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Research records retain their sources, dates and location limits. Counts are not a census of operating buildings. Company name links alone do not establish ownership or operation.", "collection": { "kind": "cities", "key": "ia/ames", "label": "Ames, Iowa" }, "records": [ { "id": "global-reach-ames-ia", "state": "ia", "kind": "facility", "name": "Global Reach Ames Data Center", "group": "unknown", "status": "Status unclear", "raw_status": "", "status_field": "", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Story" ], "city": "Ames", "address": "", "who": "", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "note": "Manual source context is available for this inherited inventory record. The inventory label and approximate geography are retained for discovery. This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. Global Reach office directions do not prove data center. 2321NorthLoopDriveSuite210explicitlyGlobalReachAmesheadquartersanddrivingdirections. No evidencehereofficeisdatacenter;CyprusofficeisnotadditionalUSDC. No facilitycapacity/area/openingadopted. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.", "date": "", "events": [], "timeline": [], "opened": "", "tier": "", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.globalreach.com/contact/locations/headquarters", "host": "globalreach.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "loc": { "lat": 42.03623, "lng": -93.46508, "precision": "county", "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "operator-primary-review-round10-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "Global Reach office directions do not prove data center", "fields": {}, "notes": [ "2321NorthLoopDriveSuite210explicitlyGlobalReachAmesheadquartersanddrivingdirections. No evidencehereofficeisdatacenter;CyprusofficeisnotadditionalUSDC. No facilitycapacity/area/openingadopted.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.globalreach.com/contact/locations/headquarters", "host": "globalreach.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "encore-2026-10-17-batch1", "scope": "Limited source identity and stage review; not whole-record certification, parcel verification or a physical-site census.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "unresolved", "scope": "The operator contact page identifies Global Reach’s second-floor Ames headquarters. An office address and driving directions are not confirmation of a data-center building, present operation or on-site power." } }, "notes": [ "The operator contact page identifies Global Reach’s second-floor Ames headquarters. An office address and driving directions are not confirmation of a data-center building, present operation or on-site power." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.globalreach.com/contact/locations/headquarters", "host": "www.globalreach.com", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-17", "label": "Reviewed primary source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-17", "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "Codex 3 research cohort 36", "scope": "The current original page provides directions to the Global Reach Ames headquarters and its office entrance. It does not identify an independently operating data center at that office or locate a current hosting workload. A business headquarters address and web production services do not establish the exact inherited compute facility phase. No office address or building location is promoted.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "ames_headquarters_directions_not_exact_data_center_service", "scope": "The current original page provides directions to the Global Reach Ames headquarters and its office entrance. It does not identify an independently operating data center at that office or locate a current hosting workload. A business headquarters address and web production services do not establish the exact inherited compute facility phase. No office address or building location is promoted." } }, "notes": [ "The current original page provides directions to the Global Reach Ames headquarters and its office entrance. It does not identify an independently operating data center at that office or locate a current hosting workload. A business headquarters address and web production services do not establish the exact inherited compute facility phase. No office address or building location is promoted.", "The review preserves existing identity, roles, locations, jurisdictions, quantities and physical opening fields. Source publication, checked dates and physical milestones remain distinct." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.globalreach.com/contact/locations/headquarters", "host": "www.globalreach.com", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-23", "label": "Reviewed operator source" } ], "checked": "2026-10-23", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": false, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Ames · Story · Source context reviewed", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "19169" } }, { "id": "lightedge-ames-ia", "state": "ia", "kind": "facility", "name": "LightEdge Ames Edge Colocation Data Center", "group": "proposed", "status": "Operator-listed proposal", "raw_status": "proposed", "status_field": "current_status", "crypto": false, "type": "Data center (inventory classification)", "counties": [ "Story" ], "city": "Ames", "address": "", "who": "", "end_user": "", "mw": null, "power": "", "power_note": "", "investment": "", "jobs": "", "acres": null, "utility": "", "water": "", "incentives": "", "note": "Manual source context is available for this inherited inventory record. The inventory label and approximate geography are retained for discovery. This is not certification of current operation, ownership, a separate physical building, technical capacity or a precise parcel. Missing fields remain unknown. Lightedge Ames proposal and stale public calendar. Page still calls pastJuly28upcoming; current approval/outcome unknown. Do not infer2026construction from stale relative schedule. Altoona1267gallons/day and2000to3000gallonloop are other facility, not measured Ames data. Near-zero cooling water not zero domestic use. Proposed45to55dBAproperty-line range not measured compliance; generic7m-generator-enclosure ratings not whole-campus boundary noise. Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building.", "date": "", "events": [], "timeline": [], "opened": "", "tier": "", "sources": [ { "url": "https://lightedge.com/ames/", "host": "lightedge.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "loc": { "lat": 42.04794, "lng": -93.47786, "precision": "county", "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "reviewed_evidence": [ { "overlay": "primary-source-review-round9-2026-10-14.json", "scope": "Lightedge Ames proposal and stale public calendar", "fields": { "operator": "Lightedge", "locality": "airport land on Aviation Way, Ames, Iowa", "proposed_site_acres_approx": 10.86, "planned_building_stories": 1, "planned_power_phases_mw": [ 3, 6, 25 ], "power_basis": "phased power draw, not explicit critical IT", "approx_fullbuildout_years": 10, "historical_next_council_date_in_stale_page": "2026-07-28" }, "notes": [ "Page still calls pastJuly28upcoming; current approval/outcome unknown. Do not infer2026construction from stale relative schedule. Altoona1267gallons/day and2000to3000gallonloop are other facility, not measured Ames data. Near-zero cooling water not zero domestic use. Proposed45to55dBAproperty-line range not measured compliance; generic7m-generator-enclosure ratings not whole-campus boundary noise.", "Fields can apply to shared campus, regional or historical context; consult source review before assigning to a building." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://lightedge.com/ames/", "host": "lightedge.com", "date": "", "published": "", "checked": "2026-10-14", "date_kind": "publication date not established", "label": "Reviewed source" } ], "whole_record_certified": false }, { "overlay": "orchestra-status-2026-10-19", "scope": "Lightedge explicitly describes its Ames airport-land facility as a proposal under City review. Phased power, cooling, cost and benefit statements are company plans, not measured use or approved outcomes. This supports only the qualified stage described by the source, not an opening date, every hall being operational, full energized capacity, independently verified certification, legal ownership or parcel accuracy.", "fields": { "current_stage_evidence": { "outcome": "operator_listed_proposal", "scope": "Lightedge explicitly describes its Ames airport-land facility as a proposal under City review. Phased power, cooling, cost and benefit statements are company plans, not measured use or approved outcomes. This supports only the qualified stage described by the source, not an opening date, every hall being operational, full energized capacity, independently verified certification, legal ownership or parcel accuracy." } }, "notes": [ "Lightedge explicitly describes its Ames airport-land facility as a proposal under City review. Phased power, cooling, cost and benefit statements are company plans, not measured use or approved outcomes." ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://lightedge.com/ames/", "host": "lightedge.com", "published": "", "date": "", "checked": "2026-10-19", "label": "Operator source for the qualified stage" } ], "checked": "2026-10-19", "whole_record_certified": false } ], "manual_source_reviewed": true, "whole_record_certified": false, "field_evidence_present": true, "inventory_label_retained": true, "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Ames · Story · Source context reviewed", "status_scope": "Lightedge explicitly describes its Ames airport-land facility as a proposal under City review. Phased power, cooling, cost and benefit statements are company plans, not measured use or approved outcomes. This supports only the qualified stage described by the source, not an opening date, every hall being operational, full energized capacity, independently verified certification, legal ownership or parcel accuracy.", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "19169" } } ], "compilation_license": "withheld_pending_owner_decision" }