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Newest.

The 10 most recent documented items.

  1. Bridgefield Tech CenterVirginia · Public concern on the record ·
  2. San Diego CountyCalifornia · Public concern on the record ·
  3. Smithfield Gateway Data CenterPennsylvania · Permit and comment ·
  4. MCNI Concord Township Data CenterIowa · News report ·
  5. NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing CenterSouth Carolina · Legal action ·
  6. Project Spring (Sand Springs)Oklahoma · News report ·
  7. Goodman Energy Park Data CenterCalifornia · Public concern on the record ·
  8. Aligned HPC Campus at Former Pixelle Paper Mill (Chillicothe)Ohio · News report ·
  9. RB Inyokern Data CenterCalifornia · Public concern on the record ·
  10. CyrusOne CHI1-CHI3 (Aurora)Illinois · Public concern on the record ·

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206 documented items in this collection.

Public concern on the record

Raeden Project Taurus

Colorado · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Noise · Water use · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning

Integrity Matters raised questions about Project Taurus's noise analysis, generator emissions, water and electricity needs, and neighborhood protections in Colorado Springs. These are the group's stated concerns and criticisms, not Atlas findings about measured impacts, legal compliance or the current appeal outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The present official appeal disposition and outcome of these concerns are unknown in this bounded group-source review. Criticism of models or city standards is not an independent noise measurement, violation finding or proof that the project was finally approved, denied or withdrawn.

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Concern sources checked

The changing group page discusses several past and scheduled proceedings. No single exact filing, testimony or current official disposition day was independently established for this bounded concern item; the event date remains unknown. No independently established first publication date is displayed for the selected changing group page. Dates of quoted records and scheduled meetings are not substituted for page publication.

Raised or recorded by Integrity Matters.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Public concern on the record

Boulder County

Colorado · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Land use and zoning · Other

Boulder County reported that its commissioners expressed concern about resource intensive development, missing data center use definitions and the appropriate scale and zoning locations for the unincorporated County. The page presents proposed code options. These institutional planning concerns do not establish adopted final standards, measured resource use, a City of Boulder ban or an individual site violation.

Record status: Unknown. The selected official record documents institutional concerns and a regulatory review context. Their current resolution, actual environmental or utility effects, individual project eligibility and later legal changes remain unverified. A policy pause does not establish that a concern was resolved.

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The selected official document does not establish the exact first day these institutional concerns were raised. No publication or source check day substitutes for that event. The exact first online publication day is not supplied in the selected official source.

Raised or recorded by Boulder County.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Public concern on the record

Pima County

Arizona · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Health · Air and generators · Water use · Power and electric rates · Land use and zoning · Other

Pima County Development Services described potential public health, environmental, energy and water considerations as reasons for recommending a temporary pause and updating data center zoning requirements. The staff packet includes a public health review framework and a prepared resolution. The selected Board signature lines are blank. This is an attributed staff and legislative preparation record, not proof of actual health effects, an executed final instrument or permission for a particular project.

Record status: Unknown. The selected official record documents institutional concerns and a regulatory review context. Their current resolution, actual environmental or utility effects, individual project eligibility and later legal changes remain unverified. A policy pause does not establish that a concern was resolved.

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Concern sources checked

The selected official document does not establish the exact first day these institutional concerns were raised. No publication or source check day substitutes for that event. The exact first online publication day is not supplied in the selected official source.

Raised or recorded by Pima County Development Services.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Regulator record

La Osa Data Center Park

Arizona · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Water use · Land use and zoning · Other

Pinal County October 16, 2025 staff summary recorded Citizen Advisory Committee concerns about La Osa drainage and fire safety, water use and trails or open space. The reported eleven to four recommendation favored the plan amendment. The concerns and advisory recommendation do not establish measured harm, final Board approval or resolution of later legal and permitting questions.

Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.

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Concern sources checked

The staff report is dated for the October 16, 2025 meeting. The exact day each earlier committee concern was raised is not adopted. The dated original documents were reviewed; their first online publication dates were not established.

Raised or recorded by Pinal County.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Public concern on the record

Hassayampa Ranch Data Center

Arizona · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Water use · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Land use and zoning

Maricopa County Planning and Development Department recorded public opposition and support for Hassayampa Ranch Z250047. The appended staff analysis attributes concerns about local water resources, habitat and economic effects to opposition letters, while staff supports the rezoning with proposed conditions. The recorded comments are not findings of actual environmental harm, an operating violation or a verified final Board outcome.

Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.

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The April 8 report records correspondence from more than one date. A single first filing or hearing testimony day for this concern episode was not established. The selected government documents are dated, but their exact first online publication days were not independently established.

Raised or recorded by Maricopa County Planning and Development Department.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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Regulator record

Energy Generation and Technology Campus

Arizona · Latest recorded activity: Date not established

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Water use · Traffic and construction · Land use and zoning

Pinal County October 16, 2025 staff summary recorded Citizen Advisory Committee concerns about traffic and water use for the Energy Generation and Technology Campus. It reports a nine to five advisory recommendation against the plan amendment and separate opposition from the City of Maricopa. That recommendation is not a final Board denial, an operating violation or proof of measured resource effects.

Record status: Unknown. The bounded review establishes the documented action and attributed statements only. It does not establish final resolution of underlying public concerns, present compliance or measured site effects.

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Concern sources checked

The staff report is dated for the October 16, 2025 meeting. The exact day each earlier committee concern was raised is not adopted. The dated original documents were reviewed; their first online publication dates were not established.

Raised or recorded by Pinal County.

No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.

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About this information

What public sources record about data center concerns, with the original attribution, dates and limits.

Counts describe documentation, not harm or severity. Coverage is incomplete. A missing item does not establish that no concern was raised. A resolved procedural petition does not resolve the underlying allegations.

Newest recorded activity first, using the latest known event, disposition, item-source publication or verified company-response publication date. A source-check date never moves an item up the list. Unknown activity dates are excluded when a date range is selected.

How this is tracked.

Each item is individually checked against its public source and an existing Atlas site, campus, project or exact county ID. Event, source publication, disposition and source-check dates stay separate. Unknown dates and outcomes stay unknown. Private residents speaking publicly are labeled Residents; private residents' names are not printed.

Regulator record
An agency-published inspection finding, notice, order or penalty.
Permit and comment
A permit record, public comment period or hearing notice. A notice does not establish approval.
Formal complaint
An agency-published complaint record or count, distinct from a violation finding.
Legal action
A filed action, appeal or notice of intent. Allegations and procedural rulings retain their own scope.
Public concern on the record
Public testimony, a group statement, petition, resolution or recorded letter.
News report
A reported concern attributed to the named outlet, distinct from an agency finding.

The Atlas attributes statements and does not decide who is right. Verified published company responses appear beside the item they address, with their publication basis and relationship to the record. No verified response does not establish refusal. Category counts can overlap and are never a severity ranking.

Open, pending and unknown items require a source recheck within 120 days. The due date does not advance because the website is rebuilt. County-wide items do not create site findings or map pins. The optional neutral Concerns map layer is off by default.

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Water combines water use and water quality records. Category counts can overlap. The state map counts documented items in this collection, not physical sites or measured effects.

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Updated . What changed: Dated page documentation. Individual source dates remain with the evidence.