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Checked claims with the verdict “Contradicted”

Reliable evidence conflicts with the claim as stated (unit, relationship, status or fact). It does not prove bad faith. 16 checked claims so far carry this verdict; that is an outcome of what we checked, not a scoreboard. How this verdict is defined →

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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

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

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

What this covers. 16 checked claims so far with the verdict “Contradicted”. They concern data-center projects in Indiana (5), Ohio (5), Arizona (1), Colorado (1), Iowa (1), Michigan (1), Mississippi (1) and New Mexico (1). A verdict distribution is an outcome of what we happened to check, not a scoreboard: it says nothing about claims we have not checked. Where a state, operator, project or topic shows no checked claim, read it 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.

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