16 buildings at the Canton site and building pads underway at the 786-acre Ridgeland campus, targeting first building online by January 2025 and full campus completion by mid-2027. · source
  • 2026-04-01rezoning
    The Ridgeland mayor and Board of Aldermen approved amendments to the city's zoning ordinance in April 2026 to better govern data center facilities, a move made in response to AWS's presence in the city. · source
  • 2026-04-09announcement
    At a Ridgeland press conference, Amazon and Governor Tate Reeves announced a further $13 billion expansion of data centers in Madison County and Clinton, bringing Amazon cumulative Mississippi investment to $25 billion and projecting 2,000 total jobs. · source
  • 2026-04-09environmental
    As part of the expansion announcement, Amazon said the Canton facility would transition to 100% recycled wastewater cooling by 2027 and cited a $300 million grid-improvement partnership with Entergy Mississippi. · source
  • 2026-05-07utility
    AWS is investing about $37 million directly in Ridgeland water and sewer system improvements (new wells, a one-million-gallon storage tank, sewer expansion) tied to its $10.5 billion Ridgeland-area construction, plus an additional $26.4 million in state-loan-funded public projects to be repaid from AWS property tax revenue. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Ridgeland planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Ridgeland property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.430, -90.130 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Applied Digital Harwood ND Under construction

Harwood, ND · 280 MW · Operator: Applied Digital · Owner: Applied Digital

$3B, 280MW data center in Harwood, North Dakota. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (19 events)
  • 2025-08-18announcement
    Applied Digital announced Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion, 280MW AI data center campus on 900+ contracted acres southeast of Harwood, ND, with plans to break ground in September 2025. · source
  • 2025-08-25public-comment
    About 300 residents attended a town hall at the Harwood Community Center; some shouted when is the vote? and accused the town of having sold out. · source
  • 2025-08-25protest
    Community members voiced anger and pressed for more disclosure, citing concerns about transparency in the approval process. · source
  • 2025-08-28filing
    City of Fargo moved to annex roughly 800 acres near Harwood including the proposed data center site; Applied Digital said it would formally protest the annexation. · source
  • 2025-09-02rezoning
    Harwood City Council voted unanimously on first reading to rezone roughly 320 acres from agricultural to light industrial, after a contentious session with public shouting. · source
  • 2025-09-10vote
    Harwood City Council gave final approval to rezone the 320-acre site in about 25 minutes at a special meeting, even as Fargo continued to pursue annexation. · source
  • 2025-09-15construction
    Construction crews observed breaking ground on the Polaris Forge 2 site near Harwood. · source
  • 2025-10-22financing
    Applied Digital announced a roughly $5 billion, 15-year, 200MW AI factory lease with an unnamed US-based investment-grade hyperscaler (later reported as Oracle) at Polaris Forge 2, with right of first refusal on an additional 800MW. · source
  • 2025-10-29coverage
    Reporting revealed Harwood and Fargo mayors had signed NDAs with Applied Digital covering project details, raising open-records concerns and prompting draft state legislation to ban such NDAs by public officials. · source
  • 2025-11-24vote
    Harwood City Council voted unanimously to reject a draft agreement proposed by Fargo that would have set conditions in exchange for dropping its annexation attempt. · source
  • 2025-12-08vote
    Fargo City Commission voted unanimously to cancel its annexation of roughly 300 acres including the data center site and voted 4-1 to send a separate disputed annexation into mediation with Harwood. · source
  • 2026-02-01public-comment
    Dakota Resource Council held a public meeting on the Harwood data center drawing about 100 attendees; the group said it wants projects to be transparent and beneficial to host communities. · source
  • 2026-03-10financing
    Applied Digital closed a $2.15 billion private offering of 6.750% senior secured notes (maturing 2031) to fund construction of roughly 200MW at the Harwood campus. · source
  • 2026-03-23utility
    Reporting detailed Applied Digital backing of the Agassiz Transmission Line and Substation project with Minnkota Power Cooperative to deliver the 280MW needed for the Harwood campus. · source
  • 2026-04-02utility
    Minnkota disclosed the cost of the Agassiz transmission line rose from about $75 million to $110 million due to tight timelines and tariffs; Applied Digital will cover the full cost with no charge to other customers. · source
  • 2026-04-29ruling
    North Dakota Public Service Commission approved the $110 million Agassiz Transmission Line and Substation, targeting operational by fall 2026. · source
  • 2026-05-11coverage
    Statewide reporting examined the lack of ND state-level siting authority for data centers, noting the PSC has virtually no say over location, and a failed 2025 bill (HB 1427) that would have granted it. · source
  • 2026-07-13announcement
    Applied Digital confirmed it was expanding its ND footprint and eyeing Oliver County for a third data center campus. · source
  • 2026-08-01coverage
    Harwood residents still felt left in the dark about the data center months after approval, citing the town NDA-driven negotiation process as an example of insufficient transparency. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Harwood planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Harwood property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CloudBurst San Marcos Under construction

San Marcos (Hays/Guadalupe Counties), TX · 1,200 MW · Operator: CloudBurst Data Centers

Gigawatt-scale gas-powered AI campus straddling Hays and Guadalupe Counties; site sits outside both cities' ETJ to avoid local review. Over 50 residents opposed at San Marcos council meetings over water scarcity, emissions and transparency.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2025-02-07utility
    Energy Transfer and CloudBurst Data Centers announced a natural gas supply agreement via the Oasis Pipeline to provide behind-the-meter power to CloudBurst's planned Central Texas data center campus. · source
  • 2025-02-13coverage
    First major television news coverage announced CloudBurst's proposed 1.2 GW data center campus at Francis Harris Lane straddling Hays and Guadalupe Counties near San Marcos. · source
  • 2025-03-18permit
    CloudBurst filed a Flood Hazard Development Permit with Hays County, the only county-level permit instrument applicable to the site given it sits outside city ETJ. · source
  • 2025-03-30protest
    The Central Texas Data Center Tracker organized its first public protest against the CloudBurst project at the Francis Harris Lane site. · source
  • 2025-04-01coverage
    Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra publicly stated the CloudBurst project would be approved regardless of local objections, saying 'there's nothing we can do about it' because the site lies outside county land-use authority. · source
  • 2025-05-20hearing
    Hays County Commissioners Court held a public workshop for residents to hear directly from CloudBurst representatives about the proposed facility south of San Marcos. · source
  • 2025-05-21coverage
    Community Impact reported that more than 50 residents had opposed the CloudBurst project at San Marcos City Council meetings, citing water scarcity, emissions and transparency concerns, even though the site is outside city jurisdiction. · source
  • 2025-06-04coverage
    Media outlets reported CloudBurst had reversed an earlier renewable-energy pledge in favor of on-site natural gas generation, citing unreliable ERCOT grid supply. · source
  • 2025-11-05construction
    CloudBurst and Evolve Holdings held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 1.2 GW San Marcos Data Center I campus; the Data Center Action Coalition organized a protest with signs and noisemakers outside the event. · source
  • 2026-01-20environmental
    Hays County Commissioners Court authorized an 11-month, $542,360 regional water and wastewater study by HDR Engineers, prompted in part by data center water demand including CloudBurst's. · source
  • 2026-02-18denial
    San Marcos City Council voted 5-2 to deny a land-use change that would have cleared the way for a separate data center southwest of downtown, reflecting the same organized opposition driving pushback on CloudBurst. · source
  • 2026-02-24vote
    Guadalupe County Commissioners Court voted 3-2 against a $500 million, 10-year property tax abatement for the CloudBurst data center campus. · source
  • 2026-02-26coverage
    Water advocates said they would oppose all five data centers proposed in the Hays/Caldwell County area, including CloudBurst, as the region's water resource fight was described as 'just beginning.' · source
  • 2026-03-23coverage
    State Rep. Erin Zwiener formed the bipartisan Hays County Data Center Working Group, including county commissioners, San Marcos officials, and regional water advocacy groups, to address data center water use and local regulatory authority. · source
  • 2026-04-09hearing
    The Texas House Environmental Regulation Committee held a hearing on proposed state legislation requiring data center water-use disclosure, discussion informed in part by the CloudBurst case. · source
  • 2026-04-21vote
    Guadalupe County Commissioners Court reversed its February decision and approved a development agreement and tax abatement package for CloudBurst in a 3-2 vote after a nearly four-hour hearing; more than 35 residents protested at the courthouse. · source
  • 2026-06-16moratorium
    San Marcos City Council voted 4-3 to redefine its zoning code and prohibit data centers in all zoning districts citywide, becoming the first Texas city to ban the industry outright, a policy response shaped by the CloudBurst controversy. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-03-18
    CloudBurst filed a Flood Hazard Development Permit with Hays County, the only county-level permit instrument applicable to the site given it sits outside city ETJ. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CloudHQ Mount Prospect Under construction

Mount Prospect, IL · — · Operator: CloudHQ

Village hired outside engineering firm to handle CloudHQ's permit reviews; also set up a dedicated public fact-check portal, signaling active community scrutiny.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2021-06-01financing
    CloudHQ acquired the 49.7-acre former United Airlines world headquarters campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois. · source
  • 2021-12-01filing
    Mount Prospect Village Board held a first reading of an ordinance granting a preliminary plat of subdivision and conditional use for CloudHQ proposed data center campus. · source
  • 2021-12-10announcement
    Daily Herald reported details of CloudHQ proposed $2.5 billion redevelopment of the former United Airlines headquarters site into a data center campus. · source
  • 2022-06-01rezoning
    Mount Prospect Village Board held a first reading of an ordinance granting a conditional use for a final planned unit development and final plat for the three-building CloudHQ data center campus. · source
  • 2022-08-23construction
    CloudHQ and ComEd broke ground on the $2.5 billion, 1.5 million-square-foot hyperscale data center campus on the former United Airlines site, with three buildings (each over 80MW) and a new ComEd substation. · source
  • 2022-08-23coverage
    ComEd and CloudHQ jointly announced the groundbreaking, citing a first-of-its-kind onsite substation, projected 1,000+ construction jobs per building, and first building completion targeted for 2024. · source
  • 2022-11-15incentive
    Mount Prospect Village Board approved an inducement resolution supporting CloudHQ application for a Cook County Class 6b property tax incentive, assessing the property at 10% of market value for the first 10 years. · source
  • 2024-12-16utility
    Village Manager said the ComEd substation needed to power the CloudHQ site was expected complete by June; the village board also considered a $60,000 lobbying contract amid lingering state legislative hurdles. · source
  • 2025-10-28rezoning
    Mount Prospect Village Board adopted an ordinance amending the conditional use, allowing CloudHQ to revise from three two-story buildings to two three-story buildings, a second substation, and mechanical yard; first building retargeted to 2027. · source
  • 2025-11-17incentive
    Mount Prospect trustees prepared to approve $3 million in CloudHQ developer contributions toward public improvements: multiuse path, street lighting, and Park District splash pad. · source
  • 2025-11-18coverage
    The Real Deal reported on CloudHQ $3 million community-benefits package tied to the Mount Prospect megaproject. · source
  • 2026-07-16permit
    Mount Prospect hired outside firm HR Green at up to $22,500 to handle three CloudHQ permit reviews, citing roughly 3,700 sheets of construction drawings and 1,500+ pages of structural calculations. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 12 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-07-16
    Mount Prospect hired outside firm HR Green at up to $22,500 to handle three CloudHQ permit reviews, citing roughly 3,700 sheets of construction drawings and 1,500+ pages of structural calculations. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Colossus 2 Under construction

Memphis, TN · 946 MW · Operator: SpaceXAI · Owner: SpaceXAI · Tenant: Anthropic, Cursor, SpaceXAI

Chip types: B200,B300. Epoch AI estimates ~946 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2025-07-22construction
    xAI announced it had begun installing computing infrastructure at its expanded Southwest Memphis data center on Tulane Road, called Colossus 2, saying 110,000 Nvidia GB200 GPUs were being installed. · source
  • 2026-02-13lawsuit
    Earthjustice and the Southern Environmental Law Center announced they had sent xAI a 60-day Clean Air Act notice of intent to sue over unpermitted gas turbines in Southaven powering Colossus 2. · source
  • 2026-02-17hearing
    A Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality public hearing in Southaven on xAI's permit for 41 permanent gas turbines drew hundreds of attendees and, per the report, unanimous opposition from residents citing noise and air-pollution concerns. · source
  • 2026-03-10vote
    The Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Board unanimously granted xAI affiliate MZX Tech an air permit to install 41 methane gas-fired turbines at its Southaven facility, over community opposition. · source
  • 2026-04-14lawsuit
    The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP and the national NAACP, represented by SELC and Earthjustice, filed suit against xAI and its subsidiary MZX Tech in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, alleging illegal operation of unpermitted gas turbines under the Clean Air Act. · source
  • 2026-05-06lawsuit
    The NAACP filed a request for a preliminary injunction asking the court to immediately halt xAI's unpermitted air pollution from what it called an illegal power plant, then powering Colossus 2 with 33 unpermitted gas turbines. · source
  • 2026-06-15ruling
    The U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in the NAACP lawsuit and asked the court to dismiss it, arguing that shutting off power to the Colossus 2 data center would harm national security because xAI's Grok supports Department of Defense military operations. · source
  • 2026-07-14report
    Records obtained via public-records request (Trinity Consultants emails to Mississippi regulators) revealed xAI had operated 59 unpermitted gas turbines for Colossus 2, roughly double the 27 the company had publicly acknowledged in January, with at least 57 sited in Southaven, Mississippi. · source
  • 2026-07-30ruling
    The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality issued an agreed order setting a retirement schedule for xAI's 69 temporary trailer-mounted turbines at the Southaven site, requiring decommissioning to begin August 18, 2026, with most units retired by April 2027 and the most recently added by July 14, 2027, after supply-chain delays to the 41 permanent turbines. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Tennessee TDECThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • TDEC DataviewersSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Memphis planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Memphis property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.070, -90.030 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Compass Datacenters Meridian Under construction

Meridian, MS · 500 MW · Operator: Compass Datacenters

$10B, 500MW campus with 8 facilities in Meridian, Mississippi. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2025-01-01coverage
    Mississippi State University and state leaders publicly welcomed Compass Datacenters arrival in Meridian. · source
  • 2025-01-09announcement
    Compass Datacenters announced plans to build an eight-building, 500MW hyperscale campus in the I-20/59 industrial park in Lauderdale County (Meridian), representing a $10 billion investment. Gov. Reeves called it a monumental economic development win. · source
  • 2025-01-17coverage
    Meridian Star editorial credits months of closed-door discussions between EMBDC, Lauderdale County Supervisors, City of Meridian, and Mississippi Power for landing the Compass project. · source
  • 2025-01-28construction
    Compass Datacenters held its official groundbreaking ceremony near the I-20/I-59 corridor in Lauderdale County, attended by Gov. Reeves, PSC Commissioner Stamps, and Compass VP Katie Hancock. · source
  • 2025-02-01incentive
    Mississippi Development Authority certified Compass as a data center operator, granting 10-year state income/franchise tax exemptions plus sales/use tax exemption on construction materials, equipment, and software/hardware replacements. · source
  • 2025-02-07utility
    Mississippi Public Service Commission approved the special electric service contract between Mississippi Power and Compass Datacenters Jan I, LLC, clearing the way for ~500MW of supply to the campus. · source
  • 2025-02-25filing
    Mississippi Senate unanimously passed SB 3168, updating the state Data Center Enterprise incentive program (raising investment thresholds, adding an electricity tax exemption, allowing automatic 10-year extensions). · source
  • 2025-12-29coverage
    Center for Economic Accountability named Mississippi Compass Datacenters/Lauderdale County tax-break package the nation Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year for 2025, citing the length and breadth of tax exemptions versus minimal disclosed local benefit. · source
  • 2026-05-08public-comment
    Compass held a lunch and learn informational session at the MSU Riley Center; residents raised concerns about rising electricity and water bills, and Compass VP Sarah Ridgely responded the campus uses closed-loop water cooling. · source
  • 2026-07-15coverage
    Lauderdale County officials issued a statement strongly supporting the Compass project as transformational, citing 1,000+ construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs. · source
  • 2026-07-16hearing
    Mississippi Legislature AI Task Force held a two-day hearing on data center impacts; Compass SVP Brent Collard testified the company invested $300 million in Meridian grid infrastructure and created 6,400 long-term jobs, while other testimony raised statewide concerns about noise, air pollution, and water draw. · source
  • 2026-07-31coverage
    Compass and Meridian Community College launched Mississippi first data center workforce training program (14-week MEI Data Center Pathway) with Compass funding full-tuition scholarships for an inaugural cohort of 12 students. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Meridian planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Meridian property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreSite DE3 (Denver) Under construction

Globeville-Elyria-Swansea (Denver), CO · 75 MW · Operator: CoreSite

170,000 sq ft facility at 5050 N. Race St drawing 65-75MW. Under construction with no required community notice; opposition from the neighborhood was the direct catalyst for Denver's citywide one-year data center moratorium passed in May 2026.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2022-11-10financing
    CoreSite purchased the Elyria-Swansea site (former concrete plant, heavy-industrial zoned) at Race Street and E. 49th Avenue for $33.5 million. · source
  • 2024-08-01filing
    Mayor Johnston's Denver Economic Development office brought CoreSite's $9M tax incentive request to City Council, which would have returned half of sales/use taxes on the project. · source
  • 2024-10-01withdrawal
    CoreSite dropped its pursuit of the $9M city tax break after council members raised concerns about water and energy usage; the company proceeded to build DE3 using by-right industrial zoning without further council review. · source
  • 2025-02-01report
    A state-funded community health study found Globeville-Elyria-Swansea residents have significantly higher asthma hospitalization rates than the Denver average, underscoring the neighborhood's existing pollution burden. · source
  • 2025-07-01permit
    Colorado DPHE issued an air quality permit allowing CoreSite to install 14 Kohler diesel backup generators (5,040 hp each) at DE3, capped at 25 hours/year of emergency or testing use. · source
  • 2025-09-01construction
    Construction on CoreSite's DE3 data center building was actively underway in Elyria-Swansea, part of a planned 600,000 sq ft, three-building, 60MW campus at 5050 N. Race St. · source
  • 2025-10-06construction
    CoreSite marked a 'topping out' milestone for the 180,000 sq ft DE3 building, the first purpose-built colocation data center in Denver in two decades. · source
  • 2025-10-14coverage
    Colorado Public Radio reported on whether the AI boom threatens local air quality in north Denver, detailing the CoreSite DE3 project, its generators, and neighborhood pollution concerns. · source
  • 2026-02-24protest
    Hundreds of GES residents attended a town hall on the CoreSite data center; CoreSite itself skipped the meeting citing 'safety concerns,' leaving Councilmember Watson, Xcel Energy, Denver Water and state health officials to face residents' questions. · source
  • 2026-03-12utility
    Colorado Sun reported that Xcel Energy's data-center-driven building boom threatens to shock consumers with higher electric bills, adding pressure for state action. · source
  • 2026-04-07utility
    Xcel Energy released a proposed large-load tariff to charge data centers the full cost of powering their operations (including 15-year contracts) to reduce bill impacts on residential Colorado customers. · source
  • 2026-04-22public-comment
    State air quality regulators pushed for public meetings over CoreSite's diesel generator permit amid community pressure. · source
  • 2026-05-12filing
    Colorado lawmakers killed both major data center bills for the session, leaving regulation to the Colorado PUC and increasing pressure on Denver's local moratorium effort. · source
  • 2026-05-18moratorium
    Denver City Council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium halting new data center zoning permits, after hours of community testimony; several members publicly apologized for not stopping the CoreSite project when they had the chance in October 2024. · source
  • 2026-05-21moratorium
    Denver's one-year data center moratorium took effect, with the city convening a 20+ member working group of officials, utilities, unions, industry, and community advocates to recommend future regulation. · source
  • 2026-07-21environmental
    CoreSite's data center generators/construction were drawing noise complaints from Elyria-Swansea residents as the facility neared completion. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-07-01
    Colorado DPHE issued an air quality permit allowing CoreSite to install 14 Kohler diesel backup generators (5,040 hp each) at DE3, capped at 25 hours/year of emergency or testing use. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Crusoe Abilene Expansion Under construction

Abilene, TX · — · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

None

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2024-07-26announcement
    Crusoe Energy Systems announced it is building a 200 MW data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas. · source
  • 2024-10-15financing
    Crusoe Energy Systems, Blue Owl Capital, and Primary Digital Infrastructure announced a $3.4 billion joint venture to fund and operate a 206 MW data center in Abilene, Texas. · source
  • 2024-11-21financing
    Blackstone closed a $500 million equity investment in Lancium, whose first campus in Abilene is slated to come online in 2025; the Lancium project was originally announced in 2021 for cryptocurrency mining before pivoting to AI. · source
  • 2024-11-21financing
    An SEC filing showed Crusoe Energy secured $686 million of a targeted $818 million raise from 70 investors; the Abilene campus is expected to be leased to Oracle, which will in turn rent it to Microsoft and OpenAI. · source
  • 2025-01-22announcement
    OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle announced the Stargate project at the White House, a venture to invest up to $500 billion in AI data center infrastructure including 10 data centers, with one already under construction in Texas. · source
  • 2025-02-06construction
    OpenAI confirmed it was breaking ground on Stargate's first site in Abilene, with a requirement to create at least 57 full-time positions earning an average wage of $57,600 annually; OpenAI VP Chris Lehane called Texas 'the flagship' for the venture. · source
  • 2025-02-06financing
    Newmark arranged $2.3 billion in financing for the 206 MW Abilene data center on behalf of Blue Owl Capital, Crusoe Energy Systems, and Primary Digital Infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-03-07announcement
    The Abilene Stargate site was expected to house 64,000 Nvidia GB200 chips by end of 2026, with an initial 16,000-chip deployment targeted for summer 2025; Oracle was reported to be in charge of operating the supercomputer. · source
  • 2025-06-01construction
    In June 2025, Crusoe, Blue Owl Capital, and Primary Digital Infrastructure entered the second phase of a $15 billion joint venture for a 1.2 GW data center in Abilene; construction on six additional buildings began in March 2025, targeted to go live by mid-2026. · source
  • 2025-09-24announcement
    At a press conference in Abilene, OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new Stargate data center sites totaling 7 GW, including an additional 600 MW expansion near the original Abilene location. · source
  • 2026-03-06withdrawal
    Bloomberg reported that Oracle and OpenAI ended plans to expand the flagship Abilene data center amid financing complexity and revised demand assumptions. · source
  • 2026-03-27announcement
    Crusoe announced a 900 MW expansion of its Abilene AI campus as an 'AI Factory' for Microsoft, with behind-the-meter power generation and battery storage, bringing total planned campus capacity to approximately 2.1 GW. · source
  • 2026-06-25coverage
    Data Center Knowledge reported that Crusoe is adding a 900 MW AI data center to its Abilene campus for Microsoft, bringing total planned capacity to 2.1 GW, as part of a broader analysis of Texas becoming the largest data center market. · source
  • 2026-06-30report
    A Stargate progress report noted the 1,100-acre Abilene campus moved from groundworks to energization faster than comparable campuses but suffered weather-related outages; Microsoft partnered with Crusoe to develop additional buildings, transforming the site into a multi-tenant AI infrastructure hub. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Abilene planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Abilene property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.380, -99.770 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CyrusOne Bosque County Under construction

Bosque County, TX · 190 MW · Operator: CyrusOne

$1.2B, 190MW Phase 1 data center in Bosque County, Texas. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2024-10-21incentive
    Bosque County commissioners approved a tax abatement for CyrusOne's data center project and for Calpine Corporation's related energy expansion, backing the $1.2 billion initiative (financed in part by BlackRock and KKR). · source
  • 2024-11-11filing
    CyrusOne registered its DFW10 project with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: a $750 million, 250,000-square-foot single-story data center with a two-story office component at 557 CR 3610, Whitney. · source
  • 2025-07-30announcement
    Calpine and CyrusOne announced a new 190-megawatt powered-land agreement to serve a new CyrusOne data center adjacent to Calpine's Thad Hill Energy Center in Bosque County, with the facility under construction and targeted for Q4 2026 operation. · source
  • 2025-11-03announcement
    Calpine and CyrusOne announced Phase 2 of their powered-land agreement, adding 210MW to the original 190MW commitment for a combined 400-megawatt deal at the Bosque County campus. · source
  • 2025-12-05filing
    CyrusOne filed Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation applications for two additional facilities at the Whitney site, DFW17B ($500M, 249,090 sq ft) and DFW17C ($430M, 93,319 sq ft with an office component), expanding the Bosque County campus. · source
  • 2025-12-07coverage
    Houston Chronicle reported on CyrusOne's newly filed $430 million, 93,319-square-foot data center building at FM56 and CR3610A in Whitney, part of the expanding Bosque County campus. · source
  • 2025-12-14coverage
    The Waco Bridge published an analysis of water, power, and political challenges facing the CyrusOne/Calpine data center project region, including the Bosque County campus. · source
  • 2026-01-12public-comment
    Bosque County commissioners hosted a town hall/special commissioners-court session at the Clifton ISD Performing Arts Center where CyrusOne president John Hatem told roughly 60 residents the 400MW data center uses closed-loop cooling and would not draw down Lake Whitney; residents raised concerns about Middle Trinity aquifer depletion, with one warning the county could be "out of groundwater in 30 to 35 years." · source
  • 2026-01-14coverage
    The Waco Bridge reported on the Lake Whitney data center town hall, noting officials' projection of a 120% county tax-base increase (about $70 million over 30 years) and continuing resident skepticism over water use. · source
  • 2026-03-26construction
    CyrusOne topped out the first building (DFW10) at its Bosque County campus, with initial fit-out of DFW10 and DFW11 targeted for October 2026 and August 2027 respectively. · source
  • 2026-05-26hearing
    A standing-room-only Bosque County Commissioners Court meeting on proposed data-center tax abatements drew strong resident opposition over rural infrastructure, water use, noise, energy demand, and fire-safety preparedness; commissioners took no action and set a June 17 deadline for revisions. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CyrusOne Fairfield Under construction

Fairfield (Freestone County), TX · 760 MW · Operator: CyrusOne

$1.5B, 760MW campus with 3 buildings in Fairfield, Texas. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2025-12-03incentive
    Freestone County Commissioners held a public hearing and unanimously approved Reinvestment Zone Number 12 (C1 Freestone, LLC Data Center, a CyrusOne affiliate) on 507 acres near the Calpine plant, with a minimum $600 million initial improvement and a 10-year, $850,000/year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement. · source
  • 2026-02-09announcement
    Constellation's Calpine unit and CyrusOne announced a Powered Land Capabilities agreement supplying 380MW for Phase 1 of a new data center adjacent to the Freestone Energy Center, with an exclusive option for an additional 380MW in Phase 2 (760MW total). · source
  • 2026-05-13public-comment
    A public notice regarding the data center project and upcoming county hearing was published in the Freestone County Times. · source
  • 2026-05-25protest
    A Change.org petition titled "Ban Data Centers in Freestone County" was started, citing water, noise and light pollution, rising power costs, and health/traffic impacts; it drew hundreds of signatures ahead of the county's June hearings. · source
  • 2026-06-03public-comment
    A Freestone County Commissioners Court meeting drew an overflow crowd (relocated to the District Courtroom) with 15+ residents raising concerns about permanent water loss, noise, health effects, and lack of transparency; resident Toni Abram asked for a 1-2 year pause, and the court scheduled a special meeting for June 10 and a public hearing for June 17. · source
  • 2026-06-04construction
    CyrusOne held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Freestone County data center campus with County Judge Lloyd Lane, Fairfield Mayor Bobby Nichols, Calpine, and contractor Rogers-O'Brien Construction. · source
  • 2026-06-10hearing
    A special Freestone County Commissioners Court meeting was held at which CyrusOne presented information addressing resident concerns, citing a closed-loop water system (~1,000 gallons/day per building), 45-55 decibel noise levels, about 40 jobs per building, and a 2030 carbon-neutral goal. · source
  • 2026-06-17withdrawal
    At a public hearing on a proposed Phase 2 tax abatement, roughly 30 residents voiced opposition over noise, water pollution, utility bills, and transparency; CyrusOne subsequently rescinded its tax abatement request for Phase 2, and County Judge Lloyd Lane said the abatement agreement had been the county's only leverage over the project. · source
  • 2026-08-03filing
    CyrusOne filed permits with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for a three-building, $1.5 billion, 760MW data center campus (buildings DFW20A, DFW20B, DFW20C) on FM 488 in Fairfield, targeting completion by the end of August 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

DataBank Red Oak Campus Under construction

Red Oak (Ellis County), TX · 300 MW · Operator: DataBank

8-building campus (400MW substation, up to 300MW critical IT); first 3 buildings already leased, $2.0B construction financing secured April 2026.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2024-06-13filing
    DataBank registered its first Red Oak building, DFW9 (425,170 sq ft, two-story data center with office space, $256M estimated cost), with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TABS project TABS2024020821). · source
  • 2024-09-10announcement
    DataBank announced development of a 480MW, 292-acre, eight-building data center campus in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas (its third new-campus announcement in 12 months), with Phase 1 covering four buildings and a 400MW Oncor substation delivering 240MW of critical IT power; initial ready-for-service targeted for Q2 2026. · source
  • 2024-11-05filing
    DataBank filed plans for a second Red Oak building, DFW10 ($256M, 425,000+ sq ft), with construction slated to begin February 2025 and complete by mid-2028; report described it as a $256M addition to the growing Red Oak campus. · source
  • 2024-11-05filing
    Dallas Express reported DataBank's $265M expansion of the Red Oak campus (second facility), a 425,000 sq ft two-story building designed by JHET Architects, with construction beginning February 2025 and completion expected July 2028; full build-out envisions eight buildings totaling 3.4M+ sq ft. · source
  • 2025-12-01construction
    Construction work on DFW11 at the Red Oak campus began (per reported December 2025–January 2028 build schedule), part of the campus's staggered build-out following DFW9 and DFW10. · source
  • 2026-04-21financing
    DataBank closed a $2.0 billion construction loan — its largest financing to date, led by MUFG Bank under DataBank's Green Financing Framework — to fund the first three Red Oak buildings (DFW9, DFW10, DFW11: 600,000 sq ft, 180MW), all fully leased to an AI/cloud tenant (reported to be Oracle); the financing was said to accelerate delivery by about 18 months. · source
  • 2026-05-11hearing
    Red Oak Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council held a separate, contentious public hearing on an unrelated 830-acre Compass Datacenters project elsewhere in Red Oak; over 150 residents attended amid a 1,600-signature opposition petition citing noise, water, traffic and power-grid concerns (noted here for context but distinct from DataBank's Stainback Road campus). · source
  • 2026-06-01construction
    Reporting described DataBank's Red Oak campus in active construction, with initial concrete pours underway and electrical systems installation beginning; residents voiced mixed reactions including concerns about noise and water use, while DataBank held public meetings and appointed a community liaison. · source
  • 2026-06-16financing
    DataBank closed $1.45 billion in new financing across two transactions: an $800M corporate revolving credit facility and a $650M upsize (including DataBank's first private-placement notes) of the Red Oak construction loan to fund a fourth building (60MW additional IT capacity), bringing total Red Oak campus financing to $2.65 billion. · source
  • 2026-08-01construction
    Dallas Morning News reported DFW9 was expected to come online in August 2026, with DFW10 (interior work, ~$301M, completion January 2027) and DFW11 (~$315M, completion March 2027) following on a staggered schedule; residents cited concerns about scale, infrastructure strain, a 10-year tax-abatement delay on community benefits, and limited local job creation relative to project size. · source
  • 2026-08-11moratorium
    Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered a statewide audit of all data centers connecting to the ERCOT grid, effectively pausing new interconnections pending review — a state-level action affecting all Texas data center projects, including those on DataBank's Red Oak campus. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Berkeley County Under construction

Berkeley County, SC · — · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

$9B multi-site data center investment in Berkeley County, South Carolina. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (18 events)
  • 2007-01-01announcement
    Google announces plans to construct a data center complex in Berkeley County, SC (Mount Holly Commerce Park, Moncks Corner) — its first South Carolina site, initial investment around $600 million. · source
  • 2010-11-01announcement
    Google announces plans to build a second building at the Berkeley County site. · source
  • 2010-12-01incentive
    Fee-in-Lieu of Tax (FILOT) agreement formalized, cutting Google property-tax assessment rate from 10.5% to 4% and locking it in for up to 50 years with an 80% rebate on the fee. · source
  • 2013-01-01announcement
    Google announces a further $600 million expansion, bringing cumulative Berkeley County investment to about $1.2 billion. · source
  • 2015-11-01permit
    Google receives a state permit to withdraw up to 183 million gallons per year of groundwater from the Charleston/Middendorf aquifer. · source
  • 2016-06-01filing
    Google reapplies to DHEC seeking to roughly triple its groundwater withdrawal permit to about 549 million gallons per year. · source
  • 2018-08-28incentive
    Berkeley County approves a tax-incentive package for a $600 million expansion (entity Maguro Enterprises), maintaining the 4% assessment/80% rebate FILOT structure; investment total reaches $2.4 billion. · source
  • 2019-02-01filing
    Google reapplies to DHEC for the 549-million-gallon-per-year groundwater withdrawal permit from the Middendorf aquifer. · source
  • 2019-08-22permit
    DHEC issues a draft permit allowing withdrawal of 549 million gallons of groundwater per year, drawing formal objections from the Coastal Conservation League and local water utilities. · source
  • 2019-12-12ruling
    Google, DHEC, the Coastal Conservation League and SELC reach a final agreement imposing tougher conditions: Google must treat groundwater as a last resort, develop alternative sources, and report usage quarterly. · source
  • 2023-01-01coverage
    A Google affiliate (Arum Composites LLC) purchases roughly 143 acres across five parcels in Berkeley County for about $28.5 million. · source
  • 2024-03-01permit
    Google seeks a land-disturbance permit for its second data center site in rural Dorchester County (Pine Hill Business Campus). · source
  • 2024-09-26announcement
    Google announces a combined $3.3 billion investment in SC: $2 billion for two new Dorchester County campuses and $1.3 billion to expand Berkeley County; includes $2.2 million for environmental initiatives. · source
  • 2024-09-26construction
    Groundbreaking ceremony held in Dorchester County with Governor McMaster; each new site expected to employ about 100 workers, existing Berkeley County site employs roughly 900. · source
  • 2024-10-15public-comment
    Public input meeting on emergency generators for the Pine Hill campus; about eight residents raised concerns over air quality, traffic, wetland impacts, and transparency. · source
  • 2025-10-13announcement
    Google announces a new $9 billion investment through 2027 to expand Berkeley County and continue Dorchester County construction — the largest single investment in South Carolina history. · source
  • 2025-12-01coverage
    Analysis examines whether Google $9 billion SC buildout is a net boon or burden for host communities, covering tax-incentive costs versus benefits. · source
  • 2026-04-24report
    SC Daily Gazette reports South Carolina data centers received a combined $828 million in state tax breaks on electricity and computer-equipment purchases in the prior year. · source
Find the paper trail (3 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (3)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-03-01
    Google seeks a land-disturbance permit for its second data center site in rural Dorchester County (Pine Hill Business Campus). · source
  • 2019-08-22
    DHEC issues a draft permit allowing withdrawal of 549 million gallons of groundwater per year, drawing formal objections from the Coastal Conservation League and local water utilities. · source
  • 2015-11-01
    Google receives a state permit to withdraw up to 183 million gallons per year of groundwater from the Charleston/Middendorf aquifer. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Kansas City East Under construction

Kansas City, MO · 105 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Epoch AI estimates ~105 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2019-07-22incentive
    Port KC board voted to approve issuing bonds and a property tax abatement for a potential $600 million Google data center on 78 acres at Hunt Midwest Business Center in the Northland. · source
  • 2024-03-20announcement
    Google announced a $1 billion data center at Hunt Midwest Business Center on NE Parvin Road in Kansas City, with a target opening as soon as 2025, partnering with Evergy, Ranger Power, and DESRI on 400 MW of new carbon-free energy capacity from the Missouri-based Beavertail Solar farm. · source
  • 2024-03-20incentive
    Google committed $100,000-plus to the North Kansas City School District STEAM program and announced its Skilled Trades and Readiness (STAR) paid training program for the Kansas City area, in collaboration with the Missouri Works Initiative and Urban League. · source
  • 2024-04-04coverage
    Flatland KC reported that Google's $1 billion data center announcement would add significantly to area electricity demand, complicating Evergy's carbon-reduction goals alongside other large projects like the Panasonic battery plant. · source
  • 2024-11-12coverage
    Flatland KC reported Google had arranged with Evergy, Ranger Power, and DESRI to add 400 MW of carbon-free energy capacity from the Beavertail Solar farm to power its $1 billion data facility at Hunt Midwest Business Center. · source
  • 2025-09-08coverage
    KCUR identified AG Rose Solutions as the Google affiliate LLC behind the Kansas City data center, noting the facility was under construction; David Thomas signed the Missouri secretary of state filing for the LLC. · source
  • 2026-03-22construction
    KCUR reported Google's first KC-area campus near Worlds of Fun was still under construction and reportedly drawing roughly 1,000 construction workers. · source
  • 2026-04-29incentive
    Google and Keystone Community Corporation launched OnRamp, a two-part AI education initiative in Kansas City; the OnRamp Start cohort of 25 participants began May 5, 2026, with a youth-focused OnRamp Foundations track starting in June 2026. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.150, -94.470 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Midlothian Under construction

Midlothian, TX · 103 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Epoch AI estimates ~103 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2017-05-01filing
    Google, operating as Sharka LLC, purchased 375 acres in Midlothian's Railport Business Park in May 2017 for a future data center campus. · source
  • 2018-07-01incentive
    Ellis County approved a 10-year tax abatement agreement with Google for the Midlothian data center site in July 2018. · source
  • 2018-07-31announcement
    Google confirmed its 375-acre land purchase in Midlothian; the city offered an 85% real property tax abatement and 100% personal property tax abatement for 10 years, with a minimum $500 million capital investment and 40 full-time jobs required within five years. · source
  • 2019-06-14announcement
    Google announced a $600 million investment in a new data center in Midlothian, its first in Texas, promising at least 50 full-time jobs and a $100,000 STEM grant to Midlothian Independent School District. · source
  • 2019-06-14construction
    Google broke ground on its $600 million, 282,000-sq-ft first data center building (Building 1) at 3800 Railport Parkway in Midlothian, repurposing a former Toys R Us warehouse site. · source
  • 2024-08-15announcement
    Google announced a $1 billion data center expansion in Midlothian, bringing total North Texas investment to $2.7 billion; Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Jake Ellzey attended the announcement. · source
  • 2025-11-14announcement
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $40 billion Texas data center investment at the Midlothian campus, with continued expansion of the Midlothian site and Dallas cloud region confirmed alongside three new campuses elsewhere in the state. · source
  • 2025-12-08permit
    Google registered its fifth data center building (Sharka Data Center Building 5) at 3441 Railport Parkway in Midlothian, a 288,000-sq-ft facility with an estimated $880 million investment. · source
  • 2026-01-01construction
    Construction began in late January 2026 on Google's Building 5 at the Midlothian campus, with an estimated completion date of February 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-12-08
    Google registered its fifth data center building (Sharka Data Center Building 5) at 3441 Railport Parkway in Midlothian, a 288,000-sq-ft facility with an estimated $880 million investment. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Midlothian planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Midlothian property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.460, -96.980 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Papillion Under construction

Papillion, NE · 237 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v4,TPU v5e,TPU v6e,TPU v5p. Epoch AI estimates ~237 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2019-01-02coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reports that a project code-named 'Project Wizard' in Sarpy County has evidence pointing to Google as the developer of a major new data center. · source
  • 2019-10-04announcement
    Google holds a groundbreaking ceremony for a $600 million data center on a 275-acre site off Highway 50 and Schram Road in Papillion, with Governor Pete Ricketts, Congressman Don Bacon, and Mayor David Black in attendance; the facility is described as Google's 13th nationwide. · source
  • 2019-10-04construction
    KMTV reports that OPPD had been collaborating with Google on power infrastructure for approximately six years prior to the groundbreaking, and Google expects the Papillion facility to be operational within 18-24 months. · source
  • 2022-04-21announcement
    Google announces at least $750 million in new Nebraska investment including expansion of its Papillion campus at 14706 Schram Road (then employing 120 people) and a new data center in northwest Omaha, bringing total state investment past $1 billion. · source
  • 2023-08-22announcement
    Google announces $1.2 billion in new Nebraska investment to expand the Papillion and Omaha facilities and build a third data center in Lincoln; the Papillion facility is described as having created over 120 jobs since opening in 2019. · source
  • 2025-11-18coverage
    In November 2025, Silicon Prairie News reports that OPPD now anticipates annual electricity demand growth of over 100 MW (up from 4 MW previously), driven by data center expansion including Google's Sarpy County facility described as its first in Nebraska. · source
  • 2026-06-03environmental
    Google announces $17 million in water stewardship grants across seven states; the Metropolitan Utilities District in Omaha receives $3 million for acoustic leak-detection sensors across 500 miles of water lines, tied to Google's three Nebraska data centers. · source
  • 2026-07-08coverage
    In July 2026, Flatwater Free Press reports that Google's Nebraska data centers consumed approximately 732 million gallons of water in 2025, up from 46.6 million gallons in 2022 and 134.7 million gallons in 2023; the Papillion facility is identified as one of three sites. · source
  • 2026-07-15report
    Grist reports that Nebraska passed a law requiring data centers to disclose annual water consumption and power demand to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; Google's three Nebraska facilities including Papillion consumed approximately 732 million gallons in 2025. · source
  • 2026-07-20incentive
    Governor Pillen signs an executive order curbing tax incentives for large data centers; KOLN reports that Nebraska data centers have received $519 million in property tax exemptions since 2021. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Papillion planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Papillion property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.150, -96.040 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google The Dalles Under construction

The Dalles, OR · 154 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Chip types: TPU v6e,TPU v5p,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~154 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2021-09-01filing
    The Oregonian reporter Mike Rogoway submitted a public records request to the City of The Dalles for records of Google's local water usage, which the city denied by claiming the data was a trade secret, triggering the ensuing legal fight (September 2021). · source
  • 2021-11-08vote
    The Dalles city council authorized an infrastructure agreement with Google (via subsidiary Design LLC) worth $28.5 million for water system improvements. · source
  • 2021-11-09incentive
    Google signed a Strategic Investment Program agreement with The Dalles providing property tax breaks in exchange for the company's investment commitments, alongside a $28.5 million infrastructure agreement. · source
  • 2022-12-14lawsuit
    The Dalles settled its lawsuit against The Oregonian, agreeing to release ten years of Google water-usage records to reporter Mike Rogoway and to have Google reimburse the city's $53,173 in legal fees to the newspaper. · source
  • 2024-01-30permit
    The Dalles' community development department gave Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. approval to begin construction on a 290,000-square-foot, roughly $600 million Google data center building for Google subsidiary Design LLC at the former aluminum smelter site. · source
  • 2025-01-01construction
    Google completed construction of a fourth data center building at its The Dalles campus in 2025. · source
  • 2025-12-09vote
    H.R. 655, the Dalles Watershed Development Act sponsored by Rep. Cliff Bentz, which would transfer about 150 acres of Mt. Hood National Forest land to The Dalles to expand its reservoir, passed the U.S. House and moved to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. · source
  • 2026-01-15environmental
    OPB reported that Google's water consumption in The Dalles rose 316% from 2012 to 2024 (from 104 million to 434 million gallons annually) while the city's population grew only 12%, and that a bill (H.R. 655) would transfer Mount Hood National Forest land to the city to expand its reservoir. · source
  • 2026-01-23coverage
    The Dalles Mayor Richard Mays publicly called OPB's reporting on Google's data center water use inaccurate; OPB's follow-up corrected one error, noting projected residential water rate increases by 2036 were 99%, not the 7% initially reported. · source
  • 2026-02-11protest
    A coalition of 13 organizations including WaterWatch of Oregon, Bark, Columbia Riverkeeper, Sierra Club, and Oregon Wild sent a letter pressuring Senator Wyden to oppose H.R. 655, stating Google has received about $260 million in state and local tax breaks at its The Dalles campus. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-01-30
    The Dalles' community development department gave Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. approval to begin construction on a 290,000-square-foot, roughly $600 million Google data center building for Google subsidiary Design LLC at the former aluminum smelter site. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search The Dalles planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search The Dalles property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Oregon Public Utility Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 45.600, -121.180 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Hut 8 / Google West Feliciana Parish Under construction

West Feliciana Parish, LA · 1,000 MW · Operator: Hut 8 · Owner: Hut 8 · Tenant: Google

$10B, 1,000 MW data center campus in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (18 events)
  • 2023-10-09announcement
    West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard teased a major economic development announcement at a parish council meeting, later revealed to be tied to the data center project land assembly. · source
  • 2023-10-23coverage
    West Feliciana Parish sold 107 acres of surplus land near the old paper mill to M/V Industrial LLC for $500,000 ($4,672/acre) — later at the center of a land-deal controversy tied to the data center site assembly. · source
  • 2023-11-01announcement
    Havard announced the parish had sold the 107-acre industrial park site for $500,000 for what he described as a project that would be a major economic boost. · source
  • 2025-01-06rezoning
    West Feliciana Parish officials unanimously approved rezoning/development of the AI data center; Phase 1 includes two 450,000-sq-ft buildings. Officials flagged traffic-safety concerns and Hut 8 said closed-loop cooling would avoid heavy water consumption. · source
  • 2025-01-13vote
    Parish council approved the $2.5 billion Hut 8 data center project with an aggressive timeline to build. · source
  • 2025-02-27coverage
    M/V Industrial LLC finalized purchase of additional nearby parcels for millions of dollars, then the same day resold those properties to Hut 8 for the data center site — a transaction central to later corruption allegations. · source
  • 2025-03-27coverage
    WBRZ investigative report: Port Commission members alleged Parish President Havard and Port Commission President Grezaffi improperly profited from the 2023 land sale (M/V Industrial LLC tied to Grezaffi Cedar Management Company), claiming the parish was defrauded of roughly $11.5 million. Ethics complaint filed the next day. · source
  • 2025-04-14vote
    West Feliciana Parish Council voted 3-2 to pass a resolution supporting a state bill to dissolve the West Feliciana Port Commission, amid the land-deal dispute. · source
  • 2025-08-18construction
    Hut 8 broke ground on the $2.5 billion (Phase I) River Bend data center on a 611-acre parcel off LA 964; first building targeted for completion by end of 2025, second before end of 2026. · source
  • 2025-12-17financing
    Hut 8 signed a 15-year, $7.0 billion lease (up to $17.7B with renewals) with Fluidstack for 245 MW at River Bend, with Google (Alphabet) providing two financial backstops. Anthropic is the ultimate compute user via Fluidstack. · source
  • 2025-12-17announcement
    Hut 8, Anthropic, and Fluidstack jointly announced a multi-gigawatt AI infrastructure partnership (245 MW up to 2,295 MW); Louisiana Economic Development announced Hut 8 selection of the site for a $10 billion Phase I investment scalable to 1,000+ MW, backed by Entergy Louisiana (330 MW initial). · source
  • 2025-12-18incentive
    Hut 8 River Bend projected to generate $90 million annually for West Feliciana Parish (versus $41M current tax revenue) under a 30-year PILOT agreement with the parish Industrial Development Board. · source
  • 2026-04-16filing
    State legislation (HB466) introduced that would let West Feliciana Industrial Development Board rebate property taxes to residents/businesses from the anticipated data center revenue windfall. · source
  • 2026-05-07coverage
    Parish officials outlined plans to replace West Feliciana 1948 jail (39-bed expanding to ~150) using data-center PILOT revenue; first prepayment anticipated around July 2026, full annual payments (~$90M/yr for 15 years) expected once project completes late 2027. · source
  • 2026-05-19utility
    Hut 8 committed $16 million to expand West Feliciana water infrastructure (new well, ~8 miles of water main) to be transferred to the parish at no taxpayer cost, serving 4,000+ households. · source
  • 2026-06-01construction
    Jacobs began formal EPCM work on the $10 billion River Bend campus, partnering with Vertiv on critical infrastructure; financed up to 85% via project-level debt from J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs. · source
  • 2026-06-01financing
    West Feliciana Parish Council and Industrial Development Board approved a cooperative endeavor agreement accepting a $10 million advance on Hut 8 future PILOT payments, split $5.3M to school board, $3.9M to parish government, and $800,000 to sheriff office. · source
  • 2026-07-14coverage
    Hut 8 held a hiring event and community open house at West Feliciana Parish High School for River Bend jobs. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Matrix Data Center Campus Under construction

Sulphur Springs (Hopkins County), TX · 800 MW · Operator: MSB Global Services

$18.7B, 1,677-acre, 3GW net-zero AI campus on former Thermo lignite mine land. Phase I: 390 acres/800MW across 8 buildings; Phase II adds geothermal microgrid by 2027.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2019-01-01filing
    Vistra/Luminant Mining conveyed roughly 5,000 acres of the former Thermo lignite mine to the City of Sulphur Springs; the deed included a restrictive covenant barring power generation or storage on the land. · source
  • 2025-02-01construction
    Phase I construction begins on the Matrix Data Center Campus: site grading, Trinity Road work, and utility infrastructure ahead of the eight-building, 800MW first phase. · source
  • 2025-06-13construction
    MSB Global holds official groundbreaking ceremony for the Matrix Data Center Campus, an 1,677-acre, up to 3GW, $18.7B hyperscale AI campus billed as a public-private partnership with the City of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County. · source
  • 2025-09-30filing
    Vistra sends Sulphur Springs a cease-and-desist letter asserting the 2019 deed restrictive covenant bars on-site power generation/storage needed for the data center campus. · source
  • 2025-10-15lawsuit
    City of Sulphur Springs sues Vistra and Luminant Mining, arguing the restrictive covenant is unenforceable and against public policy; Vistra counters the covenant was known to the city. · source
  • 2025-11-01filing
    Texas AG Ken Paxton files an amicus brief supporting the City, revealing an Antitrust Division investigation into Luminant for inserting the same power-generation restrictive covenant into roughly 150 deeds across 18 Texas counties, calling it an attempt to improperly enrich Luminant by nearly $15 billion. · source
  • 2025-11-25filing
    Vistra and Luminant file their First Amended Answer and Counterclaims in Hopkins County (Cause No. CV45943), escalating the legal battle over the data center site. · source
  • 2026-01-21hearing
    Hopkins County District Court hearing; City Manager Marc Maxwell is subpoenaed by Vistra counsel and testifies; residents publicly press officials for answers on the project. · source
  • 2026-02-10ruling
    Judge Dan Moore denies a major City motion and issues a temporary injunction freezing new construction/development on the ~5,000-acre site pending trial, effectively halting power-system construction. · source
  • 2026-04-15lawsuit
    Resident Jack Curtis files suit alleging the City Council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act by concealing data-center deal details in council minutes/agendas. · source
  • 2026-05-06vote
    Sulphur Springs City Council authorizes $1.2 million in legal funding for the ongoing data-center litigation; residents protest the spending at the meeting. · source
  • 2026-05-06protest
    Residents protest outside the Sulphur Springs City Council meeting over the $1.2 million legal-cost allocation, citing lack of transparency. · source
  • 2026-06-03announcement
    At a packed City Council meeting, Mayor Tyler Law announces a new developer will take over the Matrix Data Center Campus, with original developer MSB Global being phased out amid the legal battles. · source
  • 2026-07-07hearing
    Judge Dan Moore hears over three hours of arguments on Vistra Rule 91a motion to dismiss 6 of 11 counts, focused on fraud allegations and when the city became aware of the deed restrictive covenant; no ruling issued. · source
  • 2026-07-18protest
    Sulphur Springs residents hold a peaceful demonstration against the data center as part of a coordinated nationwide National Day of Protest organized by advocacy group Humans First. · source
  • 2026-08-01coverage
    Heatmap News reports the trial original September 2026 date has been cancelled/pushed back, with the case now likely heading to trial in 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Aiken Under construction

Trenton (Aiken County), SC · 142 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~142 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2022-12-01financing
    In December 2022, Starskey LLC (later revealed as Meta's project entity) and affiliated buyers purchased four parcels totaling 572.58 acres in Sage Mill Industrial Park in Graniteville for $19.3 million. · source
  • 2023-03-21vote
    Aiken County Council unanimously approved second reading of a fee-in-lieu-of-tax and incentive agreement for 'Project Sabal' (code name for Meta's data center), represented by Starskey LLC, involving at least $800 million in investment and 50 jobs. · source
  • 2023-04-18vote
    Aiken County Council approved third and final reading of two ordinances for Project Sabal by a 7-2 vote: a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement and a jointly owned industrial park with Edgefield County; dissenting votes came from council members Kelley Mobley and Mike Kellems, who objected to the company's identity being withheld. · source
  • 2024-08-29announcement
    Governor Henry McMaster and Meta announced Meta's $800 million data center in Aiken County at Sage Mill Industrial Park, a 715,000-square-foot campus optimized for AI workloads, creating approximately 100 operational jobs and over 1,000 construction jobs, expected operational spring 2027. · source
  • 2024-08-29announcement
    Meta published a blog post announcing its Aiken County data center as its 22nd U.S. and 26th global facility, noting partnership with Aiken Electric Cooperative for 100% renewable energy matching and a commitment to LEED Gold certification. · source
  • 2024-08-29coverage
    WRDW reported Meta's announcement of the $800 million data center in Aiken County's Sage Mill Industrial Park, with 100 permanent jobs and 1,000 construction jobs, and Meta's pledge to launch community action grants partnering with local schools for STEAM education. · source
  • 2025-08-19utility
    Latitude Media reported Meta and Silicon Ranch partnered on a 100-megawatt solar farm in Orangeburg County, SC, with power flowing through Central Electric Power Cooperative to Aiken Electric Cooperative to serve Meta's data center; Meta will receive all renewable energy credits from the facility. · source
  • 2025-08-20financing
    WRDW reported Silicon Ranch will make a $100 million investment in a 100-megawatt solar farm in Orangeburg County to help power Meta's Aiken County data center, expected to generate over $8 million in local tax revenues; both the solar farm and data center are expected online in 2027. · source
  • 2025-11-07incentive
    Meta donated $75,000 to the Aiken Chamber of Commerce Foundation to support the Aiken Innovation Corridor initiative, aimed at positioning Aiken as a high-tech hub leveraging proximity to Savannah River National Laboratory. · source
  • 2025-12-30coverage
    The Aiken Standard reported Meta's data center at Sage Mill Industrial Park is scheduled for completion in 2027, with Meta pledging to return 100% of energy used back to the grid and to achieve water-positive status by 2030. · source
  • 2026-01-21construction
    WFXG reported the Meta data center is nearing completion: buildings are up and both electrical substations are complete, with the facility consuming 200 MW of power, using 20,000 gallons of water daily via closed-loop cooling, and generating $4.8 million in annual property taxes for Aiken County. · source
  • 2026-03-18utility
    South Carolina electric cooperatives, including Aiken Electric Cooperative which serves Meta's data center, adopted a new standardized rate for customers needing 20+ MW, requiring minimum 15-year contracts, prepayment for infrastructure upgrades, and power reduction during energy shortages. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.730, -81.850 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Beaver Dam Under construction

Beaver Dam, WI · — · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

$1B hyperscale data center in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (20 events)
  • 2024-11-01incentive
    Beaver Dam city council created a tax incremental financing (TID) district to help fund infrastructure development for what was then an unnamed data center project. · source
  • 2025-02-01announcement
    Beaver Dam Area Development Corp. and the city publicly disclosed they were working with an unnamed company on a potential data center project, and the city council voted to approve it ahead of Meta being named. · source
  • 2025-11-12announcement
    Meta, Governor Tony Evers, and state/local officials announced a $1 billion, 700,000+ sq ft AI-optimized data center campus on roughly 500 acres in Beaver Dam Commerce Park — Meta first Wisconsin facility, expected online in 2027. · source
  • 2025-11-12financing
    Meta said it will underwrite nearly $200 million in energy infrastructure investment (substations, transmission lines, network upgrades) coordinated with Alliant Energy. · source
  • 2025-11-12construction
    Meta officially broke ground on the $1 billion AI-driven data center campus in Beaver Dam; the facility will use dry-cooling technology intended to eliminate operational cooling water demand. · source
  • 2025-11-12report
    Meta published details on its 30th global data center, citing community benefits commitments and a wetlands restoration effort tied to the Beaver Dam project. · source
  • 2025-11-12protest
    Residents at groundbreaking-related coverage raised questions about the project transparency, following revelations that the deal had been developed via shell companies and nondisclosure agreements. · source
  • 2025-11-12coverage
    WEDC estimated the project would generate up to 1,000 skilled-trade construction jobs at peak and more than 100 permanent jobs, alongside eligibility for a sales tax exemption on construction materials. · source
  • 2025-12-09lawsuit
    Midwest Environmental Advocates sued the Wisconsin Public Service Commission after it denied a public-records request for unredacted electrical load projections tied to Meta Beaver Dam data center. · source
  • 2025-12-11coverage
    Local news reported on the Midwest Environmental Advocates lawsuit against the PSC over secrecy surrounding the Beaver Dam data center projected energy demand. · source
  • 2026-01-01coverage
    Investigative reporting found at least four Wisconsin communities, including Beaver Dam, had signed nondisclosure/secrecy agreements during negotiations for billion-dollar data center projects. · source
  • 2026-02-04announcement
    Oppidan Investment Co. proposed a second, smaller ~90,000 sq ft edge data center on a 13+ acre city-owned lot near Meta campus — a separate project not affiliated with Meta. · source
  • 2026-03-11public-comment
    Community members organized a volunteer town hall in Beaver Dam to discuss impacts of Meta AI data center on the local community. · source
  • 2026-04-01environmental
    Sierra Club released analyses finding overwhelming public opposition to Wisconsin data centers statewide, citing Beaver Dam-area concerns among the evidence. · source
  • 2026-04-01vote
    Beaver Dam Common Council approved a resolution authorizing a development and sale agreement for the second (Oppidan) data center, expanded TID 7 boundaries, and rezoned the parcel from residential to light industrial. · source
  • 2026-04-01environmental
    A Beaver Dam resident living near the Meta construction site reported the creek running through her property had gone dry, surged unpredictably, turned milky, and tested positive for heavy metals. · source
  • 2026-04-01protest
    At a Beaver Dam city council meeting, at least 14 residents spoke in opposition citing environmental impacts, lack of transparent public input, and wildlife/water concerns. · source
  • 2026-05-07ruling
    Wisconsin PSC approved Alliant Energy rate contract for Meta Beaver Dam data center (~220 MW demand) but sharply criticized the secretive black-box negotiation process involving NDAs, redacted filings, and corporate pseudonyms, ordering Alliant to develop a standard rate structure for future large-load customers. · source
  • 2026-05-08coverage
    Coverage noted that in the PSC proceeding, 93% of verbal public comments and 85% of written comments argued data centers should pay 100% of their own costs rather than shifting costs to ratepayers. · source
  • 2026-05-08ruling
    RENEW Wisconsin reported the PSC modified and approved the Alliant-Meta data center contract, requiring additional reporting, a cost-of-service study, and an incremental cost analysis going forward. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Beaver Dam planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Beaver Dam property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Huntsville Under construction

Toney (Madison County), AL · 146 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~146 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2018-05-24vote
    Huntsville City Council unanimously approved the sale of 340 acres in the North Huntsville Industrial Park to Facebook's project entity, Starbelt LLC, for $8.5 million. · source
  • 2018-06-14announcement
    Governor Kay Ivey announced Facebook would invest $750 million to build a data center in Huntsville, projected to create about 100 jobs at an average annual salary of $80,000, with Facebook set to receive an estimated $86.25 million in Alabama Jobs Act credits over 10 years. · source
  • 2022-12-16construction
    Meta announced a temporary work stoppage on the Huntsville data center expansion, with a company spokesperson attributing it to changes in the data center's design. · source
  • 2022-12-20coverage
    Meta confirmed it halted construction on a portion of its $1.5 billion Huntsville expansion to change the facility's design, part of a broader pullback that also paused a Temple, Texas project and canceled a planned Odense, Denmark facility amid the company's shift toward AI infrastructure. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Alabama Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.790, -86.750 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Kuna Under construction

Kuna, ID · 152 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~152 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2021-12-22filing
    Idaho Power filed an application with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (Case No. IPC-E-21-42) for approval of a special contract and Tariff Schedule 33 to provide electric service to Brisbie LLC — the shell entity used for Meta's then-unannounced Kuna project. · source
  • 2022-02-16announcement
    Idaho Commerce announced Meta would build an $800 million, 960,000-square-foot data center in Kuna, bringing about 100 permanent jobs and up to 1,200 construction jobs, with Meta also funding a $50 million water/sewer system for the city. · source
  • 2022-02-17coverage
    Data Center Frontier reported the Kuna facility would be at least 80% more water-efficient than the average data center and would use outside air for cooling at least 50% of the year, and noted Idaho Power developed a new green tariff so Meta could run on 100% renewable energy. · source
  • 2022-02-24construction
    Meta awarded Hensel Phelps the $800 million Kuna data center project (preconstruction and construction services), with groundbreaking scheduled for September 2022 and construction expected to continue through 2025. · source
  • 2022-11-01vote
    The Kuna City Council formally approved the Urban Renewal Plan for the Kuna East Urban Renewal Project via Ordinance No. 2022-34, establishing the district around the Meta project site. · source
  • 2023-03-30vote
    The Idaho Senate passed House Bill 328, legislation explicitly tied to Kuna's creation of an urban renewal area around the Meta data center, restricting data centers claiming the state sales-tax exemption from also sitting in new urban renewal revenue-allocation areas. · source
  • 2023-10-12ruling
    The Idaho Public Utilities Commission issued Order No. 35958 in Case No. IPC-E-21-42, giving final approval of the special contract and Schedule 33 tariff for the Brisbie LLC (Meta) Kuna data center facility. · source
  • 2024-05-16filing
    Idaho Power filed an application with the IPUC (Case No. IPC-E-24-20) to amend its power purchase agreement with PVS 2, LLC — the Pleasant Valley Solar project developed to supply renewable power for Meta's Kuna load — moving the commercial operation date from December 31, 2026 to May 31, 2026. · source
  • 2024-10-25coverage
    Idaho Business Review reported the Kuna data center was running right on schedule per Meta's community development manager, on track for a 2025 completion despite an earlier roughly eight-month redesign pause to accommodate AI infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-12-17coverage
    Meta stated it invested over $70 million to build a water and wastewater treatment facility at the Kuna site that has since been gifted to the city of Kuna. · source
  • 2026-03-04coverage
    Deseret Magazine reported the Kuna facility would use about 70,000 gallons of water daily in winter months (drawing on water rights for roughly 3 million gallons/day), was in final construction stages, and quoted a nearby resident objecting to the power demands. · source
  • 2026-08-03coverage
    Gem State Chronicle reported the Kuna facility's assessed valuation crossed $1 billion in 2025, triggering Idaho's $400 million taxable-value cap for qualifying data centers, and that Meta had separately paid the city an $8.2 million one-time mitigation payment. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Kuna planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Kuna property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Idaho Public Utilities Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 43.490, -116.420 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Montgomery Under construction

Montgomery, AL · 153 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~153 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2024-05-02announcement
    Governor Kay Ivey announced Meta's plans to build an $800 million, 715,000-square-foot AI-optimized data center off Interstate 65 in Montgomery, expected to support 100 operational jobs and open by the end of 2026. · source
  • 2024-05-09construction
    Hensel Phelps announced it was awarded the general contractor role for Meta's $800+ million, 715,000-square-foot Montgomery data center, its second campus project with Meta. · source
  • 2025-09-23announcement
    Meta announced it is expanding the Montgomery Data Center campus with two new buildings, bringing the campus to nearly 1.3 million square feet and increasing total investment to more than $1.5 billion. · source
  • 2025-12-02ruling
    The Alabama Public Service Commission approved the Stockton I (80 MW) and Stockton II (180 MW) solar projects in Baldwin County, financed by Meta subsidiary Dotier LLC to supply renewable energy to Meta's Montgomery data center, on a timeline that met only a 20-day review window against the Commission's own 30-day submission rule. · source
  • 2026-02-09protest
    A town hall was scheduled in Baldwin County after residents said they received no advance public notice of the Stockton I/II solar projects approved to power Meta's Montgomery data center, and opposition groups formed online over land-use and environmental concerns. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Montgomery planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Montgomery property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Alabama Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.300, -86.250 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Rosemount Under construction

Rosemount, MN · 178 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~178 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2023-09-01coverage
    Plans emerged in September 2023 that Meta intended to purchase University of Minnesota land in Rosemount for a $700 million data center, disclosed through state filings. · source
  • 2023-09-07vote
    The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved selling approximately 280 acres of UMore Park land to Meta for $39.7 million for the data center project. · source
  • 2023-12-21vote
    Rosemount City Council voted unanimously to approve Meta's data center, rezoning the 280-acre UMore Park parcel from agricultural to business park planned development. · source
  • 2024-01-06coverage
    Alpha News reported that Rosemount approved Meta's 750,000-sq-ft data center despite residents' concerns about soil contaminants from the site's WWII munitions history, 24/7 low-frequency noise, and water usage during local restrictions; the filing entity is Jimnist LLC. · source
  • 2024-03-14announcement
    Meta officially announced its Rosemount data center: a 715,000-sq-ft, $800+ million facility optimized for AI workloads, targeting LEED Gold certification, 100% renewable energy, approximately 100 permanent jobs and over 1,000 peak construction jobs, with Mortenson as general contractor. · source
  • 2024-03-14coverage
    Governor Tim Walz held a press conference announcing Meta's Rosemount data center, calling it Meta's 19th in the U.S. and 23rd worldwide, with a 2026 opening target. · source
  • 2025-02-18filing
    Meta purchased approximately 200 additional acres of land near its Rosemount data center site for $70 million, expanding beyond the original 280-acre UMore Park parcel. · source
  • 2025-10-17filing
    Meta acquired another 14-acre plot off Blaine Avenue East near 145th Street in Rosemount for $5 million via subsidiary Jimnist, bringing total known land holdings to at least 494 acres. · source
  • 2026-03-30construction
    Meta and Amrize deployed an AI-optimized concrete mix (BOxCrete) for the Rosemount data center foundation, achieving full structural strength 43% faster and reducing cracking risk by nearly 10%; the mix was qualified for additional areas of the facility. · source
  • 2026-04-30moratorium
    Rosemount halted new data center proposals with a moratorium, pausing discussion of additional facilities beyond Meta's already-approved project. · source
  • 2026-07-02construction
    InForum reported that Minnesota's first hyperscale data center is nearing completion in Rosemount. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Rosemount planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Rosemount property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 44.720, -93.070 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Sarpy Under construction

Springfield (Sarpy County), NE · 80 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~80 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2017-01-01announcement
    Meta's info sheet states the company broke ground on the Sarpy Data Center in 2017, with a total investment of over $2.5 billion in Nebraska. · source
  • 2021-03-24announcement
    Facebook announced an expansion of its Sarpy County data center campus to approximately 3.6 million square feet across 8 buildings on roughly 500 acres, with total investment at that time of approximately $1.5 billion and a 2024 completion target. · source
  • 2022-07-28announcement
    Meta announced it was adding a ninth facility to the Sarpy Data Center campus in Springfield; county records showed Meta pays $3.8 million in property taxes between two parcels of land. · source
  • 2022-09-21construction
    Construction was halted at the Meta data center in Sarpy County after racist graffiti was found on site for a recurring time, with contractor Turner Construction stopping work at the $1.5 billion project. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.090, -96.130 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Catawba County Under construction

Catawba County, NC · — · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

$1B multi-site data center investment in Catawba County, North Carolina. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2022-11-09announcement
    Catawba County, the Cities of Conover and Hickory, the Town of Maiden, and the Catawba County EDC jointly announced Microsoft plan to invest a minimum of $1 billion in four data centers over 10 years, creating at least 50 jobs. · source
  • 2022-11-10incentive
    Coverage detailed the incentive package: performance-based tax breaks of 50% real property tax and 85% personal property tax over 10 years, across roughly 670 acres in Conover, Hickory, and Maiden. · source
  • 2024-03-01construction
    Microsoft broke ground on the Lyle Creek campus (Project Agate) in Conover on NC Highway 16, planned for up to five data center buildings. · source
  • 2024-04-01construction
    Site construction began on the Maiden-area data center (Boyd Farms site, Project Yoga), with Morgan Construction Company starting clearing and grading work. · source
  • 2024-04-15construction
    Microsoft paused construction across its Catawba County data center campuses; the halt lasted roughly 10 months, with the company not publicly detailing the reason. · source
  • 2026-01-01construction
    Satellite monitoring detected re-mobilization activity at Microsoft Lyle Creek, Boyd Farm, and Stover North campuses in Catawba County in January-February 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-01incentive
    Microsoft sent a letter to the City of Hickory stating it intends to forgo the tax rebates promised in the 2022 incentive agreement, opting to pay full property taxes under its Community-First Infrastructure initiative. · source
  • 2026-03-02construction
    Microsoft resumed construction on its $1B Catawba County project after a roughly 10-month pause; building permits secured for sites in Conover, Hickory, Maiden, and Newton valued at $909 million, with completion obligations extending to 2032. · source
  • 2026-06-23coverage
    Catawba County, the Cities of Conover and Hickory, the Town of Maiden, and the EDC issued a joint statement defending the Microsoft project amid rising community questions, citing Microsoft tax commitment and projected water use of about 1% of Hickory daily capacity. · source
  • 2026-06-24protest
    Residents near the Conover construction site reported ongoing noise and dust; neighboring landowners voiced opposition to the loss of rural land even as county officials touted job creation and minimal water impact. · source
  • 2026-07-07environmental
    Microsoft reported its Catawba County data centers will use far less water than originally estimated, citing a 75-80% cut in projected peak water demand and 85-90% cut in wastewater demand since 2022, attributing this to closed-loop liquid cooling. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Central Ohio Campuses Under construction

Central Ohio, OH · — · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

$1B investment across 3 campuses in Central Ohio. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (18 events)
  • 2023-10-31filing
    Microsoft-linked entities purchase three parcels totaling 291 acres along Refugee Road SW and Etna Parkway in Pataskala, Licking County, for $30.65 million. · source
  • 2024-01-01coverage
    Microsoft Licking County land purchases (eventually topping 700 acres across New Albany, Heath, Hebron, and Pataskala/Johnstown) first reported publicly, ahead of any formal project announcement. · source
  • 2024-05-14filing
    AEP Ohio files an application with PUCO proposing a new large-load/data-center rate tariff, a case in which Microsoft later becomes a formal party. · source
  • 2024-09-01announcement
    The Columbus Dispatch confirms Microsoft plans to construct a $420 million, 245,000 sq ft data center on a 200-acre Beech Road site in New Albany. · source
  • 2024-10-02vote
    New Albany City Council unanimously approves a 15-year, 100% property tax abatement for Microsoft $420 million Beech Road data center. · source
  • 2024-10-28announcement
    Microsoft formally announces a $1 billion first-phase investment in three Central Ohio data center campuses in New Albany, Heath, and Hebron (Licking County). · source
  • 2024-10-28incentive
    Ohio Tax Credit Authority approves a 15-year, 100% sales-tax exemption for Microsoft three Licking County campuses, estimated at $72.5 million in forgone state revenue. · source
  • 2024-11-01construction
    Site clearing begins at the New Albany Beech Road campus with silt-fence installation and a construction access road built, briefly narrowing Beech Road to one lane. · source
  • 2025-04-09withdrawal
    Microsoft tells the Columbus Dispatch and local mayors it is pausing its $1 billion Licking County plans at New Albany, Heath, and Hebron, citing investment-strategy evaluation; says it will retain the land. · source
  • 2025-07-09ruling
    PUCO adopts AEP Ohio data-center tariff requiring large data centers (including Microsoft facilities) to pay for at least 85% of contracted electric capacity for up to 12 years, with a four-year ramp-up. · source
  • 2025-07-23utility
    AEP Ohio new data-center tariff takes effect, requiring qualifying large-load facilities above 25 MW to pay 85% of subscribed monthly capacity. · source
  • 2026-02-19construction
    Microsoft signs a construction contract with Ames Construction for the Hebron data center, setting a bulk-construction window of March-August 2026 targeting completion by November 2026. · source
  • 2026-02-24construction
    Microsoft holds groundbreaking ceremonies and resumes construction at Heath and Hebron campuses after a roughly one-year pause; declines real-estate tax abatements at both, benefiting Lakewood Local School District. · source
  • 2026-03-31filing
    Microsoft purchases an additional 43 acres at Etna Parkway and Refugee Road in Pataskala for $11.44 million, adjacent to its earlier 291-acre acquisition. · source
  • 2026-05-29hearing
    Ohio Select Committee on Data Centers begins formal legislative hearings on data center growth, water/electricity demand, tax incentives, and NDAs. · source
  • 2026-06-01hearing
    Ohio Joint Data Center Committee hears over four hours of public testimony from researchers, activists, and residents on data centers electric/water demand, environmental impact, tax incentives, and NDAs; over 50 Ohio local governments reported to have data-center moratoriums. · source
  • 2026-06-04hearing
    Microsoft senior director Daniel Brown testifies before Ohio Select Committee, announcing Microsoft will stop using NDAs with local governments and will not seek local property tax abatements at its four Licking County sites; Amazon, Google, and Meta decline similar pledges. · source
  • 2026-06-10filing
    Ohio state Sen. Brian Chavez introduces sweeping data-center legislation on tax breaks, NDAs, water use/testing, and utility billing, drawing on Select Committee testimony. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft La Porte Under construction

La Porte, IN · — · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

$1B, 245,000 sq ft data center in La Porte, Indiana. Under construction.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2024-06-04announcement
    Gov. Eric Holcomb and Microsoft announced a $1 billion investment to build a 245,000 sq ft data center on 489 acres at Radius Industrial Park in La Porte, Indiana, projected to create up to 200 jobs by 2032. · source
  • 2024-06-04incentive
    The Indiana Economic Development Corporation committed a 35-year (extendable to 45-year) data center sales tax credit tied to a minimum $1 billion capital investment at the La Porte site. · source
  • 2026-01-13incentive
    Microsoft President Brad Smith unveiled a national Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan pledging Microsoft would no longer seek local property tax abatements — a policy shift that prompted renegotiation of the La Porte tax deal. · source
  • 2026-03-01construction
    Microsoft began site preparation work on the La Porte campus, with the first three data center buildings under construction through end of 2027 and full buildout expected by 2029. · source
  • 2026-03-04incentive
    La Porte and the school corporation approved a revised tax agreement in which Microsoft will pay its full property tax obligation, with 15% dedicated to La Porte Community School Corporation for 20 years. · source
  • 2026-04-13hearing
    La Porte City Council held a hearing on annexing more than 1,000 acres of farmland adjacent to the existing Microsoft site for a second data center campus; officials cited a lack of transparency while some residents supported the jobs. · source
  • 2026-04-21public-comment
    Microsoft held a community information session at the La Porte Civic Auditorium attended by hundreds; residents raised concerns about water usage, noise (including low-frequency vibrations), lighting/visual impact, and being excluded from earlier decisions. · source
  • 2026-05-06vote
    LaPorte County commissioners voted unanimously to advance a new data center ordinance setting setbacks, noise limits, and water-usage caps and restricting data centers to industrial-zoned land. · source
  • 2026-05-13rezoning
    The La Porte Plan Commission approved rezoning roughly 1,300 acres near Boyd Boulevard and U.S. 35 from agricultural to manufacturing use for Microsoft expansion. · source
  • 2026-05-18rezoning
    La Porte Common Council unanimously approved final annexation and rezoning of more than 1,000 additional acres in Pleasant Township for light industrial/manufacturing use, nearly tripling the planned Microsoft campus to support up to 17 total data center buildings. · source
  • 2026-06-17construction
    Microsoft held a groundbreaking ceremony for the $1 billion La Porte campus expansion; Mayor Tom Dermody called it a defining moment for the community. · source
  • 2026-06-17utility
    NIPSCO confirmed it is working directly with Microsoft to supply power for the expanded La Porte campus, including a new substation as part of the first construction phase. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search La Porte planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search La Porte property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Project Osmium Under construction

West Des Moines, IA · 190 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: A100,H100,B200. Epoch AI estimates ~190 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2016-07-22announcement
    West Des Moines Mayor Steve Gaer announced Project Osmium, a $1.5-2 billion Microsoft data center campus spanning 1.7 million square feet on 200 acres across Warren County (160 acres) and Madison County (40 acres), described as the largest data center deployment Microsoft had ever built in the United States, with construction planned for spring 2017 in four phases of buildings ranging from 256,000 to 583,200 square feet each. · source
  • 2016-07-23coverage
    CircleID reported that Project Osmium would bring Microsoft's cumulative West Des Moines investment to nearly $3.5 billion and contribute over $12 million annually in property taxes to local school districts, counties, and municipalities. · source
  • 2020-01-01construction
    In 2020, the first building at the Project Osmium campus was constructed at 5855 SW Kerry Street, West Des Moines. · source
  • 2021-01-01permit
    In 2021, Microsoft was granted permission for the third of five planned buildings at the Project Osmium site by West Des Moines city officials, for a 241,000-square-foot data center facility. · source
  • 2022-12-01permit
    In December 2022, Microsoft received a building permit valued at $255 million for the fourth building at the Project Osmium campus at 5855 SW Kerry Street, West Des Moines. · source
  • 2023-08-16permit
    A building permit valued at $345 million was issued for the fifth and final 250,000-square-foot building at the Project Osmium complex at 5855 SW Kerry Street, completing the planned buildout of the 1.7-million-square-foot campus. · source
  • 2023-09-01environmental
    In September 2023, Futurism reported that Microsoft's West Des Moines data centers, where OpenAI's GPT-4 was trained, consumed 11.5 million gallons of water in July 2022 and 13.4 million gallons in August 2022 during drought conditions, making Microsoft consistently one of the top three water consumers in the district since 2020. · source
  • 2025-05-01coverage
    In May 2025, WPR reported that Microsoft's five data center campuses in West Des Moines, including Project Osmium, represent a total investment of $5-6 billion, employ over 600 people, consumed 68.5 million gallons of water in 2024 (2.62% of the district total), and account for over 10% of the city's tax base. · source
Find the paper trail (3 filed · 12 places to look)

Permits already on file (3)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2023-08-16
    A building permit valued at $345 million was issued for the fifth and final 250,000-square-foot building at the Project Osmium complex at 5855 SW Kerry Street, completing the planned buildout of the 1.7-million-square-foot campus. · source
  • 2022-12-01
    In December 2022, Microsoft received a building permit valued at $255 million for the fourth building at the Project Osmium campus at 5855 SW Kerry Street, West Des Moines. · source
  • 2021-01-01
    In 2021, Microsoft was granted permission for the third of five planned buildings at the Project Osmium site by West Des Moines city officials, for a 241,000-square-foot data center facility. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.470, -93.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft SAT14 Under construction

San Antonio, TX · 47 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

Chip types: H100,B300. Epoch AI estimates ~47 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2021-07-06filing
    Microsoft registered SAT14 Phase 1 (project TABS2021019142) with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for new construction of two building shells (152,000 sq ft and 107,000 sq ft) totaling 259,000 sq ft at 3545 Wiseman Boulevard, San Antonio, Bexar County, with an estimated cost of $154.9 million. · source
  • 2021-10-01construction
    Construction began on SAT14 Phase 1 at 3545 Wiseman Boulevard, San Antonio, per the TDLR project filing; the design firm was Page Southerland Page of Austin. · source
  • 2022-12-01construction
    SAT14 Phase 1 construction was completed and the TDLR project was closed, per the filing's recorded completion date. · source
  • 2026-06-01report
    Microsoft and EY published a June 2026 economic impact report for the San Antonio datacenter campus (Bexar and Medina Counties) showing $2.34 billion in construction economic activity since 2016, operations since 2019, 635 direct Microsoft jobs in 2025, $48.4 million in incremental tax revenue in Bexar and Medina Counties, and Microsoft as the number-one taxpayer in both counties. · source
  • 2026-08-10filing
    Microsoft sent a letter to Governor Greg Abbott stating it has operated datacenters in Texas since 2016, hosts over 635 employees at its own facilities with 1,600-plus on-site contractors, and described its Community-First Infrastructure initiative and a behind-the-meter natural gas project in West Texas with Chevron. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 29.430, -98.700 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft SAT40 Under construction

San Antonio, TX · 75 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft

Chip types: H100,B300. Epoch AI estimates ~75 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2018-08-24filing
    Microsoft registered TDLR project EABPRJB8824650 (SAT11-14) for three 225,000 sq ft data center buildings at 15000 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, with an estimated cost of $62 million and completion date of December 2023, designed by Corgan Associates. · source
  • 2023-03-03filing
    Microsoft registered TDLR project TABS2023013247 for SAT40, a 153,227 sq ft data center at 15000 Lambda Drive, San Antonio (Bexar County), with an estimated cost of $175.9 million, designed by Page Southerland Page, with construction scheduled from June to September 2023. · source
  • 2023-06-15construction
    Construction began on the SAT40 data center building shell at 15000 Lambda Drive per the TDLR filing, with a scheduled completion date of September 15, 2023. · source
  • 2023-08-07coverage
    San Antonio Report reported that Microsoft had built at least seven data centers in San Antonio and one in Medina County over the prior eight years, investing over $1.2 billion; the article identified SAT40 at 15000 Lambda Drive in Texas Research Park as a $175.9 million project on 70 acres with Turner Construction as the builder. · source
  • 2025-12-28coverage
    San Antonio Report quoted District 6 Councilmember Ric Galvan raising concerns about data center energy demands, limited job creation, industry opacity, and noise impacts in the far west side area where Microsoft operates, questioning what economic return the city receives from tax incentive deals. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 29.400, -98.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Doña Ana County Under construction

Doña Ana County, NM · — · Operator: Oracle · Owner: SoftBank · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate. GW-scale data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2025-01-21announcement
    OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle announce the $500 billion Stargate joint venture to build massive U.S. AI data center infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-02-01announcement
    New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and BorderPlex Digital Assets Chairman Lanham Napier jointly announce plans for a large digital infrastructure campus in Santa Teresa, Dona Ana County. · source
  • 2025-05-01utility
    Dona Ana Board of County Commissioners votes to terminate the joint powers agreement that created the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, affecting local water/utility governance ahead of the data center buildout. · source
  • 2025-09-01construction
    Construction begins on the Project Jupiter data center campus along NM-136 near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in Dona Ana County. · source
  • 2025-09-19vote
    Dona Ana County commissioners approve an unprecedented $165 billion industrial revenue bond to help finance Project Jupiter; the vote draws protests outside the County Government Center in Las Cruces. · source
  • 2025-09-23announcement
    Project Jupiter is officially named as one of five sites in the $500 billion Stargate Project, the OpenAI/Oracle/SoftBank AI infrastructure initiative. · source
  • 2025-10-31lawsuit
    New Mexico Environmental Law Center files a lawsuit on behalf of residents challenging the Dona Ana County commissioners funding ordinance approvals for Project Jupiter. · source
  • 2025-12-01permit
    Air quality permit applications for Project Jupiter are filed with the New Mexico Environment Department, showing potential emissions of up to 14 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. · source
  • 2025-12-20report
    BorderPlex Digital Assets presents renewable energy plans targeting 500 MW of renewables by 2028 and 1,000 MW by 2032 to offset Project Jupiter power draw. · source
  • 2026-01-08coverage
    Forbes profiles the developers and scale of Project Jupiter, detailing plans for four data center buildings, microgrids, and phased power buildout from 700-900 MW toward 4 GW. · source
  • 2026-04-27environmental
    Oracle, BorderPlex, and Bloom Energy announce Project Jupiter will switch from natural gas turbines to a 2.45 GW Bloom Energy solid-oxide fuel cell microgrid, cutting NOx emissions roughly 92% and using negligible water, after community pushback. · source
  • 2026-07-16hearing
    New Mexico Environment Department schedules an October 19 public hearing on Project Jupiter air quality permit application. · source
  • 2026-07-23coverage
    Food and Water Watch publishes an analysis arguing Project Jupiter exemplifies Big Tech playbook for pushing through data centers with limited transparency. · source
  • 2026-07-28protest
    Dona Ana County commissioners meeting on Project Jupiter turns disruptive: three protesters are arrested/ejected, Oracle VP pledges 7,000 peak construction jobs and no public drinking water use, and state Rep. Rubio says public comment was suppressed. · source
  • 2026-07-31hearing
    Project Jupiter air quality permit public hearing is rescheduled from October to September. · source
  • 2026-08-03hearing
    New Mexico Environmental Law Center reports the Project Jupiter air quality permit hearing date was moved again amid disputes over scheduling. · source
  • 2026-08-19lawsuit
    Center for Biological Diversity asks the New Mexico Supreme Court to pause Project Jupiter air quality permit hearing, disputing the rescheduled hearing date. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-12-01
    Air quality permit applications for Project Jupiter are filed with the New Mexico Environment Department, showing potential emissions of up to 14 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Lordstown Under construction

Lordstown (Trumbull County), OH · — · Operator: Softbank · Owner: Softbank · Tenant: OpenAI

None

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2025-01-21announcement
    The Stargate Project was announced at the White House as a $500 billion venture by SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX to build AI data center infrastructure in the United States, with SoftBank as financial lead and OpenAI as operational lead. · source
  • 2025-08-04financing
    Foxconn announced the sale of its 6.2 million-square-foot former GM assembly plant in Lordstown to SoftBank for $375 million; the buyer was later identified as SoftBank's affiliate Crescent Dune LLC, a Delaware entity formed in July 2025. · source
  • 2025-08-18announcement
    Foxconn Chairman Young Liu announced a joint venture with SoftBank to manufacture AI data center equipment at the Lordstown plant, with Foxconn and SoftBank each holding 50% of the manufacturing operation while SoftBank owns the facility and equipment outright. · source
  • 2025-09-24announcement
    OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new Stargate data center sites including Lordstown, Ohio; SoftBank said it had already broken ground on an advanced data center at the site, with the facility on track to be operational in 2026. · source
  • 2025-09-24filing
    Crescent Dune LLC (SoftBank affiliate) recorded the property transfer of the former GM Lordstown plant and nearly 600 acres from Foxconn EV Property Development LLC with the Trumbull County Auditor, listing a sale price of $88 million for the building and land. · source
  • 2025-10-20filing
    Bristolville 25 Developer LLC, a separate New York-based developer, submitted a site plan proposal to Lordstown zoning for a $3.6 billion, 1.65 million-square-foot data center on 133 acres adjacent to the Stargate campus. · source
  • 2025-10-28construction
    Preparation work began on the Lordstown Stargate data center, with crews clearing space in front of the former GM plant near the northwest corner along Hallock Young Road and dismantling a solar array near the former paint facility. · source
  • 2025-11-03vote
    Lordstown Village Council voted 6-0 to ban all future data centers in the village, with approximately 100 residents attending and the majority speaking in opposition to data center development; the ban was set to take effect December 3. · source
  • 2025-11-14lawsuit
    Bristolville 25 Developer LLC and BHGH Properties LLC filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Ohio Supreme Court to compel Lordstown to accept, review, and act upon the developer's site plan submission under Ohio law. · source
  • 2025-11-17environmental
    Crescent Dune LLC filed wetland and stream delineation documents with the Ohio EPA for a 160-acre expansion behind the Lordstown plant for modular data center and server manufacturing, assembly for IT server racks, and related components. · source
  • 2025-12-01vote
    Lordstown Village Council repealed its data center ban on the advice of the village solicitor, who stated Ohio courts favor moratoriums over outright bans; a public hearing on a replacement 180-day moratorium was scheduled for January 5, 2026. · source
  • 2025-12-24ruling
    The Ohio Supreme Court issued an entry denying Lordstown's motion to dismiss the Bristolville 25 mandamus case against the village and its zoning inspector, while granting dismissal of the village solicitor as a party; the court also granted an alternative writ. · source
  • 2026-01-05moratorium
    Lordstown Village Council unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on new data center permits after a public hearing attended by more than 50 residents, most of whom spoke against data centers; the moratorium was set to expire July 4, 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-25hearing
    Lordstown officials heard from land-use planner Brian Frantz, who advised the village to define data centers in zoning codes, designate appropriate locations, and use conditional-use permits to control placement, design, noise, and lighting. · source
  • 2026-05-05moratorium
    Lordstown council approved a consulting agreement with planner Brian Frantz (not to exceed $7,625) for zoning and data center matters and advertised a public hearing to extend the data center moratorium for an additional 180 days. · source
  • 2026-06-16moratorium
    Lordstown Village Council approved by emergency reading a 180-day extension of the data center moratorium, effective July 5, 2026 through January 2, 2027, to allow continued development of zoning standards for setbacks, noise, water usage, and other data center impacts. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.170, -80.870 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Michigan Under construction

Saline, MI · — · Operator: Oracle · Owner: Oracle · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (20 events)
  • 2025-09-11vote
    Saline Township Board voted 4-1 to deny rezoning of 575 acres of agricultural land for Related Digital's proposed data center campus. · source
  • 2025-09-18lawsuit
    Related Digital sued Saline Township in Washtenaw County Circuit Court alleging exclusionary zoning barred by the Michigan Constitution, days after the board's rezoning denial. · source
  • 2025-10-01vote
    Saline Township Board voted 4-1 to approve a consent agreement with Related Digital allowing the data center to proceed, including $4M farmland preservation trust, $2M community investment fund, $8M for fire services, and water protections. · source
  • 2025-10-30announcement
    Governor Whitmer announced that OpenAI and Oracle were behind the Saline Township data center, calling it the largest investment in Michigan history; the consent judgment was entered October 15, 2025. · source
  • 2025-10-31filing
    DTE Energy filed an application with the Michigan Public Service Commission for fast-track approval of special electric service contracts to supply 1.4 GW to the data center, approximately 25% of DTE's entire load. · source
  • 2025-12-01protest
    Approximately 100 people protested outside DTE Energy headquarters demanding transparency and a contested-case proceeding for the data center power contracts; speakers included Michigan Sierra Club and Washtenaw County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi. · source
  • 2025-12-03hearing
    Michigan Public Service Commission held a virtual public hearing on DTE's special electric service contracts for the 1.4 GW data center; AG Nessel called the hearing 'little more than performative listening.' · source
  • 2025-12-15lawsuit
    Saline Township resident Kathryn Haushalter, living 256 yards from the site, filed a motion to intervene in the consent judgment, alleging the settlement was negotiated in secret and violated Michigan's Open Meetings Act. · source
  • 2025-12-18ruling
    Michigan Public Service Commission granted conditional approval of DTE Energy's special contracts to supply power to the 1.4 GW Saline Township data center. · source
  • 2026-01-17ruling
    DTE Energy accepted the Michigan Public Service Commission's conditions for the Saline Township data center power contracts, while reserving rights to challenge future commission decisions. · source
  • 2026-01-28lawsuit
    Saline Township residents filed a separate mandamus complaint alleging the Zoning Board of Appeals failed to hold a required hearing on temporary structures permits for the data center. · source
  • 2026-02-20ruling
    Washtenaw County Circuit Judge Julia Owdiej denied resident Kathryn Haushalter's motion to intervene in the data center settlement, ruling it came too late; developer's attorney noted a $40M nonrefundable DTE deposit and $2B in equipment had been ordered. · source
  • 2026-04-01lawsuit
    In April 2026, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed an appeal of the MPSC's conditional approval, contending the commission improperly fast-tracked approval without allowing a contested case proceeding. · source
  • 2026-04-25financing
    Related Digital secured financing through Blackstone for the project, now valued at $16 billion, with major construction reported underway. · source
  • 2026-05-15coverage
    Saline Township Treasurer Jennifer Zink resigned after six years in office citing death threats linked to the data center project, which she had originally voted against as a board member. · source
  • 2026-06-01construction
    Oracle, OpenAI, Related Digital, Blackstone, Walbridge, and Governor Whitmer held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Stargate campus nicknamed 'The Barn' in Saline Township; Sam Altman called it a 'huge bet' on AI. · source
  • 2026-07-15incentive
    Saline Township Board approved tax breaks for the data center but initially capped the abatement at $4.8 billion in valuation, smaller than the developer requested. · source
  • 2026-07-21incentive
    Saline Township Board voted 5-0 to reverse course and remove the $4.8 billion valuation cap on the data center tax abatement after the township attorney warned the cap would violate the 2025 consent judgment. · source
  • 2026-07-30environmental
    Oracle and OpenAI applied for a permit to discharge treated wastewater into the Saline River; Michigan EGLE opened a public comment period ending August 24. · source
  • 2026-08-12lawsuit
    AG Nessel, Earthjustice, Sierra Club, Michigan Environmental Council, and NRDC filed briefs with the Michigan Court of Appeals challenging the MPSC's approval of DTE's power contracts, arguing ratepayers face nearly half a billion dollars in up-front costs. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Saline planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Saline property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.170, -83.780 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Shackelford Under construction

Shackelford County, TX · — · Operator: Oracle · Owner: Oracle · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2025-07-21vote
    Shackelford County Commission unanimously approved Vantage Data Centers' 1,200-acre data center project, including a 10-year tax abatement with $10 million in annual payments to the county. · source
  • 2025-08-01coverage
    KTXS reported the Vantage data center is expected to create 250 full-time permanent jobs and employ up to 6,500 workers during peak construction, with construction starting later in 2025 and completion targeted for 2029. · source
  • 2025-08-19announcement
    Vantage Data Centers formally announced its $25 billion Frontier campus in Shackelford County: 1.4 GW of capacity across 10 data centers on 1,200 acres totaling 3.7 million square feet, with over 5,000 jobs expected across construction and operations. · source
  • 2025-08-21coverage
    CarbonCredits.com reported on water concerns around the Frontier campus, noting Texas Water Development Board forecasts that data centers could account for about 7 percent of Texas' total projected water use by 2030; Vantage had not disclosed specific water consumption projections for the site. · source
  • 2025-12-16construction
    Vantage Data Centers broke ground on the Frontier campus, confirmed as part of OpenAI and Oracle's Stargate initiative; the first facility was scheduled for Q2 2026 with full campus completion targeted for 2028. · source
  • 2026-07-17hearing
    County Judge John M. Viertel held an informal open session with residents to discuss reinvestment zones after a second data center proposal was introduced at a commissioners court meeting; residents questioned whether another data center was necessary. · source
  • 2026-07-22protest
    County Judge John Viertel acknowledged community backlash against the second proposed data center, stating 'the overall view is resistance' and that residents prioritize cultural preservation over economic benefits; water supply was cited as the most prominent concern. · source
  • 2026-08-13hearing
    A town hall was held at Albany High School for community input on a second data center proposed by Bolt Data and Energy at Buck Nail Ranch, about 16 miles west of Albany; the company had not disclosed the project's size, water demand, or job count, and commissioners had not approved the project. · source
  • 2026-08-14coverage
    KTXS reported mixed community reactions to the second proposed data center; resident Blaine Kayga said 'there's just way more negatives than there are positives,' citing traffic and safety issues from existing data center construction, while others noted potential employment benefits. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.380, -99.770 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Wisconsin Under construction

Port Washington, WI · — · Operator: Oracle · Owner: Oracle · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2025-01-21rezoning
    Port Washington's Common Council took up annexing and rezoning roughly one-third of the 1,900-acre project site from the Town of Port Washington for a data center then tied to Houston developer Cloverleaf, with town board and council meetings held that day on about 2,000 acres (~17% of the town). · source
  • 2025-06-11announcement
    Vantage Data Centers was identified as the operator for Port Washington's proposed data center campus, described as a 3.5-gigawatt project with a 1.3-gigawatt first phase targeted for 2027. · source
  • 2025-07-18filing
    A Vantage official expressed concern in an email about the Wisconsin DNR's position that a full Environmental Impact Statement would be required for the Port Washington data center, according to records later cited in litigation. · source
  • 2025-08-20vote
    The Port Washington Common Council unanimously approved a development agreement with Vantage Data Centers for an $8 billion, four-building data center campus and approved annexing nearly 700 more acres, bringing the total annexed to 1,315 of the 1,900-acre site. · source
  • 2025-09-23filing
    A Vantage official texted the Port Washington mayor about the governor's office questioning why an Environmental Impact Statement would 'kill the project,' according to records cited in the Sierra Club/MEA lawsuit. · source
  • 2025-10-22announcement
    OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers announced the 'Lighthouse' Stargate data center campus in Port Washington: a $15 billion investment for four data centers on 672 acres delivering close to a gigawatt of AI capacity, with a minimum $175 million in regional infrastructure upgrades and completion scheduled for 2028. · source
  • 2025-12-01protest
    Three members of the opposition group Great Lakes Neighbors United were arrested at a Port Washington city council meeting in December 2025, according to later reporting. · source
  • 2025-12-18construction
    Vantage held a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on the $15 billion Lighthouse data center campus in Port Washington, with the first phase to be completed in 2028. · source
  • 2026-01-29lawsuit
    The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) sued the City of Port Washington seeking an injunction to block an April referendum that would require voter approval for TID-financed projects exceeding $10 million. · source
  • 2026-02-13lawsuit
    Great Lakes Neighbors United's lawsuit challenging the city's tax incremental district was reported, contending the TID provides property tax reimbursement and interest payments to the developer totaling more than $458 million over 18 years; the city moved to dismiss. · source
  • 2026-02-16withdrawal
    A recall petition against Port Washington Mayor Ted Neitzke, organized by Great Lakes Neighbors United, was submitted by the February 16 deadline but the city's initial review found it fell several hundred signatures short of the roughly 1,600-1,800 required. · source
  • 2026-02-24ruling
    A court denied MMAC's request to halt the Port Washington tax-incentive referendum, allowing the April ballot measure to proceed. · source
  • 2026-03-15protest
    Port Washington neighbors pushed back on 24-hour weekday construction at Vantage's Lighthouse campus, submitting a 100-person petition to restore original hours and citing round-the-clock work lights and backup beeping, with the Planning Commission set to take up the issue. · source
  • 2026-04-08vote
    Port Washington voters passed a referendum with 66% approval requiring voter approval before the city grants tax incentives exceeding $10 million to developers; organizers said the measure does not affect the current Vantage deal but restricts future data center tax breaks. · source
  • 2026-06-12permit
    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued permits for the Vantage Port Washington data center project without preparing a full Environmental Impact Statement. · source
  • 2026-07-10lawsuit
    Midwest Environmental Advocates, on behalf of Sierra Club Wisconsin, sued the Wisconsin DNR in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, alleging the agency violated the Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act by issuing permits for the data center without a full Environmental Impact Statement. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 12 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-06-12
    The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued permits for the Vantage Port Washington data center project without preparing a full Environmental Impact Statement. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 43.390, -87.870 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

PA Data Center Partners Cumberland County Under construction

Cumberland County, PA · 1,350 MW · Operator: PA Data Center Partners

$15B, 1.35 GW across 3 campuses in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (27 events)
  • 2025-03-21filing
    A draft comprehensive zoning ordinance submitted to the Cumberland County Planning Department by Middlesex Township attorney, ahead of the data center overlay process. · source
  • 2025-04-25filing
    Township attorney submits a standalone Data Center Overlay District Amendment; Cumberland County Planning Department issues its review report on the overlay map and text. · source
  • 2025-05-30vote
    Middlesex Township Board of Supervisors unanimously approves Ordinance No. 3-2025, creating a 694-715 acre Data Center Overlay District making hyperscale data centers a permitted by-right use, sharply limiting future public hearings. · source
  • 2025-07-15announcement
    PA Data Center Partners and PowerHouse Data Centers announce the $15 billion, 1.35 GW PAX-1 three-campus hyperscale complex on ~700 acres in Middlesex Township at the PA Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon, attended by President Trump. · source
  • 2025-07-24financing
    PA Data Center Partners/PowerHouse JV paid roughly $44 million to acquire the Middlesex Township land for the project. · source
  • 2025-08-11filing
    Middlesex Township Planning Commission discusses the PAX-1 Master Sketch Plan; no official action taken. · source
  • 2025-08-25permit
    Middlesex Township Planning Commission approves the PPL substation laydown-yard plan for the project, with conditions. · source
  • 2025-09-03public-comment
    Residents formally ask the Middlesex Township Board to reclassify data centers as conditional use rather than by-right; the board denies the request and approves a revised comprehensive zoning ordinance. · source
  • 2025-09-09coverage
    Developer holds a public outreach meeting for residents on the PAX-1 project. · source
  • 2025-10-01utility
    Middlesex Authority reports analysis finding roughly 910,000 gallons/day of unused peak water capacity, of which 400,000 gallons/day would be reserved for PAX-1, leaving over 500,000 gallons/day for other development. · source
  • 2025-12-23filing
    Middlesex Township Planning Commission votes to recommend approval of subdivision plans splitting the 693-acre tract into three data-center campuses plus a substation parcel. · source
  • 2026-01-01utility
    Water rights/allocation for the PAX-1 project formally secured with the Middlesex Authority. · source
  • 2026-03-04vote
    Middlesex Township Board unanimously approves construction of a 450 MW electrical substation; PPL Electric Utilities confirms it can meet the full 1.35 GW peak demand with planned upgrades. · source
  • 2026-03-05construction
    Construction resumes on the $15 billion PAX-1 project following the substation approval. · source
  • 2026-04-01construction
    Two weeks of scheduled underground construction blasting begin at the PAX-1 site, twice daily on weekdays; nearby Country Manor West residents report feeling and hearing the blasts. · source
  • 2026-04-15coverage
    State Rep. Joe Webster begins advocating for new state oversight of data center projects including legislation requiring water-usage disclosure, amid resident complaints about PAX-1 construction noise, blasting, and well-water impacts. · source
  • 2026-04-20public-comment
    A planned town hall on data centers with State Rep. Barb Gleim (R-Cumberland) is canceled after overwhelming resident interest exceeded the space; residents say it felt like officials did not want to hear their concerns. · source
  • 2026-04-25public-comment
    Cumberland County Planning Department issues a review report recommending Middlesex Township deny an expansion of the data center overlay district and update its outdated 2003 comprehensive plan before amending zoning further. · source
  • 2026-04-29public-comment
    Cumberland County Planning Commission, Dickinson College, and CAEDC host a virtual data-center informational session drawing 230 pre-registration questions and 118 live, reflecting intense public interest. · source
  • 2026-06-25vote
    Pennsylvania House votes 197-5 to pass HB 2198 repealing the Computer Data Center Equipment sales-tax incentive, projected to cost $188.4 million in FY2026-27 growing to $517 million by 2030. · source
  • 2026-06-25vote
    Pennsylvania Senate passes HB 1667 containing the same data center tax incentive repeal by a vote of 44-6. · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    Middlesex Township supervisors cancel a planned vote to approve final construction of a PAX-1 building after more than 150 residents pack the municipal building beyond capacity, creating a fire hazard; rescheduled to August 19 at a school gym. · source
  • 2026-08-05protest
    Cumberland County residents organized by Neighbors Against PAX-1 rally against the data center, arguing the developer helped write the zoning ordinance in a way that handcuffs the township ability to impose conditions. · source
  • 2026-08-06lawsuit
    Ten Middlesex residents (Neighbors Against PAX-1 / Stop PAX-1) file a substantive validity/spot-zoning legal challenge alleging the 2025 data center overlay ordinance was effectively written by PAX-1 developers and approved via illegal spot zoning. · source
  • 2026-08-13lawsuit
    Opponents file a separate appeal with the PA Environmental Hearing Board challenging a stormwater permit for the PAX-1 site, arguing it was written for a 58-house residential subdivision rather than a hyperscale data center. · source
  • 2026-08-18incentive
    Gov. Shapiro signs a statewide executive order restricting data center development: requiring local approval for state permits, removing data centers from fast-track permitting, mandating CBAs, binding environmental/transparency commitments, and that projects secure their own electricity supply. · source
  • 2026-08-19hearing
    Rescheduled Middlesex Township supervisors meeting on PAX-1 building approval postponed a second time (moved to September 2) after a township official suffers a medical episode during the meeting. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-08-25
    Middlesex Township Planning Commission approves the PPL substation laydown-yard plan for the project, with conditions. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Eagle Mountain Under construction

Eagle Mountain, UT · — · Tenant: Meta

None

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2024-10-29construction
    Eagle Mountain City announced QTS had broken ground on a new data center campus situated west of the existing Meta facility, calling it a significant economic development win. · source
  • 2025-10-29construction
    Eagle Mountain City reported that construction on the QTS data center campus had resumed after a brief delay to ensure the necessary energy infrastructure and resources were in place, citing an expected 2,000-3,000 temporary construction jobs and 100-200 permanent positions. · source
  • 2026-04-17construction
    QTS and Layton Construction held a topping-out ceremony after placing the final structural beam on the first phase's third building, attended by about 2,000 construction workers. · source
  • 2026-04-20coverage
    A news report detailed the project: a 193-acre campus with an initial three buildings of 579,000-592,000 square feet each, backed by a $6 billion QTS investment, with a closed-loop cooling system needing only an initial water fill with no additional draw for cooling once operational. · source
  • 2026-04-21coverage
    KUTV reported that Utah House Bill 76, passed earlier in 2026, now requires large data centers to report water consumption, but the law applies only to facilities that become operational after July 2026 — potentially exempting already-approved projects. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.310, -112.010 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Richmond 3 Under construction

Sandston (Henrico County), VA · 144 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Epoch AI estimates ~144 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2022-07-13announcement
    QTS announced acquisition of 200 acres at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus for an expansion of up to 240 MW across 1.5 million square feet of additional capacity at the White Oak Technology Park in Henrico County. · source
  • 2022-08-12coverage
    Data Center Frontier reported QTS acquired 200 acres at its Richmond campus in Henrico County for expansion of up to 240 MW across 1.5 million square feet. · source
  • 2022-12-13construction
    QTS blog post documented construction progress on two new multi-story data centers at Richmond 2 (DC1 at 36 MW and DC2 at 36 MW), noting QTS Richmond owns 200+ acres of land for future growth capacity. · source
  • 2024-07-19financing
    QTS completed approximately $137 million in land purchases for the White Oak Technology Park II site, including $118.8 million for 397 acres from Hourigan LLC and a prior December 2023 purchase of approximately 225 acres for $18 million; Henrico County Board of Supervisors had approved rezoning of the 622-acre site on May 14, 2024. · source
  • 2026-04-02permit
    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council granted FAST-41 coverage to QTS Richmond Technology Park Data Center 5 (RIC5), the first data center project to receive this federal permitting coordination; anticipated construction start is January 2028. · source
  • 2026-05-18coverage
    Richmond BizSense reported QTS is progressing on a 1,100-acre expansion adding 17 buildings across two new campuses (RIC4 and RIC5), totaling nearly 8 million square feet, with development plans approved by Henrico County; QTS already operates 12 buildings spanning over 3 million square feet at the site. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-04-02
    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council granted FAST-41 coverage to QTS Richmond Technology Park Data Center 5 (RIC5), the first data center project to receive this federal permitting coordination; anticipated construction start is January 2028. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.520, -77.330 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

STACK Infrastructure NVA02 Under construction

Manassas, VA · 85 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Chip types: H100. Epoch AI estimates ~85 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2020-01-22announcement
    STACK Infrastructure and Peterson Companies announced development of a 125-acre hyperscale data center campus in Prince William County (Manassas) at 9604 and 9750 Hornbaker Rd, with over 250 MW total critical load capacity and an initial 25-acre, 72 MW, 700,000 sq ft phase targeted for late 2020. · source
  • 2020-01-23coverage
    Patch reported the campus would be built on land acquired for $15 million ($12M for 87 acres, $3M for 35.6 acres) within the Innovation @ Prince William business park, with four pad sites already cleared and graded. · source
  • 2023-01-06construction
    ConnectCRE reported STACK Infrastructure broke ground on a 40-acre, nearly 100 MW data center campus in Prince William County, its seventh Northern Virginia campus, with the first 36 MW building targeting delivery by Q1 2024; power supplied by Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) with a 300 MW substation planned. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Manassas planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Manassas property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.730, -77.470 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Vantage Frontier Under construction

Shackelford County, TX · 1,400 MW · Operator: Vantage Data Centers · Owner: Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers' largest campus and investment to date: a $25 billion, 1.4 GW AI campus on 1,200 acres in Shackelford County, Texas, comprising 10 data centers totaling 3.7 million square feet. Construction was already underway at announcement, with the first building scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2026 and more than 5,000 construction and operations jobs projected. Vantage says the campus uses liquid cooling with a closed-loop chiller system requiring minimal water. No tenant is identified in the announcement.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2025-07-21incentive
    Shackelford County Commissioners Court unanimously approved creation of Reinvestment Zone 2025-1, accepted Vantage's Chapter 312 tax abatement application, and declared intent to enter a formal agreement providing $10 million annual payments in lieu of property taxes for 10 years, plus $150,000 annually in charitable contributions. · source
  • 2025-07-24coverage
    The Albany News reported that Shackelford County commissioners approved the reinvestment zone and tax abatement application at a special meeting, with the formal agreement contingent on Vantage completing its land purchase within 30 days; up to 6,500 construction workers and 250 permanent jobs with $25 million annual payroll were projected. · source
  • 2025-07-31coverage
    KTAB Abilene reported County Judge John Viertel confirmed Vantage's $10 million annual payment deal, called it a significant uptick in the county's budget, and noted water concerns from residents regarding initial sourcing from Clear Fork Brazos River or Hubbard Creek Reservoir for the closed-circuit cooling system. · source
  • 2025-08-19announcement
    Vantage unveiled Frontier, a $25 billion, 1.4 GW, 1,200-acre, 10-building AI campus in Shackelford County, Texas, with construction underway and first delivery targeted for H2 2026. · source
  • 2025-09-23announcement
    OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new Stargate data center sites, identifying Shackelford County, Texas as one of three Oracle-partnered locations, as part of the $500 billion Stargate initiative targeting nearly 7 GW of new AI compute capacity. · source
  • 2025-09-29coverage
    Data Center Frontier reported the Shackelford County site as an extension of the Abilene area hosting Vantage's Frontier project, one of two Texas Stargate sites (alongside Milam County), both within ERCOT territory, as part of the push toward 10 GW total Stargate infrastructure. · source
  • 2025-10-02announcement
    The Albany News reported the Shackelford County data center received official confirmation as the Frontier Campus for Stargate, with Oracle's Mahesh Thiagarajan stating commitment to the Shackelford County community; the campus was specified as 700 acres with 1,600+ full-time positions upon completion. · source
  • 2025-10-24coverage
    Construction Owners reported that VoltaGrid will power the Frontier campus off-grid with 210 Jenbacher gas generators (197 prime, 13 backup) producing 700 MW in phase one, with TCEQ approval documented, representing one of the largest microgrid deployments in U.S. history. · source
  • 2025-12-12permit
    VoltaGrid LLC submitted an application to TCEQ for Permit 182467, PSD Permit PSDTX1692, and GHG PSD Permit GHGPSDTX266 to construct an electric power generation facility using catalytically controlled four-stroke lean-burn engines at 299 FM 604, Abilene, Shackelford County. · source
  • 2025-12-16construction
    Vantage Data Centers held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Frontier campus in Shackelford County as part of Oracle and OpenAI's Stargate expansion, with Kiewit confirmed as general contractor and the first facility scheduled for H2 2026 delivery and full completion by 2028. · source
  • 2026-05-29coverage
    KTXS reported Hamby residents seeking clarity on the Frontier campus water use; resident Lacie Rivera said residents were not consulted beforehand and called for a public meeting, while the City of Abilene declined on-camera interviews despite multiple requests. · source
  • 2026-06-29permit
    Vantage Data Centers TX307 LLC registered TDLR project TABS2026024102 for a new 398,117 sq ft data center building (Building 7) at 246 PR 1604, Abilene, Shackelford County, with an estimated cost of $1.15 billion, construction start November 2026, and completion April 2028; Kiewit listed as contractor. · source
  • 2026-07-13coverage
    KTXS reported community concerns about a second proposed data center (Project North by Bolt Data and Energy) in Shackelford County, with residents questioning whether long-term benefits outweigh costs and citing heavy truck traffic from existing Frontier construction between Abilene and Hamby. · source
  • 2026-07-22coverage
    KTXS reported County Judge Viertel responded to backlash over the second proposed data center, acknowledging residents' overall view is resistance with water as the most prominent and legitimate concern, and saying any agreement would require accountability provisions. · source
  • 2026-08-03report
    The Texas Tribune reported Governor Abbott announced a moratorium on new data center grid connections pending PUCT and ERCOT audits of over 1,800 queued projects; the freeze does not apply to data centers with on-site power generation such as Frontier's behind-the-meter microgrid. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-06-29
    Vantage Data Centers TX307 LLC registered TDLR project TABS2026024102 for a new 398,117 sq ft data center building (Building 7) at 246 PR 1604, Abilene, Shackelford County, with an estimated cost of $1.15 billion, construction start November 2026, and completion April 2028; Kiewit listed as contractor. · source
  • 2025-12-12
    VoltaGrid LLC submitted an application to TCEQ for Permit 182467, PSD Permit PSDTX1692, and GHG PSD Permit GHGPSDTX266 to construct an electric power generation facility using catalytically controlled four-stroke lean-burn engines at 299 FM 604, Abilene, Shackelford County. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.730, -99.350 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Vantage NV1 (Storey County) Under construction

Storey County (near Reno), NV · 224 MW · Operator: Vantage Data Centers

Vantage's entry into the Nevada market; 224MW campus, first two buildings fully leased, first building opening Q2 2026.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2023-01-01filing
    Vantage Data Centers purchased approximately 137 acres near Electric Avenue and USA Parkway at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in Storey County — the site that became the NV1 campus. · source
  • 2024-02-07filing
    Vantage Data Centers NV11 LLC submitted a formal application to the Nevada Governor Office of Economic Development requesting sales/use and personal property tax abatements for the proposed Storey County data center. · source
  • 2024-05-01construction
    Vantage broke ground on the NV1 campus at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, beginning construction of the NV11 and NV12 buildings. · source
  • 2024-11-14incentive
    Nevada Governor Office of Economic Development approved $19.2 million in tax abatements for Vantage, tied to a $254 million capital investment projected to generate $76 million in new tax revenue over 10 years while creating about 10 jobs. · source
  • 2025-07-15announcement
    Vantage publicly unveiled the NV1 campus: a nearly $3 billion, 224 MW, four-building, 1.1 million sq ft development on 137 acres in Storey County, with the first two buildings fully leased and the first building slated for Q2 2026. · source
  • 2025-08-06coverage
    Local press reported the $3 billion NV1 project pushing forward at TRIC, including comments from Storey County Manager Austin Osborne about managing hypergrowth from data center development. · source
  • 2025-10-27report
    Data Center Frontier profiled NV1 progress: over 805,000 labor hours logged, more than 700 workers on site daily, and a 0.25 Total Project Incident Rate on a 30-acre building pad. · source
  • 2026-01-22construction
    McCarthy Building Companies held a topping-out ceremony for NV12, a 64 MW, 260,000 sq ft liquid-cooled building; the campus had surpassed 1.1 million labor hours with zero lost-time incidents, with NV12 phased turnover starting December 2027. · source
  • 2026-02-09environmental
    Nevada Current reported data centers water and power needs are straining Storey County, noting that Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center relies on groundwater basins with uncertain consumptive-use projections. · source
  • 2026-08-12lawsuit
    Carson Now reported an escalating legal battle over water availability at TRIC — where NV1 is sited — between TRIC developer and the quasi-governmental water/sewer provider, with trial set for spring 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Vantage TX1 Under construction

San Antonio, TX · 32 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~32 MW.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2023-12-15filing
    Vantage Data Centers TX1 LLC filed TDLR architectural barriers project TABS2024007561 for 'Data Center Building TX11' at 14720 Omicron Dr, San Antonio — a 242,667 sq ft, 32 MW, two-story new-construction facility with estimated cost of $95.8 million and projected completion September 2026. · source
  • 2026-02-28construction
    A transformer explosion near the Vantage Data Centers site in San Antonio injured one construction worker; SAPD and SAFD responded to the incident. · source
  • 2026-05-28hearing
    A TCEQ public hearing was held at a Marriott near SeaWorld regarding Vantage's air-quality permit for its Rogers Road (5207 Rogers Rd) facility; residents raised concerns about diesel generator emissions, noise, light pollution, and water usage. Vantage VP Michael Duplantis represented the company. · source
  • 2026-06-08coverage
    Deceleration.news reported that Vantage's two West Side San Antonio campuses (Omicron Drive and Rogers Road) were bringing major new pollution sources to the area, including on-site natural gas power plants and over 150 diesel backup generators. · source
  • 2026-06-11protest
    San Antonio Current reported residents pushing back against the far West Side Vantage data center; the Rogers Road facility (360,000 sq ft, ~$157 million) was described as already constructed and partly operational, with 65 diesel backup generators and its own gas power plant. · source
  • 2026-07-22lawsuit
    Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Public Citizen filed a notice of intent to sue Vantage and VoltaGrid under the Clean Air Act, alleging the Omicron Drive and Rogers Road campuses (combined 423 MW of generation, 151 diesel generators) improperly obtained minor-source permits to avoid major-source pollution controls; potential fines cited at up to $124,426 per day. · source
  • 2026-07-28coverage
    Texas Public Radio reported environmental groups threatening lawsuit over the two West Side Vantage campuses at 14270 Omicron Drive and 5207 Rogers Road; a TCEQ public hearing on Vantage's proposed federal operating permit for the Omicron Drive campus was scheduled for August 17, 2026. · source
  • 2026-07-29coverage
    WOAI/News4SA reported that Vantage obtained minor pollution source permits (typically for dry cleaners and gas stations) for its two San Antonio data center complexes, allowing it to bypass major-source pollution controls and community notification requirements. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 29.400, -98.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Vantage VA4 Fredericksburg Under construction

Fredericksburg, VA · 192 MW · Operator: Vantage Data Centers

$2B, 192MW hyperscale campus (VA4); first building scheduled to open late 2027.

Next step: Under construction — pull the approved conditions and permits and hold the builder to them; an expansion or a new building reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2025-10-21rezoning
    After a marathon public hearing, the Stafford Board of Supervisors voted 4-2-1 to adopt a Comprehensive Plan update (R25-208) and zoning amendment (O25-29) imposing a 750-foot data-center setback from homes, schools and rivers (up from 100 feet); this date became the cutoff later used to grandfather VA4/Melrod under prior rules. · source
  • 2025-10-21protest
    At the same hearing, residents including Falmouth's Alane Callander and groups like Friends of the Rappahannock pushed for setbacks as large as 1,500 feet and raised water, noise and viewshed concerns about the wave of Stafford data-center rezonings that includes Vantage's VA4/Melrod project. · source
  • 2025-11-06announcement
    Vantage Data Centers announced a $2 billion investment to build VA4, a 192MW, three-building, 929,000-sq-ft campus on 82 acres in Stafford County near Fredericksburg — its fourth Virginia campus, bringing statewide capacity to 782MW. · source
  • 2025-11-06construction
    Vantage and general contractor DPR Construction held a groundbreaking ceremony for VA4, attended by Virginia Deputy Secretary of Commerce Luis Lopez Stipes, Stafford Supervisors Meg Bohmke and Darrell English, and IBEW Local 26; first building targeted for late 2027. · source
  • 2025-12-02rezoning
    Stafford Board of Supervisors approved Ordinance O25-29(R), grandfathering five previously-approved data center projects — including Vantage VA-4 (Melrod) — allowing them to proceed under the pre-Oct. 21, 2025 zoning rules rather than the new setback/noise standards. · source
  • 2025-12-02protest
    Environmental advocates and residents who fought for the October setback reforms objected to the grandfathering vote, arguing it undermined protections they had just won for projects like VA4/Melrod. · source
  • 2026-03-01coverage
    Virginia Business reported VA4 is expected to generate $115.4–$116.7 million in annual property tax revenue for Stafford County, while Protect Stafford president Erin Sanzero warned county officials were unprepared for the volume of data-center rezoning applications and that Stafford risked becoming 'the next Data Center Alley.' · source
  • 2026-03-25permit
    Stafford Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend Board approval of a conditional use permit for a Vantage Data Centers VA41 LLC electric substation on 15.62 acres on Centerport Parkway (Hartwood District), to serve the VA4 campus's on-site power needs. · source
  • 2026-05-19permit
    Stafford Board of Supervisors approved the conditional use permit for Vantage's on-site electric substation supporting the VA4 data center campus. · source
  • 2026-07-02incentive
    Potomac Local reported Stafford had five approved data-center projects (three, including VA4, under construction) and 11 pending applications amid a state budget fight; Virginia's compromise preserved data-center sales-tax equipment exemptions (~$2B/year statewide) while adding a new $0.011/kWh electricity consumption tax capped near $600M/year. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-05-19
    Stafford Board of Supervisors approved the conditional use permit for Vantage's on-site electric substation supporting the VA4 data center campus. · source
  • 2026-03-25
    Stafford Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend Board approval of a conditional use permit for a Vantage Data Centers VA41 LLC electric substation on 15.62 acres on Centerport Parkway (Hartwood District), to serve the VA4 campus's on-site power needs. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Northern Indiana expansion (New Carlisle) Operating

New Carlisle (St. Joseph County), IN · 2,400 MW · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: AWS

Amazon plans a $15B investment in new Northern Indiana data center campuses, additional to the $11B investment announced the prior year in St. Joseph County, where its New Carlisle data center already operates. Amazon secures 2.4 GW for its needs (3 GW total new grid capacity) and, through NIPSCO Generation LLC arrangements, will pay to use existing power lines and cover new power plant costs. Amazon says the expansion creates 1,100+ direct high-skilled jobs.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • undatedannouncement
    Amazon announced a $15B plan for new Northern Indiana data center campuses on top of the earlier $11B St. Joseph County investment, with 2.4 GW of power secured via a NIPSCO cost-coverage arrangement. (Amazon's page carries no publication date; the announcement date is not asserted here.) · source
  • 2023-11-09announcement
    St. Joseph County approved a development facilitation agreement with shell company Razor5 LLC to evaluate 840 acres of farmland near New Carlisle for light-industrial use; Razor5 deposited $1 million in escrow for survey rights. · source
  • 2024-02-22rezoning
    St. Joseph County Plan Commission recommended rezoning 640 acres south of the Indiana Enterprise Center from agricultural to industrial for the Razor5 project; a county council vote was scheduled for the following week. · source
  • 2024-04-10filing
    Razor5 LLC presented preliminary plans to the St. Joseph County Council showing a potential total project investment of approximately $11 billion and filed a real property tax abatement application; the company behind Razor5 had not yet been publicly identified. · source
  • 2024-04-25announcement
    Governor Holcomb announced that Amazon Web Services would invest $11 billion to build a data center campus at the Indiana Enterprise Center near New Carlisle, creating at least 1,000 jobs — the largest capital investment in Indiana history. · source
  • 2024-08-13vote
    St. Joseph County Council voted 7-2 to approve a 10-year 50% property tax abatement and a 35-year enterprise technology exemption (85% on data center equipment) for Amazon; the package included a $143 million community enhancement agreement for parks, schools, fire departments, and infrastructure. · source
  • 2024-09-30construction
    AWS held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Century Center in South Bend for its $11 billion data center campus on 870 acres near New Carlisle; construction was already underway, with the first four of 16 planned buildings targeted for completion by end of 2024. · source
  • 2025-04-30hearing
    More than 100 people attended an IDEM public hearing in New Carlisle on Amazon's Section 401 water quality certification application to fill approximately 10 acres of wetlands and reroute streams in the Kankakee River watershed; the Hoosier Environmental Council argued the proposed mitigation was insufficient. · source
  • 2025-08-13ruling
    IDEM cited Amazon for impacting nearly one acre of wetlands without authorization at the New Carlisle campus, ordered construction in state waters to cease, and required Amazon to withdraw its January 2025 permit application and resubmit with an additional 30% mitigation requirement. · source
  • 2025-08-14filing
    Amazon announced plans to resubmit its IDEM wetland permit application after acknowledging its contractor Walbridge had impacted wetlands without authorization in late summer 2024; Amazon had not notified IDEM of the incident until May 2025. · source
  • 2025-09-24ruling
    The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved NiSource's petition to create NIPSCO Generation LLC (GenCo), a first-in-the-nation subsidiary utility to own, build, and manage generation assets exclusively for data centers in Northern Indiana, shielding existing NIPSCO retail customers from related costs. · source
  • 2025-10-29operational
    Amazon announced that Project Rainier, its $11 billion data center campus in New Carlisle dedicated to training Anthropic's Claude AI models on approximately 500,000 Trainium2 chips, was now operational; CNBC reported it as the company's biggest AI data center. · source
  • 2025-11-24announcement
    Amazon announced an additional $15 billion investment to build new data center campuses in Northern Indiana, adding up to 3 GW of capacity; NIPSCO would supply power under a 15-year contract beginning January 2027, with GenCo planning two 1.3 GW gas plants and 400 MW of battery storage. · source
  • 2026-06-24report
    Four Republican St. Joseph County Council members sent a letter to Amazon requesting voluntary contributions toward homeowner property tax relief, noting AWS had nearly $38 million in abated property taxes in the first half of 2026 alone. · source
  • 2026-07-10coverage
    Indiana Citizen reported that the New Carlisle campus had 935 full-time employees as of December 2025 (average $40.99/hour), with construction traffic more than doubling the town's population daily at peak; Amazon requested permanent filling of over 9 acres of wetlands and rerouting of 5,000 feet of streams. · source
  • 2026-07-23construction
    WNDU reported that AWS investment in the St. Joseph County campus had surpassed $13.8 billion, with approximately 18 of 30 planned buildings operational and over 1,000 people hired; a planned diverging diamond interchange at SR 2 and Larrison Boulevard had not yet begun construction. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.700, -86.510 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Amazon Madison Mega Site Operating

Canton (Madison County), MS · 284 MW · Operator: Amazon · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: Anthropic

Part of Project Rainier. Chip types: Trainium2. Epoch AI estimates ~284 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2024-01-25announcement
    Amazon Web Services announced plans to invest $10 billion to build multiple data center complexes in two Madison County industrial parks, creating at least 1,000 high-paying jobs, with a 10-year, 100% corporate income tax exemption incentive package. · source
  • 2024-05-20construction
    AWS held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the Madison County Mega Site spec building, attended by Governor Tate Reeves, Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Representatives Michael Guest and Bennie Thompson. · source
  • 2025-10-29operational
    AWS's Project Rainier — the AI training cluster powering Anthropic's Claude, spread across Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Mississippi — was reported operational, with its Mississippi campus near Canton in Madison County cited at more than 350 MW of IT capacity and set to ramp past 1 GW. · source
  • 2026-02-19coverage
    Residents of the Idlebriar subdivision in Canton, next to the Amazon data center construction site, reported two years of construction dust, noise and traffic, with one resident's teenage daughter having multiple ER visits for asthma flare-ups the prior year, while the Madison County Economic Development Authority said it lacks funds to buy out the subdivision. · source
  • 2026-04-09announcement
    Governor Tate Reeves and Amazon announced an additional $11 billion expansion of Madison County data center operations (700 new jobs) plus a $1 billion facility in Clinton/Hinds County (100 jobs), bringing Amazon total Mississippi investment commitment to $25 billion and over 2,000 jobs. · source
  • 2026-04-10environmental
    Coverage noted Amazon's environmental commitments: Canton will use recycled water for cooling, the Ridgeland campus will draw groundwater only 9% of the time, and the Clinton facility will operate without water, alongside plans for over 800 diesel generators across the Madison County campuses. · source
  • 2026-04-22coverage
    Canton residents described construction dust, noise and pollution fears; Madison County constable Johnny Sims said construction dust had worsened his teenage daughter's asthma, and Amazon stated it is committed to being a responsible community partner. · source
  • 2026-06-09coverage
    Of Amazon four announced Mississippi data center facilities, the Canton campus in Madison County was reported as the one currently operating, with more than 700 diesel generators planned across the two Madison County campuses and the Canton facility set to transition to 100% recycled wastewater for cooling by 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.610, -90.030 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Anthropic Lake Mariner Operating

Barker (Somerset), NY · 42 MW · Operator: AI XPV Platform · Owner: AI XPV Platform · Tenant: Anthropic

Chip types: TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~42 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2024-12-23financing
    TeraWulf signs binding lease agreements with Core42 for 72.5 MW of HPC hosting capacity at Lake Mariner with option to expand by 135 MW; expected to generate $1 billion over initial 10-year terms, commencing at various dates in 2025. · source
  • 2025-08-14financing
    TeraWulf announces binding terms with Fluidstack for 200+ MW of critical IT load at Lake Mariner, with Google credit enhancement; approximately $3.7 billion in contracted revenue over initial 10-year term, phase one (~40 MW) expected H1 2026. · source
  • 2025-11-10report
    TeraWulf Q3 2025 results detail Lake Mariner lease portfolio: La Lupa (Core42) at 72.5 MW with $1.1 billion over ten years, and Akela (Fluidstack/Google) at 450 MW with $6.7 billion over ten years. · source
  • 2026-02-26report
    TeraWulf Q4 2025 results report Lake Mariner contracted at 440 MW critical IT (Core42 60 MW, Fluidstack/Google 380 MW); CB-2 (42 MW) listed with CB2A operational and CB2B expected in March 2026. · source
  • 2026-04-14operational
    TeraWulf Q1 2026 preliminary results confirm CB-2 fully delivered as of March 31, 2026, with all Core42 capacity across WULF Den, CB-1, and CB-2 generating revenue; HPC hosting exceeded 50% of Q1 revenue. · source
  • 2026-07-06announcement
    TeraWulf announces 20-year lease with Anthropic for 401 MW at the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky (not Lake Mariner), expected to generate approximately $19 billion in contracted revenue; initial capacity in second half of 2027, full ramp by early 2028. · source
  • 2026-08-05operational
    TeraWulf Q2 2026 results report 102 MW of revenue-generating critical IT capacity online at Lake Mariner as of early July 2026, with CB-3 completed and CB-4 entering commissioning; CB-5 targeted for early 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 43.330, -78.550 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Anthropic-Amazon New Carlisle Operating

New Carlisle, IN · 910 MW · Operator: Amazon · Owner: Amazon · Tenant: Anthropic

Part of Project Rainier. Chip types: Trainium2. Epoch AI estimates ~910 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2023-11-09filing
    St. Joseph County Redevelopment Commission approved Resolution 2023-16, a development facilitation agreement between the Commission, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and Razor5 LLC for pre-development activities on 640 acres in the New Carlisle Economic Development Area. · source
  • 2024-02-17coverage
    Local media reported construction activity already underway on the Razor5 site near New Carlisle, including an electrical substation pad on 45 acres near Edison Road and excavation on the northern parcel, before the developer's identity was publicly confirmed. · source
  • 2024-02-20hearing
    St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission voted 6-1 to give a favorable recommendation for rezoning over 800 acres at 31000 State Road 2 from agricultural to industrial classification for the Razor5 project, sparking complaints from New Carlisle residents. · source
  • 2024-03-12vote
    St. Joseph County Council voted 8-1 to rezone approximately 640 acres of agricultural land near New Carlisle to industrial use for the Razor5 LLC project, with Council Republican Joe Thomas casting the lone dissenting vote. · source
  • 2024-04-11filing
    Tax abatement proposal documents presented to the St. Joseph County Council revealed the Razor5 project would total $11 billion in investment across 640 acres and a secondary 280-acre parcel, projecting 400 full-time jobs at approximately $30 per hour. · source
  • 2024-04-25announcement
    Governor Eric Holcomb announced Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center campus near New Carlisle, the largest capital investment in Indiana history, with at least 1,000 jobs over 10 years; state incentives included up to $18.3 million in tax credits, $55 million in Hoosier Business Investment credits, and $7 million for State Road 2 improvements. · source
  • 2024-05-28hearing
    St. Joseph County Council committee voted a favorable recommendation on the Amazon data center tax abatement declaratory resolution, advancing it to the full county council for a public hearing scheduled for June 11. · source
  • 2024-08-13incentive
    St. Joseph County Council voted 7-2 to approve the Amazon data center incentive package: a 10-year 50% real property tax abatement on 870 acres, an 85% enterprise technology exemption on personal property for 35 years, and a community enhancement agreement valued at approximately $143 million. · source
  • 2024-09-30construction
    Amazon held a ceremonial groundbreaking for Project Rainier at Century Center in South Bend, attended by Governor Holcomb and AWS VP Kevin Miller; construction on the 870-acre site had already been underway for months prior to the ceremony. · source
  • 2025-09-01ruling
    In September 2025, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission unanimously approved the creation of NIPSCO Generation LLC (GenCo), described as America's first data center-only utility subsidiary, to generate and sell electricity exclusively to hyperscale data centers including the Amazon New Carlisle campus. · source
  • 2025-10-29operational
    Amazon announced Project Rainier was operational in New Carlisle with seven data center buildings running approximately 500,000 Trainium2 chips dedicated to training Anthropic's Claude AI models, making it the largest known deployment of non-Nvidia compute in the world. · source
  • 2025-11-24announcement
    Amazon announced an additional $15 billion investment in new data center campuses across northern Indiana, bringing total committed investment to approximately $26 billion, with a NIPSCO energy deal projected to save existing ratepayers $1 billion over 15 years. · source
  • 2025-11-25filing
    NIPSCO filed plans to supply up to 3 GW to Amazon data centers in northern Indiana through GenCo, which will build two 1.3-GW gas-fired power plants and a 400-MW battery storage system, with power deliveries beginning January 1, 2027, and ramping to 2.4 GW by end of 2032. · source
  • 2026-03-30coverage
    Four Republican members of the St. Joseph County Council sent Amazon a letter asking it to renegotiate its 35-year property tax abatement, citing Microsoft's national policy of forgoing local tax breaks and the region's inherent advantages including one of the nation's richest aquifers. · source
  • 2026-06-03coverage
    Amazon granted local media the first look at the New Carlisle data center campus administration building and workforce development programs; the first work-based learning cohort of 58 local graduates had completed training in machine learning and data center operations. · source
  • 2026-07-23construction
    AWS announced its New Carlisle campus investment had reached $13.8 billion with 18 of approximately 30 planned buildings operational, over 1,000 employees hired (approximately 450 from St. Joseph County), and up to 4,000 construction workers on site during peak phases. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.700, -86.510 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Colossus 1 Operating

Memphis, TN · 340 MW · Operator: SpaceXAI · Owner: SpaceXAI · Tenant: Anthropic

Chip types: H100,H200,B200. Epoch AI estimates ~340 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2024-04-01construction
    Construction began in April 2024 on the Colossus 1 facility, retrofitting the former Electrolux building in South Memphis. · source
  • 2024-06-01announcement
    xAI selected Memphis, Tennessee as the site for its Colossus supercomputer, to be built on the former Electrolux factory site in South Memphis. · source
  • 2024-08-01operational
    Colossus 1 reached its first operational milestone in August 2024 with 25,000 H100 GPUs drawing approximately 35 MW. · source
  • 2024-09-03operational
    xAI announced Colossus came online over Labor Day weekend with 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, built in 122 days, consuming approximately 150 MW and up to 1 million gallons of water daily for cooling. · source
  • 2024-09-11coverage
    NPR reported on how Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer, covering pollution concerns from the facility's gas turbine power generation. · source
  • 2025-02-01operational
    Colossus 1 expanded in February 2025 to 150,000 H100 GPUs plus 50,000 H200 GPUs, reaching approximately 278 MW of IT power. · source
  • 2025-07-01operational
    Colossus 1 added 30,000 B200 GPUs in July 2025, bringing total IT power to approximately 340 MW. · source
  • 2026-03-01permit
    A permanent 1.2 GW natural-gas turbine plant received a Mississippi Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit under the Clean Air Act in March 2026, authorizing 41 permanent turbines for the Colossus complex. · source
  • 2026-04-01lawsuit
    The NAACP and Southern Environmental Law Center filed a federal lawsuit in April 2026 alleging xAI was operating 27 gas turbines without proper air permits at its Southaven, Mississippi power site serving the Colossus complex. · source
  • 2026-05-06financing
    Anthropic agreed to rent all computing capacity at SpaceX's Colossus 1, accessing over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and more than 300 MW of AI compute; financial terms were not disclosed. · source
  • 2026-06-05financing
    Google agreed to rent approximately 110,000 GPUs from SpaceX at Colossus 2 for $920 million monthly through June 2029, as reported by The New York Times. · source
  • 2026-06-16ruling
    The U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in and dismiss the NAACP's Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI's Colossus data center gas turbines, as reported by The New York Times. · source
  • 2026-08-01environmental
    SpaceX agreed with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality to remove all 69 temporary mobile gas turbines at the Southaven power site by July 2027, with removal beginning as early as August 2026. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-03-01
    A permanent 1.2 GW natural-gas turbine plant received a Mississippi Prevention of Significant Deterioration permit under the Clean Air Act in March 2026, authorizing 41 permanent turbines for the Colossus complex. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Tennessee TDECThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • TDEC DataviewersSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Memphis planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Memphis property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.070, -90.050 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Chester VA Operating

Chester (Chesterfield County), VA · 82 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: H100,B200. Epoch AI estimates ~82 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2023-06-05announcement
    Chirisa Technology Parks offers the former Capital One data center in Virginia to hyperscaler tenants, per Data Center Dynamics. · source
  • 2023-09-19financing
    Chirisa secures a $200 million loan to fit out the Virginia data center for CoreWeave, per Data Center Dynamics. · source
  • 2024-01-23announcement
    Chirisa announces 150 MW of expansion across U.S. sites including a 300 MW substation and up to 1 million sq ft at the former Capital One campus in Meadowville Technology Park, Chesterfield County; Chesterfield Board Chairman Jim Holland praises the campus transformation. · source
  • 2024-04-10announcement
    Chirisa plans a 20 MW data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia, per Data Center Dynamics. · source
  • 2024-07-08announcement
    Chirisa announces senior hires to lead hyperscale build-to-suit delivery, citing its CTP-01 data center in Chesterfield, VA and a pipeline exceeding 600 MW under development. · source
  • 2024-08-29financing
    Blue Owl Capital, Chirisa, and PowerHouse Data Centers announce the first phase of a $5 billion joint venture with CoreWeave as anchor customer for an initial 120 MW on Chirisa's 350-acre campus near Richmond, Virginia, for 2025-2026 delivery. · source
  • 2024-09-27announcement
    Chirisa and PowerHouse plan a 1 GW data center campus outside Richmond, Virginia, per Data Center Dynamics. · source
  • 2024-12-16financing
    A Societe Generale-led syndicate closes a $600 million construction loan for a 50 MW build-to-suit data center preleased to CoreWeave at the 300-plus-acre Chirisa Technology Park near Richmond; the project broke ground in 2024. · source
  • 2025-08-20operational
    A fire is contained inside the Chirisa data center in Chesterfield County; WRIC ABC 8News reports questions remain about the incident. · source
  • 2025-09-08operational
    A second fire in three weeks occurs at the Chirisa data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia, per Data Center Dynamics. · source
  • 2025-09-12operational
    After four fires in 12 months at its Chesterfield data center, Chirisa blames defective batteries as the root cause, per The Progress Index. · source
  • 2026-01-06construction
    Chirisa and American Real Estate Partners plan two new 100 MW data center buildings (380,000 sq ft total) at 1600 Digital Drive on the former Cartograf site in Chesterfield County, acquired for $16.5 million; CoreWeave will operate inside the data halls, with the first building targeted for late 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.350, -77.390 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Dalton 1 & 2 Operating

Dalton, GA · 28 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~28 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-07-07financing
    CoreWeave announced a definitive agreement to acquire Core Scientific in an all-stock transaction (implied equity value ~$9.0 billion), which would have given CoreWeave ownership of Core Scientific's ~1.3 GW gross power footprint, including its Georgia facilities. · source
  • 2025-10-30coverage
    Core Scientific shareholders voted against the proposed $9 billion CoreWeave merger (20.8M for, 203.5M against). The merger agreement was terminated with immediate effect; Core Scientific continues operating independently. · source
  • 2026-05-06operational
    In its Q1 FY2026 earnings materials, Core Scientific stated that its Dalton, GA site has delivered Phase 1 (30 MW) with full completion targeted for early 2027, and that Dalton is one of five sites under its anchor hosting agreement with CoreWeave, with approximately 175 MW of contracted capacity. · source
  • 2026-05-25permit
    Georgia EPD opened a public comment period on Application No. 29946, an air permit for Core Scientific's Dalton 01 facility at 2205 Industrial South Road covering 8 standby diesel generators with a combined maximum output of 21.6 MW. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-05-25
    Georgia EPD opened a public comment period on Application No. 29946, an air permit for Core Scientific's Dalton 01 facility at 2205 Industrial South Road covering 8 standby diesel generators with a combined maximum output of 21.6 MW. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Dalton planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Dalton property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.730, -84.960 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Denton TX Operating

Denton, TX · 262 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~262 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2024-06-01financing
    In June 2024 Core Scientific entered into a 200 MW, 12-year hosting contract with CoreWeave with projected cumulative revenue of $3.5 billion, marking the original HPC agreement that would be sited partly at the Denton campus. · source
  • 2024-06-25financing
    Core Scientific announced a new 70 MW contract with CoreWeave worth a projected $1.225 billion over 12 years, bringing the combined CoreWeave portfolio to approximately 270 MW and $4.7 billion in potential revenue. · source
  • 2024-07-05construction
    Core Scientific disclosed it had completed a 72 MW expansion at its Denton TX facility to house bitcoin miners relocated from sites being converted for HPC hosting. · source
  • 2024-08-06financing
    CoreWeave exercised an option for approximately 112 MW of additional HPC infrastructure at Core Scientific sites, a 12-year contract with projected cumulative revenue of $2.0 billion; site modifications were expected to begin in H2 2024. · source
  • 2024-08-20vote
    Denton City Council voted 5-0 to approve amendments to the power purchase agreement and lease with Core Scientific, allowing conversion of its two largest buildings from cryptocurrency mining to AI high-performance computing, with an expected operational date of April-July 2025. · source
  • 2024-11-19vote
    Denton City Council unanimously approved lease modifications giving Core Scientific an additional 42.9 acres (total 78 acres) at 8171 Jim Christal Road and a one-time $5 million payment, enabling a $6.1 billion real property investment for AI data center conversion with three phases through July 2026. · source
  • 2025-02-26announcement
    Core Scientific and CoreWeave announced a $1.2 billion expansion at the Denton site adding 70 MW of contracted power, bringing the facility's total critical IT load to approximately 260 MW; CEO Adam Sullivan called it 'one of the largest GPU supercomputers in North America.' · source
  • 2025-07-07announcement
    CoreWeave announced a definitive agreement to acquire Core Scientific in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $9 billion, gaining access to roughly 1.3 GW of data center capacity including the Denton site. · source
  • 2025-10-30vote
    Core Scientific shareholders voted against the $9 billion CoreWeave merger at a special meeting; the merger agreement was terminated immediately and Core Scientific remained an independent public company. · source
  • 2026-01-14operational
    CoreWeave reported deploying more than 16,000 GPUs at the Denton facility for OpenAI workloads, recovering from construction delays that had left only a few racks delivered as of November 2025; over 2,000 GPUs were brought online in a single day in December 2025. · source
  • 2026-04-03coverage
    The Denton Record-Chronicle reported growing community debate over data center development, with residents raising concerns about noise, environmental impact, and the pace of growth at Core Scientific's facility and other proposed sites. · source
  • 2026-05-07coverage
    Community Impact reported the Core Scientific campus holds a lease on 78.85 acres of city land with up to 394 MW of power allocation and a $6.1 billion real property investment; the expansion begun in November 2024 is expected to be completed by 2027. · source
  • 2026-08-05hearing
    Denton City Council voted 4-3 to direct staff to proceed with a possible 90-day data center moratorium and stricter development code amendments; public hearings were tentatively set for September 22 and October 27, 2026, with final adoption targeted for December 2, 2026. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Denton planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Denton property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.190, -97.140 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Ellendale ND Operating

Ellendale, ND · 68 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~68 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2022-09-08construction
    Applied Blockchain (now Applied Digital) broke ground on a 180 MW data center facility in Ellendale, North Dakota (Dickey County), its second North Dakota site, with a five-year Energy Service Agreement signed with a local utility on September 1, 2022. · source
  • 2023-03-07operational
    Applied Digital announced the energization of its 180 MW Ellendale facility, completed six months after groundbreaking; Marathon Digital Holdings contracted for capacity with an option for an additional 70 MW, and the project was financed through a $20 million loan from Starion Bank. · source
  • 2023-06-16operational
    Applied Digital held a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the energization of its 180 MW Ellendale facility, attended by local congressional and state representatives; the company received final regulatory approval from the North Dakota Public Service Commission for its Electric Service Agreement. · source
  • 2023-10-31construction
    Applied Digital broke ground on a separate 100 MW, 342,000-square-foot HPC facility at the Ellendale campus designed for AI workloads including generative AI and machine learning, with capacity for nearly 50,000 Nvidia H100 SXM-class GPUs in a liquid-cooled configuration. · source
  • 2024-01-16announcement
    Applied Digital signed a conditional anchor tenant agreement at the Ellendale HPC facility for 100 MW over 10 years valued at approximately $2.2 billion, pending finalization of definitive lease documents and construction financing. · source
  • 2024-03-08announcement
    Applied Digital extended the 45-day negotiation period for the conditional anchor tenant agreement at the Ellendale HPC facility until March 30, 2024, with the 100 MW, 10-year deal still under negotiation. · source
  • 2024-04-01financing
    Applied Digital issued a $50 million unsecured convertible debenture to a single private investor with a 54-week term and no interest payments, with proceeds directed toward construction of the Ellendale HPC data center. · source
  • 2024-05-24financing
    Applied Digital issued a $42.1 million unsecured convertible debenture to advance construction of the Ellendale HPC data center, with a 54-week term, no interest, and a 5% original issue discount. · source
  • 2024-06-07financing
    Applied Digital secured a $125 million debt facility (expandable to $200 million) from CIM Group at 12% annual interest for a 3-year term, exclusively for buildout of the Ellendale HPC campus. · source
  • 2024-12-17construction
    Applied Digital announced the successful energization of the on-site main substation transformer at the Ellendale HPC campus, enabling equipment commissioning; the company also submitted a petition for property annexation to the City of Ellendale and received the Community Impact award at the 18th Annual Data Center Dynamics Awards. · source
  • 2025-02-12financing
    Applied Digital closed a $375 million interim financing with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to repay a Macquarie Capital note and fund development of the first and second buildings at the Ellendale HPC campus. · source
  • 2025-04-30financing
    Applied Digital entered into a $150 million convertible preferred equity facility with institutional investors to advance development of the Ellendale multi-building HPC campus, with draws at company discretion in $25 million increments over a 36-month term. · source
  • 2025-06-02announcement
    Applied Digital announced a 250 MW AI data center lease with CoreWeave at the Ellendale campus for approximately 15 years, with an optional 150 MW expansion to 400 MW total; the first 100 MW building expected operational in Q4 2025 and the second 150 MW building by mid-2026, with anticipated total revenue of approximately $7 billion. · source
  • 2025-08-29announcement
    Applied Digital finalized an additional 150 MW lease with CoreWeave at the Polaris Forge 1 campus in Ellendale, bringing total contracted capacity to 400 MW across three lease agreements with approximately 15-year terms and total anticipated revenue of approximately $11 billion. · source
  • 2025-10-27operational
    Applied Digital achieved Ready for Service for Phase 1 (50 MW) of the first 100 MW building at Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale for CoreWeave, featuring proprietary liquid cooling with near-zero water consumption. · source
  • 2026-06-09financing
    Applied Digital priced $1.59 billion in 7.000% senior secured notes due 2031 to fund construction of the fourth 150 MW building (ELN-04) at Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale and repay a Goldman Sachs bridge loan. · source
  • 2026-07-01operational
    Applied Digital delivered Building 2 Phase 1 at Polaris Forge 1 in Ellendale, adding 75 MW and bringing total live campus capacity to 175 MW (100 MW from Building 1 plus 75 MW from Building 2), on schedule toward the 400 MW contracted total. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Ellendale planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Ellendale property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 46.000, -98.530 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CoreWeave Muskogee OK Operating

Muskogee, OK · — · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

None

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2024-06-06financing
    Core Scientific signs initial 200 MW, 12-year hosting contract with CoreWeave valued at over $3.5 billion in cumulative revenue; no specific sites named but this is the master contract the Muskogee facility later falls under. · source
  • 2024-07-05financing
    Core Scientific announces a second 70 MW CoreWeave hosting agreement, bringing the total to 270 MW across two 12-year contracts worth approximately $4.7 billion in cumulative revenue. · source
  • 2024-10-22financing
    CoreWeave exercises its final contract option for approximately 120 MW of additional critical IT load, bringing the total Core Scientific-CoreWeave commitment to approximately 500 MW across six sites with $8.7 billion in total potential revenue over 12 years. · source
  • 2024-11-18construction
    Core Scientific and Port Muskogee break ground on a 100 MW HPC data center (70 MW for NVIDIA GPU computing load, 30 MW ancillary), part of the 500 MW CoreWeave contract; projected to generate $182 million in net local economic benefits, support 150 jobs, and bring over $12 million in property and sales taxes to local institutions; expected operational in 2026. · source
  • 2026-05-06announcement
    Core Scientific announces plans to expand its Muskogee campus to approximately 1.5 GW of gross power (1.0 GW leasable) through an agreement to acquire Polaris DS LLC and its 440 MW of grid-connected power under Oklahoma Gas & Electric service agreements, plus 250 acres secured for expansion; the first 70 MW building targets Q2 2026 delivery with NVIDIA GB300 platform, and a second 82.5 MW building targets Q4 2027. · source
  • 2026-08-14operational
    Core Scientific completes acquisition of Polaris DS LLC for approximately $444 million in cash, securing roughly 440 MW of grid-connected power capacity under existing Oklahoma Gas & Electric service agreements to advance the planned 1.5 GW Muskogee campus expansion; next 82 MW building expected to reach customers in the second half of 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Muskogee planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Muskogee property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.720, -95.390 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Coreweave Helios Operating

Afton (Dickens County), TX · 132 MW · Operator: CoreWeave · Owner: CoreWeave · Tenant: OpenAI

Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~132 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2022-12-01financing
    Galaxy Digital completed its acquisition of the Helios data center campus in Dickens County, Texas, from Argo Blockchain for approximately $65 million; the facility had begun bitcoin mining operations in May 2022. · source
  • 2025-03-28announcement
    Galaxy Digital announced a 15-year lease agreement with CoreWeave to deliver 133 MW of critical IT load (approximately 200 MW gross) at the Helios campus for AI and HPC operations, valued at approximately $4.5 billion over the lease term. · source
  • 2025-04-09coverage
    KCBD reported that Galaxy is demolishing some of the existing data center shell and unplugging mining machines to begin converting the Helios campus from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure for CoreWeave. · source
  • 2025-04-25announcement
    CoreWeave exercised its first option to expand at Helios, adding 260 MW of incremental critical IT load (Phase II) under similar economic terms, bringing total contracted capacity to approximately 393 MW with deliveries expected throughout 2027. · source
  • 2025-08-01financing
    Galaxy Digital closed a $1.4 billion project financing facility in August 2025 to accelerate development of the Helios AI data center campus, supplemented by $350 million of Galaxy's own capital. · source
  • 2026-01-15filing
    ERCOT approved an additional 830 MW of interconnection capacity for the Helios campus, bringing total approved capacity to 1.6 GW — described as the largest single-site allocation in ERCOT's large load interconnection queue. · source
  • 2026-04-01operational
    Rent under the Phase I CoreWeave lease commenced in Q2 2026, with Galaxy delivering 133 MW of critical IT load (approximately 200 MW gross power) at the Helios campus. · source
  • 2026-07-07coverage
    The Block reported that Galaxy delivered Phase I (133 MW critical IT) to CoreWeave on budget and on schedule, with Phase II (260 MW) under construction and data hall deliveries expected in H1 2027. · source
  • 2026-08-15coverage
    The Texas Spur reported on the Galaxy-CoreWeave deal at the Helios facility in northern Dickens County, noting Galaxy is building out Phase II and that CoreWeave's largest customer is Microsoft. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.770, -100.540 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

CyrusOne Aurora Operating

Aurora, IL · 40 MW · Operator: CyrusOne

$1B+, 40MW initial data center in Aurora, Illinois. Under construction.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (15 events)
  • 2016-03-31financing
    CyrusOne LP acquired CME Group Chicago-Aurora I data center in Aurora, Illinois for $131.1 million, establishing CyrusOne original Aurora campus. · source
  • 2024-01-25vote
    Aurora Finance Committee recommended approval of a Memorandum of Reimbursement between the city and CyrusOne for the Bilter Road data center property. · source
  • 2024-02-09announcement
    Aurora officials confirmed negotiations with CyrusOne to rezone 30 acres on Bilter Road for a new data center building, while the city sought to recapture part of the $9.3 million it spent on the I-88/Eola interchange in 2008. · source
  • 2024-02-13vote
    Aurora City Council approved the Memorandum of Reimbursement with CyrusOne for the 2725 Bilter Road site. · source
  • 2024-10-02construction
    Governor JB Pritzker, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, and CyrusOne CEO Eric Schwartz held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $350 million, two-building (446,000 sq ft), 40 MW data center campus on Bilter Road, expected to open in early 2026. · source
  • 2024-10-03incentive
    Coverage confirmed the project was approved under the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity data center investment incentive program and includes a Project Labor Agreement with IBEW. · source
  • 2025-04-01utility
    Equipment repairs at the Aurora CyrusOne data center required extended backup generator use over multiple days, producing noise nearby residents called unlivable. · source
  • 2025-05-20utility
    CyrusOne installed a temporary generator sound wall at its Aurora facility amid escalating resident noise complaints. · source
  • 2025-05-21filing
    The City of Aurora issued code-enforcement citations against CyrusOne over noise from backup generators and rooftop chillers at the Diehl/Eola Road data center. · source
  • 2025-09-25moratorium
    Aurora City Council unanimously enacted a 180-day citywide moratorium on new data center and warehouse development applications and expansions, driven substantially by resident backlash over CyrusOne noise complaints. · source
  • 2025-10-09ruling
    Aurora and CyrusOne signed a legal agreement resolving the May 2025 noise citations, setting a compliance timeline for permanent generator and chiller sound fixes and a $40,000 fine. · source
  • 2025-11-28operational
    A cooling-plant failure at the CyrusOne-owned CME Group data center in Aurora caused temperatures to exceed 100F and halted CME derivatives trading for nearly 10 hours, disrupting global futures and options markets. · source
  • 2026-03-24vote
    As its 180-day moratorium expired, Aurora City Council approved strict siting and performance rules on new data centers: mandatory noise/water/sound studies, daytime/nighttime decibel caps (56/46 dB), and generators/chillers set back 1,500 feet from homes. · source
  • 2026-07-09coverage
    Residents near the CyrusOne Aurora data center said noise (measured around 80 decibels) continued disrupting daily life despite the company rooftop sound wall and ComEd-partnered generator-runtime reductions. · source
  • 2026-08-03coverage
    Public radio coverage examined how Aurora (centered on the CyrusOne facility) and DeKalb have taken different regulatory approaches to data center noise, water and energy impacts amid continued resident complaints. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Aurora planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Aurora property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Goodnight Operating

Claude (Armstrong County), TX · — · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

None

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2024-01-01operational
    Serena Energy's 265.5 MW Goodnight Wind farm came online in 2024 adjacent to the Goodnight campus site, Latitude Media reported, later becoming the basis for Crusoe's co-location proposal. · source
  • 2025-05-01construction
    ABC7 Amarillo reported that construction on the Armstrong County data center began by Crusoe Energy in May 2025, with completion anticipated by late 2028 or early 2029. · source
  • 2025-10-01filing
    In late October 2025, Crusoe and Goodnight Wind submitted a co-location (net metering) proposal to the Public Utility Commission of Texas under SB 6, seeking to share a single interconnection point between the 265.5 MW wind farm and the first phase of the data center, Latitude Media reported. · source
  • 2025-10-17vote
    NewsChannel10 reported Armstrong County commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to Crusoe's tax abatement agreement, with the project scaled back from an original seven buildings on 350 acres to as few as three or four, and the county to receive $1.35 million per year per building in payments once each is operational. · source
  • 2025-11-14announcement
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai, alongside Governor Greg Abbott in Midlothian, announced a $40 billion Texas investment including a new data center in Armstrong County and two in Haskell County, the Texas Tribune reported. · source
  • 2025-11-24announcement
    ABC7 Amarillo reported Google's data center in Armstrong County will pull power off the ERCOT grid, use a closed-loop recirculating cooling system, and create 80 to 100 jobs, with Google serving as tenant, per County Judge Adam Ensey. · source
  • 2026-01-01filing
    Crusoe Energy filed a 465-page application with TCEQ in January 2026 to build a 933 MW off-grid natural gas power plant at the Goodnight campus designed to power at least two buildings, which could emit up to 4.5 million tons of CO2 per year, exceeding San Francisco's entire annual emissions, Yahoo/The Guardian reported. · source
  • 2026-03-15financing
    In mid-March 2026, Crusoe sold the wind-co-located portion of the Goodnight campus to Ensign Infrastructure, a Delaware-incorporated special purpose vehicle, Latitude Media reported. · source
  • 2026-03-18coverage
    NewsChannel10 reported a grass fire near Claude, sparked when a vehicle left County Road 19 and caught fire, spread to 251 acres, prompting evacuation of the data center about half a mile away and threatening five homes. · source
  • 2026-03-27ruling
    The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted final net metering rules for co-located data centers of 75 MW or larger under SB 6, requiring mandatory emergency curtailment within 30 minutes and prohibiting co-located loads from demand response programs, Latitude Media reported on April 3. · source
  • 2026-04-02report
    Cleanview founder Michael Thomas reported that satellite imagery showed construction of Crusoe's 933 MW gas plant at the Goodnight campus was 'well underway,' calling it 'one of the first direct investments in fossil fuel infrastructure' by Google, as covered by Yahoo/The Guardian. · source
  • 2026-04-07filing
    Yahoo/The Guardian reported that Crusoe filed in January 2026 to build a 933 MW on-site natural gas power plant at the Goodnight campus that could emit up to 4.5 million tons of CO2 per year, and that Google spokesperson Chrissy Moy said 'We don't have a contract in place for the plant in Texas.' · source
  • 2026-07-30construction
    Construction Review Online reported the Goodnight campus (filed as GN DC1, LLC and internally called Project Llano) had grown to a $29 billion-plus, seven single-story-building project, with buildings 3 and 4 (about $500 million each) among those under construction and a nuclear-powered deployment targeted for 2027. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.040, -101.210 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Arcola Operating

Sterling (Loudoun County), VA · 77 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Epoch AI estimates ~77 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2017-11-30announcement
    Google confirmed it purchased a 91-acre site at Arcola Center in Loudoun County for $58 million and a 57-acre site at Stonewall Business Park near Leesburg for $31 million, totaling 148 acres for $89 million, marking its entry into owned data center property in Northern Virginia. · source
  • 2018-05-01rezoning
    In May 2018, the developer Arcola LLC proposed major proffer revisions for the Arcola Center site to convert 45 acres from commercial retail to industrial park (data center) use, delete commercial and residential phasing, and revise road construction timelines. · source
  • 2018-09-12hearing
    The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on Google's Arcola Center rezoning application to expand data center development beyond the 1.5 million sq ft permitted by-right to up to 2.35 million sq ft; county staff had recommended against the proposal citing concerns about data centers becoming the dominant land use. · source
  • 2018-10-25vote
    The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved Google's Arcola Center rezoning 6-0 (2 absent, 1 abstention), permitting up to 2.35 million sq ft of data center development in exchange for $25.3 million in proffers including road improvements, $5.2 million toward a Route 50 interchange, land and $5.6 million for an elementary school, and nearly $4 million in capital facilities contributions. · source
  • 2019-06-01financing
    In June 2019, Google announced a $600 million investment to expand its Loudoun County data center campuses at Arcola Center and Stonewall Business Park, bringing its total Virginia investment to $1.2 billion, alongside $200,000 in STEM education grants to local foundations. · source
  • 2020-01-01operational
    Google's first data center building at the Dulles Arcola Center campus (Building 1, short code ARA1A) at 42575 Arcola Blvd, Sterling, VA became operational, listed with a year built of 2020. · source
  • 2022-01-01construction
    Google's Arcola 2 building on the Arcola campus became operational, listed with a year built of 2022. · source
  • 2024-04-26financing
    Google announced a $1 billion investment to expand its Virginia data center campuses, including the two Loudoun County sites (Arcola and Leesburg) and a Prince William County facility, bringing total Virginia investment to over $4.2 billion; the announcement was made by Google President Ruth Porat alongside Governor Glenn Youngkin at Google's Reston headquarters. · source
  • 2024-04-26announcement
    Alongside the $1 billion expansion, Google announced a $75 million AI Opportunity Fund for workforce development and confirmed its Arcola and Leesburg campuses are located within Loudoun County's data center overlay district. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.010, -77.520 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Bristow Operating

Bristow (Prince William County), VA · 279 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v6e,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~279 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2023-01-01operational
    Google's Prince William County data center campus in Bristow, a roughly 290,000-square-foot facility on the 250-acre Mango Farm site at 13001 Rollins Ford Road, was built and became operational in 2023, according to Virginia Business. · source
  • 2023-11-01filing
    In November 2023, Delaware-based Sharpless Enterprises LLC, a shell company linked to Google, submitted plans to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a 181-acre data center campus with four buildings, an electric substation, and auxiliary structures on Wellington Road in western Prince William County, on the former Atlantic Research Corporation site. · source
  • 2024-03-07permit
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved Sharpless Enterprises' application for the 181-acre data center complex at 6201 Wellington Road near Bristow, after reviewing potential impacts on nearby wetlands and streams; Corps biologist Anna Lawston said nothing substantial changed between the initial application and final approval. · source
  • 2024-04-26announcement
    Google announced a $1 billion investment to expand its Virginia data centers, including its newly opened Prince William County campus and two Loudoun County sites, bringing total Virginia investment to over $4.2 billion; Governor Youngkin attended the announcement at Google's Reston headquarters. · source
  • 2025-08-27announcement
    Google announced an additional $9 billion investment in Virginia through the end of 2026 for cloud and AI infrastructure, including expansion of existing facilities in Prince William County; the Bristow Mango Farm complex is included in the investment, per the Prince William Times. · source
  • 2025-08-28coverage
    The Prince William Times reported that Google's Mango Farm data center complex at 13001 Rollins Ford Road in Bristow, next to Gainesville High School, occupies 250 acres with one operational data center of about 290,000 square feet, is valued at $1.2 billion by Prince William County, and has plans filed for at least two more data centers on the site. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2024-03-07
    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved Sharpless Enterprises' application for the 181-acre data center complex at 6201 Wellington Road near Bristow, after reviewing potential impacts on nearby wetlands and streams; Corps biologist Anna Lawston said nothing substantial changed between the initial application and final approval. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.730, -77.540 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Columbus Operating

Columbus, OH · 303 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v6e,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~303 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2021-03-01incentive
    In March 2021 the Columbus City Council voted 6-to-1 to approve a 15-year, 100% property tax abatement worth $54.3 million for Magellan Enterprises LLC (later revealed to be a Google subsidiary) for a $300 million data center at 5076 S. High Street; council members did not learn the applicant was Google until months later. · source
  • 2021-05-01filing
    In May 2021 Google, operating as Magellan Enterprises LLC, purchased the 480-acre former Hartman Stock Farm property at 5076 S. High Street in Columbus for more than $30 million, according to Franklin County Auditor records. · source
  • 2022-06-23construction
    Google broke ground on its $300 million, 150,000-square-foot Columbus data center at the former Hartman Farm site, ahead of schedule, with an expected completion by end of 2025 and 20 permanent jobs; the company also signed a Good Neighbor Agreement with the Far South Columbus Area Commission to preserve roughly one-third of the 496-acre site as green space. · source
  • 2023-05-04announcement
    Google publicly confirmed plans for two new data centers in Columbus (5076 S. High St., ~500 acres, ~$300 million) and Lancaster (104 Whiley Road, ~120 acres, $120 million) as part of its over-$2 billion total Ohio investment since 2019. · source
  • 2023-08-30financing
    Google announced an additional $1.7 billion investment across its three central Ohio data center campuses in Columbus, Lancaster, and New Albany to complete the Columbus and Lancaster facilities and expand New Albany, bringing total Ohio data center investment past $2 billion. · source
  • 2024-01-01operational
    The Google Lockbourne data center at 5076 S. High Street in Columbus became fully operational in 2024, comprising four buildings (Metro Park, Cloud Center, Cloud Ridge, and Cloud Station) on the campus. · source
  • 2024-06-18financing
    Google announced an additional $2.3 billion investment in its three central Ohio data center campuses (Columbus, New Albany, Lancaster) for cloud services and AI infrastructure, bringing total Ohio investment past $4.4 billion since 2019. · source
  • 2024-11-01environmental
    In November 2024 the Columbus City Council voted 9-0 to raise water and sewer rates; Google's Far South Side data center consumed 177 million gallons of water in 2024 during its first year of operation. · source
  • 2025-11-12financing
    Google signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with TotalEnergies for the 49-MW Montpelier solar farm in Williams County, Ohio, to supply 1.5 TWh of renewable electricity to its Ohio data center operations. · source
  • 2025-12-23coverage
    WOSU reported that data centers are a main driver of rising utility costs in Columbus, with AEP Ohio, Columbia Gas, and Columbus Water all seeking rate increases projected to add $36/month for average customers by 2027; PUCO held public hearings in December 2025. · source
  • 2026-03-06coverage
    The Columbus Free Press reported that Google's Far South Side facility used 177 million gallons of water in 2024, documented visible steam emissions near residential areas, and quoted former Far South Side area commissioner Bruce Miller saying hundreds of resident voices were ignored during the approval process. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Columbus planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Columbus property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.900, -82.980 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Council Bluffs (East) Operating

Council Bluffs, IA · 237 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v6e,TPU v5p,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~237 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2007-06-01announcement
    In June 2007, Google announced a $600 million investment to build a data center at a former drive-in theater site on Veterans Memorial Highway in Council Bluffs, with the first phase targeted for completion in 2009. · source
  • 2013-10-03operational
    Google held a grand opening for its second Council Bluffs campus on Bunge Avenue, starting with 50 employees focused on installing, upgrading, and maintaining servers. · source
  • 2014-03-28announcement
    Google announced a third expansion phase (Southlands) in Council Bluffs, creating 35 additional positions and bringing total investment to $1.5 billion, the largest private investment in Iowa history at that time; the state increased Google's sales and use tax abatement from $9.6 million to $16.8 million. · source
  • 2023-08-08announcement
    Google announced a $350 million expansion of its Council Bluffs data center, the third expansion since 2007, along with a $250,000 grant to Advance Southwest Iowa; the campus then spanned over 2.5 million square feet east of Interstate 29 on Bunge Avenue. · source
  • 2024-07-02announcement
    Google announced an additional $1 billion investment in its Council Bluffs data center plus $1.3 million for water preservation in the Missouri River Valley Basin, bringing the campus to approximately 3 million square feet and total investment to over $6 billion. · source
  • 2025-05-30announcement
    Google announced a $7 billion investment in Iowa over the next two years for a new data center in Cedar Rapids and expansion of its existing Council Bluffs facility, plus a partnership with the Electrical Training Alliance to increase Iowa's electrical workforce pipeline by 95 percent. · source
  • 2025-10-27utility
    Google and NextEra Energy announced a collaboration to restart the 615 MW Duane Arnold nuclear plant in Iowa under a 25-year power purchase agreement, with operations expected by Q1 2029, to support Google's expanding Iowa data center operations. · source
  • 2026-06-03environmental
    Google gave $3 million to Omaha's Metropolitan Utilities District to install acoustic leak detection sensors across 500 miles of high-priority water lines, part of a $17 million water stewardship initiative across seven states including Iowa where Google operates data centers. · source
  • 2026-06-18vote
    The Council Bluffs City Council rejected Mayor Jill Shudak's proposed 12-month moratorium on new data center construction; Public Works Director Matt Cox noted data centers request one to two million gallons of water per day and individual projects could max out sewer capacity. · source
  • 2026-07-08report
    Flatwater Free Press reported that Google self-reported its Council Bluffs facility consumed 1.3 billion gallons of water in 2025, more than any of its other data center locations worldwide that year. · source
  • 2026-08-04construction
    A construction apprentice was trapped under an elevator at Google Southlands in Council Bluffs and airlifted to a hospital after the Council Bluffs Fire Department extracted him; the incident occurred at approximately 5 p.m. during ongoing construction work. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.220, -95.860 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Fort Wayne Operating

Fort Wayne, IN · — · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

None

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (20 events)
  • 2023-11-01coverage
    Neighbors voiced concerns about 'Project Zodiac,' a proposed data center by an unnamed Fortune 100 company on southeast Fort Wayne land, following an October 25 neighborhood meeting; residents cited noise and health worries. · source
  • 2023-11-16vote
    Allen County Plan Commission unanimously approved annexation of 728 acres of county land into Fort Wayne for the Project Zodiac data center; residents expressed frustration at the decision. · source
  • 2023-12-01vote
    Allen County Commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the 728-acre Project Zodiac annexation near East Paulding Road and Adams Center Road, the final annexation vote required for the project. · source
  • 2024-04-01announcement
    Google was identified as the company behind 'Project Zodiac' at a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2024, announcing a $2 billion investment and approximately 200 jobs at the Fort Wayne data center campus. · source
  • 2024-07-01hearing
    IDEM held a public meeting on July 1 at Ivy Tech Community College to discuss the draft Hatchworks LLC air permit for Google's data center; the public comment period closed July 8. · source
  • 2025-08-04filing
    Indiana Michigan Power and Google filed a joint demand-response contract with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to manage the data center's electricity load and grid impact. · source
  • 2025-08-28permit
    Google filed an application with IDEM to build on approximately 2.47 acres of protected wetlands for Phase 2 of its Fort Wayne data center expansion. · source
  • 2025-09-19permit
    IDEM approved Google's permit to build on approximately 2.5 acres of protected wetlands at the Fort Wayne data center site, requiring purchase of mitigation credits. · source
  • 2025-11-13hearing
    IDEM held a nearly three-hour public hearing at Ivy Tech on Google's request to expand from 34 to 179 backup diesel generators; the packed auditorium left more than 20 residents unable to speak, and attendees demanded the permit be denied. · source
  • 2025-11-18protest
    Residents rallied at Indiana Michigan Power headquarters and Fort Wayne City Council, calling on the council to pressure IDEM to deny Google's diesel generator permit, citing potential annual pollution of 900 tons and rising energy costs. · source
  • 2025-12-04permit
    IDEM approved AEP's request to temporarily fill wetlands to build power infrastructure serving Google's Fort Wayne data center. · source
  • 2025-12-11operational
    Google announced its Fort Wayne data center is operational and held a community forum at Grand Wayne Center; the company pledged $1.2 million to ACRES Land Trust to protect 22 acres of wetlands and committed to using backup generators only for testing or emergencies. · source
  • 2026-01-13coverage
    Fort Wayne City Council reported that Google agreed to pay approximately $200,000 for stormwater drainage improvements at 6015 Adams Center Road near the data center campus. · source
  • 2026-02-17coverage
    Google launched a public website to address community questions and concerns about its Fort Wayne data center operations. · source
  • 2026-02-25coverage
    Indiana Michigan Power announced plans to lower electric rates, citing revenue from data centers including Google's Fort Wayne facility as an offset for residential customers. · source
  • 2026-03-17permit
    Google filed permits with IDEM for Phase 3 of its Fort Wayne data center, proposing three additional buildings that would expand the campus footprint to over 867,000 square feet. · source
  • 2026-04-10permit
    IDEM approved Google's request for 140 additional emergency diesel generators (plus 5 smaller units) at the Fort Wayne data center, on top of 34 already permitted in 2024. · source
  • 2026-04-29ruling
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved the Google-Indiana Michigan Power demand-response deal, allowing Google to curtail usage during peak grid stress in exchange for rate discounts, projected to reduce costs for all I&M customers. · source
  • 2026-06-09vote
    Fort Wayne City Council member Russ Jehl introduced three resolutions demanding Google demonstrate compliance with tax-break benchmarks, accountability for land-sale proceeds directed to southeast Fort Wayne, and creation of a permanent data center oversight board. · source
  • 2026-08-06environmental
    Hatchworks LLC requested IDEM approval to fill 2.13 acres of forested wetlands for Phase 3, proposing a 2-to-1 mitigation ratio; a virtual public hearing is scheduled for August 25, 2026, with construction targeted to begin mid-September if approved. · source
Find the paper trail (5 filed · 12 places to look)

Permits already on file (5)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-04-10
    IDEM approved Google's request for 140 additional emergency diesel generators (plus 5 smaller units) at the Fort Wayne data center, on top of 34 already permitted in 2024. · source
  • 2026-03-17
    Google filed permits with IDEM for Phase 3 of its Fort Wayne data center, proposing three additional buildings that would expand the campus footprint to over 867,000 square feet. · source
  • 2025-12-04
    IDEM approved AEP's request to temporarily fill wetlands to build power infrastructure serving Google's Fort Wayne data center. · source
  • 2025-09-19
    IDEM approved Google's permit to build on approximately 2.5 acres of protected wetlands at the Fort Wayne data center site, requiring purchase of mitigation credits. · source
  • 2025-08-28
    Google filed an application with IDEM to build on approximately 2.47 acres of protected wetlands for Phase 2 of its Fort Wayne data center expansion. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Fort Wayne planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Fort Wayne property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.030, -85.140 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Lancaster Operating

Lancaster, OH · 137 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v7,TPU v6e. Epoch AI estimates ~137 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2021-08-01announcement
    Google announced Lancaster as the site for a future data center on Whiley Road in the Rock Mill Industrial Park; the city's Economic Development Director Mike Pettit had worked over a year to secure the project, and Google purchased approximately 120 acres of farmland for close to $4 million in August 2021. · source
  • 2023-05-03announcement
    Google formally announced construction of two new data centers in Columbus and Lancaster, bringing its total Ohio investment to over $2 billion; Lancaster Mayor David Scheffler confirmed a 15-year, 100% tax abatement on real estate improvements, buildings, and equipment, plus a $700,000 roadwork grant from the Ohio Department of Development. · source
  • 2023-05-03construction
    Construction began on Google's Lancaster campus at 104 Whiley Road on approximately 120 acres, with union labor from the Columbus/Central Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council (over 18,000 workers across 21 affiliated local unions); Google also awarded a $100,000 grant to the Columbus Building Futures Program. · source
  • 2023-05-03coverage
    Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Google VP of Government Affairs Mark Isakowitz announced the two new central Ohio data centers; Isakowitz stated Google would have three operational data centers in central Ohio, and the $120 million Lancaster campus was described as being built on roughly 120 acres of farmland. · source
  • 2023-08-29financing
    Google announced an additional $1.7 billion investment across its three central Ohio data center campuses in Columbus, New Albany, and Lancaster, to complete the Columbus and Lancaster centers and expand New Albany; each center was estimated to create approximately 1,200 construction jobs and a few hundred permanent employees. · source
  • 2023-08-30coverage
    Construction Dive reported Google's $1.7 billion investment across its three Ohio campuses, with Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted stating that Ohio is establishing itself as a premier destination for technology investment. · source
  • 2024-01-01operational
    The first data center building on Google's Lancaster campus was completed and became operational in 2024, according to Baxtel's facility tracker. · source
  • 2024-06-18financing
    Google announced a further $2.3 billion investment in its three Ohio data center campuses (Columbus, New Albany, and Lancaster), bringing total Ohio investment to over $4.4 billion since 2019; Lt. Gov. Jon Husted called central Ohio an important tech hub. · source
  • 2025-01-01operational
    A second building on Google's Lancaster campus (designated Lancaster 2 / 'Core Plaza') was completed and became operational in 2025, according to Baxtel's facility tracker. · source
  • 2025-01-01incentive
    A Governing.com investigation confirmed Google has a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) agreement with Lancaster but Google declined to disclose the specific terms; a related Google subsidiary (Magellan Enterprises LLC) received a 100%, 15-year CRA in Columbus valued at $54 million for 20 projected jobs. · source
  • 2025-11-12utility
    Google signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with TotalEnergies for 1.5 TWh of renewable electricity from TotalEnergies' 49 MW Montpelier solar farm in Ohio, connected to the PJM grid to support Google's Ohio data center operations including Lancaster. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Lancaster planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Lancaster property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.710, -82.600 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Mesa Operating

Mesa, AZ · 90 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Chip types: TPU v6e. Epoch AI estimates ~90 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2019-04-01rezoning
    Mesa rezoned approximately 187 acres of Morrison family farmland at Elliot and Sossaman roads for the data center project, then known by the codename Project Red Hawk, in April 2019. · source
  • 2019-07-01vote
    Mesa City Council approved a development agreement and 25-year Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET) incentive for Google's $1 billion data center on 187 acres at Elliot and Sossaman roads; the deal was negotiated under the codename Project Red Hawk with Google operating as Stone Applications LLC. · source
  • 2019-07-02coverage
    AZBEX reported the council approval and revealed Google as the company behind Project Red Hawk, noting the project had been secret for over a year due to a confidentiality agreement; Mayor Giles said the corridor would be anchored by Apple and Google. · source
  • 2023-06-14permit
    Mesa Design Review Board began reviewing the Phase 1 site plan for the 288,530-square-foot data center building, utility switchyard, medium-voltage substation, security kiosk, and employee office building; engineering firm HDR Inc. submitted the plans on behalf of Stone Applications LLC. · source
  • 2023-09-06construction
    Google broke ground on its $600 million Phase 1 data center in Mesa, its first physical presence in Arizona; Governor Katie Hobbs, Mayor John Giles, and Rep. Greg Stanton attended; Google announced the facility would be 100% air-cooled and donated $150,000 to Salt River Project for watershed restoration. · source
  • 2023-09-08coverage
    Construction Dive reported on Google's $600 million Mesa data center groundbreaking, noting it was Google's first physical presence in Arizona and that a new Google Cloud region was also coming to Phoenix. · source
  • 2023-09-10coverage
    Mesa Tribune reported that city officials were looking to slow data center growth, with Councilman Scott Somers saying Mesa had seen 'more than our fair share' of data centers; at least 15 new data center projects were reportedly eyeing Mesa, and Google's $600 million facility was noted alongside the city's concerns about low job creation per acre. · source
  • 2024-04-09hearing
    Mesa Design Review Board heard informational presentations on Google's Phase 2 data center (280,000 sq ft, air-cooled, codenamed Project Redhawk) and a separate one-story Redhawk HUB office building near Elliot and Sossaman roads; no formal action was taken. · source
  • 2024-04-09coverage
    ABC15 reported that Google's Phase 2 design review was underway for a 280,000-square-foot building mirroring Phase 1, plus a Redhawk-HUB office building, on the campus that now represented a total $1 billion investment on over 185 acres. · source
  • 2025-07-01operational
    Google's Phase 1 data center (288,530 sq ft) at the Red Hawk campus in Mesa became operational in July 2025, powered by air-cooling architecture with no water-intensive cooling towers. · source
  • 2025-07-08rezoning
    Mesa City Council adopted new data center zoning regulations establishing 'Data Center' as a distinct land use category, after 15 data centers were constructed, approved, or proposed in the city over six years; Vice Mayor Somers called it the first step in more objective design standards. · source
  • 2025-10-14hearing
    Mesa Design Review Board examined Phase 3 plans for a 283,500-square-foot data center building at 35 feet 10 inches tall with two server halls, including alternative compliance requests for wall and roof articulations under the Mesa Zoning Ordinance. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2023-06-14
    Mesa Design Review Board began reviewing the Phase 1 site plan for the 288,530-square-foot data center building, utility switchyard, medium-voltage substation, security kiosk, and employee office building; engineering firm HDR Inc. submitted the plans on behalf of Stone Applications LLC. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Mesa planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Mesa property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Arizona Corporation Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.420, -111.830 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google New Albany Operating

New Albany, OH · 339 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v5p,TPU v6e,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~339 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2018-12-01announcement
    In December 2018, Google affiliate Montauk Innovations LLC announced it was considering New Albany for a $600 million data center and acquired over 440 acres in Franklin and Licking counties for $54.5 million. · source
  • 2018-12-01incentive
    In December 2018, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 100%, 15-year sales tax exemption for Google's Montauk Innovations data center project, valued at approximately $43.5 million over the life of the credit and renewable for up to 40 years. · source
  • 2019-11-01construction
    Holder Construction broke ground on November 1, 2019 on Google's $600 million data center on 440 acres in New Albany, part of Google's $13 billion 2019 expansion plan for seven new U.S. data centers. · source
  • 2019-11-01incentive
    New Albany's incentive package for Google included 100% property tax abatement for 15 years and a waiver of up to $250,000 in building and permitting fees, with a minimum annual revenue generation requirement of $750,000 beginning in 2021. · source
  • 2021-01-01operational
    Google's New Albany data center was completed and became operational in 2021, according to property records listing the year built as 2021. · source
  • 2021-08-20announcement
    On August 20, 2021, Google announced an additional $1 billion investment to expand its New Albany data center campus and disclosed it had acquired 618 more acres (500 in Columbus, approximately 120 in Lancaster) for potential future data centers, bringing total Ohio acreage to over 1,000. · source
  • 2022-05-24operational
    Google launched its Columbus Ohio cloud region (us-east5) on May 24, 2022, its 2nd Midwest region, 10th in North America, and 33rd globally, with three availability zones served by the New Albany data center infrastructure. · source
  • 2023-05-04announcement
    On May 4, 2023, Google announced it would build two additional data centers in Columbus and Lancaster, Ohio, expanding beyond its existing New Albany campus to create a trio of Central Ohio facilities. · source
  • 2023-08-29financing
    On August 29, 2023, Google announced a $1.7 billion investment to support its three Central Ohio data center campuses in New Albany, Columbus, and Lancaster, bringing cumulative Ohio investment to over $3.7 billion; each facility generates roughly 1,200 construction jobs and several hundred permanent positions. · source
  • 2024-06-18financing
    On June 18, 2024, Google announced an additional $2.3 billion investment across its Columbus, New Albany, and Lancaster data center sites, bringing cumulative Ohio spending to over $4.4 billion since 2019. · source
  • 2025-05-01filing
    In May 2025, Google subsidiary Montauk Innovations acquired an additional 85-acre parcel on Harrison Road Northwest in New Albany's business park in Licking County for $63 million. · source
  • 2025-11-12utility
    On November 12, 2025, TotalEnergies announced a 15-year power purchase agreement to supply Google's Ohio data centers with 1.5 TWh of certified renewable electricity from the Montpelier solar farm in Ohio, connected to the PJM grid. · source
  • 2026-04-02public-comment
    On April 2, 2026, the Ohio Ballot Board unanimously approved a petition drive for a constitutional amendment to ban new data centers consuming over 25 MW monthly, requiring 400,000+ signatures by July 2026; the campaign cited New Albany-area data center impacts including rising electric rates and farmland loss. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search New Albany planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search New Albany property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.080, -82.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Pryor (North) Operating

Pryor, OK · 53 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5p,TPU v5e. Epoch AI estimates ~53 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2007-01-01announcement
    Google announced its initial data center investment in Mayes County, Oklahoma at MidAmerica Industrial Park, according to Google's own data center community page which lists 2007 as the year of first investment. · source
  • 2012-01-01construction
    Google completed its first campus expansion at the Mayes County data center in 2012, per Google's official facility timeline. · source
  • 2015-01-01construction
    Google completed a second expansion of the Mayes County data center campus in 2015, per Google's official facility timeline. · source
  • 2019-01-01construction
    Google completed a third expansion of the Mayes County data center campus in 2019, per Google's official facility timeline. · source
  • 2022-05-11operational
    Google announced a 9 exaflop cluster of Cloud TPU v4 pods in public preview at its Oklahoma data center, described as the world's largest publicly available ML hub, operating at 90% carbon-free energy with a PUE of 1.10. · source
  • 2023-04-05report
    A Google Cloud blog post confirmed that all Cloud TPU v4 supercomputers are housed at the Oklahoma data center, noting approximately 6x cleaner energy than typical on-premise data centers. · source
  • 2024-07-19operational
    Epoch AI's data center tracker estimates Building 1 of Google Pryor (North) became operational around July 2024 with approximately 53 MW IT power, hosting an estimated 27,959 TPU v5p and 67,102 TPU v5e chips. · source
  • 2025-01-28construction
    Epoch AI satellite imagery analysis shows Building 2 at Google Pryor (North) being retrofitted from a warehouse, with roof painting, cooling tower construction, and a new substation being built south of the building. · source
  • 2025-08-13announcement
    Google announced a $9 billion investment in Oklahoma cloud and AI infrastructure over two years, including expansion of the existing Pryor facility and a new data center campus in Stillwater, bringing total Oklahoma investment to $15 billion since 2007. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Pryor planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Pryor property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.310, -95.320 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Red Oak Operating

Red Oak, TX · 77 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google

Chip types: TPU v6e,TPU v7. Epoch AI estimates ~77 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2023-08-31announcement
    Google announced a new data center campus in Red Oak, Texas, its second site in Ellis County after Midlothian, with at least $600 million planned investment over multiple years and $330 million committed for 2023; the project was expected to create nearly 1,200 construction jobs and 30 permanent positions. · source
  • 2023-08-31incentive
    Google awarded a $150,000 grant to Red Oak ISD to fund STEM expansion including Project Lead the Way engineering, robotics, and science initiatives at secondary schools, announced alongside the data center campus. · source
  • 2023-09-06coverage
    Dallas Innovates reported Google's $600 million Red Oak data center would complement its existing Midlothian facility and the Dallas cloud region, with VP of Government Affairs Cris Turner stating the infrastructure supports AI innovations and Google Cloud business. · source
  • 2023-10-05incentive
    Google awarded $100,000 grants each to the Red Oak and Midlothian public libraries; Red Oak's grant funded a makerspace with 3D printers and robotics technology for community STEM exploration. · source
  • 2024-08-15announcement
    Google announced over $1 billion in Texas investment for 2024, targeting the Midlothian and Red Oak data center campuses, bringing its total Texas investment past $2.7 billion; the company also announced 375 MW of carbon-free solar power purchase agreements for ERCOT. · source
  • 2025-11-14operational
    As part of a $40 billion Texas investment announcement through 2027, Google disclosed that the first building of its Red Oak campus in Ellis County is now operational; the broader plan includes new campuses in Armstrong, Haskell, and Wilbarger counties plus over 6,200 MW of new energy generation. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Red Oak planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Red Oak property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.520, -96.800 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Google Storey County Operating

Storey County, NV · 161 MW · Operator: Google · Owner: Google · Tenant: Google DeepMind

Chip types: TPU v5e,TPU v6e. Epoch AI estimates ~161 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (9 events)
  • 2017-04-17announcement
    Google purchased more than 1,200 acres near the Tesla Gigafactory at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County for over $29 million, with plans to build a data center. · source
  • 2020-09-16incentive
    The Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development board approved Google (Design, LLC) for a $25 million tax abatement package (2% sales tax abatement for 20 years worth $16.8 million and 75% personal property tax abatement for 20 years worth $8.25 million) for a $600 million data center at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, expected to create at least 50 jobs. · source
  • 2020-09-22announcement
    Google formally announced a $600 million data center investment at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County, expected to be fully operational in 2021 and employ at least 50 people at an average wage of $31.29 per hour. · source
  • 2021-01-01operational
    Google's Storey County data center became operational in 2021, per Google's own site listing and multiple reports confirming the facility was built in 2021. · source
  • 2023-11-28operational
    Google announced that its partnership with Fervo Energy had produced an operational 3.5 MW enhanced geothermal power project in Nevada, delivering carbon-free electricity to the grid serving Google's data centers on a 24/7 basis. · source
  • 2024-06-07utility
    NV Energy filed a proposed Clean Transition Tariff with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to purchase 115 MW of enhanced geothermal power from Fervo Energy's Corsac Station project and supply it to Google's Storey County data centers. · source
  • 2024-08-27announcement
    Google announced plans to invest more than $400 million in Nevada in 2024 to expand its data center campuses in Storey and Clark counties, bringing total state investment to over $2.2 billion since 2019. · source
  • 2025-05-13ruling
    The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved the Clean Transition Tariff enabling NV Energy to procure 115 MW of Fervo Energy enhanced geothermal power and supply it to Google's Nevada data centers. · source
  • 2025-05-20coverage
    MIT Technology Review reported that Google's Storey County facility withdrew 1.9 million gallons and consumed 200,000 gallons of water in 2023 using air-cooling technology, and that Google declined to specify the scale of its planned expansion. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.520, -119.540 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Eagle Mountain Operating

Eagle Mountain, UT · 133 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~133 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2018-05-30announcement
    Facebook announced a $750 million, 970,000-square-foot data center campus on approximately 500 acres in Eagle Mountain, with Gov. Gary Herbert and state officials present; five taxing entities ratified a $150 million tax incentive package over 20 years for Phase 1. · source
  • 2018-06-02coverage
    Utah Public Radio reported Facebook chose Eagle Mountain for renewable energy availability, local workforce, and community support; the company had invested approximately $100 million in infrastructure to the site. · source
  • 2019-12-11announcement
    Facebook announced Phase 2, adding 500,000 square feet to the campus and raising total investment to over $1 billion; a separate tax increment financing deal returned approximately $60 million to Facebook with $6.6 million allocated to Eagle Mountain's Redevelopment Agency for affordable housing. · source
  • 2021-02-11coverage
    Deseret News reported Facebook's Eagle Mountain campus had logged over 4 million construction work hours and used over 12,000 tons of steel and 100,000 cubic yards of concrete, with potential tax relief across all five phases totaling $750 million over 40 years. · source
  • 2021-02-12announcement
    Facebook announced a further 900,000-square-foot expansion with two new buildings, bringing planned campus total to five buildings with approximately 1,500 workers at peak construction. · source
  • 2021-03-08announcement
    EDCUtah, Eagle Mountain, and the Governor's Office of Economic Development jointly announced 'Project Steeplechase II,' the 900,000-square-foot, two-building expansion powered by 100% renewable energy from over 600 MW of new solar capacity on Utah's grid. · source
  • 2021-07-14operational
    Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center began serving traffic, marking the first phase as operational; the company reported over $1 billion invested, 1,250 workers at peak construction, and approximately $2 million in community grants since 2018 groundbreaking. · source
  • 2021-10-04coverage
    Deseret News reported the first phase of Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center went live in July 2021 as Phase 2 construction continued, with over 1,200 workers at peak and plans for five total buildings on the 500-acre site. · source
  • 2022-09-30announcement
    Meta announced Phase 3, adding approximately 2 million square feet via two new buildings to bring the campus to 4.5 million square feet across seven data centers, raising total investment to $1.5 billion; the company also announced a $200,000 grant for the Hobble Creek Flow Restoration Project. · source
  • 2022-09-30environmental
    Meta committed to funding water restoration projects equaling 200% of the Eagle Mountain facility's water consumption into the Provo River watershed, including 416 million gallons annually from an existing Provo River project and 467 million gallons from the new Hobble Creek project. · source
  • 2022-10-03coverage
    W.Media reported Meta's Phase 3 expansion would add two buildings totaling approximately 2 million square feet to the existing 2.4 million square feet, with Meta having invested $120 million in infrastructure upgrades (roads, electricity) before construction began. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.310, -112.010 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Gallatin Operating

Gallatin, TN · 87 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~87 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2020-05-01filing
    Woolhawk LLC (later revealed as Facebook) acquired 809 acres in Gallatin for approximately $15-20 million for a planned data center campus; the project was referred to as 'Project Woolhawk' by local officials. · source
  • 2020-05-11incentive
    Gallatin's Industrial Development Board advanced a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement for Woolhawk LLC with 20-year tax abatement terms starting at $1 million per year for the first building and decreasing to $550,000 for the sixth building. · source
  • 2020-08-11announcement
    Facebook announced an $800 million, 982,000-square-foot data center in Gallatin, Tennessee, culminating a three-year recruitment effort by the Gallatin EDA and TVA; the facility would support approximately 100 permanent jobs. · source
  • 2020-08-12announcement
    Facebook confirmed the Gallatin data center as its 13th in the U.S., revealing the 809-acre site was purchased under Woolhawk LLC for $20 million and that the city approved $19.5 million in tax breaks; the first building was expected in approximately two years with a second 18 months later. · source
  • 2020-08-12construction
    Facebook broke ground on the Gallatin data center campus, with DPR Construction as general contractor; the facility was designed to use 80% less water than an average data center, achieve LEED Gold certification, and run on 100% renewable energy. · source
  • 2020-08-12utility
    Facebook announced it had signed contracts for 220 MW of new solar energy generation in Tennessee through a partnership with TVA to support the Gallatin data center. · source
  • 2020-08-12coverage
    Data Center Frontier reported the Gallatin project as Facebook's third data center announcement since the COVID-19 pandemic began, following DeKalb, Illinois and Prineville, Oregon expansions. · source
  • 2022-09-23announcement
    Meta announced a nearly $1 billion expansion of the Gallatin campus with two new structures totaling approximately 2 million square feet, including a cold storage facility, with peak construction workforce reaching 1,700 workers. · source
  • 2023-01-01operational
    Meta's first data center building on the Gallatin campus became fully operational in 2023, designated GTN 1, a two-story H-shaped building on 800 acres at 1 Meta Loop. · source
  • 2024-04-15filing
    Meta filed plans for a fourth data center on its Gallatin campus, a 278,000-square-foot building shaped like a stretched plus sign representing a 17% increase to its existing footprint, with a public work session set for April 29 and a vote scheduled for May 20, 2024. · source
  • 2024-05-20vote
    Gallatin approved Meta's fourth data center building on the campus, a 276,000-square-foot structure that would bring total campus space to approximately 1.9 million square feet with total investment well beyond $1 billion. · source
  • 2024-11-15operational
    Meta officially launched its Gallatin data center campus as operational, with total investment exceeding $1.5 billion across four buildings totaling more than 1.7 million square feet and over 100 permanent employees; the Nashville Business Journal called it one of the top five largest business investments in Tennessee history. · source
  • 2024-11-15coverage
    The Tennessee Municipal League reported Meta's Gallatin data center began operations, noting the company's partnership with TVA supports eight Meta projects adding 530 MW of renewable energy to Tennessee and that Meta had donated over $1 million to local nonprofits and school systems. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Tennessee TDECThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • TDEC DataviewersSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Gallatin planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Gallatin property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 36.390, -86.440 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Los Lunas Operating

Los Lunas, NM · 87 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~87 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
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Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2016-09-14announcement
    Facebook announced plans to build a new data center in Los Lunas, New Mexico, its seventh overall and fifth in the U.S., to be powered by 100% renewable energy. · source
  • 2016-09-14incentive
    New Mexico's congressional delegation welcomed the Facebook data center announcement; senators and representatives had previously written to the PRC advocating for Los Lunas as the site. · source
  • 2016-09-15coverage
    The Los Lunas Village Council had approved an up-to-$30 billion industrial revenue bond proposal in late June 2016 under the codename 'Greater Kudu' without initially knowing Facebook's involvement; the project also used codenames 'Project Antelope' and 'Project Discus' during a competitive process with Utah. · source
  • 2016-10-11construction
    Facebook held a groundbreaking ceremony at the Huning Business Park in Los Lunas, attended by Governor Susana Martinez and Mayor Charles Griego, beginning the $250 million Phase 1 construction. · source
  • 2019-02-07operational
    Facebook opened its Los Lunas data center campus, initially supporting over 150 jobs, with the facility pursuing LEED v4 Gold certification and backed by over 396 MW of new wind and solar resources on the New Mexico grid. · source
  • 2021-10-27announcement
    Facebook announced a two-building, $800 million expansion of the Los Lunas campus, bringing total investment to nearly $2 billion and projected employment to over 400 operational jobs, with a new goal to restore 200% of water consumed to New Mexico watersheds. · source
  • 2021-10-27coverage
    Facebook announced the two new buildings would form an H-shape on the southern end of the 750-acre campus, with each data hall housing 3,200 servers; ground preparation by Fortis was underway with foundation construction to begin January 2022 and first building turnover targeted for October 2024. · source
  • 2021-10-27coverage
    The $800 million expansion was reported to bring total investment to $2.2 billion, expand the campus to nearly 3.8 million square feet across eight buildings, and employ over 1,000 construction workers with more than 70% New Mexico subcontractors. · source
  • 2025-01-16announcement
    The Los Lunas Village Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring intent to issue up to six series of IRBs not exceeding $7.5 billion each for Greater Kudu LLC (Meta subsidiary) to build two new AI-dedicated buildings for $800 million, with construction expected to begin spring 2025 and take 2-3 years. · source
  • 2025-02-13incentive
    The Los Lunas Village Council unanimously approved an IRB ordinance for Greater Kudu LLC and unanimously approved an amended water agreement capping daily use at 3 million gallons (reduced from 4.5 million), removing the data center's previous priority status during shortages, and keeping the annual allocation at 500 acre-feet. · source
  • 2025-03-01report
    The Los Lunas Village Council approved a project partnership with tax incentives requiring Meta to invest $350 million in the expansion within 10 years of the agreement. · source
  • 2025-12-22permit
    Meta acquired a 474-acre parcel adjacent to its existing Los Lunas data center campus at $128,500 per acre, brokered by CBRE, within the Huning Business and Tech Park for next-generation data center facilities. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2025-12-22
    Meta acquired a 474-acre parcel adjacent to its existing Los Lunas data center campus at $128,500 per acre, brokered by CBRE, within the Huning Business and Tech Park for next-generation data center facilities. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Los Lunas planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Los Lunas property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.800, -106.730 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Prometheus Operating

New Albany, OH · 562 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Part of Prometheus. Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~562 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2022-04-21announcement
    Meta announced a further expansion of its New Albany data center campus, adding buildings that brought total investment in Ohio to more than $1.5 billion and supporting 300 operational jobs and 1,200 peak construction workers. · source
  • 2025-03-27filing
    Power Engineering reported that Will-Power (Williams Companies) had filed with the Ohio Power Siting Board for two behind-the-meter natural gas plants, Socrates North and Socrates South, each 200 MW, at Meta's New Albany International Business Park campus, with a planned in-service date of Q3 2026. · source
  • 2025-06-09approval
    The Ohio Power Siting Board approved the Socrates South Power Generation Project, a 200 MW behind-the-meter natural gas plant in Licking County to be built by Will-Power OH (a Williams Companies subsidiary) to serve exclusively Sidecat, part of Meta Platforms, on its 740-acre New Albany Business Park campus. · source
  • 2025-06-11construction
    Power Engineering reported that construction on the Socrates South 200 MW natural gas plant serving Sidecat (Meta) in New Albany was planned to begin in June 2025 with expected completion in November 2026, detailing the turbine fleet including Solar Turbines Titan 250s, Siemens SGT400s, and Caterpillar reciprocating engines. · source
  • 2025-07-14announcement
    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Threads and Facebook that Meta's first AI supercluster, Prometheus, a 1-gigawatt data center in New Albany, Ohio, will come online in 2026, alongside a larger Hyperion cluster and hundreds of billions of dollars in compute investment. · source
  • 2025-09-29operational
    A Meta engineering blog post described Prometheus as a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning multiple traditional data center buildings plus weatherproof tents and adjacent colocation facilities, and said the buildout was currently underway. · source
  • 2025-11-01coverage
    In early November 2025, Turner Construction evacuated over 1,000 workers from the Prometheus data center construction site in New Albany after a terminated contractor returned and threatened a supervisor with a firearm; security confiscated the weapon and law enforcement responded. · source
  • 2025-11-17coverage
    Spectrum News 1 reported on Meta's Prometheus in New Albany as potentially the world's first gigawatt-scale data center, noting on-site gas-fired power plants; Mayor Sloan Spalding said the facility would not draw energy off the grid, and residents raised concerns about local power reliability. · source
  • 2026-01-09financing
    Meta announced nuclear energy agreements with Oklo, Vistra and TerraPower for up to 6.6 GW by 2035, stating the projects will deliver power to grids supporting its operations including the Prometheus supercluster in New Albany, Ohio. · source
  • 2026-01-19report
    WOSU reported that a University of Virginia/Joyce Foundation study found Columbus will become the second-largest data center hub in the Great Lakes region behind Chicago, noting Meta is wrapping up construction on its Prometheus gigawatt-scale data center in New Albany and that Ohio data centers currently consume 5.3% of the state's energy, projected to reach 10.9% within four years. · source
  • 2026-01-27financing
    Corning and Meta announced a multiyear agreement worth up to $6 billion for Corning to supply optical fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions for Meta's U.S. data center buildout, with Corning expanding its Hickory, North Carolina, manufacturing facility where Meta will be the anchor customer. · source
  • 2026-03-05coverage
    The American Prospect reported that Meta opened its first Ohio data center in 2017 under the operating name Sidecat LLC after state lawmakers approved $37 million in tax breaks, and that Meta plans to open its one-gigawatt Prometheus AI cluster housed in five or more buildings in 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-16construction
    Energies Media reported that Williams expects to bring each of its Socrates power generation facilities in New Albany online around the end of 2026, with construction anticipated to begin during 2025 and a one-year commissioning period following construction start. · source
  • 2026-05-27incentive
    Governor DeWine ordered the Ohio Tax Credit Authority to pause consideration of new data center sales tax exemption requests after the state underestimated the 2025 cost of the exemption by more than $1.4 billion, directing the pause to take effect after the Authority's June 1 meeting while a Joint Data Center Committee studies the issue. · source
  • 2026-06-26approval
    The Ohio Power Siting Board authorized construction of the Socrates the Younger (STY) Power Generation Facility, a 250 MW natural gas plant with 116 MW battery storage on 109 acres in Licking County, New Albany, to serve Sidecat LLC (Meta) behind-the-meter, subject to 36 conditions. · source
  • 2026-08-10announcement
    Mark Zuckerberg announced the $1 billion Future Is for Everyone Fund to invest in communities where Meta owns or is building data centers, including New Albany, targeting locally identified priorities such as schools, teachers, first responders, and energy and water infrastructure. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search New Albany planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search New Albany property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.080, -82.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta Temple Operating

Temple, TX · 152 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: B300. Epoch AI estimates ~152 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (11 events)
  • 2022-03-31announcement
    Meta announces it will build an $800 million, approximately 900,000-square-foot hyperscale data center on 393 acres off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd in Temple, supporting about 100 permanent jobs with construction starting in spring 2022. · source
  • 2022-03-31announcement
    City of Temple announces Meta's new hyperscale data center; Mayor Tim Davis calls it a significant win for the community; Temple EDC President Adrian Cannady and Governor Greg Abbott also praised the project. · source
  • 2022-12-15construction
    KWTX reports Meta is pausing construction at its Temple facility, stating it decided to change the design; a spokesperson said Meta remains committed to the community and local stakeholders. · source
  • 2022-12-19coverage
    Construction Dive reports Meta paused construction at its $800 million Temple data center to change the design; the pause followed Meta's November 2022 mass layoffs; general contractor is JE Dunn. · source
  • 2023-10-20construction
    Construction Review Online reports Meta restarted work at Temple and Kuna after halting globally to redesign data centers for denser GPU installations for AI applications. · source
  • 2023-10-23construction
    Construction Dive reports JE Dunn resumed construction on Meta's Temple data center after the December 2022 pause; Meta says the AI-optimized redesign is 31% less expensive and takes half the time to build; completion shifted from 2025 to 2026. · source
  • 2025-04-04coverage
    GovTech reports Minnesota-based Oppidan Investment Co. purchased 10 acres from the Temple Economic Development Corp. in March 2025 and plans a $31 million, 61,554-square-foot data center at 2325 Eberhardt Road directly across from Meta's campus. · source
  • 2026-07-22operational
    Meta officially opens its $1.2 billion AI-optimized data center on Industrial Boulevard in Temple; the 760,000-square-foot, two-building campus supports nearly 100 operations jobs and employed over 1,200 trade workers at peak construction. · source
  • 2026-07-22incentive
    At the opening event Meta announced a $400,000 grant as part of $1.7 million in total direct funding to Bell County-area schools and nonprofits, plus $8 million in local public water and wastewater improvements. · source
  • 2026-07-30coverage
    Spectrum News reports the Temple facility is Meta's first AI-optimized data center globally to go online; Meta's Bradley Davis says it uses a closed-loop liquid cooling system requiring zero water for most of the year; Joe Royer of Temple Stands Together community opposition group raised concerns about water consumption, power demand, and heat island effects. · source
  • 2026-08-05coverage
    Texas Scorecard reports Meta declined to specify exact water and power requirements for the Temple facility; community opposition voiced on Meta's Facebook page with commenters stating they do not want the data center. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Temple planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Temple property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 31.110, -97.370 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Meta-QTS Hillsboro 2 Operating

Hillsboro, OR · 180 MW · Operator: Meta · Owner: Meta

Chip types: H100. Epoch AI estimates ~180 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2020-02-23announcement
    QTS announced commencement of development on its 92-acre mega data center campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, planning five buildings totaling over 1 million leasable sq ft and 250+ MW gross power capacity. · source
  • 2020-10-01operational
    QTS opened Phase 1 of its Hillsboro campus, a 158,000 sq ft, 24 MW data center, with 100% of the first phase pre-leased to a global SaaS provider at approximately 4.5 MW. · source
  • 2021-06-07financing
    Blackstone announced an all-cash acquisition of QTS Realty Trust at $78 per share (approximately $10 billion including debt), the largest data center M&A deal at the time; the deal was expected to close later in 2021. · source
  • 2021-09-01filing
    In September 2021, Portland General Electric and QTS jointly filed with the Oregon Public Utility Commission seeking approval to expand PGE's renewable energy program by 250 MW of new renewable resources to support Facebook's anticipated usage at the fully expanded QTS Hillsboro campus. · source
  • 2022-01-26announcement
    Data Center Frontier reported that Meta secured a 35 MW lease at QTS's Hillsboro campus as part of its 2021 leasing activity, with QTS seeking up to 250 MW of power from PGE to support Facebook's anticipated expansion. · source
  • 2022-05-01coverage
    In May 2022, CBRE reported 199 MW of pre-leasing in the Hillsboro data center market entering 2022, with the bulk going to one large social media company (Meta) at a single facility (QTS), and QTS planning to deploy 200 MW of IT capacity at the campus. · source
  • 2024-12-02announcement
    Avangrid, PGE, QTS, and Meta announced a PPA for Tower Solar, a 120 MWac (166 MWdc) solar project in Morrow County, Oregon, to supply clean energy through PGE's Green Future Impact program supporting QTS and Meta's data center operations. · source
  • 2026-04-02coverage
    KLCC reported that Oregon data centers use 11% of the state's electricity, potentially doubling to 25% within 3-4 years, with Hillsboro identified as a key hub where industrial land has become scarce due to rapid data center development. · source
  • 2026-05-05coverage
    The Hillsboro Herald published an open letter citing $11 billion in data center tax breaks extended through 2051 and linking the city's $1.6 billion water infrastructure debt to System Development Charges tied to data center growth; over 3,400 signatures had been gathered on a moratorium petition. · source
  • 2026-05-18protest
    Approximately 100 Hillsboro residents rallied at Shute Farm to oppose data center tax giveaways; speakers cited $67 million in annual exempted property taxes from four nearby data centers, with QTS facilities holding a $2.428 billion exemption, and a moratorium petition nearing 4,000 signatures. · source
  • 2026-06-04public-comment
    About 40 Hillsboro residents spoke at a June 2 City Council meeting demanding a halt to data center development, citing concerns over farmland consumption (470 acres), water and energy costs, noise, and limited job creation; Council President Rob Harris proposed considering a one-year moratorium. · source
  • 2026-06-25lawsuit
    1000 Friends of Oregon and the Oregon Education Association filed suit challenging multiple enterprise zone tax exemption agreements for data center projects (including QTS) approved in spring 2026 before Oregon's statewide moratorium took effect on June 6. · source
  • 2026-07-27moratorium
    The Hillsboro City Council unanimously voted to impose a 120-day moratorium on new data center and battery energy storage system applications, including expansions, effective until at least November 24, 2026. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Hillsboro planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Hillsboro property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Oregon Public Utility Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 45.540, -122.930 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Cheyenne Expansion Operating

Cheyenne, WY · 3,200 ac · Operator: Microsoft

Microsoft announced intent to acquire ~3,200 acres in southeast Cheyenne for a multiyear data-center expansion, building on its Black Hills Energy partnership.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (23 events)
  • 2010-03-05incentive
    Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed HB 67, exempting data centers that buy or rent more than $2 million in computing equipment annually from state sales tax. · source
  • 2012-01-01operational
    Microsoft established its first data center presence in Cheyenne, Wyoming. · source
  • 2014-01-01construction
    Microsoft expanded its original Cheyenne data center footprint, adding capacity to its existing campus. · source
  • 2021-01-01operational
    Microsoft opened two additional data centers in Cheyenne, further building out its Wyoming campus. · source
  • 2025-01-01incentive
    The Wyoming Legislature extended the state data-center sales-and-use tax exemption through 2042. · source
  • 2025-07-01construction
    Microsoft, with JE Dunn as general contractor, began heavy earthwork on a new data center campus on HR Ranch Road east of Cheyenne, with completion targeted for early 2026. · source
  • 2026-04-14announcement
    Microsoft announced intent to purchase roughly 3,200 acres in Cheyenne to roughly triple its data center footprint, pledging over $68 million in off-site infrastructure improvements and no reliance on local property tax incentives. · source
  • 2026-04-14utility
    Microsoft detailed a utility partnership with Black Hills Energy under the Large Power Contract Service (LPCS) tariff, under which Microsoft funds the full cost of electricity infrastructure so other ratepayers are not burdened. · source
  • 2026-04-14environmental
    Microsoft said it would minimize water use and fund replenishment projects in Cheyenne, with partners including Trout Unlimited, expected to restore an estimated 566 million gallons of water. · source
  • 2026-04-27protest
    Opposition to Cheyenne data center growth intensified as the city moved to accommodate further development, with residents raising sustained objections. · source
  • 2026-04-28hearing
    Angry Cheyenne residents spoke out at a public meeting against the proposed annexation and Microsoft data center project. · source
  • 2026-04-29report
    A Wyoming state legislator said the state needs to determine how revenue from the data center boom should be distributed among local governments and residents. · source
  • 2026-05-08environmental
    Wyoming residents pressed for clarity on where water for the expanding data center boom would come from in the semi-arid region. · source
  • 2026-05-27vote
    The Cheyenne City Council rejected a proposed 12-month moratorium on new data center development by an 8-1 vote after hours of debate over water, noise, and long-term community impacts. · source
  • 2026-05-28coverage
    Wyoming Public Media reported on the city council rejection of a data center moratorium, noting no pause on development despite resident concerns. · source
  • 2026-06-02hearing
    The Cheyenne Planning Commission held a five-hour hearing on Microsoft 3,200-acre southside expansion, recommending denial for most components. · source
  • 2026-06-05vote
    Microsoft data center annexation/zoning plans failed to secure the Cheyenne Planning Commission endorsement, with two parcels near Laramie County Community College falling short of the required votes. · source
  • 2026-06-12report
    Coverage explained Wyoming data center sales tax exemption, worth up to $22.6 million annually, and its extension through 2042. · source
  • 2026-07-06vote
    The Cheyenne City Council rejected a proposal to slow down the Microsoft land annexation process, clearing the way for a final vote. · source
  • 2026-07-13vote
    After a seven-hour public hearing with overwhelming resident opposition, the Cheyenne City Council passed Ordinance 4687 by a 6-3 vote, annexing roughly 3,460 acres into the city for Microsoft planned data center campus. · source
  • 2026-07-14coverage
    Reporting confirmed Cheyenne grew by 3,500 acres after the controversial Microsoft-related annexation vote following more than five hours of council discussion. · source
  • 2026-07-20protest
    Opponents launched a referendum petition drive seeking to reverse the Cheyenne City Council 3,460-acre annexation vote, needing roughly 2,700 signatures within 20 days. · source
  • 2026-08-07protest
    Referendum organizers submitted 3,275-plus signatures seeking a public vote to reverse the Microsoft annexation, exceeding the roughly 2,739 registered-voter threshold required to force a November ballot measure. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Cheyenne planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Cheyenne property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta Operating

Fayetteville (Fayette County), GA · 636 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft · Tenant: OpenAI, Microsoft

Part of Microsoft AI WAN. Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~636 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2022-06-30rezoning
    Fayetteville City Council voted 5-0 to annex and rezone 412 acres from R-70 residential to Business Park for a data center office park, with 18 rezoning conditions attached; approximately 24 residents spoke in opposition, some in tears. · source
  • 2022-08-15financing
    QTS purchased 615 acres in Fayetteville for $153.8 million (approximately $250,000 per acre) from the Fayette County Development Authority, brokered by CBRE, for what it called the world's largest multi-tenant data center campus. · source
  • 2022-09-19announcement
    QTS publicly announced Project Excalibur: a planned 6.6 million sq ft campus of 16 data center buildings plus 400,000 sq ft of office space on the 615-acre Fayetteville site, with construction to start in 2023 and full build-out by 2032, investing over $1 billion. · source
  • 2023-02-28permit
    Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission approved the conceptual site plan and schematic building elevations for the Excalibur Data Center after a 5-6 month Development of Regional Impact review involving GDOT and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. · source
  • 2023-04-01construction
    Land clearing began at the QTS Project Excalibur site in April 2023, per Epoch AI satellite imagery analysis. · source
  • 2023-06-15permit
    Fayetteville City Council unanimously approved a development agreement between the City and National Acquisition Company, LLC (QTS affiliate) for the 612-acre data center campus at 1435 Highway 54 West. · source
  • 2024-03-19announcement
    The Fayette County Development Authority proposed 'Project Rita,' a 96 MW data center campus on 145.5 acres in Tyrone (adjacent to the QTS site), comprising two buildings totaling 490,000 sq ft with a requested Business Technology Park rezoning; the Town Council hearing was scheduled for March 21. · source
  • 2024-03-28vote
    Tyrone Town Council approved the rezoning for the Microsoft data center (Project Rita) on approximately 147 acres on North Highway 74, following Planning Commission and Town Council public hearings on February 22 and March 21 respectively. · source
  • 2025-05-01construction
    The first building on the QTS campus received its certificate of occupancy in May 2025, per the AJC, with a construction completion certificate issued September 25, 2025. · source
  • 2025-05-15report
    Fayette County Water System sent a letter to QTS revealing that a water meter installed during a system-wide smart-meter upgrade had not been read electronically, resulting in approximately 13 million gallons of unrecorded usage and a retroactive bill of approximately $147,000; the issue was discovered after a neighbor reported low water pressure. · source
  • 2025-10-01operational
    Microsoft's Fairwater 2 data center on the QTS campus began operations in October 2025, spanning more than 1 million sq ft and using closed-loop cooling described as consuming almost zero water. · source
  • 2025-11-12announcement
    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the Fayetteville facility as part of the world's first AI superfactory, connecting the Atlanta Fairwater 2 site with Fairwater 1 in Wisconsin across a single flat network to train AI models at planet scale. · source
  • 2026-01-01moratorium
    In January 2026 Fayetteville City Council passed a 90-day moratorium on new data center development applications while working to revise the Unified Development Ordinance; City Manager Ray Gibson stated 'we do not want anymore data centers in our community.' · source
  • 2026-02-22coverage
    WBRC reported on community impacts from the QTS/Microsoft campus, with resident Diana Dietz citing heavy truck traffic on residential roads, transmission lines through neighborhoods, and concerns over rising power and water bills; QTS stated it uses water-free cooling and is committed to paying its fair share of power costs. · source
  • 2026-03-18withdrawal
    Crow Holdings Development withdrew its appeal of a denied data center project on Highway 85 North in Fayetteville one day before the scheduled City Council hearing; the city had also enacted UDO changes on March 5 that made data centers no longer permissible. · source
  • 2026-06-08financing
    QTS Fayetteville I DC1-2, LLC began sounding out investors for $5.4 billion in new debt ($4.9 billion secured bond plus $500 million term loan) to finance expansion of the Fayetteville campus leased to Microsoft, under an updated green bond framework with a PUE threshold tightened from 1.5 to 1.4. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2023-06-15
    Fayetteville City Council unanimously approved a development agreement between the City and National Acquisition Company, LLC (QTS affiliate) for the 612-acre data center campus at 1435 Highway 54 West. · source
  • 2023-02-28
    Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission approved the conceptual site plan and schematic building elevations for the Excalibur Data Center after a 5-6 month Development of Regional Impact review involving GDOT and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.420, -84.460 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Fairwater Wisconsin Operating

Mount Pleasant, WI · 369 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft · Tenant: OpenAI, Microsoft

Part of Microsoft AI WAN. Chip types: B200. Epoch AI estimates ~369 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (14 events)
  • 2023-03-30vote
    Mount Pleasant Village Board unanimously approved three agreements with Microsoft for the purchase and development of approximately 315 acres in Tax Increment District No. 5 for $50,085,000. · source
  • 2023-04-19vote
    Racine County Board of Supervisors voted 18-1 to approve Microsoft's $1 billion data center project on 315 acres in Mount Pleasant; Microsoft required to purchase the land for $50 million by July 31, 2023. · source
  • 2023-05-30financing
    Microsoft completed the $50 million purchase of 315 acres in Mount Pleasant's Tax Increment District 5, land originally acquired by Foxconn in 2017; Foxconn received proceeds as partial reimbursement. · source
  • 2023-08-27construction
    Earthwork and excavation began on the Microsoft data center site in Mount Pleasant, with Walsh Construction (Chicago) leading construction services on the 215-acre campus. · source
  • 2024-05-08announcement
    Microsoft announced a $3.3 billion investment in an AI data center campus in Mount Pleasant; President Biden joined Microsoft President Brad Smith at Gateway Technical College for the announcement, which included 2,300 union construction jobs and a 250 MW solar project. · source
  • 2024-12-23construction
    Microsoft paused construction on portions of its Mount Pleasant data center site, stating it was 'refining our data center design'; the first phase remained on track for 2026 completion. · source
  • 2025-03-20construction
    Microsoft paused construction again on a 900-acre expansion area west of the main campus, citing evaluation of 'scope and recent changes in technology'; the company's $3.3 billion commitment and first-phase 2026 timeline remained intact. · source
  • 2025-09-18announcement
    Microsoft announced an additional $4 billion investment for a second data center in Mount Pleasant, bringing total Wisconsin investment to over $7 billion; the second facility is expected to be completed by 2028. · source
  • 2025-09-29rezoning
    Caledonia Plan Commission voted 5-2 to rezone 245 acres from agricultural to light industrial for Microsoft's third data center (Project Nova) near the We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant, after more than 40 residents spoke against it. · source
  • 2026-01-20announcement
    Microsoft proposed a $13.3 billion expansion in Mount Pleasant with two new campuses totaling 15 data centers across more than 1,300 acres, potentially generating over $76 million in annual property tax revenue. · source
  • 2026-01-26vote
    Mount Pleasant Village Board unanimously approved site plans for 15 additional Microsoft data centers on two campuses (9 buildings on 791 acres near Durand Avenue, 6 buildings on 530 acres along International Drive), with anticipated power demand of approximately 2 gigawatts when fully developed. · source
  • 2026-04-01operational
    In April 2026, Microsoft brought equipment online and began startup activities at the Fairwater data center, its first facility in Mount Pleasant. · source
  • 2026-06-23operational
    Microsoft announced the Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant is fully operational, calling it 'the world's most powerful supercomputer'; the 1.2-million-square-foot facility employs approximately 550 full-time workers and was built by nearly 10,000 construction workers over two years. · source
  • 2026-07-02lawsuit
    Three Sturtevant residents filed a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, alleging significant noise pollution from diesel generators and HVAC systems at the Fairwater data center, seeking to represent over 1,000 households within 1.5 miles. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.720, -87.840 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Microsoft Goodyear Operating

Goodyear, AZ · 202 MW · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft · Tenant: OpenAI, Microsoft

Chip types: H100,B200. Epoch AI estimates ~202 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2018-08-01financing
    Microsoft purchased 279 acres in Goodyear from Carefree Partners Investments for $48 million, land later used for its data center campus south of I-10 and Phoenix Goodyear Airport. · source
  • 2018-12-01rezoning
    Goodyear City Council approved rezoning of Microsoft's parcel from final planned area development to I-1 (light industrial park) with a PAD overlay (December 2018). · source
  • 2019-03-01permit
    Goodyear City Council approved a site plan and an expedited self-certification construction process for Microsoft's project (March 2019). · source
  • 2019-05-02announcement
    Microsoft publicly revealed its Goodyear data center plans, having also acquired an additional 147 acres from DRI FR Goodyear LLC for $37 million at Citrus and Indian School roads. · source
  • 2021-06-15operational
    The first of Microsoft's three planned West Valley (Arizona) data centers, part of the West US 3 Azure region anchored by El Mirage and Goodyear campuses, went online. · source
  • 2023-03-06vote
    Goodyear City Council unanimously approved an amended development agreement requiring Microsoft's fourth and fifth buildings to use air cooling instead of direct evaporative cooling, with Microsoft committing $36 million toward a $90 million expansion of the 157th Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant, a $5 million financial-assurance deposit for a new sewer line, and $800,000 for a city coordinator position. · source
  • 2026-06-09financing
    Microsoft paid $130 million for an additional 100-acre development site in Goodyear, about 27 miles west of Phoenix. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2019-03-01
    Goodyear City Council approved a site plan and an expedited self-certification construction process for Microsoft's project (March 2019). · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Goodyear planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Goodyear property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Arizona Corporation Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.420, -112.360 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

NTT VA11 Gainesville Operating

Gainesville, VA · 336 MW · Operator: NTT Global Data Centers

96MW/300,000 sq ft facility (VA11) as first phase of a planned 336MW campus, due live early 2027; part of $10B+ NTT US buildout.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2021-07-01filing
    Southview 66 LLC and Gainesville JM LC (with Lerner Enterprises) filed a rezoning and special-use-permit application for the I-66 and U.S. 29 Technology Park, a six-data-center plan on a 102-acre parcel — the site that later became NTT Grove at Gainesville campus. · source
  • 2021-12-07rezoning
    Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted 6-2 to approve rezoning and a special-use permit for the I-66/U.S. 29 Technology Park, allowing six data centers outside the county Data Center Opportunity Zone overlay. · source
  • 2022-06-14announcement
    NTT Global Data Centers announced it had acquired 103 acres in Gainesville from Lerner Enterprises for $257.4 million to build a 336 MW, four-building, 2-million sq ft campus — its largest in the U.S. · source
  • 2023-06-26filing
    Planning documents for NTT Grove at Gainesville campus became public, showing the project needs additional Army Corps of Engineers approval for wetlands impacts; filings hinted Amazon Web Services as the likely anchor tenant. · source
  • 2023-11-01operational
    VA10, the first building on NTT Gainesville campus, became operational, delivering roughly 84 MW of critical IT load across about 295,680 sq ft of data floor space. · source
  • 2024-01-10public-comment
    Dominion Energy held an informational meeting at Gainesville High School on its proposed Daves Store Substation and transmission line needed to power NTT and AWS Gainesville data centers, drawing resident pushback over visual impact. · source
  • 2024-02-09filing
    Dominion Energy submitted its Daves Store transmission line/substation route to the Virginia State Corporation Commission for approval, part of ~1 GW of new power infrastructure needed to serve NTT and AWS Gainesville-area data centers. · source
  • 2024-02-24protest
    Coalition to Protect Prince William County publicly criticized the Daves Store transmission line as an extension cord built to serve NTT and Amazon Gainesville data centers at ratepayer expense. · source
  • 2024-07-25coverage
    Prince William Times reported on the quarter-mile-long NTT data center building rising along I-66, noting community outrage, resident concerns about noise and electrical infrastructure, and removal of at least 40 acres of trees. · source
  • 2026-03-03financing
    NTT DATA announced it secured nearly 115 MW in new capacity commitments across its Gainesville, Chicago, and Sacramento campuses as part of a $10 billion global data-center investment push through 2027; VA11 in Gainesville listed as available for pre-lease at 96 MW. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

OpenAI Stargate Milam Operating

Milam County, TX · — · Operator: Softbank · Owner: Softbank · Tenant: OpenAI

Part of Stargate.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (17 events)
  • 2025-01-21announcement
    President Trump announced the Stargate Project, a $500 billion AI infrastructure joint venture by OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, with initial deployment in Texas. · source
  • 2025-01-28announcement
    Data Center Dynamics reported that solar power and battery storage systems are planned for the Stargate AI data center campus in Milam County. · source
  • 2025-05-12announcement
    Austin Business Journal reported a $3 billion data center campus planned in Milam County by SB Energy, before a tenant had been publicly identified. · source
  • 2025-06-09coverage
    The Real Deal reported that SB Energy's planned $3B Milam County data center was still searching for an end user and seeking tax breaks. · source
  • 2025-09-23announcement
    OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced an expansion of Stargate with five new AI data center sites across the U.S., including the Milam County, Texas campus. · source
  • 2025-09-25coverage
    Austin Business Journal reported that OpenAI would occupy the planned $3B Milam County data center hub as part of the Stargate project. · source
  • 2025-12-03incentive
    Austin Business Journal reported the OpenAI data center could create hundreds of jobs as part of a $135 million incentive deal in Milam County. · source
  • 2026-01-09financing
    OpenAI and SoftBank Group each invested $500 million in SB Energy; OpenAI leased 1.2 GW of data center capacity for initial buildout in Milam County, Texas, with facilities expected to enter service starting in 2026. · source
  • 2026-01-12coverage
    Data Center Dynamics reported that SoftBank's SB Energy would build and operate OpenAI's 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas. · source
  • 2026-02-10incentive
    Milam County Commissioners Court approved a tax abatement for a new data center, as reported by KXXV. · source
  • 2026-03-19coverage
    Austin Business Journal reported hints connecting a Silicon Valley company to the takeover of the old 3M campus in Milam County for data center use linked to Stargate. · source
  • 2026-04-17coverage
    MySA reported that data center developers made nearly $500 million in moves in Central Texas towns amid water concerns in the Milam County area. · source
  • 2026-04-22permit
    Data Center Dynamics reported that OpenAI Stargate's Milam County 'Freebird' data center first phase would span 548,950 square feet. · source
  • 2026-05-12rezoning
    The Texas Tribune reported that a Texas county paused data center construction in rural areas for one year, in response to rapid data center expansion in the region. · source
  • 2026-06-16filing
    Austin Business Journal reported that one of the world's largest companies (linked to SoftBank) purchased approximately 4,700 acres in Milam County in a detail-sparse land transaction. · source
  • 2026-08-07construction
    KCENTV reported that rock trucks driving through downtown Temple were traced to the $470 million OpenAI data center construction project in Milam County. · source
  • 2026-08-12operational
    SB Energy committed to comply with Governor Abbott's data center transparency and accountability standards for Texas, alongside Core Scientific and Vantage Data Centers. · source
Find the paper trail (1 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (1)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-04-22
    Data Center Dynamics reported that OpenAI Stargate's Milam County 'Freebird' data center first phase would span 548,950 square feet. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 30.750, -96.900 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Richmond 1 Operating

Sandston (Henrico County), VA · 238 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Epoch AI estimates ~238 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2010-04-05announcement
    QTS announced plans to convert the former 210-acre Qimonda semiconductor plant in Sandston, VA into a data center campus, having acquired it through bankruptcy court for $12 million; the site included 1.3 million sq ft of buildings and 100 MW of power capacity. · source
  • 2010-11-03operational
    QTS opened the first 50,000 sq ft phase of its Richmond data center two months ahead of schedule, with up to 18 MW of power and an unnamed government agency as its first tenant. · source
  • 2011-03-16financing
    QTS announced it had invested $100 million in converting the former Qimonda site, with renovation about 5% complete and approximately 50 employees on site, projecting growth to 200 employees. · source
  • 2017-05-01operational
    In May 2017, QTS positioned Richmond as a hyperscale cloud campus, citing 110 MW from Dominion Virginia Power, 1.3 million sq ft across three buildings, and Henrico County's data center equipment tax rate reduction to $0.40 per $100 assessed value. · source
  • 2019-11-19filing
    QTS submitted plans to Henrico County for approximately 1.2 million sq ft of new data center space on a 73-acre parcel south of its main campus along Portugee Road, comprising three 330,000 sq ft buildings and one 165,000 sq ft facility. · source
  • 2021-06-07financing
    Blackstone announced it would acquire QTS Realty Trust for $78 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $10 billion including debt assumption, a 21% premium to the June 4 closing price. · source
  • 2022-07-13announcement
    QTS announced it had acquired 200 additional acres at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus for expansion of up to 240 MW across 1.5 million sq ft of new capacity at White Oak Technology Park. · source
  • 2023-12-01financing
    In December 2023, QTS purchased approximately 225 acres of land in Sandston for $18 million in initial transactions assembling the White Oak Technology Park II site. · source
  • 2024-05-01rezoning
    In May 2024, the Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved rezoning of 622 acres on both sides of East Williamsburg Road at Technology Boulevard for data center and manufacturing use, creating White Oak Technology Park II. · source
  • 2024-06-28financing
    QTS completed acquisition of approximately 397 acres from Hourigan LLC for $118.8 million, giving QTS control of all 622 acres of the rezoned White Oak Technology Park II site; Hourigan had purchased the parcels from Atlantic Crossing ($38.05M) and Vienna Finance ($20.5M) the same day. · source
  • 2024-09-01financing
    In September 2024, a QTS-affiliated LLC purchased approximately 98 acres from LL Flooring adjacent to the White Oak campus. · source
  • 2025-01-10rezoning
    Henrico County's new provisional use permit (PUP) requirement for all hyperscale data centers took effect, including in White Oak Technology Park, requiring board-level approval for new facilities that previously could proceed by right in industrial zones. · source
  • 2025-06-10vote
    The Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved new data center regulations including 500-foot tree buffers from residential areas, generator testing limits, mandatory equipment screening, and closed-loop cooling requirements; rules apply retroactively to rezoned projects without final site plan approval. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.520, -77.330 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

QTS Richmond 2 Operating

Sandston (Henrico County), VA · 180 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Epoch AI estimates ~180 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2019-11-19announcement
    QTS announced plans to expand its Richmond campus eastward with 1.2 million square feet of new data center space comprising three 330,000 SF buildings and one 165,000 SF facility on 210 owned acres. · source
  • 2022-02-01construction
    In February 2022, QTS began construction of Richmond 2 DC1, a two-story 36 MW data center building on the Sandston campus. · source
  • 2022-03-01financing
    In March 2022, QTS purchased approximately 200 acres from the Henrico County Economic Development Authority for roughly $18 million to expand its Richmond data center campus. · source
  • 2022-09-01construction
    In September 2022, QTS began construction of Richmond 2 DC2, a two-story 36 MW data center building, after receiving an air permit for the site. · source
  • 2023-01-01operational
    QTS Richmond 2 DC1 (51 MW capacity, 256,114 square feet) became operational in 2023 in Henrico County, Virginia. · source
  • 2023-01-01operational
    QTS Richmond 2 DC2 (50 MW capacity, 253,711 square feet) became operational in 2023 in Henrico County, Virginia. · source
  • 2026-01-01operational
    QTS Richmond 2 DC6 (50 MW capacity, 253,752 square feet) became operational in 2026 in Henrico County, Virginia. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.520, -77.330 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Stream Phoenix Operating

Goodyear, AZ · 64 MW · Ownership not yet identified

Chip types: H100. Epoch AI estimates ~64 MW.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2020-07-08announcement
    Stream Data Centers announced its 157-acre Phoenix campus in Goodyear, AZ would open its first building in August 2020, with Cox Business as a key fiber provider and a 350 MW onsite APS substation. · source
  • 2021-01-14operational
    Stream Data Centers commissioned Phoenix I, a 418,000 sq ft data center on its Goodyear campus, completing construction on schedule despite the pandemic, with power from an onsite Arizona Public Service (APS) substation. · source
  • 2025-08-06financing
    Apollo Global Management announced it would acquire a majority stake in Stream Data Centers, with Phoenix listed among the company's key hyperscale campus markets; Goldman Sachs advised Stream on the deal. · source
  • 2025-11-03financing
    Apollo-managed funds completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Stream Data Centers, with Principal Asset Management taking a minority stake; Stream's 4+ GW pipeline across U.S. markets including Phoenix transferred to the new ownership structure. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Goodyear planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Goodyear property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Arizona Corporation Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.420, -112.360 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Valar Atomics Orangeville SMR Operating

Orangeville (Emery County), UT · 30 MW · Operator: Valar Atomics · Tenant: Nvidia

Nearly-waterless 30MW AI data center powered by Valar's Ward250 small modular reactor with Nvidia's direct liquid cooling.

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

Source

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2025-02-20announcement
    Valar Atomics emerged from stealth with a $19 million seed round led by Riot Ventures and announced plans to build small modular nuclear reactors, initially with a pilot site agreement in the Philippines. · source
  • 2025-06-18announcement
    U.S. Department of Energy issued a Request for Application for its Reactor Pilot Program, an expedited authorization pathway for advanced test reactors with a goal of at least three reactors reaching criticality by July 4, 2026. · source
  • 2025-07-08public-comment
    Emery County Commission hosted a town hall where Valar Atomics representatives answered citizen questions and safety concerns about the proposed Ward 250 test reactor at the San Rafael Energy Lab. · source
  • 2025-08-01announcement
    DOE announced Valar Atomics as one of 10 companies selected for its Reactor Pilot Program, authorizing construction and testing of the Ward 250 reactor at Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Orangeville. · source
  • 2025-09-17construction
    Valar Atomics and the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab broke ground on the Ward 250 test reactor site in Orangeville, Emery County. · source
  • 2025-11-13financing
    Valar Atomics raised $130 million in Series A funding led by Snowpoint, Day One, and Dream Ventures, bringing total funding to over $150 million. · source
  • 2026-02-01permit
    Valar Atomics received preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) approval under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program for the Ward 250 test reactor. · source
  • 2026-02-15construction
    The Ward 250 reactor core was transported via three U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base, then trucked to the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab, targeting operation by July 4, 2026. · source
  • 2026-02-19incentive
    Emery County Commission approved a letter of support for Valar Atomics as the Ward 250 reactor arrived in the Castle Country region, citing job and tax base benefits. · source
  • 2026-04-23permit
    Valar Atomics received final Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) approval, clearing the way for power ascension testing of the Ward 250 reactor. · source
  • 2026-06-18operational
    Valar Atomics Ward 250 high-temperature gas reactor achieved zero-power criticality at the San Rafael Energy Lab, becoming the second reactor to go critical under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program and the first DOE-authorized reactor built entirely outside a national laboratory. · source
  • 2026-07-01announcement
    Valar Atomics and Nvidia announced a partnership to explore a 30-megawatt, nearly waterless AI data center in Orangeville powered by roughly six Ward-class reactors, using Nvidia DSX liquid-cooling technology; the Ward 250 also powered an Nvidia DGX Spark AI chip, a first for U.S. nuclear power. · source
  • 2026-08-03financing
    Valar Atomics raised a $1 billion Series B round led by Sequoia Capital (plus a $200 million credit facility), tripling its valuation to $6 billion, to fund mass production of factory-built nuclear reactors for AI data centers. · source
Find the paper trail (2 filed · 11 places to look)

Permits already on file (2)

Filings we have a source for — the record, not a place to look for one.

  • 2026-04-23
    Valar Atomics received final Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) approval, clearing the way for power ascension testing of the Ward 250 reactor. · source
  • 2026-02-01
    Valar Atomics received preliminary Documented Safety Analysis (DSA) approval under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program for the Ward 250 test reactor. · source

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Utah Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

100 Jersey Avenue AI Data Center Denied

New Brunswick, NJ · — · Operator: PSE&G

27,000 sq ft DC at 100 Jersey Avenue; City Council killed the proposal Feb 18, 2026 to audience applause. Hundreds held 'No data center!' signs; NAACP president cited neighborhood concerns. Site will become 600 apartments + park instead.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-02-18vote
    City Council voted to cancel the data center. Hundreds attended with 'No data center!' signs. NAACP president Bruce Morgan cited neighborhood opposition. Site to be redeveloped as 600 apartments, warehouses, and a public park. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • New Jersey DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • NJDEP DataMinerSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.490, -74.450 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Augusta Township data center (Thor Equities) Denied

Augusta Township (Washtenaw County), MI · 500 ac · Operator: Thor Equities

The township board rezoned 500+ acres of farmland near Milan from agricultural to general industrial for a hyperscale data center by NY-based Thor Equities. Residents petitioned the decision onto the ballot and voters overturned the rezoning 89.5%-10.4% on Aug 4, 2026 — a rare referendum defeat of an already-approved data-center rezoning.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-08

Intelligence log (7 events)
  • 2025-05-28hearing
    Augusta Township Planning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend denial of the rezoning request by Thor affiliate JDS Equities II LLC for 522 acres, after dozens of residents voiced opposition citing noise, power consumption, and environmental concerns. · source
  • 2025-06-24hearing
    Board of Trustees held a public hearing on the Thor Equities data center rezoning proposal; county officials noted Augusta's well-water system would need a major overhaul to accommodate the facility's water demands. · source
  • 2025-07-22rezoning
    Township board unanimously approved conditional rezoning of 522 acres from agricultural residential to general industrial (Ordinance No. 2025-02) for the Thor Equities data center, overriding the planning commission's 5-1 denial recommendation. · source
  • 2025-08-25filing
    Protect Augusta Charter Township (PACT) submitted 957 petition signatures to the township clerk to force a voter referendum on the rezoning; 561 valid signatures were required. · source
  • 2025-10-15coverage
    Great Lakes Now and Grist reported nationally on the ballot initiative, describing how nearly 1,000 residents in the farming community of about 8,000 signed petitions to challenge the proposed $1 billion data center on 822 acres of farmland and wetlands. · source
  • 2026-06-23moratorium
    Township board debated and approved the first reading of a moratorium ordinance empowering the planning commission to recommend temporary 4-to-6-month moratoriums on data center development. · source
  • 2026-08-04vote
    Voters overturned the industrial rezoning 89.5% to 10.4%, blocking the Thor Equities data center. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.130, -83.640 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Drox Group Rural Hall Denied

Rural Hall (Forsyth County), NC · 129 ac · Operator: The Drox Group

129-acre hyperscale campus; Planning Board recommended denying rezoning despite developer concessions ($80M projected tax revenue over 10 years).

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source

Intelligence log (10 events)
  • 2026-03-12filing
    The Drox Group filed a rezoning application (case F-1669) to rezone a 129-acre parcel near Rural Hall from agricultural to Heavy Industrial for a data center campus. · source
  • 2026-04-01protest
    A community petition opposing the Rural Hall data center rezoning grew to more than 2,100 signatures. · source
  • 2026-04-13hearing
    Rural Hall Town Council adopted Resolution 901, formally opposing the proposed data center rezoning. · source
  • 2026-06-11rezoning
    The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Planning Board voted 7-2 to recommend denial of the rezoning application. · source
  • 2026-06-11incentive
    Drox Group representative offered concessions including capping noise below 60 dB and cited nearly $80 million in projected tax revenue over 10 years. · source
  • 2026-06-22hearing
    Rural Hall Town Council reversed course, adopting Resolution 912 withdrawing its opposition; meeting was announced only three days prior and residents were not allowed to speak. · source
  • 2026-07-14public-comment
    A community forum on the proposed data center drew a large turnout of concerned residents. · source
  • 2026-07-21public-comment
    A panel discussion on the Rural Hall data center proposal was hosted by community groups. · source
  • 2026-07-28coverage
    Local public radio reported the Rural Hall data center rezoning case was headed to a public hearing before county commissioners, with over 400 public emails submitted. · source
  • 2026-07-30denial
    The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to deny the rezoning application for the Drox Group data center. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Dulles Cloud South Denied

Prince William County, VA · 2,000 ac · Ownership not yet identified

~2,000-acre / 43M sq ft rezoning rejected days after Digital Gateway collapsed.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-08vote
    Board rejected rezoning days after Digital Gateway legal fight ended. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.780, -77.600 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

I-20/Liberty Road Data Center Denied

Douglas County, GA · 700 ac · Ownership not yet identified

4.4M sq ft / 700+ acres; commissioners voted 4-1 to deny after noise demonstrations and 11 existing DCs cited.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-07-08vote
    Commission voted 4-1 to deny rezoning. Residents presented noise demos. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.730, -84.770 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

King of Prussia campus (MLP Ventures) Denied

Upper Merion Township (Montgomery County), PA · — · Operator: MLP Ventures (Brian O'Neill)

Five-site, 4.6M sq ft campus; Board of Supervisors denied extension requests and preliminary land development proposals Aug 14, 2026. Developer filed lawsuit; judge vacated injunction, finding township review fair. 20,000-signature petition against. Developer plans to appeal.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (5 events)
  • 2026-03-01filing
    Applications filed in early March 2026, ~10 days before Upper Merion's new data-center ordinance took effect - grandfathering the projects out of its residential buffer, noise, and water-use requirements. · source
  • 2026-05-28news
    The 4.6M sq ft, five-site plan by MLP Ventures was publicly unveiled; neighbor pushback began immediately. · source
  • 2026-07-01vote
    In July 2026 the Upper Merion Planning Commission voted against three of the data-center proposals; hundreds of residents packed hearings in opposition. Township review continues. · source
  • 2026-08-14vote
    Board of Supervisors denied extension requests and preliminary land development proposals. Developer had filed lawsuit seeking extension but judge vacated injunction, finding township review fair. 20,000-signature petition against the project. · source
  • 2026-08-14vote
    Board of Supervisors denied. 20,000-signature petition. Developer lawsuit dismissed by judge. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.090, -75.380 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Mountain Road Technology Park Denied

Hanover County, VA · 427 ac · Operator: Tract

427-acre, five-building campus; up to 2M gal/day water peak. Planning Commission approved 6-1 (Apr 16) but Board of Supervisors denied rezoning, height exception, and substation permit 4-3 (May 27, 2026).

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-04-16vote
    Hanover County Planning Commission approved the rezoning 6-1. · source
  • 2026-05-27vote
    Board of Supervisors denied rezoning, height exception, and substation permit 4-3. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 37.760, -77.470 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Nordson campus data center (Cervenka) Denied

Amherst (Lorain County), OH · — · Filing LLC: Cervenka Development Partners LLC

Use variance to convert three newer buildings on the longtime Nordson Corporation campus into a data center complex - denied by the Board of Zoning Appeals on July 30, 2026, less than 24 hours after a hearing where 100+ residents packed City Hall and spilled onto the lawn. The developer's remaining path is an appeal in Lorain County Common Pleas Court.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-04-01operational
    Nordson campus buildings at 100-300 Nordson Drive listed for sale (the property had been on the market since April, per the developer's hearing testimony), after Nordson relocated manufacturing to South Carolina. · source
  • 2026-07-14filing
    Cervenka Development Partners LLC filed a use variance application with the Amherst Board of Zoning Appeals for 100, 200, and 300 Nordson Drive, proposing to convert approximately 240,000 sq ft of former Nordson industrial space into a 45 MW data center. · source
  • 2026-07-29hearing
    Over 100 Amherst residents packed City Hall for the BZA hearing on the data center variance; fire-code capacity limits restricted entry to 60 people while others listened from the lawn on their phones; attorney Gerald Phillips argued the application was defective because Cervenka lacks ownership or documented authorization from Nordson. · source
  • 2026-07-30vote
    Amherst Board of Zoning Appeals denied the use variance, releasing its decision less than 24 hours after a packed hearing (100+ residents, capacity limits pushed the crowd outside). · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.400, -82.220 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Pennhurst Data Center Campus Denied

East Vincent Township (Chester County), PA · 123 ac · Owner: Penn Hurst Holdings DE LLC · Filing LLC: Penn Hurst Holdings DE LLC

Penn Hurst Holdings proposed a 1.9 million-square-foot data center campus on 123 acres of the historic Pennhurst State School and Hospital site. The East Vincent Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to deny the conditional use application on May 21, 2026. Penn Hurst Holdings appealed to Chester County Court of Common Pleas on June 26, arguing irreconcilable contradictions in the township's zoning code.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-05-21vote
    East Vincent Board of Supervisors unanimously denies conditional use application for 1.9M sq ft data center. · source
  • 2026-06-02filing
    Township issues written denial decision. · source
  • 2026-06-26filing
    Penn Hurst Holdings files appeal to Chester County Court of Common Pleas. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.160, -75.580 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Tango Denied

Loxahatchee (Palm Beach County), FL · — · Ownership not yet identified

Commissioners voted 5-1 to deny after 12+ hours of testimony on noise, water, traffic.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-06-01vote
    Palm Beach County commissioners voted 5-1 to deny after 12+ hours of testimony. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Florida Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 26.680, -80.280 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Talen Energy Montour Data Center Denied

Montour County, PA · 800 ac · Operator: Talen Energy

County commissioners unanimously denied Talen Energy's request to rezone 800+ acres from agricultural to industrial for a data center plus power-plant expansion, after a grassroots group gathered ~3,000 petition signatures.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source

Intelligence log (13 events)
  • 2024-11-01ruling
    FERC rejected a proposed interconnection service agreement among PJM, PPL Electric, and Talen that would have increased the load Talen could transfer directly from the Susquehanna nuclear plant to its co-located Amazon data center campus. · source
  • 2025-06-01utility
    Talen Energy expanded its Amazon Web Services partnership with a new long-term agreement to supply up to 1,920 MWe from its Susquehanna nuclear plant through 2042, part of Talen's broader co-location strategy for AI data centers in Pennsylvania. · source
  • 2025-08-01announcement
    Concerned Citizens of Montour County formed with four members after Talen's rezoning request became public; its first town hall days later drew about 120 people. · source
  • 2025-08-18filing
    Talen Energy submitted a rezoning petition to Montour County covering roughly 870 acres in Anthony and Derry Townships, seeking to change land from agricultural to industrial near its Montour Steam Electric Station for a data center and power-plant expansion. · source
  • 2025-11-19hearing
    The Montour County Planning Commission voted to recommend against Talen Energy's request to rezone roughly 870 acres of agricultural land to industrial. · source
  • 2026-01-23hearing
    Montour County commissioners held an all-day public hearing at First Baptist Church of Danville on Talen's rezoning request; residents wearing red 'Say No Industrial Rezoning' shirts testified about farmland loss, water use, noise, and land impact. · source
  • 2026-01-23public-comment
    Concerned Citizens of Montour County delivered a petition signed by about 3,000 residents opposing the rezoning, roughly twice the population of the township and more than voted there in the 2024 election. · source
  • 2026-02-10denial
    Montour County's three commissioners voted unanimously to deny Talen Energy's rezoning request; Chair Rebecca Dressler said Talen had not met its burden of proving the project would benefit the community and that no evidence showed benefits outweighed foreseeable public harms. · source
  • 2026-02-10coverage
    Talen Energy responded saying it remains committed to pursuing a data center in Montour County and would 'listen, incorporate feedback from the Commissioners, engage with the community, and refine our plans.' · source
  • 2026-03-30report
    Civil Eats profiled the Montour County fight as a case study of a small farm county organizing successfully against a hyperscale data center and power-plant expansion. · source
  • 2026-04-14public-comment
    Montour County held a public hearing on proposed amendments to its data center ordinance, including new height and setback distance requirements. · source
  • 2026-04-28ruling
    Montour County commissioners unanimously approved amended data center ordinance provisions establishing new height and setback requirements for any future data center development. · source
  • 2026-08-18moratorium
    Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order restricting data center development in Pennsylvania, eliminating fast-tracked permitting and formalizing GRID Standards requiring community engagement, energy-affordability protections, and environmental standards for developers seeking state support. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

West Erwin Street data center (Barrio Resources) Denied

Tyler (Smith County), TX · 1 ac · Filing LLC: Barrio Resources LLC

Special use permit for a bitcoin-mining data center on ~1.92 acres near downtown (W. Erwin St & N. Ross Ave) denied 5-2 by the Planning & Zoning Commission - staff found it inconsistent with the Future Land Use Map and comprehensive plan, after resident opposition over water, noise, and proximity to homes. Applicant may appeal.

Next step: Denied — watch for a re-filing or a scaled-down resubmission; ask the clerk to add you to the notification list.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2024-08-22announcement
    Barrio Energy announced acquisition of a 12 MW data center property west of downtown Tyler, its fifth Texas site within ERCOT; president Ivan Pinney called Tyler 'an ideal location.' · source
  • 2026-06-15announcement
    A community meeting was announced for the proposed data center at 1101-1105 W. Erwin Street; the Planning & Zoning public hearing was set for July 7 at 1:30 p.m. · source
  • 2026-06-16hearing
    Vulcan Core and Barrio held a community input meeting on W. Erwin Street; developer Mark Buntsev claimed no negative effects on homes, projected $550,000/year in electricity taxes and 7-10 jobs; residents questioned water use, noise, and site selection. · source
  • 2026-06-17coverage
    Tyler Morning Telegraph reported project specs: eight 40-ft containers (four computing, four cooling), 12 MW capacity, MicroBT mining equipment, closed-loop cooling with no municipal water use, and an independent acoustic study claiming 35 dB at the nearest house vs. 45 dB ambient. · source
  • 2026-06-19coverage
    Tyler mayor-elect Stuart Hene, who won the runoff with 57% of the vote, said the data center proposal on West Erwin Street would face 'an uphill battle' after attending the developer's community meeting. · source
  • 2026-07-07vote
    Tyler P&Z denied the special use permit 5-2. Planning staff: 'inconsistent with the Future Land Use Map and the Tyler Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan.' Residents cited water use, noise, and proximity to surrounding homes. · source
  • 2026-07-08coverage
    Tyler Morning Telegraph detailed the 3.5-hour hearing: 26 residents spoke against the project and 5 in favor (including 2 Vulcan Core representatives); planning director Kyle Kingma found the proposal inconsistent with the Future Land Use Map and comprehensive plan; Chairman David Hudson noted the applicant may appeal to City Council. · source
  • 2026-07-18coverage
    The Cooldown reported on the denial, quoting resident Hannah Morris: 'We were told that it's a close-knit system, but water doesn't magically appear'; noted residents anticipate the developer will appeal. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 32.350, -95.300 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

A1 Data Center (Millville) Blocked by ban

Millville, NJ · 1,400 MW · Ownership not yet identified

A 2.9 million sq ft campus on 66 acres, with building heights to 150 feet, that would have drawn roughly 1.4 GW from the grid - the largest data center proposal ever blocked in New Jersey. No site plan was ever formally submitted to the city; the Board of Commissioners banned data centers citywide first, on May 19, 2026, calling them incompatible with Millville's land use objectives, infrastructure capacity and community character. Millville borders Vineland, where the 300 MW DataOne/Nebius campus was already under construction. Opposition was organised by the Climate Revolution Action Network; Mayor Dan Dixon described the ordinance as proactive rather than a response to a specific application.

Next step: Blocked by a local ban or moratorium - the project stopped at the ordinance, not at an application. Watch for the ordinance being challenged in court or allowed to lapse.

Source
read 2026-08-30

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-05-19moratorium
    Millville's Board of Commissioners voted to ban data centers citywide, blocking the proposed 2.9 million sq ft, ~1.4 GW A1 Data Center before any site plan was filed. · source
  • 2026-05-20coverage
    ROI-NJ reported the ban as Millville rejecting the largest proposed data center facility in the state. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • New Jersey DEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • NJDEP DataMinerSearchable public filings — search the operator, the shell LLC on the deed, and the address.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Millville planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Millville property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.390, -75.040 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

AWS Calvert Technology Center Withdrawn

Lusby (Calvert County), MD · — · Operator: Amazon (AWS) · Owner: Constellation Energy Group (parcels) · Tenant: Amazon (AWS) · Filing LLC: Amazon Data Services Inc.

Eight data center buildings (266,000-332,000 sq ft each) proposed at 1650 Calvert Cliffs Parkway on Constellation-owned parcels near the Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant. AWS formally withdrew the concept site plan on Aug 4, 2026 - after first-round county review comments and before any resubmission. Timeline documented on the county's own project page.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-05-04filing
    Amazon Data Services Inc. submitted initial site plan documents; the application was formally accepted for processing May 27, 2026. · source
  • 2026-07-13filing
    County agencies completed first-round review of the concept site plan and returned comments to AWS. · source
  • 2026-08-04filing
    AWS formally withdrew the Calvert Technology Center concept site plan application, per the county's project page, without resubmitting a revised plan. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.420, -76.450 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Abei Energy data center proposal (rezoning request) Blocked by ban

Starke County, IN · — · Operator: Abei Energy (data center division)

Chicago-based Abei Energy's data center division emailed the Starke County Plan Commission asking about rezoning two parcels from Agricultural to Industrial. County officials disclosed the inquiry to residents on 2025-11-03; Abei was placed on the Plan Commission's 2025-11-12 agenda. Exact parcels, acreage, and project size were never disclosed publicly. The county drafted a hyperscale data center moratorium ordinance in direct response and adopted it (Ordinance 2025-37) on 2025-12-15, before Abei's proposal advanced to a rezoning vote -- so this project's outcome is 'moratorium' (blocked by the county's own timeout), not a formal denial.

Next step: Blocked by a local ban or moratorium - the project stopped at the ordinance, not at an application. Watch for the ordinance being challenged in court or allowed to lapse.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-11-03disclosure
    Starke County commissioners publicly discuss Abei Energy's inquiry with citizens after incomplete email screenshots circulated on social media; Commissioner VanDeMark says a moratorium ordinance was already being drafted at the Plan Commission. · source
  • 2025-12-04recommendation
    Starke County Plan Commission unanimously recommends a 12-month moratorium on hyperscale data center applications to the Board of Commissioners. · source
  • 2025-12-15ordinance-adopted
    Board of Commissioners adopts Ordinance 2025-37, a 12-month moratorium on permits for hyperscale (>5,000 sq ft) data centers in unincorporated Starke County, by a 3-0 vote. · source
  • 2026-07-15recommendation
    Plan Commission recommends a one-year extension of the data center moratorium; as of 2026-09 the Board of Commissioners has not been confirmed to have voted on it. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.335, -86.620 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Applied Digital Deuel County (withdrawn) Withdrawn

Toronto (Deuel County), SD · 430 MW · Operator: Applied Digital

$5B, 430MW campus near Toronto, SD; withdrawn after 2026 legislature rejected a sales-tax exemption for data centers.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source

Intelligence log (8 events)
  • 2025-04-15announcement
    Applied Digital proposed a ~$5B, 430MW AI data center campus (two ~907,500 sq ft buildings) on a 150-200 acre site east of Toronto in Deuel County, South Dakota, with total project impact estimated at $10-16 billion. · source
  • 2026-01-30coverage
    South Dakota Searchlight reported the clock was ticking on a data center tax incentive proposal as the legislative session and elections loomed, with Applied Digital's Deuel County project tied to the outcome. · source
  • 2026-02-05vote
    The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee voted 9-3 to kill House Bill 1005, which would have granted a 50-year sales tax exemption on data center equipment and software purchases. · source
  • 2026-02-18vote
    Senate committees advanced competing data center bills: SB 135 (requiring data centers to pay their own costs, 5-4) and SB 239 (a narrower 30-year tax exemption, 6-3); Applied Digital VP said losing the exemption would cost roughly $2B more to build in South Dakota. · source
  • 2026-03-05vote
    A data center regulation bill passed the South Dakota House as the legislature moved toward restrictions rather than incentives. · source
  • 2026-03-25ruling
    Governor Larry Rhoden signed SB 135 and related bills into law, requiring data centers to cover their own electricity rate impacts and water-use costs and protecting local ordinances. · source
  • 2026-04-02withdrawal
    Applied Digital VP Nick Phillips said the $5B Deuel County project 'doesn't make sense at this time' after the legislature's rejection of tax incentives, confirming the company would let its land agreement near Toronto lapse. · source
  • 2026-07-01report
    New state laws took effect including data center regulatory measures (electricity cost pass-through bans, water-use disclosure, local ordinance protection) enacted after the incentive bills failed. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Bradenton Crossings Data Center Withdrawn

Bradenton (Manatee County), FL · 35 ac · Ownership not yet identified

35-acre mixed development at 202 13th Ave E; data-center piece withdrawn July 2026. The withdrawal plus utility-strain concerns prompted county commissioners to draft a countywide data center moratorium ordinance.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source

Intelligence log (6 events)
  • 2025-10-01filing
    A submission for the Bradenton Crossings development (a 35.28-acre site at 202 13th Ave. E. in Bradenton) included a data center component as part of the project application. · source
  • 2026-06-16public-comment
    Residents urged Manatee County commissioners to proactively investigate and regulate data center development before any project is formally proposed. · source
  • 2026-07-16withdrawal
    The developer withdrew the data center component from the Bradenton Crossings project application amid mounting regulatory scrutiny in the region. · source
  • 2026-07-21coverage
    The Bradenton Journal reported Manatee County was poised to consider a 12-month moratorium on new data centers to give the county time to develop rules protecting water supply and infrastructure. · source
  • 2026-07-28vote
    Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously to direct staff to draft an ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on data center and other large-load utility applications, citing water and electrical grid strain. · source
  • 2026-08-04environmental
    WUSF reported that residents cited severe drought conditions in West Manatee and insufficient water supply as reasons to pause data center development, noting such facilities can use up to 5 million gallons of water daily. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Florida Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Cloverdale Solar Farm (EnergyRe) Withdrawn

Putnam County, IN · 150 MW · Operator: EnergyRe

Revised proposal for a 150 MW solar farm (cut from an original ~200 MW / ~2,000 acres) in the Cloverdale area, with increased setbacks (500 ft). A Plan Commission hearing was scheduled for Jan 12, 2026 but the county's moratorium (adopted Nov 17, 2025) paused new approvals; EnergyRe later withdrew the application per the tracker's existing record. This is a solar project, not a data center — no separate data-center proposal in Putnam County was found in this research pass.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • undatedwithdrawn
    EnergyRe later withdrew its Putnam County solar farm application (per the tracker's existing MORATORIUMS_DF entry); exact withdrawal date not independently confirmed in this research pass. · source
  • 2025-11-17moratorium
    Putnam County Commissioners vote 2-1 (Beck, Helmer for; Woodall against) to adopt a 1-year moratorium on data centers, SMRs, solar, and wind in unincorporated Putnam County, expiring Nov 17, 2026. · source
  • 2026-01-12hearing-scheduled
    Plan Commission hearing on EnergyRe's revised 150 MW Cloverdale solar application scheduled. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.510, -86.790 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Decennial Group Akron Data Center Campus (proposed) Blocked by ban

Fulton County (Akron), IN · 500 MW · Operator: Decennial Group

Decennial Group co-founder David Pavlick (also spelled 'Pavlik' in some coverage) proposed a roughly 500 MW, 300-acre hyperscale data center campus near Akron, in Fulton County, no specific parcel/site was ever named publicly, and no hyperscale tenant was named (Pavlick said an unnamed hyperscale company larger than Decennial's existing CoreWeave-tenanted Hammond, IN facility was interested). Estimated $100-150 million in associated infrastructure investment (roads, bridges, community water upgrades) plus a closed-loop water design were described at a Feb. 4, 2026 public open house at the Akron Banquet Hall attended by 40+ residents; reporting says commissioners themselves learned of the proposal only about 10 days before that open house. The Fulton County Area Plan Commission recommended a 12-month moratorium 6-1 on Feb. 10, 2026 specifically in response to this proposal, and the Board of Commissioners adopted it 2-1 on March 2, 2026, effectively pausing the project. No later announcement of the project being formally withdrawn was located; it is currently blocked by the moratorium rather than confirmed dead.

Next step: Blocked by a local ban or moratorium - the project stopped at the ordinance, not at an application. Watch for the ordinance being challenged in court or allowed to lapse.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-01-15rumor/announcement
    News of a potential ~500 MW Decennial Group data center near Akron begins circulating locally, prompting formation of the Facebook group 'No Data Centers, Fulton County' (~2,200 members by later in the year). · source
  • 2026-02-04public open house
    Decennial Group co-founder David Pavlick presents early plans (~300 acres, $100-150M infrastructure investment, closed-loop water design, no site/tenant named yet) to 40+ residents at the Akron Banquet Hall; meeting grows contentious. · source
  • 2026-02-10recommendation
    Fulton County Area Plan Commission votes 6-1 at a standing-room-only hearing to recommend a 12-month data-center moratorium to the Board of Commissioners, explicitly in response to the Decennial Group proposal. · source
  • 2026-03-02moratorium vote
    Board of Commissioners votes 2-1 (Lewis, Ranstead yes; Sommers no) to adopt a one-year moratorium on data center construction, effective immediately, halting the Decennial project. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 41.041, -86.016 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Deep Green downtown data center Withdrawn

Lansing (Ingham County), MI · 24 MW · Operator: Deep Green (UK)

24 MW data center plus a 16 MW fuel-cell plant on 2.5 acres near the Grand River downtown, with a closed-loop water-glycol cooling system (~500,000 gal/yr). The Planning Commission recommended the rezoning 5-2 in March 2026, but Deep Green withdrew its rezoning request on April 6, 2026, ending the proposal before a council vote.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-03-04vote
    Lansing City Planning Commission voted 5-2 to recommend the rezoning for the 24 MW data center + 16 MW fuel-cell plant. · source
  • 2026-04-06filing
    Deep Green withdrew its rezoning application, axing the downtown proposal before City Council voted. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.730, -84.550 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Green Data Socorro campus (New Mexico Tech land) Withdrawn

Socorro (Socorro County), NM · 2,000 MW · Operator: Green Data Centers · Owner: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (proposed site)

Green Data Centers CEO Jason Bak proposed a 10,000-acre campus on New Mexico Tech land west of M Mountain and north of Highway 60 outside Socorro, powered by a 10 GW solar array delivering ~2 GW of base-load power, with atmospheric water generation for a water-neutral design; it was unveiled March 25, 2026 at a Socorro Electric Cooperative board meeting. After a raucous May town hall, New Mexico Tech announced June 2 it would not move forward, saying it lacks sufficient contiguous, undeveloped parcels for the ~16-square-mile footprint. Socorro County commissioners then unanimously adopted a one-year moratorium on data centers and supporting infrastructure on June 9.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (3 events)
  • 2026-03-25announcement
    Green Data Centers CEO Jason Bak presented the proposed 10,000-acre project at a Socorro Electric Co-op board meeting, in collaboration with New Mexico Tech. · source
  • 2026-06-02withdrawal
    New Mexico Tech announced it would not move forward with the proposed data center, citing insufficient contiguous, undeveloped parcels for the project's footprint. · source
  • 2026-06-09vote
    Socorro County commissioners unanimously adopted a one-year moratorium on development of data centers and supporting infrastructure, and opened applications for a committee to evaluate potential regulations. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 34.060, -106.890 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Imperial Valley Data Center Blocked by ban

Imperial County, CA · 330 MW · Operator: Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC

~950,000-1M sq ft AI/ML data center; county supervisors approved it in April 2026 then reversed course, imposing a 45-day moratorium after water-use and air-quality opposition; developer sued over the moratorium.

Next step: Blocked by a local ban or moratorium - the project stopped at the ordinance, not at an application. Watch for the ordinance being challenged in court or allowed to lapse.

Source

Intelligence log (19 events)
  • 2024-09-23filing
    Developer Sebastian Rucci registers Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC and related entities in California to pursue the Imperial County AI/ML data center project. · source
  • 2025-11-03filing
    Imperial County Planning & Development Services distributes a formal 'Request for Review and Comments' to stakeholders, opening the official agency review process for the ~950,000-1M sq ft, 330MW data center. · source
  • 2025-11-06environmental
    Imperial County treats the project as exempt from CEQA review (citing a 2024 state 'advanced manufacturing' exemption for industrially-zoned land) and files a CEQA exemption for the grading permit, allowing preliminary site work. · source
  • 2025-11-26withdrawal
    The City of Imperial withdraws from a recycled-wastewater supply agreement with the developer, undercutting IVCM's plan to avoid using potable/Colorado River water. · source
  • 2025-12-01withdrawal
    The City of El Centro also backs out of a proposed recycled-water arrangement for the project. · source
  • 2025-12-04lawsuit
    The City of Imperial files a CEQA lawsuit challenging Imperial County's decision to treat the data center (including its battery backup system) as exempt from environmental review. · source
  • 2025-12-04public-comment
    State Senator Steve Padilla sends a letter to the Imperial County Board of Supervisors calling for full public environmental review of the project, questioning the CEQA exemption given the facility's scale and water/energy demands. · source
  • 2026-01-09lawsuit
    IVCM files a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Imperial and named officials, alleging a coordinated campaign of administrative obstruction and retaliation intended to derail the $10B project. · source
  • 2026-01-21coverage
    KPBS reports over 2,000 residents have signed a petition opposing the project over water scarcity and grid-strain concerns, and that a lot-merger vote before the Board of Supervisors remains the final approval step. · source
  • 2026-04-07vote
    The Imperial County Board of Supervisors votes 4-1 to approve a lot merger clearing the way for the nearly 1-million-sq-ft data center, during a contentious hearing marked by restricted public access and at least one arrest. · source
  • 2026-04-22utility
    IVCM formally applies to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for 880 acre-feet of water annually to supply the project. · source
  • 2026-05-01denial
    IID denies IVCM's water request, citing Regulation 21's 300-foot restriction near municipal water supplies. · source
  • 2026-06-04hearing
    Imperial County supervisors hold a public hearing to consider a moratorium on new data center approvals amid mounting opposition. · source
  • 2026-06-05lawsuit
    After reclaimed-wastewater negotiations collapse, IVCM sues the Imperial Irrigation District in Imperial County Superior Court on eight legal claims, seeking roughly 260 million gallons of Colorado River water annually — reversing its earlier pledge to avoid Colorado River water. · source
  • 2026-06-16moratorium
    The Imperial County Board of Supervisors unanimously approves an urgency interim ordinance imposing a 45-day moratorium on approvals/permits for new or pending data center facilities in unincorporated areas, and creates a Data Center Advisory Committee. · source
  • 2026-06-20lawsuit
    IVCM sues Imperial County in Superior Court challenging the moratorium, arguing the county used a 'manufactured emergency' pretext to reverse its April approval under public pressure. · source
  • 2026-07-14moratorium
    The Board of Supervisors unanimously votes to extend the data center moratorium by 10 months and 15 days, blocking new permits until June 2027 while the advisory committee rewrites zoning rules. · source
  • 2026-07-28hearing
    Judge Jeffrey Jones hears IVCM's challenge to the county's data center moratorium in Imperial County Superior Court; a ruling is pending. · source
  • 2026-07-29hearing
    Judge Anderholt hears arguments in the CEQA case over whether the project requires a full environmental review; a ruling is expected within 90 days. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Karis Critical Plum Farms Data Center Withdrawn

Hoffman Estates (Cook County), IL · 180 ac · Operator: Karis Critical · Owner: Karis Critical

Karis Critical acquired 180 acres known as Plum Farms at the northwest corner of Route 59 and Higgins Road for $45 million and sought rezoning for a data center. The village planning commission gave a negative recommendation in early June 2026. After weeks of community backlash, Karis notified the village on July 1 that it would withdraw the rezoning request. Governor Pritzker had also suspended state data center incentives. Karis has not indicated whether it will refile.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-06-05vote
    Village planning commission votes against rezoning recommendation. · source
  • 2026-07-01withdrawal
    Karis Critical withdraws rezoning request after community opposition. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.070, -88.130 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Manchester Township Solar Farm (proposed) Blocked by ban

Dearborn County, IN · 1,200 ac · Operator: Linea Energy

Proposed ~1,200-acre commercial solar farm in Manchester Township. No formal rezoning application had been submitted as of the Feb 25, 2026 moratorium vote; this is the project that triggered the petition drive and moratorium, though the moratorium ordinance itself also covers data centers and battery storage. No data-center-specific project has been identified in Dearborn County as of Sept 2026 — the moratorium is preemptive for that use.

Next step: Blocked by a local ban or moratorium - the project stopped at the ordinance, not at an application. Watch for the ordinance being challenged in court or allowed to lapse.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-02-25moratorium
    Dearborn County Board of Commissioners approves up-to-1-year moratorium on rezoning for commercial solar, BESS, and data centers, effective Feb 26, 2026. · source
  • 2026-03-03public-comment-open
    County opens public input process on new solar/BESS/data-center zoning ordinances. · source
  • 2026-05-01committee-formed
    Commissioners approve a resolution creating a 7-member (1 commissioner + 6 citizen) advisory committee on the solar ordinance; 26 citizens applied. · source
  • 2026-09-09hearing
    Dearborn County Plan Commission holds a special meeting to discuss the Draft Solar Ordinance; data center and BESS ordinance work remains paused until the solar ordinance amendments are finished. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 13 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 39.200, -85.000 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

NE Edge Millstone (Waterford) Withdrawn

Waterford, CT · 300 MW · Operator: NE Edge-Waterford LLC · Owner: Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut

1.5M-sq-ft data center proposed to draw power directly from Millstone nuclear plant; host-fee agreement lapsed after nearly 3 years of local opposition, effectively ending the project.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source

Intelligence log (16 events)
  • 2023-02-15announcement
    NE Edge, managed by George A. McLaughlin III, publicly proposed a 1.5M-sq-ft, ~300MW data center on Dominion Energy's Millstone Power Station property in Waterford, CT, drawing power directly from the nuclear plant. · source
  • 2023-02-23announcement
    NE Edge detailed plans for a two-building data center at Millstone, committing to pay Waterford $231 million over 30 years in lieu of property taxes. · source
  • 2023-03-01vote
    Waterford's Representative Town Meeting and First Selectman Rob Brule unanimously approved the host fee agreement with NE Edge, which included guidelines on sound and environmental impact. · source
  • 2023-03-17filing
    NE Edge-Waterford, LLC and the Town of Waterford signed a Data Center Host Municipality Fee Agreement committing NE Edge to pay $231M in lieu-of-tax fees over 30 years, with a clause requiring building permits by March 2026. · source
  • 2023-08-24filing
    NE Edge purchased a parcel of land in Connecticut connected to the Millstone-area data center development. · source
  • 2023-12-21filing
    Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut filed Petition No. 1586 with the CT Siting Council seeking a declaratory ruling that no new Certificate of Environmental Compatibility was required to revise the Millstone site boundary to lease parcels to NE Edge. · source
  • 2024-01-01ruling
    The Connecticut Siting Council declined to issue Dominion's requested declaratory ruling on the Millstone site boundary revision, finding it premature — a key setback for the NE Edge project. · source
  • 2024-01-18public-comment
    Shoreline residents raised concerns at a town meeting about noise, property values, electric rates, and wildlife impacts; opposition group Concerned Citizens of Waterford and East Lyme (CCWEL), with over 50 members, was active in opposing the site. · source
  • 2024-01-19coverage
    CT Mirror reported on the Millstone-powered data center proposal, detailing the project's direct power arrangement with Dominion and mounting community and regulatory scrutiny. · source
  • 2024-03-22vote
    CT legislature's Energy and Technology Committee voted 12-3 to advance a bill requiring ISO New England and local utilities to study grid impact of the NE Edge behind-the-meter data center. · source
  • 2024-05-17public-comment
    Waterford opponents petitioned the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to intervene and block the NE Edge proposal, citing concerns tied to proximity to the Millstone nuclear plant. · source
  • 2024-09-04coverage
    Coverage described NE Edge as a hyperscale facility for AI training driven by ~300MW of power (about 15% of Millstone's output), unprecedented in scale for Connecticut. · source
  • 2025-04-17vote
    Waterford's Board of Selectmen voted 2-1 to permit NE Edge, LLC to assign its host fee agreement to a subsidiary company, NE Edge-Waterford, LLC. · source
  • 2026-02-26coverage
    U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal teamed up with a Republican senator on federal legislation to rein in data centers, amid continued Connecticut concern over projects like the Waterford proposal. · source
  • 2026-03-17withdrawal
    The deadline for NE Edge to obtain building permits passed without the company meeting it; Waterford First Selectman Rob Brule announced the host fee agreement had ended, effectively killing the project after nearly three years of local opposition. · source
  • 2026-04-15coverage
    CT Mirror published a review of the full arc of the NE Edge fight, characterizing it as a defeated Connecticut data center project after sustained community and regulatory resistance. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Connecticut DEEPThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Connecticut DEEP for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Waterford planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Waterford property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

PW Digital Gateway Withdrawn

Prince William County, VA · 2,100 ac · Operator: Compass Datacenters / QTS

Approved in 2023 (4-3-1) but the rezoning was judicially voided over defective hearing notice; county and developer dropped their appeals in 2026, ending the project as approved.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-07

Intelligence log (12 events)
  • 2022-11-02vote
    Prince William Board of Supervisors voted 5-2 to approve the comprehensive plan amendment (CPA2021-00004) changing roughly 2,100 acres of the rural crescent to technology/flex zoning, after a 14-hour meeting that began the evening of November 1. · source
  • 2023-03-15hearing
    Prince William County Historical Commission voted to recommend designating Pageland Farm (9-3) and Rock Hill Farm (9-4) as county registered historic sites within the proposed Digital Gateway corridor, citing Civil War-era significance including Second Manassas battlefield positions. · source
  • 2023-11-09vote
    Prince William Planning Commission recommended denial of all three rezoning applications (Compass 6-2, both QTS applications 6-2) after a nearly 24-hour public hearing that concluded November 9. · source
  • 2023-12-13vote
    Prince William Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning 4-3-1 after a ~27-hour public hearing - roughly 2,100 acres / 23M sq ft along Pageland Lane, billed as the world's largest data center corridor. · source
  • 2025-08-08ruling
    Prince William Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Irving declared the December 2023 rezonings void ab initio, ruling the county's advertised hearing notice did not comply with Virginia Code or county ordinance, with defects caused solely by the county. · source
  • 2025-09-11vote
    Board of Supervisors voted 4-2 to approve spending additional taxpayer funds to appeal the circuit court ruling voiding the Digital Gateway rezonings. · source
  • 2025-11-17ruling
    Virginia Court of Appeals ordered that Compass and QTS are barred from land disturbance or construction on the Digital Gateway site pending resolution of the appeal. · source
  • 2026-03-01ruling
    Virginia's Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling voiding the rezoning over defective public-hearing notice (March 2026). · source
  • 2026-04-01filing
    County dropped its legal appeals (~$1.7M spent defending the project) and the developer withdrew, terminating the approved Digital Gateway (April 2026). · source
  • 2026-04-14vote
    Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to abandon its legal defense of the Digital Gateway; the county had spent roughly $1.7 million in taxpayer funds defending the project as of March 31. · source
  • 2026-04-30filing
    QTS filed a last-minute petition for appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court hours before the 11:59 p.m. deadline, becoming the sole remaining party seeking to revive the project after Compass Datacenters dropped its appeal on April 28. · source
  • 2026-07-02withdrawal
    QTS affiliate GW Acquisition Co. withdrew its Virginia Supreme Court petition, officially ending the Digital Gateway project; QTS stated it decided 'after careful consideration' to terminate and proceed with a responsible wind-down. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

  • Virginia DEQThe program page: which permits this state requires, and the office that issues them.
  • Search Virginia DEQ for this projectsearchThis state publishes no searchable permit database, so a written records request to the agency is the reliable route. Use this search only to find the right office.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 38.720, -77.550 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Nova (Microsoft Caledonia) Withdrawn

Caledonia (Racine County), WI · 244 ac · Operator: Microsoft · Owner: Microsoft · Tenant: Microsoft

Microsoft withdrew its rezoning application for a 244-acre campus west of the Oak Creek power plant after sustained opposition, even though the village had already voted to approve the rezoning. Microsoft says it is still looking for a site elsewhere in Racine County.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-23

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2025-09-01rezoning
    Village documents sought to rezone 244 acres along Douglas Avenue and Botting Road from agriculture to light manufacturing for three data center buildings and a 15-acre substation, identified only as 'Project Nova'; residents learned Microsoft was behind it about a week before the planning commission met (September 2025). · source
  • 2025-09-01public-comment
    Forty of the 49 people who spoke to the Caledonia planning commission opposed the rezoning (September 2025). · source
  • 2025-10-08withdrawal
    Microsoft withdrew its rezoning application, saying that based on the community feedback it heard it had chosen not to move forward with this site; a village board vote set for October 14 became moot. · source
  • 2025-10-08announcement
    Microsoft said it remains committed to building in southeastern Wisconsin and is working with the village and county to find an alternate site in Caledonia or elsewhere in Racine County. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 42.800, -87.880 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Project Riverjump (Marion) Withdrawn

Marion (Grant County), IN · — · Ownership not yet identified

Code-named hyperscale data center proposed for the west side of the City of Marion, the county seat. Because Marion is incorporated, the county's 24-month moratorium (Ordinance 4-2026) never applied to it. Rumors of a data center west of Marion near Central Indiana Ethanol circulated from January 2026; Mayor Ronald Morrell Jr. said then that no ordinance or vote was scheduled. In late August 2026, citing public feedback in person and online, Morrell said he would not pursue or support data center development in Marion under his administration. The developer and end user were never publicly identified; no application appears in the public record.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-09-02

Intelligence log (4 events)
  • 2026-01-20coverage
    Chronicle-Tribune reported rumors of data center construction west of Marion near Central Indiana Ethanol, traced to a satirical Facebook post; Mayor Ronald Morrell said there was 'currently no ordinance or vote scheduled related to a data center' and Councilman Mike Cline declined to comment on rumors. · source
  • 2026-02-23protest
    Marion resident Molly Earley launched a change.org petition, 'Ban new data centers on farmland and in towns', addressed to the Grant County commissioners and the Area Plan Commission; it passed 2,000 signatures by September 2026. · source
  • 2026-08-27withdrawal
    Chronicle-Tribune reported the City of Marion is no longer moving forward with Project Riverjump, a hyperscale data center planned for the city's west side; Mayor Ronald Morrell Jr. said that based on citizen feedback he 'will not be pursuing or supporting data center development in the City of Marion under my administration.' · source
  • 2026-09-02coverage
    Chronicle-Tribune columnist Laura Mack credited public outcry for the project's end and quoted the mayor's statement that 'the message I have received from our citizens regarding data center development has been clear.' · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 12 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 40.556, -85.700 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Southeast Raleigh Data Center Withdrawn

Raleigh, NC · — · Ownership not yet identified

Proposal pulled from City Council agenda in August 2026 after organized public opposition before it reached a vote.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-19

Intelligence log (1 event)
  • 2026-08-17withdrawal
    Developer pulled the proposal from the Raleigh City Council agenda after organized public opposition. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Raleigh planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Raleigh property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 35.770, -78.640 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Stillwater data center campus (Panhandle Road) Withdrawn

Lovejoy (Clayton County), GA · 1,250 MW · Filing LLC: The Stillwater Group, LLC

Stillwater Development's 15-building, 3.5 million sq ft campus at 11760 Panhandle Road — 1.25 GW at full build, sited across from Michelle Obama Elementary and Eddie White Middle school traffic — was withdrawn at an Aug 6, 2026 council meeting after strong community opposition; plans were first filed in December 2025. The developer is pivoting to residential development, and Mayor Marci Fluellyn said the city will begin updating its zoning to prohibit data centers.

Next step: Withdrawn — confirm it is dead in the record and watch for the same site resurfacing under a new name or LLC.

Source
read 2026-08-14

Intelligence log (2 events)
  • 2026-08-06withdrawal
    The proposal for a 15-building, 3.5 million sq ft, 1.25 GW data center campus at 11760 Panhandle Road was withdrawn at a Lovejoy council meeting; developers are pursuing residential development for the site instead. · source
  • 2026-08-06vote
    Lovejoy's mayor and council voted unanimously to proceed with rescinding the project's permit; Mayor Fluellyn said a withdrawal from the DRI process would follow the next day. · source
Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Georgia Public Service Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 33.440, -84.310 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

The seven documents worth asking for

Every dossier above ends with Find the paper trail — the registers, dockets and queues that hold that project's record. This is what to look for once you are there, roughly in the order the documents tend to exist. A records request that arrives after the vote is worth nothing, so ask early and ask by name.

Air permit for the backup generators

Who holds it: State environmental agency (air quality division)

Plan approval / construction permit for the diesel or gas gensets, with the emissions inventory and run-hour limits.

Why it is worth having: The genset count and permitted run hours are the most reliable public proxy for the campus's real size — often filed before any MW figure is public, and usually larger than what the developer told the town.

Water withdrawal / supply agreement

Who holds it: State water authority, river basin commission, or the municipal water utility

Permitted withdrawal volume, the source, and any will-serve letter from the water utility.

Why it is worth having: Turns 'we use very little water' into a number on letterhead, and shows whether existing customers were modelled during a drought year.

NPDES / stormwater and discharge permits

Who holds it: State environmental agency (water division) or EPA region

Construction stormwater permit, erosion plan, and any cooling-blowdown discharge authorisation.

Why it is worth having: Earliest filing on most sites — often the first hard proof of acreage and grading before a rezoning is even docketed.

Rezoning / special-use application file

Who holds it: County or town planning department

The full application: site plan, traffic study, noise study, proffers, staff report, and every submitted revision.

Why it is worth having: The staff report names the conditions staff thought were necessary. Conditions dropped between versions are the single most productive thing to read aloud at a hearing.

Interconnection / large-load service request

Who holds it: Grid operator (RTO/ISO) and the serving utility

Queue position, requested MW, in-service date, and any network upgrades the project triggers.

Why it is worth having: Shows the real megawatts and who pays for the wires. A queue request far larger than the public figure is a phased build the community has not been told about.

Special contract / rate filing at the PUC

Who holds it: State public utility commission docket

Any special tariff, large-load class, or contract the utility filed to serve this customer, plus its cost allocation.

Why it is worth having: This is where it becomes visible whether other ratepayers subsidise the connection. Testimony and exhibits are public and usually more candid than the press release.

Tax abatement / incentive agreement

Who holds it: County, school district, IDA or state development authority

The PILOT or abatement resolution, the jobs and investment commitments, and any clawback terms.

Why it is worth having: Converts 'economic development' into the actual net revenue per year, and shows what happens if the promised jobs never appear.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records.

Use this data

The whole tracker — per-project sources, verification dates, derived stage, and the event log — as a documented download. Free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0).

Schema — 23 fields
FieldMeaning
idStable slug, unique per project.
nameProject or code name.
operatorOperator/developer, or blank if unknown.
ownerOwner/financier, or blank.
tenantNamed end tenant, or blank.
filing_llcShell LLC on the filing (ties to the campus registry), or blank.
localityTown or county the project sits in.
stateTwo-letter state abbreviation.
latApproximate locality latitude, or blank.
lonApproximate locality longitude, or blank.
size_mwPlanned IT/critical load in MW, or blank.
acresSite acreage, or blank.
announcedISO date first publicly proposed, or blank.
rezoning_filedISO date the rezoning/permit application was filed, or blank.
hearing_dateISO date of the next/decisive public hearing, or blank.
decided_dateISO date a terminal decision was reached, or blank.
outcomeapproved | denied | withdrawn | blank (blank = still live).
stageDERIVED status shown on the page (Hearing scheduled, Awaiting decision, In review, Proposed, Rumored, Approved, Under construction, Operating, Denied, Withdrawn, Blocked by ban).
days_to_hearingDERIVED days until the hearing (negative once past), or blank.
noteOne-line plain-language status.
sourcePrimary URL backing the current status.
as_ofISO date the source was read, or blank.
verifiedtrue if a source is on record.

Read stage, not outcome: stage is what applies today and is recomputed on every build. The JSON adds an events log per project that the CSV can't hold.

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