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Evidence briefs
Short explainers on recurring questions. Each keeps its unit, place and date, and says what the public record does not establish.
Every total on the site, what it counts and where it appears.
Cooling + waterClosed loop is not zero water.Architecture, source and quantity stay separate.
RatepayersWho pays for the next upgrade?Tariff design is not an observed bill impact.
JobsFour different job numbers.Construction, job-years, permanent staff and contractors.
IncentivesFollow the cash, not the headline.Authorized, claimed and observed remain different ledgers.
GuideHow a data center works.Plain-English terms behind capacity, power and water numbers.
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Coverage gaps: No evidence checks yet in the Environment topic or about projects in 21 states. These are gaps in our checking, not findings.
More filters State, assessment and organization
That is a gap in our checking — not a finding that nothing has been claimed, and not a count of data centers.
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Public statement checked
Statement checked: Fairfield Energy says it submitted an OPSB application for up to 1,350 MW of net gas generation and approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage.
Said by Fairfield Energy · Vantage Data Centers OH2 Millersport campus
Question: Has the proposed Fairfield Energy Center received its power-siting certificate?
Answer to the question: The reviewed evidence does not establish a certificate. Fairfield Energy describes an application, which is not an approval. The evidentiary hearing was held on 17 September 2026; on 6 November 2026 the Board's docket listing, newest first, opened with reply briefs filed on 13 October. Shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
Evidence and limits
The underlying filing is unread, and the reviewed evidence does not establish a Board decision or a certificate. Company generation figures are not data-center IT capacity.
Evidence limitation: Underlying application and staff report; reason for the official/company MW discrepancy; the Board's decision; any OPSB certificate or construction authorization.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Documented fact
Kansas statute K.S.A. 66-101j(c) makes a qualified data center ineligible for the statutory economic-development electric rate discount.
Said by Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 66-101j) · Kansas
Review scope: Statute text captured 6 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The definition of qualified data center in K.S.A. 74-50,331 and its thresholds; whether any Kansas utility serves a data center under a commission-approved contract rate outside this section; what tariff or contract any named Kansas project, including the tracked Beale Data Center record, would take service under; and the 'cooperative' exclusion's effect on data centers served by cooperatives. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Question reviewed
Reading Meta's nuclear agreements as dedicated plants directly wired to the New Albany campus.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Meta New Albany campus / Prometheus expansion
Evidence and limits
Review limitation: No limitation was recorded in this review. That does not establish that none exists.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Public statement checked
Statement checked: The natural-gas power facility described as adjacent to Vantage's planned Millersport campus means the campus will not affect electricity costs for local residents or businesses.
Said by Vantage · Vantage Data Centers OH2 Millersport campus
Question: Does Millersport's proposed power plant guarantee no impact on electricity bills?
Answer to the question: No such guarantee has been independently established. Vantage describes a separate power supply, but plans do not establish future electricity-bill effects. Fairfield Energy lists the Ohio Power Siting Board's 17 September 2026 evidentiary hearing as held and says what happens next is up to the Board. Shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
Evidence and limits
The developer reports the 17 September 2026 hearing as held; the reviewed evidence does not establish a Board decision or a certificate.
Evidence limitation: The underlying OPSB application, the Board's decision, any certificate, and future effect on retail bills.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Documented fact
Nevada Executive Order 2026-005 (17 September 2026) bars the Governor's Office of Economic Development from bringing a data-center partial-abatement application to the Board unless it provides for a combined sales and use tax rate of at least 4.6 percent with neither component abated.
Said by Governor of Nevada · Nevada
Review scope: Executive order text captured 6 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Which applications are pending, whether any application has been brought to the Board under the order, and what rate or amount any approved abatement carries. The standard terms of the Community Support Commitment, due on or before 6 November 2026, were not on the Governor's Office of Economic Development homepage or newsroom when checked on the morning of 6 November 2026 (Nevada time). Whether the 4.6 percent combined rate equals the ordinary statewide combined rate was not established from the documents read. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Question reviewed
Treating Ohio EPA's draft general permit as final blanket permission or proof of actual discharge.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Individual permits for named data-center outfalls were not inventoried. An individual NPDES permit is permission, not measured discharge or proof of compliance.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 6 November 2026
Checked earlier: claims 7–265 October 2026 – 3 November 2026
Question reviewed
Treating Ohio's 85% data-center tariff as proof that residents cannot be affected by data-center-driven power costs.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether generation, transmission, capacity-market, wholesale-market or pre-tariff contracts can affect household bills remains a separate question from this tariff arithmetic. The saved record holds the tariff sheets and the PUCO docket listing, not a PUCO or Ohio Consumers' Counsel analysis of household bill effects and not the text of the 5 August 2026 order or the 30 September 2026 entry on rehearing.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 3 November 2026
Documented fact
The City of Gilroy says it provided no tax abatements, rebates or financial incentives to AWS for the Gilroy Data Center.
Said by the City of Gilroy · Gilroy Data Center
Review scope: City of Gilroy Data Center General Q&A page captured 3 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Any state, county or utility incentive, tax credit or discount; the ordinance, development agreement or conditions of approval that would document the absence of a city abatement; actual assessed value and taxes paid after operations begin. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 3 November 2026
Documented fact
The City of Gilroy says AWS's Phase 1 data center is expected to use approximately 23 acre-feet of potable water per year, falling to an estimated 2 acre-feet per year after a required switch to recycled water.
Said by the City of Gilroy · Gilroy Data Center
Review scope: City of Gilroy Data Center General Q&A page and fact sheet captured 3 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the 23 acre-feet is a Phase 1 figure, as the Q&A says, or a full-buildout figure, as the fact sheet says; measured potable or recycled water use after opening; the recycled-water volume; the recycled-water agreements' terms and whether they were completed; the Water Supply Assessment (the page lists it as Appendix O of the environmental review, not read); and the conditions-of-approval text.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 3 November 2026
Question reviewed
Treating the five million gallons a day in the Microsoft agreement form attached to West Des Moines Water Works' 21 February 2024 board item as water reserved for Microsoft or as its actual use.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Iowa
Review scope: Board communication read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Microsoft's actual daily or annual water use in the West Des Moines system, the signed and dated agreement (the attachment is the form with a blank effective date), and whether the limitation period has ended.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
Customers on LG&E and KU's Extremely High Load Factor rate must sign a 15-year contract, commit to paying for at least 80% of the power they reserve, and provide deposits equal to between 12 and 24 months of their service.
Said by LG&E and KU · Kentucky
Review scope: Tariff, order and company page read 1 November 2026
Partially supported because only Louisville Gas and Electric's Rate EHLF tariff was checked; Kentucky Utilities' parallel tariff was not read.
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Kentucky Utilities' parallel EHLF tariff was not read. Which customers have signed EHLF agreements and on what terms; agreements are to be filed with the Commission.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
Meta is paying its share of the costs for the infrastructure needed to support its operations, ensuring that other customers are protected from those expenses.
Said by Entergy Louisiana · Meta Richland Parish Data Center
Review scope: Release and transcript read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The electric service agreement's full terms, what Meta pays, and costs after the 15-year term. The written Order No. U-37425 could not be read; its terms here come from the session transcript.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
Under Minn. Stat. §§ 216B.1622 and 216B.1623 (2025), utilities cannot pass the costs of serving a data center to other ratepayers, and data centers are required to pay for all necessary electrical system upgrades and buildouts.
Said by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission · Minnesota
Review scope: Statute and PUC page read 1 November 2026
Borne out for new very large customers; the PUC's sentence omits the law's exemptions and its class definition, due by 15 December 2026 (issuance not verified).
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The Commission's definition of the very large customer class, which existing data center agreements fall under the subdivision 3 exemption, any approved data center tariff or agreement, and whether specific upgrade costs have been charged to a data center.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
Senate Bill 4 (2025) required the Missouri Public Service Commission to adopt rates for large load customers, including data centers, that reflect those customers' share of their costs and prevent other customers from being charged unjust or unreasonable costs arising from service to large load customers.
Said by the Missouri Public Service Commission · Missouri
Review scope: PSC page and bill text read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The text of the Commission's orders approving the Ameren Missouri and Evergy large load tariffs, including the 12-year minimum term and collateral terms the PSC describes; those orders could not be read.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
In just two years, Amazon has invested $25 billion and created 2,000 high-quality jobs in Mississippi.
Said by Mississippi Development Authority (Executive Director) · Mississippi
Review scope: Releases read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: How much Amazon has actually spent in Mississippi and how many direct jobs are filled. Any state incentive agreement terms for these projects were not read.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
The Governor's Energy Policy Task Force found electricity rates could rise as much as 70% over 15 years, with data centers' large energy loads a key factor: about 30% of new energy projects but 80% of projected future demand.
Said by Office of the Governor of North Carolina · North Carolina
Review scope: Release and interim report read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The Energy Futures Group report behind the release's $50 billion figure, and the Task Force's next report, due 15 February 2027; the Task Force's work continues through December 2028.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Documented fact
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority approved a $250,000,000 Next New Jersey Program – AI tax credit award to CoreWeave, in Kenilworth, on 12 November 2025.
Said by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority · New Jersey
Review scope: NJEDA documents read 1 November 2026
Supported refers to the approval and its amount; it is not evidence that any credit has been issued or used.
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: CoreWeave's committed capital investment and job numbers, the board memo for this award, whether the project has been certified complete, whether any tax credit certificate has been issued or used, and whether the specially adopted rules were made permanent before their 23 September 2026 expiration date.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
Air Permit clears the way for full construction of 4.4-GW natural gas-powered energy and data center campus, with initial power production targeted for 2027.
Said by Homer City Generation · Pennsylvania
Review scope: Developer release and DEP page read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The text of Plan Approval 32-00457A (number and rating of turbines, permitted capacity), DEP's comment response on data center scope, whether construction has begun, whether power production will start in 2027, and any data center tenant. The plan approval documents could not be read.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
xAI was connected to a newly constructed electric substation (#63) from which it is now receiving 150MW of grid power from MLGW and TVA.
Said by Greater Memphis Chamber · Tennessee
Review scope: Chamber release and MLGW update read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Metered load at the site, whether the second 150 MW has since been approved and energized, and the substation numbering, which MLGW's update does not give.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Documented fact
Utah S.B. 132 (2025) requires that all large load incremental costs of serving a new load of 100 megawatts or more from a qualified electric utility be allocated to and paid by the large load customer.
Said by Utah Legislature (S.B. 132, 2025 General Session) · Utah
Review scope: Enrolled bill read 1 November 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Which data center contracts have been filed or approved under the law, and how incremental costs have been calculated in practice.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Public statement checked
The FY 2027 adopted budget projects data center revenue at $1.3 billion, representing 40% of the total budget.
Said by Loudoun County · Virginia
Review scope: County pages and adopted budget summaries read 1 November 2026
Partially supported means the 40% figure fits the adopted General Fund; it does not fit the $5.4 billion the county calls its budget, and the $1.3 billion was not independently confirmed.
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The adopted budget's data center revenue lines (the $1.3 billion figure was not found in the adopted documents read) and which base the county meant by 'total budget'.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 November 2026
Question reviewed
Statement checked: The attorney general’s $587 million letter requests an investigation; APS disputes the allegation.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Arizona
Question: Did APS customers pay $587 million for data-center growth?
Answer to the question: A cost shift has not been established here. The attorney general requested an investigation into an analyst’s allegation about large users, including data centers. APS disputes it. Billing evidence and a commission determination were not reviewed.
Evidence and limits
Supported means these documents describe a dispute, not proof of a $587 million cost shift.
The financial question remains unresolved here. The underlying analysis, billing records and a commission determination were not reviewed.
Evidence limitation: The underlying analysis, billing and PSA records, and a commission determination were not reviewed. The allegation concerns large energy users including data centers; it is not an established data-center-only charge to residential customers. These sources do not determine which financial interpretation is correct or establish present regulator status.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 October 2026
Question reviewed
Statement checked: The news-hosted complaint describes 6,500 gallons as annual cooling replenishment attributed to GlobalAI, rather than a verified total for annual site water use.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Global AI (Colorado), LLC Data Center Project
Question: Does GlobalAI’s Weld County project need only 6,500 gallons of water a year?
Answer to the question: The complaint filed October 6 says GlobalAI represented that its closed-loop cooling system would require a 65,000-gallon initial fill and 6,500 gallons of annual replenishment. The plaintiffs allege that total water demand—including other site uses and periodic refills—was not quantified. The filing describes a cooling-replenishment figure, not a verified total for annual site water use.
Evidence and limits
Supported refers to this reading of the complaint. It does not verify the company’s figures, total site water use, the plaintiffs’ allegations or a court finding.
This is a party’s description of the Phase 1 application. Original applicant records and total site water demand were not reviewed.
Evidence limitation: These are a litigating party's descriptions and allegations about the Phase 1 application. The underlying applicant documents, hearing record, approval conditions and water-service agreements were not reviewed. Nothing here establishes measured use, total future demand, filing authenticity through the court docket, present litigation status or a court finding.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 October 2026
Question reviewed
Statement checked: The Illinois study’s roughly 121,000 jobs figure combines cumulative construction job-years with annual operations-related jobs.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Illinois
Question: What does the Illinois study mean by “121,000 jobs”?
Answer to the question: Figure 8 separates 112,950 construction-related job-years over 2026–2035 from 7,998 annual operations-related jobs in 2035, including 2,819 permanent positions. These use different time units. They are forecasts, not 121,000 permanent jobs or a count of distinct workers. This check establishes what the report says; it does not validate its model or verify delivered jobs.
Evidence and limits
Supported refers to this explanation of the report’s figures, not proof that the forecast jobs will happen.
These are forecasts. This review does not establish delivered jobs, distinct workers, or whether the economic model is accurate.
Evidence limitation: Whether these projected jobs are delivered, the number of distinct construction workers, and independent validation of the economic model. The study’s employment forecast is not a measured payroll count.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 October 2026
Documented fact
Delaware Public Service Commission Order No. 10816 (3 September 2025) requires a Delmarva large-load tariff to be in place before any new customer of 25 MW or more monthly maximum demand is interconnected.
Said by the Delaware Public Service Commission · Delaware
Review scope: Delaware PSC documents captured 5 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the Commission has approved a Delmarva large-load tariff, its terms, and whether any 25 MW-plus customer has been interconnected or has an interconnection date. The text of Order 10829, Delmarva's Dec 2025 tariff filing and the Hearing Examiner's findings were not read. Docket 25-0826 on DelaFile was not retrieved. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 5 October 2026
Documented fact
Georgia's high-technology data center equipment sales and use tax exemption requires an applicant to document its ability to create and maintain a qualifying number of New Quality Jobs and make qualifying aggregate expenditures, with thresholds set by county population.
Said by Georgia Department of Revenue · Georgia
Review scope: Department pages captured 5 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The county threshold numbers (in the two linked PDFs, not captured), the number of certificates issued, the amount of tax exempted for any project, and jobs actually created and maintained. The Department's annual-report requirement was only seen as a link. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 5 October 2026
Checked earlier: claims 27–4621 September 2026 – 5 October 2026
Documented fact
Maryland Executive Order 01.01.2026.16 (signed 23 September 2026) directs State agencies, to the fullest extent consistent with law, to require a Framework Determination of Aligned or Conditionally Aligned as a condition of applying for a discretionary data-center incentive.
Said by Governor of Maryland · Maryland
Review scope: Executive order text captured 5 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the Task Force has issued any Framework Determination, Framework Guidance or Dashboard listing, and whether any data-center project has applied for a State incentive under the order. Which specific Maryland incentive programs are discretionary within the order's meaning, and whether any statutory by-right incentive is outside it. The Next Generation Energy Act of 2025 and Utility RELIEF Act of 2026, which the order cites, were not read. No reviewed document in the sources checked establishes it.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 5 October 2026
Public statement checked
Upon completion, EdgeCore says its Reno campus will support 216 MW of critical IT load across about one million square feet on 56 acres.
Said by EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure · Nevada
Review scope: EdgeCore Reno page checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The completion year. Whether any building or substation is finished. Utility capacity as distinct from the 216 MW critical IT figure. Measured water use.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
Once complete, the Gray County facility will use advanced air-cooling and limit water consumption to small-scale domestic uses such as restrooms.
Said by Google · Texas
Review scope: Google PDF and blog checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Measured withdrawal, consumption, discharge, or make-up water. Whether the air-cooling design is built. What the $10 million fund spends, and where.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
A new data center in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas, co-located with more than a gigawatt of wind, solar, and battery storage.
Said by Google · Texas
Review scope: Google PDF and blog checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether any of that generation is built, energized, or metered. The split of the gigawatt figure among wind, solar, and batteries. The capacity of the on-site gas. Data-center IT load. Hourly matching between generation and the data center.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
Google and Intersect say the buildout will not pass infrastructure-growth costs on to local families.
Said by Google · Texas
Review scope: Google PDF checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The tariff, rate, or interconnection agreement that would show who pays. Any later bill or regulator order.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
The Meitner project will support thousands of jobs, and each U.S. Google data-center job creates nine additional local jobs.
Said by Google · Texas
Review scope: Google PDF and blog checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: A counted permanent headcount, construction payroll, or opening date. How many of the stated jobs are at the data center rather than the company-wide multiplier.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
Clearway, half-owned by TotalEnergies, secured separate gross power purchase agreements of 1.2 GW for Google data centers across ERCOT, PJM, and SPP.
Said by TotalEnergies · Texas
Review scope: TotalEnergies release checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The individual Clearway contracts, their dates, and whether any energy is generated or matched to a named facility. The linked social post was inaccessible; its wording was not reviewed.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
TotalEnergies signed two long-term power purchase agreements for 1 GW of solar capacity, described as 28 TWh over 15 years, from Wichita and Mustang Creek in Texas.
Said by TotalEnergies · Texas
Review scope: TotalEnergies release checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the plants are built or the energy is generated. Which Google facility takes it. Hourly or physical matching. The contract text itself.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
Vantage says its Fredericksburg campus is planned for 192 MW of critical IT load, 929,000 square feet on 82 acres, N+1 electrical and mechanical design, and near-zero water-use effectiveness, with the first building in late 2027.
Said by Vantage Data Centers · Virginia
Review scope: Vantage campus page checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether construction has started, any building is operating, or the stated IT load, area, or water-use figure has been measured. Utility power is a separate figure on the same page. Source-access disclosure added 10 November 2026: the 9 November audit reported HTTP 404 for the cited Vantage page, and the 10 November follow-through reported HTTP 403 from its retrieval tool. These results do not establish cancellation or revised figures. The archive reported by the earlier audit was not independently reverified in the follow-through. The substantive source review remains dated 1 October 2026.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Question reviewed
Whether the opened Fredericksburg campus materials state a 72 MW phase and a construction or permanent job count.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Virginia
Review scope: Vantage campus page checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The wording of the unopened social post and wire release. Any permit or company record that states a phase size or a job count. Source-access disclosure added 10 November 2026: the 9 November audit reported HTTP 404 for the cited Vantage page, and the 10 November follow-through reported HTTP 403 from its retrieval tool. These results do not establish cancellation or revised figures. The archive reported by the earlier audit was not independently reverified in the follow-through. The substantive source review remains dated 1 October 2026.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
Vantage says the Fredericksburg campus will have a private 270 MW on-site substation.
Said by Vantage Data Centers · Virginia
Review scope: Vantage campus page checked 1 October 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the substation is built or energized, and any utility filing that states its capacity. Source-access disclosure added 10 November 2026: the 9 November audit reported HTTP 404 for the cited Vantage page, and the 10 November follow-through reported HTTP 403 from its retrieval tool. These results do not establish cancellation or revised figures. The archive reported by the earlier audit was not independently reverified in the follow-through. The substantive source review remains dated 1 October 2026.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 1 October 2026
Public statement checked
DataBank's IAD5 page states 72 MW of critical IT load for the first Culpeper building, and the campus page states 192 MW of critical IT load for two facilities.
Said by DataBank · Virginia
Review scope: DataBank pages captured 25 September 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether either building is under construction or operating. Utility power. Metered load. The wording of the unopened construction post.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 25 September 2026
Public statement checked
$25 million lump sum discussed
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether the $25 million was ever written into an executed instrument; the executed agreement, the extension resolutions and any City payment ledger are not in the saved record.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
Up to $4 million per year for 20 years
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The executed agreement and its payment-trigger clauses, the two extension resolutions, which milestones failed and any City payment ledger are not in the saved record; whether any payment was ever due or made is not established.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
10-year construction abatement and 20-year 100% technology deduction
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The executed agreement, any separate abatement or deduction instrument (and whether one was ever adopted, claimed or received), the extension resolutions and any payment or abatement ledger are not in the saved record.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
Final NIPSCO agreement explicitly described as gating
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether a NIPSCO agreement was ever executed, and which milestones failed; the executed development agreement, the extension resolutions and any NIPSCO filing for this expansion are not in the saved record.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
Phase I of the Gilroy Data Center requires a 49 MW connection to PG&E.
Said by the City of Gilroy · Gilroy Data Center
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Critical IT capacity; measured load; owner/operator legal roles distinct from applicant; actual occupancy or opening date (the city's revenue FAQ projects the first building 'expected online in 2028').
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating Weld County's 5-0 approval of Use by Special Review permit USR26-0019 as authorization to begin construction of the Global AI data center, or to develop the entire former Kodak/Carestream property.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Global AI (Colorado), LLC Data Center Project
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether any construction-related permit has since issued; current construction or opening status; street address and parcel (not given on the county news page).
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Documented fact
Chesterfield County's July 2026 status table lists a maximum water usage of 6.000 MGD for Peanut LLC at 2100 Bermuda Hundred Road.
Said by Chesterfield County · Google Bermuda Hundred Data Center Campus
Review scope: Chesterfield table as of July 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Current measured withdrawal or consumption; operator and title-owner legal roles; reconciliation of 2100 versus 2400 and 2700 Bermuda Hundred Road.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
Meta will make a $1.5 million annual city payment for each completed phase, up to six phases.
Said by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Executed agreement, phase-completion definition, first due date and receipts.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Checked earlier: claims 47–6612 September 2026 – 21 September 2026
Public statement checked
The Texas Comptroller lists Microsoft Corporation (SAT 89-90) as a registered qualifying large data center project with effective date 04/04/2024.
Said by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts · Microsoft Corporation (SAT 89-90)
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Exemption dollar value (the list does not state one); exemption end date for this row; construction or operating status; IT load.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating the Arizona Corporation Commission's Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for Baccara Power as approval of the Project Baccara data center.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Project Baccara
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Maricopa County approval; Luke Air Force Base approval; construction start; critical IT capacity; operator.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating DTE Electric's 1,000 MW Google contract as current measured load or critical IT capacity.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Project Cannoli
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: MPSC final disposition of U-22058; whether load has materialized; measured load; critical IT capacity; executed public (non-confidential) contract text.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating the requested 2,462 MW YGI Microgrid as issued generation capacity or data-center IT load.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Project Jupiter
Review scope: NMED docket checked 21 September 2026
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Rescheduled hearing date and outcome; whether NSR 10883 is later issued, denied, or withdrawn; data-center IT load; utility demand.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
What electricity-system costs has the Sabey Indianapolis petitioner committed to cover, and does that establish statewide customer protection?
Question examined by DataCenterData · Sabey Decatur Technology Park
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Effects outside the reviewed site-specific commitment, including other tariffs, projects and wholesale-market costs, are not established here.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 21 September 2026
Question reviewed
The reviewed utility order establishes Google Fort Wayne's cooling design and water use.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Google Fort Wayne
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Cooling architecture, source water, and permitted or measured withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 16 September 2026
Public statement checked
Google says The Dalles aquifer project added more than 100 million gallons a year of stored-water capacity for the community.
Said by Google · Google The Dalles
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Site-specific cooling design, cooling-water source, and measured data-center withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 16 September 2026
Question reviewed
Meta's Jeffersonville announcement establishes the campus's cooling design and water use.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Meta Jeffersonville
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Cooling architecture, source water, and permitted or measured withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 16 September 2026
Public statement checked
Microsoft says its Mount Pleasant pilot will use closed-loop chip-level cooling without evaporating water for cooling.
Said by Microsoft · Microsoft Mount Pleasant
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Operating configuration, initial-fill volume, other site water uses, and measured withdrawal, consumption, and discharge.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 16 September 2026
Question reviewed
Closed-loop liquid cooling means the Meta Lebanon campus will use no water.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Actual annual withdrawal and consumption, potable and nonpotable shares, the heat-rejection architecture used in operation, and operating measurements.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 14 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating AWS Project Rainier's operation as proof that the full New Carlisle campus is complete.
Question examined by DataCenterData · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The remaining New Carlisle building count, buildout schedule and full-campus completion milestone are not established in the reviewed source.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Public statement checked
Up to $98.3 million is the sum of the four listed credit/grant programs and excludes the separately authorized 50-year sales-and-use-tax exemption, whose value is not stated here.
Said by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Benefits earned, claimed and received; the meaning of DATA's $611,502,328 Paid/Certified to Date field; whether SEF is executed; RTC status meaning; independently observed jobs and placed-in-service investment.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Public statement checked
Google reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption figures for its New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne campuses.
Said by Google · Google New Albany campus
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Independent utility/meter corroboration; cooling share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
La Porte Common Council terminated Microsoft's local tax abatement and the state DATA exemption is executed.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Microsoft La Porte
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Adopted resolution text and full legal effect; whether the IEDC DATA offer has been executed.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Public statement checked
EPA documents an operating water-reuse system serving Microsoft's Quincy campus.
Said in US EPA case study · Microsoft Quincy
Review scope: EPA observations spanning operation from 2021, 2022 connection status and early-2023 context
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Current measured withdrawal, consumption and discharge; a reconciled explanation of Microsoft's separate 380-million-gallon estimate; and operating changes after EPA's dated observations.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Vantage OH1's first building opened by December 2025 and is now operating.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Vantage Data Centers OH1 campus
Review scope: December 2025 target
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Whether any OH1 building has opened or is serving load.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Microsoft La Porte already has more than 600 permanent Microsoft jobs.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Microsoft La Porte
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Observed employment; whether the 200-by-2032 and 600+ first-phase figures describe the same scope.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Reading New Albany's $178 million payroll-equivalent figure as actual operator payroll.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The hyperscaler's identity, underlying component revenue records, actual payroll and employee or contractor headcount.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating New Albany's no-additional-capacity statement as proof that facility-level water impact is negligible.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Independent utility/meter records; cooling-only share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google's company-reported 2025 campus rows.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Public statement checked
Ohio has more than 200 data centers.
Said by Ohio Consumers' Counsel · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: A statewide census with consistent record units, lifecycle rules, deduplication and a dated coverage audit.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Checked earlier: claims 67–8611 September 2026 – 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Reading Ohio's equipment sales-and-use-tax exemption as meaning a qualifying project pays no taxes.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Net fiscal result of any named project; whether a named project complied with or received an exemption.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Question reviewed
Ohio's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption statute has been repealed, or existing agreements were cancelled, by Governor DeWine's pause.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Ohio
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: The governor's direct May communication was not independently retrieved. Official Tax Credit Authority text of the pause was not obtained.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 12 September 2026
Public statement checked
18 buildings reported vertical
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Final campus scope and completion.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
More than $1.5 million
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Recipient-level awards and payment records.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Question reviewed
Source-water mix, permitted quantity, and current metered withdrawal/consumption at AWS New Carlisle.
Question examined by DataCenterData · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Source water, permitted quantity, current metered withdrawal/consumption, and completion.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
$11 billion baseline; $13.8 billion later reported
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Eligible-capital, placed-in-service and geographic scope.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
More than $1 billion over 35 years
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Annual gross taxes, abatements and net receipts.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
At least 1,000 baseline; AWS's own July 2026 account says nearly 1,000 operations staff hired; an undated Chamber project page says 1,056 full-time AWS employees
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Project-specific CF-1, payroll definition, count date, residency and contractor treatment.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
Approximately 18 million gallons per year at full buildout
Said by AWS economic-development manager · AWS New Carlisle
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Permit quantity, current metered withdrawal/consumption, source-water mix and completion.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
450,000 square feet; 180 MW; contemplated 20-year CoreWeave lease
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Exact unsatisfied milestones.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
35 to 90 jobs paying more than $75,000
Said by the City of Hammond · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
More than 4,000 at peak
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Observed peak, period and job-years.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
Closed-loop liquid cooling; zero cooling water for most of the year
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Operating configuration, total site water and measured consumption.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
More than $10 billion
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Completed or placed-in-service capital.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
Approximately 300
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Operating payroll and delivery schedule.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
1 GW designed capacity
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Contracted, energized and measured load.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
Meta says it will pay its full energy and utility costs
Said by Meta · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Utility contract and regulatory cost-allocation record.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
35 years, extendable to 50
Said by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Controlling agreement and exemptions claimed.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Question reviewed
The expiration of Hammond's CoreWeave agreement means the existing Digital Crossroad data center closed.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Digital Crossroad Hammond campus
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: These records do not freshly confirm the existing facility’s current operating status.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Question reviewed
Meta Jeffersonville's hundreds of construction jobs are hundreds of permanent operating jobs.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Meta Jeffersonville
Evidence and limits
Review limitation: No limitation was recorded in this review. That does not establish that none exists.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Checked earlier: claims 87–9010 September 2026 – 11 September 2026
Question reviewed
Reading Meta Lebanon's 1 GW design as current measured grid demand.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Meta Lebanon
Evidence and limits
Review limitation: No limitation was recorded in this review. That does not establish that none exists.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating Microsoft's roughly 50 operating employees per facility as current observed employment across three sites.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Microsoft New Albany campus
Evidence and limits
Review limitation: No limitation was recorded in this review. That does not establish that none exists.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 11 September 2026
Public statement checked
DX-1 operating; operator publishes 105,000 square feet and up to 20 MW
Said by Digital Crossroad · CoreWeave / Digital Crossroads expansion
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Capacity scope is not classified as critical IT load.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 10 September 2026
Question reviewed
Treating CAC's queue of roughly 60 proposed hyperscale projects as 60 operating physical buildings.
Question examined by DataCenterData · Indiana
Evidence and limits
Evidence limitation: Independently reconstructed statewide operating-facility count.
Read the answer and sources →Checked 10 September 2026
What the eight assessment labels mean
- Supported
- Independent evidence supports the claim as stated, for the stated period. Not permanent; not proof of related claims.
- Partially supported
- Independent evidence supports part of the claim; the rest is unknown or unsupported. The full statement is not thereby false.
- Company claim
- The only support is the company or its agents. Shown as stated, not adopted. Not a finding that it is true or false.
- Contradicted
- Reliable evidence conflicts with the claim as stated (unit, relationship, status or fact). It does not prove bad faith.
- Outdated
- It referred to a date, trigger or plan that has since passed or lapsed; newer evidence not yet checked. Not a finding that it is now false.
- Not independently verified
- A non-company party stated it; reviewed sources do not independently establish the proposition or outcome. Not a finding that it is false.
- Unknown
- We looked; the reviewed sources do not establish it. Unknown is not zero, not absent, not noncompliant.
- Not yet due
- A commitment or projection whose trigger or deadline has not arrived. It cannot be graded yet and is not a failure.
A verdict applies only to the wording shown.
Company claims are shown as stated; they are not findings.
Coverage and corrections
How we find and check questions
We research public reporting, company statements and official documents. Monitoring selected sources provides additional leads; it does not comprehensively search popular social posts or automatically publish findings.
We prioritize questions about a specific project or place and effects on power, water, jobs, taxes or project status. Questions written by DataCenterData are labeled as questions; they are not quotations from social posts. Named statements retain their speaker and source. Some entries have had an additional factual review; a second review never turns an announcement into a measured outcome. Read the full checking method →
What we have checked: 34 in Indiana, 13 in Ohio, 7 in Texas, 6 in Virginia, 3 in California, 2 in Arizona, 2 in Colorado, 2 in Nevada and one each in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin — and what we have not
What these entries are. 30 questions reviewed (3 Supported · 2 Partially supported · 15 Contradicted · 9 unresolved (Unknown) · 1 Not yet due) · 50 public statements checked · 10 documented facts. DataCenterData has published 90 evidence entries about 34 in Indiana, 13 in Ohio, 7 in Texas, 6 in Virginia, 3 in California, 2 in Arizona, 2 in Colorado, 2 in Nevada and one each in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. They attach to 25 of the 214 records we publish. The most recent check was 6 November 2026.
What we have not checked. We have not yet published an evidence entry in the other 19 states where we publish records, or on 78 of our 86 national project records. That is a statement about our work, not about those places: it does not mean no claims have been made there, and it does not mean claims made there are true or false. Read an empty state, operator, project or topic as “not yet checked by DataCenterData”.
What a verdict means. A verdict applies only to the wording shown and the evidence linked on the check date. Where a separate question appears beside a statement checked, the verdict is about that statement, and the question has its own answer. “Unknown” means the reviewed evidence did not establish the point; it never means zero or false. A check date is the date we reviewed the evidence, not the date of the underlying event.
Verdicts so far: 17 Supported · 9 Partially supported · 29 Company claim · 16 Contradicted · 4 Outdated · 2 Not independently verified · 11 Unknown · 2 Not yet due. Open data: claims.json · claims.csv.
Recently corrected (5) — verdict, wording and locator changes
- · Changed wording · Fairfield Energy says it submitted an OPSB application for up to 1,350 MW of net gas generation and approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage.
- · Changed source locator · Fairfield Energy says it submitted an OPSB application for up to 1,350 MW of net gas generation and approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage.
- · Changed wording · The natural-gas power facility described as adjacent to Vantage's planned Millersport campus means the campus will not affect electricity costs for local residents or businesses.
- · Changed wording · Nevada Executive Order 2026-005 (17 September 2026) bars the Governor's Office of Economic Development from bringing a data-center partial-abatement application to the Board unless it provides for a combined sales and use tax rate of at least 4.6 percent with neither component abated.
- · Changed source locator · Treating Ohio EPA's draft general permit as final blanket permission or proof of actual discharge.