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It does not say zero annual campus water use." } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-14", "next_check": { "trigger": "Operating water withdrawal, consumption or utility records after the campus begins service", "date": null }, "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Partially supported; unknowns not recorded", "to": "Not independently verified; operating water unknowns and the future design scope are explicit", "reason": "The second review found that a literal zero-water conclusion is not established by Meta's narrower future design statement.", "by": "Software-assisted second check" }, { "date": "2026-09-14", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Not independently verified", "to": "Unknown", "reason": "The prior label is defined for an unverified statement by a non-company party. This card tests a common inference instead; the reviewed company source does not establish annual or total campus water use.", "by": "Editorial classification update" } ], "entity_ids": [ "meta-lebanon" ], "href": "/claims/meta-closed-loop-zero-water/", "review_status": "second_review_complete", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-14", "related_pages": [ { "title": "DataCenterData cooling and water definitions", "url": "/water/" } ], "review_note": "Software-assisted second check; every cited source was re-read by a reviewer who did not author the record." }, { "id": "hammond-facility-closed", "record_id": "digital-crossroads-hammond", "topic": "Entity / lifecycle", "state": "IN", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "The expiration of Hammond's CoreWeave agreement means the existing Digital Crossroad data center closed.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Entity / lifecycle", "scope": "Indiana", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "Hammond says the separate agreement for the proposed 301 Digital Crossroads expansion expired. City records identify CoreWeave as an existing tenant at the operating 100 Digital Crossroads facility. The failed expansion and existing DX-1 site are not the same lifecycle event.", "unknown": "None recorded", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Contradicted", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Gov. record; Gov. record" }, "sources": [ { "title": "City of Hammond agreement-expiration notice", "publisher": "", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.gohammond.com/hammond-announces-expiration-of-data-center-development-agreement/", "locator": "https://www.gohammond.com/hammond-announces-expiration-of-data-center-development-agreement/", "supports": "" }, { "title": "Hammond Common Council minutes", "publisher": "", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://www.gohammond.com/document_library/meeting_minutes_and_agendas/city_council/2025/06-09-25_minutes.pdf", "locator": "https://www.gohammond.com/document_library/meeting_minutes_and_agendas/city_council/2025/06-09-25_minutes.pdf", "supports": "" } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-11", "next_check": { "trigger": "None recorded", "date": null }, "history": [], "entity_ids": [ "digital-crossroads-hammond", "coreweave-hammond", "digital-crossroad-dx1" ], "href": "/claims/hammond-facility-closed/" }, { "id": "microsoft-laporte-jobs-now", "record_id": "microsoft-la-porte", "topic": "Jobs / timing", "state": "IN", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "Microsoft La Porte already has more than 600 permanent Microsoft jobs.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Jobs / timing", "scope": "Indiana", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "Microsoft's 2026 groundbreaking update projects more than 600 permanent jobs in the first phase but gives no due date for that forecast. Indiana's 2024 announcement separately projected up to 200 jobs by the end of 2032. Neither announcement establishes current employment, and the two scopes have not been reconciled.", "unknown": "Observed employment; whether the 200-by-2032 and 600+ first-phase figures describe the same scope.", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Contradicted", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Company; Gov. record" }, "sources": [ { "title": "Microsoft La Porte groundbreaking update", "publisher": "Microsoft", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-breaks-ground-on-la-porte-datacenter-project/", "locator": "Opening paragraph and paragraph beginning 'Beyond the thousands of construction jobs'", "supports": "Microsoft projects more than 600 permanent first-phase jobs; it does not report observed employment or a due date for the forecast." }, { "title": "Indiana's 2024 Microsoft announcement", "publisher": "Indiana Economic Development Corporation", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2024/06/04/gov-holcomb-announces-plans-for-new-1b-microsoft-data-center-in-northwest-indiana", "locator": "Body dateline June 3, 2024 and opening paragraph; URL path is dated June 4", "supports": "State announcement projects up to 200 jobs by the end of 2032. It is not an employment or payroll record." } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "next_check": { "trigger": "First-phase completion notice or a payroll record", "date": null }, "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Not yet due", "to": "Not independently verified", "reason": "The 600-plus first-phase forecast has no retrieved due date; the 2032 date belongs to a different 200-job scope.", "by": "Software-assisted second check" }, { "date": "2026-09-14", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Not independently verified", "to": "Contradicted", "reason": "The claim says the projected jobs already exist, while the cited company source still describes a forecast and the government source describes a different job scope.", "by": "Editorial classification update" } ], "entity_ids": [ "microsoft-la-porte" ], "href": "/claims/microsoft-laporte-jobs-now/", "review_status": "second_review_complete", "reviewed_at": "2026-09-12", "review_note": "Software-assisted second check; every cited source was re-read by a reviewer who did not author the record." }, { "id": "meta-jeffersonville-job-unit", "record_id": "meta-jeffersonville", "topic": "Jobs / unit", "state": "IN", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "Meta Jeffersonville's hundreds of construction jobs are hundreds of permanent operating jobs.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Jobs / unit", "scope": "Indiana", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "Indiana's project announcement separates approximately 100 operational jobs from hundreds of construction jobs. Neither category is treated as observed until employment evidence and the relevant due date are established.", "unknown": "None recorded", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Contradicted", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Gov. record; Institution" }, "sources": [ { "title": "Indiana Meta Jeffersonville announcement", "publisher": "", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2024/01/25/gov.-holcomb-announces-meta-to-build-an-800m-data-center-campus-in-indiana", "locator": "https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2024/01/25/gov.-holcomb-announces-meta-to-build-an-800m-data-center-campus-in-indiana", "supports": "" } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-11", "next_check": { "trigger": "None recorded", "date": null }, "history": [], "entity_ids": [ "meta-jeffersonville" ], "href": "/claims/meta-jeffersonville-job-unit/", "related_pages": [ { "title": "DataCenterData Indiana project index", "url": "/indiana/#projects" } ] }, { "id": "sabey-cost-allocation-generalized", "record_id": "sabey-indianapolis", "topic": "Power / cost allocation", "state": "IN", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "One Indianapolis developer cost commitment proves no Indiana data center can affect other customers' electricity costs.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Power / cost allocation", "scope": "Indiana", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "The reviewed Indianapolis filing says Sabey will pay costs related to the project's substation, generation, transmission and distribution needs. That is meaningful site-specific evidence; it does not establish every tariff, wholesale-market effect or project in Indiana.", "unknown": "Effects outside the reviewed site-specific commitment, including other tariffs, projects and wholesale-market costs, are not established here.", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Partially supported", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Gov. record; Institution" }, "sources": [ { "title": "Indianapolis petitioner appendix, cases 2025-CAP-856 / 2025-CVR-856", "publisher": "", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://indianapolis-in.municodemeetings.com/sites/indianapolis-in.municodemeetings.com/files/fileattachments/mdc_hearing_examiner/meeting/5368/2025-cap-856_2025-cvr-856_petitioner_appendix_mdc_3-18-26_final.pdf", "locator": "Petitioner presentation, PDF pages 24–25, commitment concerning the proposed substation and energy needs", "supports": "The petitioner describes a commitment to pay costs related to the proposed substation and the site's energy needs; that site-specific statement does not establish statewide cost effects for every data center." } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "next_check": { "trigger": "None recorded", "date": null }, "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Partially supported", "to": "Not independently verified", "reason": "One site's cost commitment cannot establish the statewide claim shown.", "by": "Software-assisted second check" }, { "date": "2026-09-14", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Not independently verified", "to": "Partially supported", "reason": "The cited commitment supports cost allocation for one site, but it cannot establish the statewide generalization shown.", "by": "Editorial classification update" } ], "entity_ids": [ "sabey-indianapolis" ], "href": "/claims/sabey-cost-allocation-generalized/", "related_pages": [ { "title": "DataCenterData Indiana project index", "url": "/indiana/#projects" } ] }, { "id": "ohio-count-200", "record_id": null, "topic": "Statewide count", "state": "OH", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "Ohio has more than 200 data centers.", "claimant": { "name": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel", "role": "advocate", "said_on": null, "said_where": { "title": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts", "url": "https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio", "locator": "section 'Data Centers in Ohio'" } }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Statewide count", "scope": "Ohio", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial-directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the linked directory's counting unit, lifecycle scope and deduplication have not been reconciled here. OCC's web page says more than 200; a retained PDF at its March-path URL says about 200, while the live page now links to a different May-path PDF that was not retrieved. DataCenterData does not adopt 200-plus as its own count.", "unknown": "A statewide census with consistent record units, lifecycle rules, deduplication and a dated coverage audit.", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Not independently verified", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Gov. record; Institution; Gov. record" }, "sources": [ { "title": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts", "publisher": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio", "locator": "https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio", "supports": "OCC web fact sheet repeats a commercial-directory count of more than 200." }, { "title": "Data Centers in Ohio (OCC fact sheet PDF, March 2026)", "publisher": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://occ.ohio.gov/sites/default/files/2026-03/OCC-Data-Centers-in-Ohio.pdf", "locator": "'Ohio has about 200 data centers, making it the fifth highest state in the country.'", "supports": "OCC March 2026 PDF uses 'about 200', not 'more than 200'." } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "next_check": { "trigger": "Reconcile OCC's current linked PDF and independently reconstruct the statewide denominator", "date": null }, "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "kind": "correction", "from": "Ohio's consumer advocate repeats a commercial directory count. It is useful as a market signal, but the underlying unit can include buildings, suites and campuses and is not a state census. DataCenterData does not adopt 200+ as its own count.", "to": "Added the wording difference between OCC's web fact sheet and its PDF fact sheet. Verdict unchanged.", "reason": "Added the wording difference between OCC's web fact sheet and its PDF fact sheet. 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PUCO describes the concern as cost shifting from significant transmission infrastructure and other underused investment serving data centers. These protections are real, but the reviewed sources do not prove that residents can never be affected by generation, transmission, wholesale-market or pre-tariff costs. Under AEP's published contract-capacity formula, DataCenterData calculates a minimum of about 72.5% at 50 MW and 82.5% at 100 MW; a separate historical-demand ratchet can produce a higher billed demand. AEP reports that 12,219 of 17,861 MW of contracted data-center projects were signed before the tariff took effect; contracted projects are not current measured load.", "unknown": "Whether generation, transmission, wholesale-market or pre-tariff contracts can affect household bills remains a separate question from this tariff arithmetic.", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Partially supported", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "PUCO government explanation plus AEP company tariff and load disclosures; absolute household-bill conclusion not established." }, "sources": [ { "title": "PUCO approves AEP Ohio data-center tariff", "publisher": "Public Utilities Commission of Ohio", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "2025-07-09", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHPUC/bulletins/3e8bb79", "locator": "Paragraphs following Chair Jenifer French's quotation: significant transmission infrastructure and underused-investment cost shifting", "supports": "PUCO's stated concern and its rationale for safeguards; not proof that household bills can never be affected." }, { "title": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel quick facts", "publisher": "Ohio Consumers' Counsel", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio", "locator": "https://occ.ohio.gov/factsheet/quick-facts-data-centers-ohio", "supports": "OCC describes the 85% contracted-capacity payment term; it does not prove household bills cannot be affected." }, { "title": "AEP Ohio Schedule DCT terms", "publisher": "AEP Ohio", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.aepohio.com/company/about/rates/data-center-tariff/", "locator": "Minimum Demand Charges, numbered limbs 1-2; Aggregation; Contract Term; Mandatory Process step 3. Tariff effective 2025-07-23; page publication date not established.", "supports": "Published Schedule DCT minimum-demand formula. Arithmetic below is DataCenterData's, not an AEP quotation." }, { "title": "AEP Ohio Updates PUCO on Data Center Load: Figures Show Tariff is Working (2026-02-13)", "publisher": "AEP Ohio", "class": "Company", "published": "2026-02-13", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.aepohio.com/company/news/view?releaseID=10753", "locator": "'in addition to 12,219 MW of data center contracts signed before the tariff went into effect'; 'AEP Ohio now has 17,861 MW of contracted data center projects'", "supports": "AEP reports contracted quantities, not current consumption." } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "next_check": { "trigger": "PUCO rider, transmission-cost or rate-case filings that quantify residential allocation", "date": null }, "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-11", "kind": "correction", "from": "The PUCO-approved AEP Ohio tariff allocates substantial underuse and cancellation risk to new loads over 25 MW. 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It authorizes a complete or partial sales-and-use-tax exemption for qualifying data-center equipment. It does not by itself mean a qualifying project pays no taxes, and it does not repeal existing agreements. 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Current construction activity and modeled jobs are not observed permanent operating headcount.", "unknown": "None recorded", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Not yet due", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Company; Company" }, "sources": [ { "title": "Microsoft Licking County impact brief", "publisher": "", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Economic-Impact_LickingCountyOH_FY26Q4.pdf", "locator": "https://local.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Economic-Impact_LickingCountyOH_FY26Q4.pdf", "supports": "" }, { "title": "Microsoft Heath construction update", "publisher": "", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-11", "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/heath-datacenter-construction-updates/", "locator": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/heath-datacenter-construction-updates/", "supports": "" } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-11", "next_check": { "trigger": "None recorded", "date": null }, "history": [], "entity_ids": [ "microsoft-new-albany-oh", "microsoft-heath-oh", "microsoft-hebron-oh" ], "href": "/claims/microsoft-jobs-now/" }, { "id": "ohio-water-permit", "record_id": null, "topic": "Water / permits", "state": "OH", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "Treating Ohio EPA's draft general permit as final blanket permission or proof of actual discharge.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "Water / permits", "scope": "Ohio", "period": "None recorded" }, "supports": "Ohio EPA's Community Notice dated 21 July 2026 states that draft permit OHD000001 will not be finalized and that individual NPDES permitting remains the appropriate path. The official notice was retrieved and preserved on 12 September; a later live recheck was unavailable. The abandoned draft was never blanket permission, and an individual permit is still permission—not proof of actual discharge or site compliance.", "unknown": "Individual permits for named data-center outfalls were not inventoried. 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That city page still does not provide facility-level withdrawals. Google later published company-reported 2025 campus figures for New Albany, Lancaster and Lockbourne; those remain company claims with third-party limited assurance, not municipal meter audits. Independent utility/meter records, cooling share and peak-day demand remain missing for other operators.", "unknown": "Independent utility/meter records; cooling-only share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google's company-reported 2025 campus rows.", "counterevidence": [], "verdict": "Unknown", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Gov. record; Institution" }, "sources": [ { "title": "City of New Albany data-center information", "publisher": "City of New Albany", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://datacenters.newalbanyohio.org/", "locator": "https://datacenters.newalbanyohio.org/", "supports": "City says it has not needed additional water capacity because of data centers. 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DataCenterData independently re-extracted Google's table; that does not independently measure the underlying water. These are not city-meter evidence, cooling-only measures, or peak-day rates. Lockbourne remains a source label and is not attached to the Columbus campus record.", "unknown": "Independent utility/meter corroboration; cooling share; peak-day demand; operators other than Google.", "verdict": "Company claim", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Company environmental report; not a municipal meter audit." }, "sources": [ { "title": "Google 2026 Environmental Report", "publisher": "Google", "class": "Company", "published": "2026", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://sustainability.google/files/google-2026-environmental-report.pdf", "locator": "physical and printed p. 97 of 117, Water use by data center location — 2025; withdrawal, discharge and consumption columns; endnote 224", "supports": "Company-reported 2025 withdrawal, discharge and consumption by named campus. Google says water is potable unless specified. Third-party limited assurance is not a municipal meter audit." } ], "next_check": { "trigger": "Municipal or utility meter records for the named campuses", "date": null }, "entity_ids": [ "google-new-albany-oh", "google-lancaster-oh" ], "related_pages": [ { "title": "Ohio projects", "url": "/ohio/#projects" } ], "href": "/claims/google-ohio-2025-campus-water/", "counterevidence": [], "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "locator-changed", "from": "The evidence link opened the report landing page and described the unit as million US gallons.", "to": "The evidence link opens the report PDF, cites the exact p. 97 table, and uses its printed unit, million gallons.", "reason": "Independent re-extraction confirmed the three Google-reported Ohio rows without turning company reporting into municipal measurement.", "evidence_url": "https://sustainability.google/files/google-2026-environmental-report.pdf", "by": "Software-assisted second check" } ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "review_status": "second_review_complete", "review_note": "Software-assisted second check; every cited source was re-read by a reviewer who did not author the record." }, { "id": "ohio-exemption-pause", "record_id": null, "topic": "Taxes / incentives", "state": "OH", "kind": "tested-reading", "claim": "Ohio's data-center sales-and-use-tax exemption statute has been repealed, or existing agreements were cancelled, by Governor DeWine's pause.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "new exemption-request pause", "scope": "Ohio", "period": "pause announced 2026-05-27; currentness reported 2026-08-06" }, "supports": "ORC §122.175 remains the statute and still sets the $100 million capital / $1.5 million payroll thresholds. The pause applies to new requests and does not repeal the statute or existing agreements. WOSU / Statehouse News Bureau reported on 6 August 2026 that Governor DeWine said the freeze 'will continue until I leave office.'", "unknown": "The governor's direct May communication was not independently retrieved. Official Tax Credit Authority text of the pause was not obtained.", "verdict": "Contradicted", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Statute opened 2026-09-12; currentness attributed to WOSU/Statehouse News Bureau 2026-08-06, also opened 2026-09-12." }, "sources": [ { "title": "Ohio Revised Code §122.175", "publisher": "Ohio Legislative Service Commission", "class": "Gov. record", "published": "2025-09-30", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-122.175", "locator": "§122.175(A)(5) $100 million capital / $1.5 million annual qualifying payroll; (B) complete or partial exemption", "supports": "The statute remains in force as the eligibility framework." }, { "title": "DeWine: Ohio data center tax break is for next governor to decide on", "publisher": "WOSU / Statehouse News Bureau", "class": "News", "published": "2026-08-06", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://www.wosu.org/2026-08-06/dewine-ohio-data-center-tax-break-is-for-next-governor-to-decide-on", "locator": "paragraphs quoting Gov. Mike DeWine: 'That will continue until I leave office.' Published August 6, 2026.", "supports": "Attributed currentness of the new-request pause through the remainder of Governor DeWine's term. Not an independently retrieved governor communication." } ], "next_check": { "trigger": "Official Tax Credit Authority or governor record of the pause, or a successor action after DeWine leaves office", "date": null }, "href": "/claims/ohio-exemption-pause/", "counterevidence": [], "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "verdict-changed", "from": "Partially supported", "to": "Contradicted", "reason": "The reviewed statute remains in force, and the reported pause concerns new requests rather than repeal or cancellation of existing agreements.", "by": "Software-assisted second check" } ], "entity_ids": [], "last_checked": "2026-09-12" }, { "id": "claim:vantage-oh1-new-albany:opening", "record_id": "vantage-oh1-new-albany", "topic": "Opening status", "state": "OH", "kind": "record-claim", "claim": "Vantage OH1's first building opened by December 2025 and is now operating.", "claimant": { "name": null, "role": "common-reading", "said_on": null, "said_where": null }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "opening / operating milestone", "scope": "Vantage OH1, three-building campus", "period": "projected December 2025; checked 2026-09-12" }, "supports": "The operator page supports a planned three-building campus with 192 MW of planned critical IT load. It still carries a December 2025 first-building target and does not say the building opened. Actual opening is unknown. The passed December 2025 target is stale.", "unknown": "Whether any OH1 building has opened or is serving load.", "verdict": "Unknown", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Operator page rechecked 2026-09-12; it states a target, not an opening confirmation." }, "sources": [ { "title": "Vantage OH1 campus overview", "publisher": "Vantage Data Centers", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-12", "url": "https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/new-albany-ohio", "locator": "planned three-building campus, 192 MW critical IT load, December 2025 first-building target without opening confirmation", "supports": "Planned specifications and a stale opening target. Not current load, grid demand, or an opening confirmation." } ], "next_check": { "trigger": "Dated operator or municipal opening confirmation", "date": null }, "as_of": "December 2025 target", "href": "/claims/vantage-oh1-new-albany-opening/", "counterevidence": [], "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "correction", "from": "The tested opening proposition was attributed directly to Vantage Data Centers.", "to": "The proposition is labeled as a common reading; Vantage is cited only for its December 2025 opening target.", "reason": "The operator page states a forecast and does not claim that the first building opened or is operating.", "evidence_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/new-albany-ohio", "by": "Software-assisted second check" } ], "entity_ids": [ "vantage-oh1-new-albany" ], "last_checked": "2026-09-12", "review_status": "second_review_complete", "review_note": "Software-assisted second check; every cited source was re-read by a reviewer who did not author the record." }, { "id": "claim:vantage-oh2-millersport:opsb-status", "record_id": "vantage-oh2-millersport", "topic": "OPSB / generation status", "state": "OH", "kind": "record-claim", "claim": "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.", "claimant": { "name": "Fairfield Energy", "role": "company", "said_on": null, "said_where": { "title": "Fairfield Energy utility-facility page", "url": "https://fairfieldenergycenter.com/home/utility-facility", "locator": "OPSB Case 26-0160-EL-BGN" } }, "unit_scope": { "unit": "OPSB application status and MW kind", "scope": "Fairfield Energy Center adjacent to Vantage OH2", "period": "application pending; hearing noticed for 2026-09-17" }, "supports": "A preserved OPSB summary describes a proposed 1,300 MW gas facility with up to 1,000 MW of battery storage. Fairfield Energy's page instead says it submitted the same case for up to 1,350 MW net gas generation plus approximately 1,040 MW of battery storage. Those figures are separate from Vantage OH2's 696 MW planned critical-IT capacity and cannot be added to it. The underlying filing was not obtained, so the discrepancy remains unresolved. The evidentiary hearing is noticed for 17 September 2026; no hearing outcome or certificate has been verified.", "unknown": "Underlying application and staff report; reason for the official/company MW discrepancy; hearing outcome; any OPSB certificate or construction authorization.", "verdict": "Company claim", "confidence": { "level": "medium", "basis": "Developer page; official docket documents were not retrieved." }, "sources": [ { "title": "Fairfield Energy Center major-utility-facility page (OPSB case 26-0160-EL-BGN)", "publisher": "Fairfield Energy", "class": "Company", "published": "", "retrieved": "2026-09-17", "url": "https://fairfieldenergycenter.com/home/utility-facility", "locator": "OPSB Case 26-0160-EL-BGN; up to 1,350 MW net gas plus approximately 1,040 MW battery; construction cannot begin until required approvals", "supports": "Developer-reported pending application. Not a certificate, and not data-center IT capacity." } ], "next_check": { "trigger": "Official OPSB docket 26-0160-EL-BGN after the 17 September 2026 hearing", "date": "2026-09-17" }, "href": "/claims/vantage-oh2-millersport-opsb-status/", "counterevidence": [], "history": [ { "date": "2026-09-12", "kind": "locator-changed", "from": "The claim cited only Fairfield Energy's application description.", "to": "The claim now separates the preserved OPSB summary's 1,300/1,000 MW figures from Fairfield Energy's 1,350/1,040 MW figures.", "reason": "The official and company summaries disagree; neither is converted to data-center IT capacity and the underlying filing remains unavailable.", "evidence_url": "https://fairfieldenergycenter.com/home/utility-facility", "by": "Software-assisted second check" }, { "date": "2026-09-17", "kind": "locator-changed", "from": "The source link used an OPSB case-summary URL that now returns 404.", "to": "The working source link now opens Fairfield Energy's live project page, which identifies OPSB case 26-0160-EL-BGN.", "reason": "The historical OPSB summary is described as preserved evidence rather than presented as a working page; the official case-summary URL returns 404 and the Docketing Information System rejected a direct case request during this check.", "evidence_url": "https://fairfieldenergycenter.com/home/utility-facility", "by": "Editorial classification update" } ], "entity_ids": [ "vantage-oh2-millersport" ], "last_checked": "2026-09-17", "review_status": "second_review_complete", "review_note": "Software-assisted second check; every cited source was re-read by a reviewer who did not author the record." } ], "publication": { "license": null, "reuse_scope": "reference only unless a record is explicitly rights-cleared", "rights_manifest": "/data/rights-manifest.json" } }