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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Contradicted

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Contradicted

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.

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Checked 1 November 2026

Checked earlier: claims 7–261 October 2026 – 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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'.

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Checked 1 November 2026

Question reviewed

Statement checked: The attorney general’s $587 million letter requests an investigation; APS disputes the allegation.

Verdict on the statement above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the statement above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the statement above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 5 October 2026

Documented fact

The City of Gilroy says it provided no tax abatements, rebates or financial incentives to AWS for the Gilroy Data Center.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

Said by the City of Gilroy · Gilroy Data Center

Review scope: City of Gilroy project page captured 5 October 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.

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Checked 5 October 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Not yet due

Said by the City of Gilroy · Gilroy Data Center

Review scope: City of Gilroy project page captured 5 October 2026

Evidence and limits

Evidence limitation: 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.

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Checked 5 October 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

Said by Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 66-101j) · Kansas

Review scope: Statute text captured 5 October 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.

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Checked 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 5 October 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

Said by Governor of Nevada · Nevada

Review scope: Executive order text captured 5 October 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 published standard form of the Community Support Commitment (due 2026-11-06) was not found in the sources checked. 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.

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Checked 5 October 2026

Question reviewed

Treating Ohio's 85% data-center tariff as proof that residents cannot be affected by data-center-driven power costs.

Verdict on the wording above: Partially supported

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.

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Checked 3 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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Checked 1 October 2026

Checked earlier: claims 27–4621 September 2026 – 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Company claim

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.

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Checked 25 September 2026

Public statement checked

$25 million lump sum discussed

Verdict on the wording above: Unknown

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.

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Checked 21 September 2026

Public statement checked

Up to $4 million per year for 20 years

Verdict on the wording above: Outdated

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.

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Checked 21 September 2026

Public statement checked

10-year construction abatement and 20-year 100% technology deduction

Verdict on the wording above: Outdated

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.

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Checked 21 September 2026

Public statement checked

Final NIPSCO agreement explicitly described as gating

Verdict on the wording above: Unknown

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.

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Contradicted

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).

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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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 21 September 2026

Checked earlier: claims 47–6612 September 2026 – 21 September 2026

Question reviewed

What electricity-system costs has the Sabey Indianapolis petitioner committed to cover, and does that establish statewide customer protection?

Verdict on the wording above: Unknown

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.

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Checked 21 September 2026

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.

Verdict on the statement above: Company claim

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 September hearing notice is historical, and the outcome remains unverified. Shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.

Evidence and limits

The underlying filing, hearing outcome and any certificate remain unverified. Company generation figures are not data-center IT capacity.

Evidence limitation: Underlying application and staff report; reason for the official/company MW discrepancy; hearing outcome; any OPSB certificate or construction authorization.

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Checked 17 September 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.

Verdict on the statement above: Company claim

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. The hearing outcome and certificate remain unverified. Shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.

Evidence and limits

The hearing notice is historical. Its outcome and any certificate remain unverified; the follow-up is overdue.

Evidence limitation: The underlying OPSB application, hearing outcome, certificate status, and future effect on retail bills.

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Checked 17 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.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 12 September 2026

Public statement checked

EPA documents an operating water-reuse system serving Microsoft's Quincy campus.

Verdict on the wording above: Supported

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.

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Checked 12 September 2026

Checked earlier: claims 67–8611 September 2026 – 12 September 2026
Checked earlier: claims 87–9010 September 2026 – 11 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.

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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
  1. · 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.
  2. · 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.
  3. · Changed field · Treating Ohio's 85% data-center tariff as proof that residents cannot be affected by data-center-driven power costs.
  4. · Changed field · $25 million lump sum discussed
  5. · Changed field · Up to $4 million per year for 20 years

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